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        <pubDate>2026-04-30T15:15:17.738+00:00</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Factors influencing consumer intention to adopt FinTech: an extended TAM–UTAUT trust model]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-04-28T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Original Research</category>
        <author>Rohail Hassan</author><author>Syed Yaser Tanvir Ahmad</author><author>Mohamad Khoiru Rusydi</author><author>Costinela Fortea</author><author>Valentin Marian Antohi</author><author>Ioana Lazarescu</author>
        <description><![CDATA[In the financial services industry, the incorporation of cutting-edge technologies such as blockchain, big data, and enhanced security systems has facilitated the development of innovative financial business models, services, and products. Countries like China and India are capitalizing on these developments, benefiting from lower transaction costs and increased financial inclusion. On the other hand, only 15% of Kuwait’s population is adopting Financial Technology (FinTech). There is, however, little research on the driving forces behind intention to adopt FinTech in the nation. This quantitative research examines the impact of data security, brand image, performance expectations, and digital literacy on trust in FinTech services. Additionally, it investigates the role of trust as a mediating factor and examines how effort expectancy and user innovativeness moderate consumers’ intentions to adopt FinTech in Kuwait. The study used a survey to collect valid responses from 463 individuals in the country and employed PLS-SEM (partial least squares structural equation modeling) to analyze the data. The results indicate that digital literacy, brand image, and performance expectations have a positive and significant impact on a person’s trust and intention to use FinTech. On the other hand, user innovation, effort expectations, and data security do not affect the intention. The study suggests that enhancing digital literacy is crucial for increasing awareness and understanding. At the same time, brand reputation and performance expectations significantly shape consumer perceptions, foster trust, and increase the likelihood of FinTech adoption. This research applies the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) to assess the proposed research framework and address notable gaps in theory and empirical evidence regarding FinTech adoption in Kuwait. To increase FinTech adoption in the region, service providers concentrate on improving their brand perception and value proposition. At the same time, stakeholders such as regulators should work to improve digital literacy and foster trust.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[How AI shapes student agency and educational stratification: a qualitative interpretive meta-synthesis]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-04-28T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Systematic Review</category>
        <author>Flavio Manganello</author><author>Giancarlo Masi</author><author>Alberto Nico</author><author>Giannangelo Boccuzzi</author>
        <description><![CDATA[Existing research on artificial intelligence in education has largely addressed technical applications and learning outcomes while leaving sociological dimensions of AI-mediated stratification and student agency inadequately theorised. Drawing on Bourdieu's cultural capital framework, digital divide scholarship, and Yosso's Community Cultural Wealth model, this qualitative interpretive meta-synthesis examines how AI-mediated learning environments interact with established stratification mechanisms and transform student agency. Systematic searches across Scopus, Web of Science Core Collection, and ERIC identified five qualitative and mixed-methods studies encompassing 3,849 students across the United States, Norway, Israel, and China; thematic analysis followed Braun and Clarke's framework with four-analyst triangulation. Five mechanisms emerged through which AI technologies simultaneously reproduce traditional educational inequalities while generating alternative stratification forms: cultural capital mobilization through resistant, communal, and creative capital; differential engagement patterns across four distinct agency expressions; digital divide persistence and evolution; trust calibration in human-AI interaction; and educational equity implications with career dimensions. Students from underserved communities demonstrated sophisticated algorithmic bias recognition, yet gender-differentiated engagement patterns and socioeconomic disparities indicate emergent stratification with professional consequences. Lower AI trust paradoxically correlated with stronger educational outcomes, tentatively suggesting that healthy skepticism promotes more agentic learning relationships. These findings indicate that AI-mediated stratification operates through qualitative differences in how students position themselves relative to algorithmic systems and mobilize cultural resources, rather than through differential access alone, with implications for how educational institutions conceptualise equity-oriented AI integration.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Gendered digital coping and cultural moderation: developing the GDCAM model among university students in Makassar]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-04-22T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Original Research</category>
