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Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 7m

Ergebnisse aus dem Deutschen Umweltpanel (GLEN) Hohe Akzeptanz für Klimapolitik, doch Zweifel an effektiven Maßnahmen Auch heute leben wir in einer Gesellschaft, die ihre Energie noch zu nahezu 80 % aus fossilen Brennstoffen zieht. Obschon der Klimawandel bereits jetzt mit der H
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Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 8m

Writing in the Sciences: Scientists as Writers, Scientific Writing, and the Persuasive Story Writing in the sciences transcends the notion of sticking to the data. Writing is a complex transformation of a wealth of semi-ordered information into a clear and persuasive scientific s
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Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 11m

Symbolic Capital and Inequality in Scholarly Communication: A Bibliometric Study of Editorial Boards Editorial boards function as gatekeepers in academic publishing, yet systematic frameworks for quantifying how symbolic capital concentrates within editorial networks remain absen
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Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 12m

The Good Council: Deliberating Inequality in a Field Experiment This paper investigates how participation in a citizens’ assembly affects individuals’ redistributive preferences and (perceived) role in democracy. We implement a pre-registered field experiment embedded in a real-w
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Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 8h

Plan S the Present and Future of Open Access Publishing Introduction: This editorial is based on a concise introduction to the basics of open access, describing what it is and showing that it is easy, fast, inexpensive, legal, and a beneficial form of academic publishing. The Int
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Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 12h

Post-COVID and Post-EFC: A New Financial Landscape for Hawai‘i Students Pursuing STEM Degrees Contributions by low resource and under-served populations in Hawai‘i to a strong regional and national STEM endeavor are limited by disenfranchisement from STEM education due to social,
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Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 14h

The Homogenization of Epistemic Styles: Digital Survivorship Bias and the Collapse of Cognitive Diversity in AI Training Data This paper elucidates how the well-intentioned pursuit of convenience, fairness, and safety has systematically constructed a structure that reduces episte
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Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 14h

FROM POLITICS TO THEORY: THE EARLY PUBLIC RECEPTION OF MARX IN BRITAIN, 1885–1887 The visibility of Karl Marx in England had a ’major breakthrough’ according
to Willis (1977): the publication of the first volume of ’Das Kapital’ in English in
1887. Although Willis provides a quan
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Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 14h

verdadecu: An R Package for the Analysis of Data from the Truth Commission in Ecuador verdadecu is an R package that provides access to data collected by the Truth Commission in Ecuador. It allows users to extract and analyze systematized information for human rights research. Th
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Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 14h

CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE IN A PANDEMIC: IMPLICATIONS OF THE BLATANT DISREGARD FOR COVID-19 MEASURES DURING THE ENDSARS PROTEST The year 2020 had its challenges with the extensive spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and civil disobedience movements highlighting already existing threats
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Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 14h

Smartphone Use in Germany in 2023: A Mixed-Method Investigation Our understanding of typical smartphone behavior has only recently begun to advance due to the accessibility of increasingly valid data sources. Beyond analysing the frequency, duration, and content of smartphone act
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Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 14h

Turning back the page on digital literacy: The role of traditional literacy in shaping digital practices The precise definition of digital literacy has long been contested. Although early definitions recognised the importance of traditional literacy (the ability to read and write
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Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 14h

Bittersweet Symphony: Nostalgia and Melancholia in Music Reception Listening to music can cause experiences of nostalgia and melancholia. Although both concepts are theoretically related, to date they have not been analyzed together regarding their emotional and cognitive profile
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Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 15h

Somebody’s Watching Me: Smartphone Use Tracking and Reactivity Like all media use, smartphone use is mostly being measured retrospectively with self-reports. This leads to misjudgments due to subjective aggregations and interpretations that are necessary for providing answers. Tr
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Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 15h

Affordability in Hours: A Time-Indexed Minimum Wage and an Essential Hours Credit We measure Monthly Survival Hours (MSH, or Essential Hours), the paid work time required to buy a fixed essentials basket, revealing a sharp affordability crisis: D3 renter hours spiked 50% from 117
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Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 15h

Practice-based strategies to reduce food waste in aged care: promoting sustainability and person-centred care in institutional settings Food is central to the dignity, well-being, and quality of life of older adults living in residential aged care. Yet in many facilities, food wa
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Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 15h

Associations between memory, depression and wellbeing of an ageing population Dementia is a major challenge in our aging society. Apart from its health economic impact, cognitive decline may affect the quality of life (QoL) and affective states of individuals. From a measurement
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Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 15h

INFORME DE TENDENCIAS MACROECONÓMICAS EN LA REGIÓN DE LA ARAUCANIA (CHILE) 2025 The Region of La Araucanía, located in southern Chile, is a territory of high geographical, cultural, and socioeconomic relevance. Covering an area of 31,842 km², it extends between the Andes Mountain
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Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 15h

Revisiting the social determinants of health with explainable AI: a cross-country perspective In social science and epidemiological research, individual risk factors for mortality are often examined in isolation, while approaches that consider multiple risk factors simultaneously
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Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 15h

First paradox – Doubling of Brain Volume in Homo erectus – yet Only Slow Development of Its Cognitive Phenomena A paradox of hominization needs to be resolved: Homo erectus experienced a
doubling of brain volume, yet the development of its cognition took eons. In almost
two milli
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Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 15h

Geographic Representation and Information Capacity in the European Union International organizations (IOs) must decide between prioritizing qualifications or geographic representation of member states when recruiting staff. Many IOs assume a trade-off between expertise and repres
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Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 15h

The disaster, conflict, and state capacity nexus: A closer look at northwestern Pakistan after the 2010 floods The aim of this interdisciplinary study is to contribute to the field of disaster and climate conflict research. For this purpose, I qualitatively examine for the first
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Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 15h

Revisiting IT Project Uncertainty: Operationalizing the Sambamurthy–Zmud Model for De-Risking Digital Transformation Projects Uncertainty in project deliverables remains a pervasive source of IT project failure, yet its structural origins are rarely operationalized. Sambamurthy a
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Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 15h

Working right ways in foot health with and for First Nations Peoples: research method guided and governed by First Nations ways of knowing, being, and doing in cross-sectional qualitative study design. Background: Underpinning ongoing colonisation of the lands now known as Austra
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Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 15h

Theoretical Foundations of the Multicultural Systems Approach (MSA): A Meta-Framework for Intercultural Management The Multicultural Systems Approach (MSA) proposes a shift from viewing culture as a set of static, national traits toward understanding it as a dynamic system of int
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