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Foregrounding the state in transdisciplinary urban sustainability research: a normative and analytical agenda

This paper argues that transdisciplinary urban sustainability research must move beyond treating the state as a passive stakeholder by adopting a new analytical framework—drawing on African urban studies and political science—that scrutinizes the state's internal complexities, scales, temporalities, and institutional compositions to effectively drive systemic change.

Liza Cirolia, Andrea Pollio, Susan Parnell2026-08-25
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Institutional Exposure, TPACK, and Technological Self-Efficacy as predictors of Educators’ Technology Integration Competence

This study of 261 Nigerian educators reveals that while institutional exposure and TPACK knowledge significantly boost technological self-efficacy, it is self-efficacy itself that serves as the strongest direct predictor of technology integration competence, with TPACK knowledge exerting a complex negative direct but positive indirect influence through self-efficacy.

Uchenna Kingsley Okeke, Sam Ramaila2026-08-25
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Mapping artificial intelligence adoption, perceptions, and governance in Indian higher education: A scoping review

This scoping review maps the landscape of artificial intelligence in Indian higher education, revealing widespread adoption and generally positive stakeholder perceptions tempered by concerns over integrity and equity, while highlighting a critical gap in comprehensive governance, particularly the stark regulatory asymmetry across medical education sectors and the lack of specific classroom usage guidelines.

Sangeeta Singh, Bhawani Singh, Chandra Shekhar Pandey2026-08-25
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From Information Overload to Knowledge Integration: Generative AI as an AI-Enabled Information Management Capability in Science–Industry Innovation Ecosystems

Drawing on interviews with Slovenian innovation ecosystem stakeholders, this study proposes a conceptual framework positioning Generative AI not as an autonomous intermediary but as a human-governed information management capability that addresses ecosystem fragmentation and information overload by enhancing knowledge visibility, matching, and decision support while ensuring transparency and accountability.

Karmen Erjavec, Sabina Krsnik, Malči Grivec, Tina Brajnik, Stevanče Nikoloski2026-08-25
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“I Wouldn't Forgive Me”: Apology, Forgiveness, and Self-Forgiveness Among Incarcerated Men and Women

Drawing on interviews with forty incarcerated individuals in Israel, this study reveals that while apology is viewed as a moral practice of responsibility, forgiveness remains an uncertain and often unattainable horizon, with distinct gendered differences emerging where men focus on victim responsibility and women on family belonging and flawed identity.

Inbal Peleg-Koriat, Dana Weimann-Saks2026-08-25