        <author>Jeanny Maria Fatimah</author><author>Indrayanti Indrayanti</author><author>Riyadi Riyadi</author>
        <description><![CDATA[This study examines how undergraduate students in Makassar, Indonesia, use smartphones as coping mechanisms to manage psychological distress related to academic pressure, uncertainty, and social demands. Adopting a qualitative phenomenological approach, the study involved 18 participants from three universities, selected based on low, moderate, and high distress levels using the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21). Data were collected through in-depth interviews and analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis. The findings identify four dominant forms of digital coping: digital entertainment, academic information-seeking, online social support, and digital religiosity. These strategies operate as a dynamic and communicatively enacted system, where students shift between emotional regulation, problem-solving, and relational interaction through smartphone use. The study further reveals that gender shapes coping orientations, with female students emphasizing relational and emotion-focused communication, while male students rely more on indirect and problem-focused strategies. Importantly, local cultural values, particularly siri' na pacce, function as active moderators that regulate emotional expression, disclosure patterns, and communication boundaries in digital environments. These findings lead to the development of the Gendered Digital Coping Adaptation Model (GDCAM), which conceptualizes digital coping as a cyclical and context-dependent process shaped by psychological distress, mediated communication, gender norms, and cultural values. Theoretically, this study advances digital coping research by integrating communication, cultural, and gender perspectives, moving beyond individualistic and Western-centric frameworks. Practically, the findings highlight the need for culturally grounded and gender-responsive digital mental health interventions that align with students' communication practices.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[From Pahad to Maidan: climate change and the socio-economic dynamics of out-migration in the Uttarakhand Himalayas]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-04-20T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Original Research</category>
        <author>Aayush Shah</author><author>Krishna Malakar</author>
        <description><![CDATA[Mountain regions globally are increasingly confronted with the challenge of out-migration, primarily driven by systemic underdevelopment and sustained policy neglect. This issue is particularly pronounced in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, which, continues to experience stark regional disparities between its pahadi (hill) and maidani (plain) districts. Economic and industrial development remain concentrated in the plains, resulting in persistent out-migration from the resource-rich hilly regions. Recently, climate change has also emerged as a critical stressor further compounding these issues. This study adopts a mixed-methods approach with the primary objective to examine the patterns and drivers of rural out-migration in Uttarakhand through lived experiences of migrants, regional experts and rural communities. The study integrates spatial and empirical analysis, based on secondary data from the Uttarakhand Rural Development and Migration Commission and the Census of India, with thematic analysis, based on qualitative data collected through personal (n = 5), group (n = 1), and key informant (n = 2) interviews and focus group discussions (n = 3) conducted across Nainital town and villages of Almora district. The study first identifies regions experiencing severe out-migration and examines the structural drivers of migration using spatial and empirical analysis on secondary data. This is followed by thematic analysis of qualitative data highlighting employment scarcity, agricultural constraints, migration drivers and patterns, destination preferences, and perceptions of government and NGO interventions. A key contribution of this study is the systematic identification of climate change as both a direct and indirect driver of out-migration. The findings provide grounded policy insights for Uttarakhand and other fragile mountain regions.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Mental health impact of migration: an umbrella review of studies in Latin American contexts]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-04-15T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Systematic Review</category>
        <author>Oscar M. Lopez-Mallama</author><author>Christian H. Monge-Olivarria</author><author>Edgardo Carreño-Cisneros</author><author>Dagnith L. Bejarano-Luján</author><author>José L. Bizueto</author><author>Willmar J. Gallegos-Sotomayor</author><author>Pedro Jaramillo-Arica</author><author>Oriana Rivera-Lozada</author><author>Joshuan J. Barboza</author>
