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Co-producing climate service protocols for agricultural resilience: Lessons from Cambodia’s PEARL Project 共同制定农业抗灾能力气候服务协议：柬埔寨PEARL项目的经验教训

Societal Impacts Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.socimp.2026.100167

Brigadier Libanda , Charya Nin , Phirun IV , Leak Ngeang , Soksophors Yim , Buthdy Sem , Rattana Chinn

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Societal impacts of the Rohingya refugee presence in Bangladesh’s border communities: Tensions and transformations 罗兴亚难民在孟加拉国边境社区的社会影响：紧张和转变

Societal Impacts Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.socimp.2026.100168

SM Asik Ullah

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Assessment of solar-powered projects’ functionality and failures in selected remote locations of southwestern Nigeria 对尼日利亚西南部选定偏远地区太阳能项目的功能和故障进行评估

Societal Impacts Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.socimp.2026.100171

Abraham O. Amole, Adebimpe O. Tafa, Oluwaseun A. Bamido

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Harnessing responsible and sustainable AI adoption in higher education: Empirical evidence from the Netherlands 在高等教育中利用负责任和可持续的人工智能：来自荷兰的经验证据

Societal Impacts Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.socimp.2026.100176

Athanasios Polyportis

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Leaving no one behind – Building inclusive circular economies in the Global South 不让任何一个人掉队——在全球南方建设包容性循环经济

Societal Impacts Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.socimp.2026.100174

Ana Julieth Calderón Márquez

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What theoretical physics can tell us about ecosystem health and why it matters 关于生态系统的健康，理论物理学能告诉我们什么？为什么它很重要

Societal Impacts Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.socimp.2026.100175

Oliver López-Corona , Elvia Ramírez-Carrillo

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Practical impact of research on firefighters: Reduced exposure levels through changes in firefighting training 研究对消防员的实际影响：通过改变消防训练减少暴露水平

Societal Impacts Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.socimp.2026.100166

Maria Helena Guerra Andersen , Anne Thoustrup Saber , Marie Frederiksen , Eva-Carina Nørskov , Ole Henning Sørensen , Ulla Vogel

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Where seasons once called: The fading world of transhumant herders in the Garhwal Himalayas 四季曾经在哪里召唤：加尔瓦尔喜马拉雅山脉的游牧世界

Societal Impacts Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.socimp.2025.100163

Roosen Kumar, Bindhy Wasini Pandey

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Providing a model for citizen deliberation over economic trade-offs 为公民审议经济权衡提供了一个模式

Societal Impacts Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.socimp.2026.100172

Christopher Holmes

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Learning ecologies as an inclusive impactful approach to increasing science literacy 学习生态学是提高科学素养的一种具有包容性和影响力的方法

Societal Impacts Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.socimp.2025.100156

Eleni Chatzidaki , Michail Giannakos , Evita Tasiopoulou , Ioana Caraghiozov , Laura Mentini , Stefania Laneve , Georgios Mavromanolakis , Pavlos Koulouris , Vasilis Liakopoulos

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