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            <title><![CDATA[Smart Ports and Safe Borders: The Economic and Environmental Impact of Muon-Based Inspection]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Efficient and reliable inspection of cargo containers remains a structural challenge for modern seaports, where growing commercial flows must coexist with stringent security requirements. Conventional X-ray and gamma-ray Non-Intrusive Inspection (NII) systems, though widely deployed, suffer from inherent limitations: high operational costs, radioprotection constraints, limited penetration in dense cargo, and the inability to scale beyond single-container inspection.This study presents a quantitative assessment of a next-generation inspection paradigm based on Muon Scattering Tomography (MST), using large-area Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs) and sub-100 ps Time-of-Flight (ToF) momentum tagging. Through physics-based simulations, port-workflow reconstructions, and techno-economic modelling calibrated on European terminal data, we compare MST with the X-ray baseline.Results indicate that MST can reduce inspection-cycle time by 60–80% by enabling parallel scanning of 4-5 containers, eliminating radiological delays, and lowering secondary-inspection rates. The economic model predicts €8–12 million annual savings for a medium-size terminal, driven by reduced crane occupancy, diminished dwell time, and lower radioprotection overheads. Environmentally, MST decreases energy consumption and embedded carbon, yielding an estimated 90-tonne annual CO2e reduction for a 30,000-container flow.While these findings require validation in real port environments, the combined evidence suggests that MST constitutes a structurally different inspection regime—passive, scalable, and compatible with smart-port logistics. As European ports pursue digitalization and Green Deal targets, MST emerges as a promising pathway toward high-throughput, low-carbon, and security-enhanced border management.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Global governance and data ethics challenges in the context of digital transformation]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[AbstractsThis article examines the impact of digital transformation on global governance, with particular attention to the ethical challenges arising from data-driven technologies and artificial intelligence. The aim is to describe the impact of digital transformation on global governance and how it is involved the data ethics issues. What can we suppose as a digital transformation in the sphere of governance and which points of data ethics are crucial soon. The accelerating pace of digital transformation is fundamentally reshaping the structures and mechanisms of global governance. The growing reliance on data-driven technologies, AI and other algorithmic-based decision-making systems affects not only economic and organizational processes but also the distribution of real power, responsibility, and legitimacy of decision making across contemporary societies. This article describes the governance challenges emerging from the digital age, with particular attention to the role of data as a strategic resource and the ethical implications of its collection, use, and commercialization. Drawing on contemporary research in global governance, digital transformation, AI governance, data governance, and discourse ethics, the article analyses the tensions between economic value creation, the protection of fundamental rights, and the pursuit of public good within the emerging data economy. Special attention is devoted to the concepts of digital sovereignty, human agency, and distributed responsibility as key dimensions of governance in increasingly “digitalized” and “datafied” societies. The article further presents the Discourse Data Ethics project at Bern University of Applied Sciences and its Ethics-as-a-Service (EaaS) model as an innovative approach to ethical data governance based on participation, communicative rationality, and stakeholder dialogue. It is argued that effective global governance in the digital age requires not only technological innovation and regulatory frameworks, but also new mechanisms of ethical deliberation, accountability, and human-centred decision-making to balance competing social, economic, and political interests.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Women’s Economic Participation in Italy and Spain: Structural Barriers and Emerging Trends]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[This article examines the persistent gender gap in labour market participation in Italy, focusing on the structural and policy factors that continue to limit women’s employment and economic independence. Despite regulatory efforts and increasing attention to gender equality at the European level, Italy remains among the lowest-ranking countries in Europe for female employment rates, wage equality, and the availability of services supporting work–life balance. Data highlight a long-term structural disadvantage affecting women throughout their working lives, with consequences extending to financial autonomy, independence, pension access, and long-term wellbeing. The situation is further aggravated by labour market dynamics that lead many women to reduce working hours or leave employment entirely after motherhood or other care obligations. These trends have significant implications not only for individual women but also for the sustainability of the Italian workforce and national economic growth.To better understand these dynamics, the article adopts a comparative perspective and briefly analyses the Italian case alongside developments in Spain, a country historically considered socio-economically comparable to Italy but which has recently implemented significant legislative reforms to promote gender equality in the workplace. The comparison highlights how policy interventions, including equal pay legislation and more balanced parental leave systems, may influence women’s labour market participation.In conclusion, the paper offers insights for future research avenues investigating the topic from different perspectives and suggestions for future policy development in Italy, with an interpretation of situated knowledge that can be extended to various European countries.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Asymmetric Strategic Interdependence: A Repeated-Game Analysis of U.S.