        <description><![CDATA[This umbrella review examines the relationship between migration and mental health in Latin American contexts, synthesizing evidence from five systematic reviews conducted under PRISMA and AMSTAR-2 guidelines. The study analyzes different types of migration, international, forced, internal, and professional, to identify empirical patterns, methodological strengths, and theoretical gaps. Findings consistently reveal a higher prevalence of depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among migrants, particularly in contexts marked by violence, poverty, and social exclusion. Despite methodological heterogeneity, the evidence converges in framing migration as a structural determinant of mental health, shaped by inequality, discrimination, and precarity. Protective factors such as family cohesion, religiosity, cultural identity, and community networks emerge as key mechanisms of resilience and identity reconstruction. The review identifies a persistent theoretical gap: the lack of integrative frameworks that connect the structural, cultural, and emotional dimensions of migrant distress. Addressing this gap requires interdisciplinary and context-sensitive approaches that draw on cultural psychology, critical sociology, and collective health. The study calls for intersectoral policies that link psychosocial care with social inclusion and human rights, and emphasizes the need for primary research led from Latin America to advance a socially responsive understanding of migrant well-being.Systematic review registrationCRD420251239251.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[The confluence of IT objectives with the organization’s digital transformation strategy]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-04-15T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Original Research</category>
        <author>Avrill Mukhithi</author>
        <description><![CDATA[BackgroundAligning IT goals with organizational digital transformation is a crucial strategic requirement. For IT to be successful, it must be acknowledged as a key source of corporate value rather than just a support role. The main goal of this convergence is to leverage technology to radically change organization’s structures, procedures, and consumer interactions. IT projects must directly support more general strategy objectives like agility, innovation, and data-driven decision-making for integration to be effective. As a result, a conscious and ongoing effort is required to align technical capabilities with changing organizational goals.ObjectivesThis study aims to investigate the alignment between an organization’s digital transformation strategy and IT objectives by exploring the integration of broader strategic digital initiatives with the IT operational goals.MethodThe systematic literature review method was used in this paper to gather a variety of articles from ScienceDirect, Scopus, Google Scholar, and Sabinet databases. PRISMA framework-based inclusion and exclusion criteria was applied.ResultsThe study analysis reveals that integrating IT objectives during the digital strategy’s formulation stage, rather than as a later implementation step, is crucial to achieving strategic alignment. Businesses achieve much greater synergy and prevent expensive misalignment when they view IT as a co-architect of change rather than a service role. One important conclusion is that shared performance measures that connect strategic and operational objectives, as well as nimble governance frameworks, are essential for successful confluence. On the other hand, strict, compartmentalized planning and budgeting cycles that bind IT to legacy goals are the main source of contention.ConclusionA key factor in determining an organization’s success is how well IT goals align with the digital transformation plan. By integrating IT leadership and skills into the fundamental strategic planning process, alignment is accomplished rather than only through compliance. The results indicate that when IT goals are presented as direct contributors to strategic outcomes like customer-centric innovation or agile operations, they drive change rather than just assist it. Organizations need to establish governance and collaborative structures that consistently align tactical IT execution with the changing digital vision.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Civil liability and cyber insurance for electronic bank account hacking under Jordanian law: a doctrinal and comparative analysis]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-04-14T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Original Research</category>
        <author>Ahmad Awwad Albnian</author><author>Ahmed M. Khawaldeh</author><author>Ghazi Ayed Alghathian</author><author>Adel Salem Allouzi</author><author>Murad Abdul Rahim Mahmoud Al-Faouri</author>
