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History calling: Strengthening evidence-based politics and policymaking in the European Parliament 历史召唤：加强欧洲议会的循证政治和决策

Societal Impacts Pub Date : 2025-06-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.socimp.2025.100123

Wolfram Kaiser

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Impact of Chama membership on rural women's land tenure security in Kakamega County, Kenya Chama成员身份对肯尼亚卡卡梅加县农村妇女土地保有权安全的影响

Societal Impacts Pub Date : 2025-06-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.socimp.2025.100120

Franciscah Anyona Omukiti , Hesborn Andole Ondiba

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A win-win solution? The promise and the social realities of aquifer storage and recovery options in rural India 一个双赢的解决方案？印度农村含水层储存和恢复方案的前景和社会现实

Societal Impacts Pub Date : 2025-06-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.socimp.2025.100121

Aviram Sharma , Somnath Bandyopadhyay , Anurag Verma , Rahul Kumar Sinha , Prabhakar Sharma

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Space complexity and human interactions in bank erosion-induced relocated settlements 河岸侵蚀诱发迁移聚落的空间复杂性与人类互动

Societal Impacts Pub Date : 2025-06-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.socimp.2025.100122

Nilanjana Biswas , Sayani Mukhopadhyay

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Poverty and housing precariousness in rural areas under the lens of social resilience. Revealing societal implications of lived experiences of rural poverty 从社会复原力的角度看农村地区的贫困和住房不稳定问题。揭示农村贫困生活经历的社会影响

Societal Impacts Pub Date : 2025-06-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.socimp.2025.100119

Theodosia Anthopoulou , Maria Partalidou , Sofia Nikolaidou , Glykeria Stamatopoulou

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Structural dynamics and societal impact of contractor-mediated interstate tribal labor migration in the Rarh region of India 印度拉尔地区承包商介导的跨州部落劳动力迁移的结构动态和社会影响

Societal Impacts Pub Date : 2025-05-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.socimp.2025.100118

Bapan Biswas , Kaushal Kumar Sharma , Bipul Biswas

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Radicalization prevention and racism experiences of young adults of Turkish descent in Germany: Lessons for professional youth work 德国土耳其裔青年的激进化预防和种族主义经验：对专业青年工作的启示

Societal Impacts Pub Date : 2025-05-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.socimp.2025.100117

Mihri Özdoğan , Isabel Fischer , Stefan Borrmann , Marie Dienesch , Nikolai Anders

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Applied geophysics in schools to raise knowledge and awareness about geothermal energy and seismology 在学校举办应用地球物理学讲座，提高学生对地热能和地震学的认识

Societal Impacts Pub Date : 2025-05-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.socimp.2025.100116

Jérôme Azzola , Judith Bremer

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Cultural intelligence in higher education: Promoting inclusion and global collaboration 高等教育中的文化智力：促进包容和全球合作

Societal Impacts Pub Date : 2025-05-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.socimp.2025.100115

Marina Sousa

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What really is good for people? A practical theory for impact-making, policy evaluation and life more generally 什么才是真正对人有益的？影响制定，政策评估和生活更普遍的实用理论

Societal Impacts Pub Date : 2025-04-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.socimp.2025.100114

John E. Wilcox

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