–China Bilateralism in Chips and Critical Minerals, with Implications for the European Union]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[This paper analyzes U.S.–China geoeconomic rivalry in advanced semiconductors and critical minerals through the lens of asymmetric strategic interdependence. We conceptualize the relationship as a bilateral monopoly in which the United States dominates high-end chip design and export-controlled technologies, while China dominates the mining and processing of critical minerals. We formalize this structure as an infinite-horizon repeated game in which each side can either sustain cooperation by maintaining cross-border flows or weaponize its chokepoints through export controls and sanctions. Using a discount factor δ = 1/(1 +R), where R is the interest rate or opportunity cost, we derive conditions under which cooperation can be sustained via grim trigger strategies and show that asymmetry in temptation payoffs creates a region of strategic instability. We then extend the model to incorporate the European Union (EU) as a third actor with strategic options to align with the United States, balance between both powers, or hedge toward China. The analysis demonstrates that the EU’s optimal strategy depends on the intensity of U.S.–China rivalry and the structure of global supply chains, and that European Open Strategic Autonomy can reshape the overall payoff structure. The paper concludes by discussing implications for global economic stability, industrial policy, and future research on strategic interdependence.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Water conflicts. Geopolitical and socio-environmental aspects]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[This topic belongs to the field of ‘water politics, an interdisciplinary area spanning political geography, international relations and environmental studies. It is not merely about “water wars” in the strict sense, but above all about conflicts, competition and negotiation between states and communities. This study is situated within this context and views water as a strategic, limited, unevenly distributed, disputed and essential resource for all human activities and, ultimately, one that is severely affected by climate change and population growth. After presenting an initial framework and references to key international documents, partnerships and organisations for water cooperation, the study aims to analyse conflicts through various reports, databases and open-access tools. In particular, the geopolitical and socio-environmental implications are studied and interpreted through case studies of specific geographical areas, such as: sub-Saharan Africa, the Sahel, as well as specific cross-border lake basins such as: Lake Chad and the Aral Sea.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Investigating the nexus between mobility, conflict and climate change: a literature review]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Building on a systematic literature review, this paper analyses how mobility, climate change and conflict are interrelated. Although many studies address the relationship between the above-mentioned three concepts in a binary manner, focusing in particular on how climate change may be responsible for new migratory flows and conflicts, few studies investigate how all three interact with one another and what impacts they mutually produce.Starting from these premises, the analysis focuses on review articles addressing all three concepts. The results of the analysis highlight that mobility is predominantly understood as migration and frequently associated with the concepts of security/insecurity of places and communities, and with its potential consequences in generating conflicts; however, the analysis has brought to light the non-linearity of the migration-conflict relationship.In conclusion, the relationship between mobility, climate change and conflict remains largely unexplored, and further research is needed to gain a better understanding of their interdependence, particularly given the way in which migration and conflict can influence climate change.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Borders, boundaries and migration route networks in West Africa: a commentary]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[This article analyzes the dynamics of intraregional migration in West Africa through an integrated approach that combines migration systems theory with perspectives from human geography and the political geography of borders and frontiers. The aim is to go beyond simplistic, generic, and Eurocentric interpretations of migration phenomena, highlighting the structural, networked, and multilevel nature of mobility within the African regional space. Starting from a critical review of the most recent international literature – a useful tool for the re-examination undertaken in this article – this paper analyses and examines West Africa as an established migration system, characterised by predominantly intra-African flows, high circularity and strong economic and trade interdependence between areas and countries of origin, transit and destination. In this context, state borders are not considered simple separation devices, but dynamic elements that shape migration routes while simultaneously functioning as barriers and spaces for interaction. The analysis highlights the role of migration networks, regional policies, and environmental factors in shaping migration flows, demonstrating how migration now forms an integral part of territorial integration and development processes. In this context, state borders are not considered simple separation devices, but dynamic elements that contribute to the configuration of migration routes, functioning simultaneously as barriers and spaces for interaction. The paper therefore proposes a geographical interpretation of West African migration as a systemic phenomenon, rooted in complex and ever-evolving spatial configurations.