        <description><![CDATA[IntroductionThe rapid expansion of electronic banking has significantly increased exposure to cyber risks, including phishing attacks and unauthorized electronic payment transactions. These developments raise complex legal questions concerning civil liability, loss allocation, and compensation mechanisms, particularly within legal systems that lack specialized regulatory frameworks.MethodsThis study employs a doctrinal and comparative legal methodology. It analyzes the applicable provisions of Jordanian civil, commercial, and banking law, alongside relevant regulatory instruments, and compares them with selected foreign legal frameworks, including European payment services regulation, South African jurisprudence, and U.S. consumer protection laws governing electronic fund transfers.ResultsThe findings reveal that Jordanian law relies primarily on general fault-based liability principles under the Civil Code and Commercial Code, without establishing a specific legal regime for unauthorized electronic transactions. This approach imposes a substantial evidentiary burden on customers, despite banks' superior technical control over digital payment systems. In contrast, comparative legal systems increasingly adopt risk-based or hybrid liability models that favor consumer protection and institutional responsibility. The analysis further demonstrates that cyber insurance, while recognized internationally as a key mechanism for risk allocation and compensation, remains underdeveloped and insufficiently integrated into the Jordanian legal and regulatory framework.DiscussionThe study concludes that the current Jordanian legal framework is inadequate to address the systemic risks associated with electronic banking. It proposes the introduction of a statutory regime governing unauthorized electronic payment transactions, including presumptive bank liability, clearer allocation of risk between banks and customers, and the integration of cyber insurance as a complementary compensation mechanism. Such reforms are essential to enhance consumer protection, ensure effective compensation, and maintain financial system stability.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Deconstructing urban flooding from the perspective of vulnerable communities in Northwestern Pakistan]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-04-13T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Original Research</category>
        <author>Mushtaq Ahmad Jan</author><author>Khadija Farhan Alhumaid</author><author>Amjad Ali</author><author>Waheed Ullah</author><author>Safi Ullah</author><author>Hisham Tariq</author><author>Terrence Fernando</author><author>Shafqat Munir Ahmed</author><author>Mohib Ullah</author>
        <description><![CDATA[The study aimed to deconstruct urban flooding in Peshawar (one of Pakistan's rapidly urbanizing cities) from the perspective of flood vulnerable communities. The research was conducted using a mixed-methods approach, synthesizing qualitative data with quantitative geospatial analyses of Land-Use/Land-Cover change and flood exposure. Qualitative data were collected through the Focus Group Discussion and In-depth Interviews checklist with a total sample size of 89 participants. The quantitative aspect (geospatial) was used to triangulate community-identified patterns (e.g., encroachment, land cover change). Study results reveal that the fast-increasing urban flooding phenomenon within Peshawar's rapidly urbanizing Bhudni Nullah Basin (BNB) is the outcome of a multifaceted and interrelated human-natural systems failures, driven by the merging of hydro-climatic conditions, anthropogenic modification and governance deficits. The basin's intensifying flood risk is fundamentally linked to impaired hydrological response resulting from rapid and unplanned urbanization. Erratic, high-intensity precipitation and an elevated water table critically diminish the basin's natural water retention and conveyance capacity. Geospatial analysis documented an increase in the artificial surface (impervious), surging from 39.60% in 2017 to 46.01% 2020 and eventually reached 59.96% in 2025. The transformation significantly accelerates surface runoff volume and velocity, overwhelming the existing drainage infrastructure. Unregulated riparian zone infringement and the persistent solid waste dumping severely reduce the effective cross-sectional area of the Bhudni Nullah. Concurrently, the Height Above Nearest Drainage model-based flood exposure assessment quantifies a critical vulnerability, with 11.57 km2 (22.14%) classified as “Very High” and “High” flood exposure, concentrated within the built environment. The study provides socio-physical, environmental, and economic indicators for future urban flood modeling and research studies.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Digital marketing’s targets: cyberloafing and impulsive buying]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-04-10T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Original Research</category>
        <author>Tibrani Tibrani</author><author>Catur Fatchu Ukhriyawati</author><author>Lukmanul Hakim</author>
