📄 social science

Trauma-Informed Practices in Nigerian Public Schools: Exploring Teachers' Awareness and Professional Development Needs

This qualitative study of 20 teachers in Ibadan, Nigeria, reveals that while educators recognize student trauma and rely on empathy, they lack formal training and face systemic barriers, highlighting an urgent need for government-backed, culturally responsive professional development and institutional support to implement sustainable trauma-informed practices.

Habeeb Omoponle Adewuyi, Veronica B. Dwarika2026-09-22
📄 social science

Teacher Mindfulness and Professionalism: A PLS-SEM Study of In-Service Teachers in Indonesia

This PLS-SEM study of 250 in-service Indonesian teachers reveals that teacher mindfulness significantly predicts teacher professionalism and, alongside professionalism, influences motivation for the teaching profession, thereby supporting the integration of mindfulness-based training into professional development programs.

Tiyas Abror Huda, Een Yayah Haenilah, Handoko Handoko, Mustofa Abi Hamid, Juliana Margareta Sumilat2026-09-22
📄 social science

Beyond Reciprocity: An Ecology of Couplings in University–Community Engagement at Chilean State Universities

Drawing on interviews with Chilean state universities, this study argues that bidirectionality in university–community engagement functions not as a stable reciprocal property but as a dynamic "ecology of couplings" across organizational, academic, and territorial zones, explaining how engagement practices can vary in institutionalization and relational capacity.

Diego Verdejo-Cariaga2026-09-22
📄 social science

RECLAIMING KNOWLEDGE SOVEREIGNTY: Indigenous Epistemic Praxis and Alternative State-Building in the Global South

This paper argues that true post-colonial emancipation in the Global South requires reclaiming epistemic sovereignty by moving beyond passive victimhood to actively integrate indigenous socio-cultural frameworks, such as Timor-Leste's Tara-Bandu and Mauberisme, into alternative state-building models that challenge technocratic global hegemony.

Edio Mariano Piedade Soares2026-09-22
📄 social science

Cold War Legacies and the Intergenerational Transmission of Female Poverty in Mainland Southeast Asia

Drawing on diverse historical and ethnographic sources, this article argues that Cold War-era geopolitical interventions in Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam institutionalized path-dependent, gendered poverty regimes that continue to shape women's access to education, property, and labor markets across three generations, a claim most strongly supported by longitudinal data from Vietnam.

CHUNYUAN YANG, JINGLAI ZOU2026-09-22