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Medicalization: A Weberian and Foucauldian analysis]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[This article examines the processes of medicalization and bio medicalization as key dynamics shaping contemporary relationships between body, health, and subjectivity. Drawing on sociological theories of rationalization, biopower, and social control, the paper analyses how health has progressively shifted from contingent condition to a permanent moral project. Through a theoretical framework informed by Weber’s concepts of disenchantment and re-enchantment and Foucault’s notion of biopower, the article shows how medical knowledge, technoscience, and market logics converge in producing normative standards of health and responsible self-care. Medicalization is interpreted not merely as the expansion of medical authority, but as a broader mechanism of governance that encourages self-monitoring, prevention, and performance-oriented lifestyles. While these processes promise autonomy and empowerment, they also contribute to the individualization of social problems, the moralization of illness, and the reinforcement of social inequalities. Health thus emerges as a privileged site where rationalization and symbolic meaning intersect, transforming care of the self into a socially regulated moral obligation rather than a purely biomedical concern.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mafias, memory and citizenship]]></title>
            <link>https://reference-global.com/article/10.2478/gssfj-2025-0007</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[This article develops an analysis of mafia-type organizations, conceptualizing mafia power as a system of domination sustained by violence, social control, and the erosion of rights. Using the ’ndrangheta as a case, it combines legal analysis with qualitative methods. It shows how the threat of violence is normalized in everyday life and how mafias act on the frameworks of memory through intimidation, silence, and selective remembrance. The article argues that recognition of innocent victims and their families links memory to justice as a right to truth and to substantive—not merely formal— justice. Drawing on Halbwachs, Alexander’s cultural trauma approach, Todorov’s exemplary memory, Bourdieu’s symbolic violence, and Rodotà’s “right to have rights,” it frames antimafia remembrance as critical memory: a democratic practice that converts private grief into public claims and reactivates citizenship in mafia-affected territories through encounters, testimony, and education.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Procedurality of Fear: Ludic Rhetorics of Gender-Based Violence in Haunting Ground]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Aim: This article analyzes the survival horror video game Haunting Ground (Capcom, 2005) to investigate how interactive media reflect and problematize gender-based violence and female vulnerability. The primary aim is to explore the tension between the protagonist’s sexual objectification and the emergence of female agency within the game’s narrative and mechanical structures.Method: Adopting a socio-semiotic approach and utilizing theoretical frameworks from Game Studies and Sociology of the Body, the study examines the game’s specific “procedural rhetoric.” The analysis focuses on the “Panic Mode” mechanic as a form of radical embodiment and the interspecies alliance with the dog companion, interpreting them through the lenses of biopolitics, the male gaze theory, and post-human philosophy.Results: The results indicate that Haunting Ground functions as a “problematic object”: while it reiterates the male gaze through visual sexualization, it simultaneously subverts traditional power fantasies by forcing the player to experientially navigate social fragility. The game suggests a model of resistance based on care, negotiation, and interdependence rather than brute domination, challenging the biopolitical exploitation of the female body represented by the antagonists.Conclusion: In conclusion, the article argues that video games can serve as complex sociological tools for deconstructing gender norms. By placing the player in a position of situated vulnerability, the medium fosters a critical and affective awareness, highlighting the potential of video games as spaces for social resistance, ethical reflection, and educational transformation regarding gender dynamics.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Beyond Compliance: systematisation of EDI practices as a strategy for cultural change]]></title>
            <link>https://reference-global.com/article/10.2478/gssfj-2025-0002</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Gender inequality and limited institutional maturity in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) remain persistent challenges within European STEM research environments, particularly in Mediterranean contexts. This article presents preliminary results from the EU-funded Horizon Europe project STEP (STEM and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion for Research Enhancement in Portugal), which adopted an interdisciplinary and intersectional approach to systematically embed EDI within research and teaching practices. The study aims to explore how EDI can function not merely as a compliance requirement, but as a strategic driver of cultural and institutional change.Methodologically, the article draws on qualitative data from semi-structured interviews with key institutional actors involved in the project’s coordination, analysed through the combined lenses of neo-institutionalism and Actor-Network Theory. This framework allows examination of both macro-level institutional pressures and micro-level socio-technical dynamics shaping organisational change.Findings indicate that STEP contributed to increased institutional awareness, greater confidence among underrepresented groups, and the systematisation of EDI practices across governance, research management, and academic life. The project fostered interdisciplinary dialogue between STEM and the Social Sciences and Humanities, supported the mainstreaming of EDI, and facilitated the transition from symbolic adoption to more embedded practices.The article concludes that even short-term, small-scale European projects can catalyse sustainable cultural and institutional transformation when EDI is treated as an integral component of research governance rather than an administrative obligation.