        <description><![CDATA[In the present era, digitalization has become a primary tool that reshapes how individuals search for information, interact with content, and make consumption decisions. While many studies highlight the advantages of digital marketing, its potential downsides and behavioral risks remain under-discussed. This study examines the associations among digital marketing exposure (DM), cyberloafing (CB), and impulsive buying (IB), including an indirect pathway via a mediating variable. Using a cross-sectional survey conducted from June to November 2025, 375 students responded and 332 valid questionnaires (88.53%) were analyzed. Data were processed using Microsoft Excel and SmartPLS (PLS-SEM with bootstrapping). The results indicate positive and statistically significant associations between DM and CB (β = 0.777, p < 0.001), DM and IB (β = 0.222, p < 0.001), and CB and IB (β = 0.752, p < 0.001). The indirect path (DM, CB, IB) is also positive (β = 0.584, p < 0.001), suggesting that CB statistically mediates the association between DM and IB. Given the cross-sectional design, these findings should be interpreted as correlational rather than causal. The study underscores the importance of digital literacy, responsible marketing practices, and educational guidelines to mitigate counterproductive online behavior and unplanned purchasing.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Riparian systems as boundary objects in sustainable water transition]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-04-07T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Perspective</category>
        <author>Radamés Villagómez-Reséndiz</author><author>Olivier Dangles</author>
        <description><![CDATA[This paper contributes to debates on sustainable transitions in urban water management by proposing a relational and governance-oriented understanding of river-city interactions. It argues that the sustainability of these interactions does not evolve through discrete socio-technical phases, but rather through overlapping and uneven governance domains that reflect shifting legal, ecological, and political relations. Drawing on political ecology, the paper mobilises the concept of boundary objects to rethink rivers not simply as components of socio-technical systems, but as entities that enable coordination across heterogeneous actors, knowledges, and values, including multispecies concerns. We illustrate this argument through the San Pedro River basin in the metropolitan region of Quito, Ecuador. In this context, the riparian system emerges as a boundary object that challenges dominant urban water regimes by intertwining diverse human actors (laws, municipalities, industries, agricultural sectors, and civil society) with non-human actors such as livestock, microorganisms, and scavenger species. Through this lens, sustainable transitions appear as gradual, multidimensional reconfigurations of governance and justice, rather than as linear transformations of technical systems.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Legal regulation of digital currencies]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-04-02T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Original Research</category>
        <author>Eman Al-Wreikat</author><author>Yasar Al-Hiniti</author><author>Salah Awaisheh</author><author>Hiba Kobarie</author><author>Wesam Al-Hobabseh</author>
        <description><![CDATA[IntroductionDigital currencies have emerged as a significant financial innovation, raising complex legal, economic, and regulatory challenges across jurisdictions. While some countries have established comprehensive regulatory frameworks, others, including Jordan, continue to face legal uncertainty due to the absence of clear legislation. This study examines the legal status and regulatory approaches to digital currencies, with particular reference to the German and United Arab Emirates (UAE) models, and evaluates their applicability within the Jordanian legal context.MethodsThe study adopts a descriptive-analytical and comparative legal methodology. It analyzes legislative texts, institutional reports, and academic literature to assess how different jurisdictions regulate digital currencies. The research focuses on legal classification, regulatory oversight, licensing mechanisms, and compliance requirements, and compares these approaches to identify suitable regulatory solutions for Jordan.ResultsThe findings reveal significant variation in regulatory approaches worldwide. Some jurisdictions recognize digital currencies as financial instruments subject to licensing and regulatory supervision, while others impose restrictions or maintain unclear legal positions. In Jordan, the absence of a comprehensive legal framework has resulted in regulatory gaps, legal uncertainty, and limited investor protection. By contrast, the German model provides legal certainty through classification and licensing, while the UAE model offers effective institutional supervision and regulatory oversight.DiscussionThe study concludes that digital currencies can be legally integrated into national financial systems when supported by a clear and balanced regulatory framework. Based on the comparative analysis, the research proposes the adoption of a hybrid regulatory model in Jordan, combining legal classification, licensing requirements, and institutional supervision. Such a framework would enhance legal certainty, strengthen investor protection, reduce financial risks, and support sustainable financial and economic development while maintaining regulatory control.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Editorial: Conservation dialogues]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-04-01T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Editorial</category>
