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Beyond the leaves: Unveiling the societal impact of research on the self-perceived quality of life among indigenous female tea garden workers 茶叶之外：揭示土著茶园女工自我感觉生活质量研究的社会影响

Societal Impacts Pub Date : 2023-12-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.socimp.2023.100028

Suranjan Majumder, Indrajit Roy Chowdhury

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Lost in the cityscape: Exploring urban homelessness, its societal imprints and policy suggestions 迷失在城市景观中探索城市无家可归问题、其社会印记和政策建议

Societal Impacts Pub Date : 2023-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.socimp.2023.100026

Arghadeep Bose, Subham Roy, Suranjan Majumder, Indrajit Roy Chowdhury

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Science for strengthening family flower farms 加强家庭花卉农场的科学

Societal Impacts Pub Date : 2023-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.socimp.2023.100023

H.J. Hasperué , A. Nico , R. Cieza

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Participatory science for social impacts and structural change in polluted industrial regions: Case study in France 参与式科学促进受污染工业地区的社会影响和结构变革：法国案例研究

Societal Impacts Pub Date : 2023-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.socimp.2023.100025

Barbara L. Allen , Maxime Jeanjean , Johanna Lees , Yolaine Ferrier , Alison K. Cohen

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Enhancing financial literacy in South Korea: Integrating AI and data visualization to understand financial instruments’ interdependencies 提高韩国的金融知识水平：结合人工智能和数据可视化理解金融工具的相互依存关系

Societal Impacts Pub Date : 2023-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.socimp.2023.100024

Insu Choi, Woo Chang Kim

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Energy emission offset from road transport: A societal benefit perspective 道路运输的能源排放抵消:社会效益视角

Societal Impacts Pub Date : 2023-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.socimp.2023.100022

Ibrahim Kabiru Maji , Shuaibu Muhammad , Mohd Yusof Saari , Abdullahi Shittu Ibrahim , Ummukulthum Ibrahim Alkali

{"title":"Energy emission offset from road transport: A societal benefit perspective","authors":"Ibrahim Kabiru Maji , Shuaibu Muhammad , Mohd Yusof Saari , Abdullahi Shittu Ibrahim , Ummukulthum Ibrahim Alkali","doi":"10.1016/j.socimp.2023.100022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socimp.2023.100022","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study examines the societal effect of willingness to pay for energy emissions offset by road travellers in the northeastern region of Nigeria. A survey method was employed to collect first-hand information from 601 road travelers and analyzed using an open-ended contingent valuation method. The findings revealed that about 66% of road travellers’ consent to pay for energy emissions offset from road transport, but at relatively low price. Equally, about 43% have a basic knowledge of energy offset, and about 83% of road travellers have less experience in an emissions offset program. The findings further revealed that the average open-ended willingness to pay for energy emissions stands at $0.15 for a trip. Thus, the societal impact of these findings was analyzed and recommendations on the need for increased awareness on emission offset and a clean environment for inclusive development were made.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101167,"journal":{"name":"Societal Impacts","volume":"1 1","pages":"Article 100022"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S294969772300022X/pdfft?md5=2333657ab38de43cecb96f6a56c1fc8e&pid=1-s2.0-S294969772300022X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138474192","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Promoting sustainable futures through community proactivity: The social impact 通过社区活动促进可持续发展的未来:社会影响

Societal Impacts Pub Date : 2023-11-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.socimp.2023.100015

Takis Kapsalis

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Raising global citizens at home: Exploring a methodological approach 在国内培养世界公民:探索一种方法论方法

Societal Impacts Pub Date : 2023-11-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.socimp.2023.100012

Ingrid Van Rompay-Bartels , Clinton Watkins , Jannemieke Geessink

{"title":"Raising global citizens at home: Exploring a methodological approach","authors":"Ingrid Van Rompay-Bartels , Clinton Watkins , Jannemieke Geessink","doi":"10.1016/j.socimp.2023.100012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socimp.2023.100012","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Views on how to balance the needs of humans and the environment differ widely. Global citizenship supports the transition to a sustainable society as the substantial and complex challenges facing the world transcend national borders. Global citizenship is a key response in contemporary higher education which aims to prepare students to address present and future challenges. We outline the design, international virtual collaboration, for an undergraduate course to develop students' global citizenship competencies. International virtual collaboration works as an open-source instrument that provides an inclusive, equitable and low environmental impact solution to the internationalization of university students at home. We explain an iterative Participatory Action Research methodology to develop and enhance the present and anticipated positive societal impact of the course. The positive societal impacts include reduced environmental impact (by reduced need to travel), improved partnerships (by better understanding of cultural differences that may make working together across borders difficult), quality education (by improved educational design and approach), equality and diversity (by improved access, lower cost, for education that develops global citizenship competencies).</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101167,"journal":{"name":"Societal Impacts","volume":"1 1","pages":"Article 100012"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949697723000127/pdfft?md5=a6a4b75ad87ec08d75fbd41fbaceb1e8&pid=1-s2.0-S2949697723000127-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138435862","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The social impact of labour market flexibilization and its fertility consequences in Italy 意大利劳动力市场灵活性的社会影响及其对生育率的影响

Societal Impacts Pub Date : 2023-11-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.socimp.2023.100021

Raffaele Guetto, Valentina Tocchioni, Daniele Vignoli

{"title":"The social impact of labour market flexibilization and its fertility consequences in Italy","authors":"Raffaele Guetto, Valentina Tocchioni, Daniele Vignoli","doi":"10.1016/j.socimp.2023.100021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socimp.2023.100021","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Very low fertility in Italy is a social problem as it is largely involuntary and represents a threat to the continuity of the society and to welfare state accounts. Rising economic uncertainty is considered in the literature as one of the driving forces behind the postponement of childbearing and the reduction in fertility rates in contemporary Europe. Understanding whether employment instability causally and negatively impacts fertility decisions is of fundamental importance to providing clear recommendations to policymakers. To the best of our knowledge, the only study applying a counterfactual approach to the impact of temporary employment on parenthood is an article by Vignoli et al. [11]. The present study replicates such a paper utilizing more recent data for Italy (2016, instead of 2009), thus covering a period encompassing the Great Recession. We adopt the potential outcome approach to causal inference so as to quantify the net effect of having a first job with a temporary vs. permanent contract on the propensity to first-child conception. Our findings confirm a clear-cut causal effect of temporary employment on first-birth postponement. Largely overlapping previous results, we demonstrate how precarious work has become a structural factor discouraging the transition to parenthood among young Italians.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101167,"journal":{"name":"Societal Impacts","volume":"1 1","pages":"Article 100021"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949697723000218/pdfft?md5=fb4aa79eb2adf1fd757e90b8af767559&pid=1-s2.0-S2949697723000218-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138453541","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Addressing Native Hawaiian historical trauma: Opportunities for increased economic, environmental, and social advancement 解决夏威夷原住民的历史创伤:增加经济、环境和社会进步的机会

Societal Impacts Pub Date : 2023-11-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.socimp.2023.100020

Lorinda Riley

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