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Informal Learning in Contexts of Vulnerability: A Relational Ontology of Education]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[This article analyses the role of informal learning in contexts of vulnerability and discusses its implications for an ontological reconceptualisation of education in relational terms. Adopting a non-individualising definition of vulnerability—understood as a position produced by institutional structures and structural inequalities—the article offers a conceptual review of the literature on poverty, forced migration, socio-economic marginalisation and systemic crises. It argues that the informal sector supports three interrelated functions: daily survival, biographical and cultural continuity, and agency (individual and collective), while often remaining invisible within educational systems regulated by epistemic hierarchies that privilege formal and certified knowledge. The article then develops a five-step framework (produced vulnerability, functions of the informal, epistemic (in)justice, learning ecologies, relational ontology) and discusses its implications for recognition-oriented research, practices and policies.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Job satisfaction of higher education teachers in the context of education digitalization]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The article examines job satisfaction among higher education teachers amid digitalization. It analyzes theoretical approaches from international, Russian, and Kazakhstani researchers, including Herzberg’s Two-Factor Theory, Deci and Ryan’s Self-Determination Theory, Maslach’s Burnout Theory, and kazakhistan’s research on pedagogical motivation and professional identity.To quantitatively assess job satisfaction among university teachers under digitalization conditions, the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire was used. This tool allows the determination of both general and specific levels of professional satisfaction, based on a wide range of parameters, including working conditions, opportunities for career development, interaction with administration and colleagues, and the degree of autonomy and recognition. The use of this questionnaire is justified by its high validity and reliability, as well as its international recognition as one of the most valid methods for assessing employees’ subjective attitudes toward their professional activities.Given the study’s specific focus on digitalization, the questionnaire was adapted to better reflect the current professional environment. This adaptation preserved its diagnostic accuracy and enabled broader analysis, allowing job satisfaction to be correlated with respondents’ age and their ICT competence level. This made it possible to identify correlations between digital factors and teachers’ psychological well-being and to clarify how organizational and technological factors affect teachers’ perceptions of their work. The findings show that ICT competence is positively associated with job satisfaction (mean = 4.3), while increased workload and insufficient institutional support are key sources of dissatisfaction.The authors emphasize the need to improve ICT skills, create mentoring programs, and prevent emotional burnout among teachers. The conclusions show that job satisfaction depends on many factors and offer recommendations to improve teachers’ well-being in a digital environment.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Developing Digital Competence in Adults: A Review of Frameworks and Educational Strategies]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The rapid expansion of digital technologies has made digital competence a fundamental requirement for adults’ participation in modern society. However, disparities in access, skills, and socio-economic conditions continue to limit digital inclusion. This article provides a structured literature review of digital skills and competence development among adults, with particular attention to the role of socio-economic factors and educational strategies.The analysis highlights that digital competence extends beyond basic technical skills to include cognitive, social, and critical dimensions necessary for effective participation in digital environments. The findings indicate that socio-economic status significantly influences access to digital resources and learning opportunities, reinforcing existing inequalities. Furthermore, the literature emphasizes the importance of lifelong learning, flexible educational models, and community-based approaches in supporting adult digital skill development.The study contributes to the field by synthesizing current research and identifying key gaps, particularly the need for more integrated and inclusive approaches to digital competence development. The results have implications for policymakers and educators seeking to design effective strategies to reduce the digital divide and promote equitable participation in the digital society.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Migration and humanitarian corridors: an EU-funded project as a driver for change]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[In recent years, international migration has become a widespread phenomenon within the European Union and the global economy. It involves the movement of people who cross national borders either temporarily or permanently and leave their home country. Modern migration is characterised as a global, multidirectional and large-scale process and is of great interest to Europe and the EU in particular.After a brief introduction to the data on recent migration trends in Europe, this article presents an EU-funded project that has dealt with the specific case of humanitarian corridors, which emerged from civil society in Italy and have been implemented in several European countries since 2016. As an alternative to uncontrolled migration flows and based on solid experience, the humanitarian corridors are described as the only acceptable alternative to the lack of a common migration policy and presented as a solution to a current and timely challenge for our society today.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Quality Assurance in European Projects: Analysis, Challenges, and Best Practices]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Quality Assurance (QA) is an essential component for the success and effectiveness of European projects, which are characterized by intrinsic complexity, multinational collaborations, and the management of structural funds. This article explores the role of QA, outlining its theoretical framework, analyzing specific challenges, and presenting best practices adopted to mitigate them. Through the examination of case studies, the adaptability and relevance of QA in various sectors funded by the European Union are highlighted, integrating a critical reflection on the current debate regarding the upcoming Framework Programme 10 (Horizon Europe 2028–2034) and the positions of the European University Association. The article concludes with a discussion of future prospects and emerging areas of research, emphasizing how QA can act not only as a management tool but also as a systemic guarantee of autonomy, transparency, and scientific excellence.