        <author>Mara J. Goldman</author><author>Robin Roth</author><author>Libby Lunstrum</author>
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        <title><![CDATA[Associations between social media usage, daily routines, and academic performance among undergraduate Rwandan students: a cross-sectional study]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-03-30T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Original Research</category>
        <author>Gihozo Olivier Mushimiyimana</author><author>Delphine Uwihirwe</author><author>Felicien Habingabire</author><author>Joseph Nshimiyimana</author><author>Potien Uwihoreye</author><author>Pierre Damien Turikumana</author><author>Lizahn. G. Cloete</author><author>Emmanuel Biracyaza</author>
        <description><![CDATA[BackgroundGlobally, technological progression has changed social media usage into daily occupations which influence how people engage, communicate, and learn. Among university students, these platforms enhance collective learning and access to information; but underuse or overuse may damage academic engagement, occupational balance, and daily functioning. Despite the growing importance and use of these social media in Rwanda, research on its impact remains scarce. Therefore, we assessed the associations between social media use, daily routines, and academic performance among undergraduate students.MethodA cross-sectional study was conducted among 219 undergraduate students from the University of Rwanda. Descriptive statistics summarize demographic characteristics and social medial use patterns. Analytical analyses comprised multinomial, logistic, and multiple linear regression models to determine predictors of daily routines and academic outcomes. Odds ratio (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals and statistically significant at p < 0.05 were used.ResultsAlmost all participants (n = 192, 87.7%) engaged in social media platforms for academic purposes, and 93.6% viewed platforms as important to their collaboration with peers and professionals. However, nearly half (47.5%) experienced academic distraction, and 56.7% spent more time on non-academic content. Engaging in social media accounts for 33,6% of variance in increasing academic engagement. However, addicted students to social media had higher likelihoods to experience routine disruption (OR = 1.45, 95%CI: 1.10–1.90, p = 0.01) than non-addicted peers. Participants engaged in more than three social media platforms reported more disruptions (OR = 1.60, 95%CI: 1.05–2.45, p = 0.03) than those engaging in three or less platforms. The third-year students were almost twice as likely as first-year students to experience those disruptions (OR = 1.75, 95% CI: 1.20–2.55, p = 0.003).ConclusionSocial media platforms are important sources for learning, yet they also cause routine disruptions. These results notify that future scholars are recommended to explore causal relationships between social media use and daily routines disruptions through longitudinal designs.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Generative artificial intelligence and epistemic (in)justice: perspectives from higher education students in the Global North and South]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-03-27T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Original Research</category>
        <author>Yusuf Damilola Olaniyan</author><author>Mercy Onyemaechi Martins</author><author>Rahab Harib Al Maqrashi</author>
        <description><![CDATA[In this research, we explore how students from the Global North and Global South understand the role of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) in shaping access to knowledge and epistemic (in)justice in higher education. We draw on theoretical logic of epistemic justice and postcolonial framework to explicate how GAI mediates knowledge hierarchies across diverse epistemological contexts. Using a qualitative approach, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 10 university students, five from the Global North and five from the Global South, to understand their everyday engagements with GAI. We found that students from the Global South often rely on GAI out of necessity to navigate infrastructural and institutional constraints, which limit their epistemic agency to choose whether to engage with such technologies. While GAI enables access to paywalled research and institutional resources, participants expressed concerns about the reliability, authority, and contextual grounding of GAI-generated knowledge. In contrast, students from Global North described GAI as a convenient but non-essential tool and were more critical of its epistemic limitations. Overall, our findings visibilised GAI’s dual role as both a knowledge democratizing resource and a tool with the potential to become a digital colonizer. We therefore recommend improvement beyond prompting or more training data to a new standard of epistemic accountability, where GAI systems are designed to disclose their limits, qualify their claims, and resist the temptation to perform authority where none exists.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Informal settlements in Valparaíso (Chile): mobilized knowledge of communities and political position of municipalities]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-03-26T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Brief Research Report</category>
