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Digital Athlete Sovereignty: Navigating the Commodification and Ethics of Youth Football Data in a Globalized Ecosystem

This article critiques the uneven commodification of youth football data, arguing that elite entities currently capture disproportionate benefits while young athletes face privacy and power imbalances, and proposes the concept of "Digital Athlete Sovereignty" as a governance framework utilizing decentralized technologies to ensure transparent consent, fair revenue sharing, and ethical data ownership.

Mona Suliman2026-07-06
📄 social science

Digital Resilience in Conflict Zones: Empowering Sudanese Women-Owned Small Businesses through Alternative Financial and Social Ecosystems

This study argues that while digital tools like mobile money and WhatsApp enable Sudanese women entrepreneurs to sustain businesses during the ongoing conflict, their effectiveness is critically dependent on embedding these technologies within safe, affordable, low-bandwidth, and gender-responsive ecosystems that overcome infrastructure collapse and security threats.

Mona Suliman2026-07-06
📄 social science

Informal Digital Transformation Among Sudanese Youth During Armed Conflict: Digital Adaptation, Livelihoods, and Community Resilience, 2023-2025

This study examines how Sudanese youth have driven an informal digital transformation between 2023 and 2025 by leveraging low-resource, community-based digital practices to sustain livelihoods, education, and resilience amidst armed conflict, arguing that these adaptive strategies should be viewed as crisis responses rather than formal infrastructure replacements.

Mona Suliman2026-07-06
📄 social science

Mapping Multilingual Pedagogies for Young Learners: A Scoping Review of Theories, Practices, Benefits and Challenges in European Early Childhood and Early Primary Education

This scoping review of fifteen European studies from 2020 to 2025 maps diverse multilingual pedagogies for children aged 3 to 7, highlighting their potential to foster linguistic, cognitive, and social benefits while identifying persistent challenges such as monolingual ideologies and implementation constraints that require further longitudinal research.

Ralia Thoma, Ioannis Lefkos, Marianthi Karatsiori2026-07-06
📄 social science

Portrayals of Animals and Birds in Sacred Spaces: Exploring Iconography, Symbolism, and Cultural Significance in Mediaeval South Indian Religious and Artistic Traditions

This paper examines the iconography, symbolism, and cultural significance of animal and bird depictions in medieval South Indian temple architecture across the Chola, Pandya, Vijayanagara, and Hoysala dynasties, highlighting how these artistic representations integrate nature, spirituality, and society while continuing to influence contemporary art, heritage conservation, and environmental consciousness.

Barun Mandal, Anuradha. Avadhanula, Adinarayana Machavarapu2026-07-06
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Family Environment and Early Childhood Education as Predictors of Learning Outcomes from Birth to Age 5: A Systematic Review and Meta‑Analysis

This meta-analysis of 25 studies involving over 65,000 children reveals that both family environment and early childhood education quality independently predict learning outcomes from birth to age five, with family environment showing a slightly stronger effect, thereby supporting the need for integrated investments in both domains.

Konstantina Diamanti, Aida Vafae Eslahi, Ioannis Adamopoulos2026-07-06
📄 social science

The Quiet Decline of Organizational Capital: A Comprehensive Literature Review on Quiet Quitting employing ADO-TCM Framework

This literature review critically examines the phenomenon of quiet quitting by applying the ADO-TCM framework to identify key antecedents such as job dissatisfaction and toxic leadership, analyze outcomes like increased turnover intentions, and integrate theoretical perspectives to offer strategic insights for improving employee engagement and retention.

Chahat Malhotra, Puja khatri, Sumedha Dutta, Vidushi Dabas, Suruchi Chopra2026-07-06
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Impact of Household Workload on Girls’ Academic Performance in Secondary Schools in the Benadir Region Mogadishu Somalia

This quantitative study of 255 female secondary students in Mogadishu, Somalia, reveals that time spent on household chores and gendered domestic responsibilities significantly negatively impact girls' academic performance, explaining 72% of the variance in their outcomes, while physical and mental fatigue showed no direct statistical significance.

Leila Mohamed Warsame, Abdirahman Ibrahim Abdi, Mohamed Ali Osman, Abukar Mukhtar Omar, Ahmed Abdullahi Mohamud, Mohamed (…)2026-07-06