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Residents, overtourism and tourism phobia: a psychological perspective]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Overtourism is a phenomenon that is affecting various tourist destinations: until a few years ago, attention was focused on the possible environmental damage that it could cause, also in light of the growing sensitivity to the issue of sustainability. In more recent years, the excessive presence of tourists has fueled the development of spontaneous movements of rejection of the tourist presence that have clearly manifested what Delgado (2008) has indicated as tourism phobia. Tourism phobes attribute this attitude to the changed living conditions of residents due to the increase in the cost of living, the reduction of social spaces totally occupied by tourists and the changed real estate market with an artificial increase in prices and a substantial reduction in rental homes, all factors that are not compensated by the presumed economic advantages deriving from tourism, advantages that fall only minimally on residents. Without wanting to underestimate the purely economic aspects, at the basis of tourism phobia there are subtle psychological aspects that this article intends to explore in the belief that any actions to contain the anthropic impact of overtourism will not be sufficient to reduce tourism phobia without a combined action that addresses the identity system and the need for belonging of residents.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The case of Al-Shabaab in Kenya. Terrorism, space management and tourism]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[This paper is part of a broader research and will attempt to clarify the relationship between two phenomena as complex and important on a global scale as tourism and terrorism, focusing on the analysis of the impact on tourism of the terrorist attacks perpetrated by Al-Shabaab in Kenya, where in recent years the tourist economy has become increasingly central to the country's economic development. The risk of kidnapping foreign nationals in Kenya in recent years has been high and terrorist attacks occur regularly, especially on the coast and in the two main cities of Nairobi and Mombasa. It will also examine the dynamics of the control of spaces conquered by terrorist groups and the destabilization activities carried out in Somali territory with spill-over effects in Kenya, where terrorism represents a very real threat to the country's security, a threat that the armed forces are often unable to contain.From a methodological point of view, we will both develop a concise literature review on the new strand traceable to the geography of violence and the geography of justice and power (Lima 2015; 2020; Sabbag 2008), as well as a field survey through se-structured interviews with a 'convenience sample' and a biographic field research (local newspapers, Ministry of Defence) regarding both the activities of the Al-Shabaab terrorist group and the development and possible new trends of tourism in Kenya, will aim to understand the real impact of terrorism on the geographical area examined.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The policy of sport and the public function of sport]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[There is a consistent adaptation process involving the government and the public administration caused by the completely new needs that emerge in a society in full evolution. There is a continuous negative perception of the system involving the system of sport and the state’s public system. This happens everywhere, increasing the problems and requiring new models and solutions that promote public policies in the sport. The sports system has become an agent of social transformation, built based on good fellowship and the multidisciplinary aspect. However, it has seen a strong privatization at the expense of the public system. The increasing connection of the sport with the policies for health care, education, or public safety converted to sport and physical culture led to a new vision system that is required to investigate and implement new models in public administration.This article attempts to streamline and codify the priorities in order to strengthen public policies in sports. It is supported by the methodological parameters of a documentary, theoretical, and analytical review of the importance of sport within a State.You want to highlight and also stimulate the integration of a solid physical culture and as the guidance on the use of public resources to promote the values and benefits that are specific to the practice of the sport in all its mod and the correct distribution on the territory in order to make it more sustainable and more inclusive growth.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Universities’ Third Mission is from teaching and doing research to dissemination of academic results and activities in society]]></title>
            <link>https://reference-global.com/article/10.2478/gssfj-2024-0011</link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[In recent decades the academic world of universities has been grappling with another challenge: the Third Mission, or social impact. It is precisely the term Third Mission or Social Impact that generates confusion since, on the one hand, everything the academic world does has both social and economic significance; on the other hand, the academic world is called upon to dissimilate, to promote its teaching and research activities in society but excluding pure research and purely teaching activities. The manuscript aims to analyze the term Third Mission and the theories applied to it. Several SLRs have been analyzed, and the issues highlighted by the authors have been extrapolated and analyzed. Particular attention is given to academic engagement and the benefits of TM. The result could be helpful in a better understanding of the term itself and how it can be promoted among professors without creating further confusion and stress.]]></description>
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