        <author>Rodrigo Torreblanca Contreras</author><author>César Cáceres-Seguel</author>
        <description><![CDATA[The housing deficit in Chile has led to an explosive growth of informal settlements. Although investment in housing subsidies has been a priority in public policy, informal settlements continue to grow, reflecting a multidimensional and dynamic problem. Using a qualitative approach that combines focus groups and interviews with residents of settlements in the Metropolitan Area of Valparaíso and municipal officials, the study analyzes the knowledge and strategies mobilized by communities, as well as the municipalities’ perspectives on this process. Organized actions are observed for land subdivision, street layout, housing construction, infrastructure network connections, and public spaces. Additionally, mechanisms for conflict resolution and negotiation strategies with public and private actors are discussed. These knowledge and practices in the construction and management of habitat enable valuable community-public institutional articulations, which are key to advancing a new policy for settlement and community management. This self-management of habitat challenges the State’s structure in ways that demonstrate participatory, mobilizing, and democratic management. Urban informality is not a homogeneous process but different assemblages between institutions and communities generating agreements, processes, and differentiated and dynamic spaces.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Editorial: Traditional knowledge and rural livelihoods and practices for nature conservation and environmental sustainability]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-03-24T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
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        <author>Dickson Adom</author><author>Samuel Awuah-Nyamekye</author>
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        <title><![CDATA[Financing transformation: from green hospitals to climate-resilient health systems]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-03-23T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Opinion</category>
        <author>Jehan Al Fannah</author>
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        <title><![CDATA[Human–AI Interaction in isolated, confined, and extreme environments: psychological, ethical, and design perspectives]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-03-20T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Perspective</category>
        <author>Isaac Osei</author><author>Anil Carie</author><author>Lakshmi Prasanna Kanithi</author><author>Dennis Opoku Boadu</author>
        <description><![CDATA[Human activity is increasingly extending into environments marked by isolation, confinement, and extreme conditions, including long-duration space missions, polar research stations, intensive care units, and other high-risk settings. In these contexts, individuals must sustain performance and wellbeing under persistent cognitive, emotional, and social strain. Artificial intelligence (AI) systems are now deeply embedded in such environments, supporting decision making, monitoring, training, and, in some cases, psychological wellbeing. Yet research on AI in extreme settings has largely emphasized technical performance and automation, with comparatively limited attention to the lived experience of sustained Human–AI Interaction (HAI). This perspective paper argues that isolated, confined, or extreme (ICE) environments represent a uniquely revealing context for examining HAI. The psychological pressures characteristic of ICE settings—such as prolonged isolation, cognitive fatigue, stress, and high consequences of error—fundamentally shape how humans perceive, trust, and rely on AI systems. Drawing on interdisciplinary literature from human factors, psychology, and AI research, the paper conceptualizes ICE environments as a stress test for HAI, where issues of trust calibration, autonomy, transparency, and social attribution are amplified. Rather than treating AI solely as a decision aid, this perspective highlights how AI systems in ICE contexts may function as cognitive partners, social surrogates, or perceived teammates. The paper concludes by outlining key implications for the design, evaluation, and governance of AI systems intended for extreme environments, emphasizing the need for interaction-centered approaches that prioritize human experience alongside technical performance.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Metaverse-driven cultural communication: a case study of digital heritage experiences in Sharjah]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-03-20T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Original Research</category>
        <author>Thouraya Snoussi</author><author>Alaa Makki Abdulhadi Akkof</author><author>Majdi Faleh</author><author>Makram Mestiri</author><author>Arnaud Huftier</author><author>Mourad Abed</author><author>Islam Habis Mohammad Hatamleh</author>
        <description><![CDATA[General contextThe growing humanization of immersive digital platforms, such as Virtual Reality (VR) and metaverse experiences, is changing the process of communicating, accessing, and experiencing cultural heritage globally. The technologies will provide new opportunities in the area of improving the interaction with the population, heritage education, and cultural preservation without being restricted by the physical locations.LimitationsAlthough these interest levels are on the rise globally, there is still very little empirical evidence regarding perceptions of the populace, user acceptance and contextual issues in the Arab world. Namely, the gap is in the regionally-based research that investigates the experience of digital and metaverse-based heritage platforms by various publics in culturally particular contexts, including the United Arab Emirates.MethodTo fill this gap, the present study is based on a mixed-method case study on the subject of digital heritage experiences in Sharjah. To measure accessibility, pattern of engagement, perceived benefits and limitations, quantitative data were gathered by surveying 317 respondents using snowball and purposive sampling. The qualitative data were obtained in the form of a focus group comprising eight students and educators, which allowed exploring the issue of experiential use, motivations, and barriers in depth. This is analysed using the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and Constructivist Learning Theory.ResultsThe results show that the attitude towards the metaverse-based cultural communication is rather positive but sceptical. The participants appreciated the opportunity of immersive learning, increased accessibility, and the possibility of preservation, and voiced concerns connected to authenticity, the inclusivity of languages, digital inequality, cost, and data privacy. The involvement was moderate and intermittent and younger and better educated users showed more acceptance and confidence in digital heritage technologies.ImplicationsThese findings indicate that the effective implementation of the metaverse technologies within the cultural communication process requires not only the technical innovation but also the culturally oriented design, non-exclusive approach to access, and favouring institutional and policy environments. By making Sharjah a regional example, the research provides empirical data to the global digital heritage discussion and provides a hands-on advice on how to build human-focused, culturally authentic and socially inclusive virtual heritage spaces.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[How gaming motivation is associated with entrepreneurial passion: a sequential mediation model of entrepreneurial curiosity and self-efficacy]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-03-19T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Original Research</category>
        <author>Ardita Malaj</author>
        <description><![CDATA[Entrepreneurial passion is a vital emotional catalyst for chance exploration, perseverance, and venture establishment; nevertheless, its development prior to entrepreneurial involvement is not well comprehended. Simultaneously, digital gaming has emerged as a widespread pursuit among young, especially in Saudi Arabia, where elevated game engagement aligns with national initiatives to foster entrepreneurship under Vision 2030. Notwithstanding this convergence, current research has predominantly neglected to examine the extent to which non-business digital behaviors influence the development of entrepreneurial enthusiasm. This study aims to bridge this gap by developing and empirically testing a sequential cognitive model that connects gaming motivation to entrepreneurial passion via entrepreneurial curiosity and entrepreneurial self-efficacy. The model incorporates concepts from Self-Determination Theory, Information-Gap Theory, Social Cognitive Theory, and identity-based passion theory. Employing covariance-based structural equation modeling on survey data from 435 young adults in Saudi Arabia, the results indicate that gaming motivation positively predicts entrepreneurial curiosity and entrepreneurial self-efficacy, whereas entrepreneurial curiosity significantly boosts self-efficacy. Curiosity and self-efficacy significantly enhance entrepreneurial passion. Conversely, gaming motivation does not exert a substantial direct influence on entrepreneurial enthusiasm, suggesting that passion does not stem solely from digital interaction but rather arises from curiosity-driven inquiry and faith in one’s capabilities. This study enhances entrepreneurship research by recognizing gaming motivation as a non-business precursor to entrepreneurial passion, identifying entrepreneurial curiosity as a crucial cognitive mechanism in the formation of passion, and situating these processes within a youth-driven entrepreneurial transformation. The results establish digital gaming as a scalable psychological asset for the development of entrepreneurial human capital in digitally intensive economies.]]></description>
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