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{"title":"Educational trajectories within and beyond the core education phase in Switzerland: a sequence analysis based on SHP data 1999-2023.","authors":"Susanne Edler, Andreas Hadjar","doi":"10.3389/fsoc.2025.1585910","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fsoc.2025.1585910","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Switzerland's educational expansion has lagged behind other industrialized countries, with fewer youths attending upper secondary schools and attaining tertiary education. This paper examines individual educational trajectories over a long period, considering later achievements and higher vocational qualifications. It also identifies inequalities in educational trajectory patterns based on social and migration background, as well as gender.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Using Swiss Household Panel (SHP) data from 1999 to 2023, the sample includes 2,580 individuals born between 1939 and 1983.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Findings show an extended education phase over time, with increased higher education and vocational training. Fewer individuals completed their education by age 21 in the 1969-83 cohort compared to earlier cohorts. Three clusters were identified for the 1939-53 cohort, six for the 1954-68 cohort, and three again for the 1969-83 cohort, indicating diversification.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Educational trajectory patterns vary significantly among different social groups, highlighting profound inequalities.</p>","PeriodicalId":36297,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sociology","volume":"10 ","pages":"1585910"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12177887/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144334042","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}

{"title":"Forging an interdisciplinary lens for understanding community digital archives of South Asian diaspora.","authors":"Sharika Parmar","doi":"10.3389/fsoc.2025.1450641","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2025.1450641","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Different communities have begun archiving their own experiences and histories as a way to reclaim narratives and contend with their own identities and belonging. As the types of archives diversify and the role of digital technologies in archival practices expands, we are increasingly seeing digital community archival efforts. While archives have been key for carrying out research in the social sciences and the humanities, and are periodically found as topics of study in disciplinary subfields concerning themselves with the digital, there is little research on the specific subject of community digital archives. In this essay, I argue that community digital archives are important objects of sociological and historical inquiry. I discuss two community digital archives of the South Asian diaspora - the South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA) and 1947 Partition Archive. I show that they offer insights into migration histories and notions of belonging and identity of South Asian diaspora not only through the digital records they produce, but also through how they operate using digital connectivity. I demonstrate that an interdisciplinary lens is key for critically engaging with these archives.</p>","PeriodicalId":36297,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sociology","volume":"10 ","pages":"1450641"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12177577/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144334043","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}

{"title":"Social inclusion policy effects on democratic satisfaction in Europe: a catalyst of polarization threating the identities of privileged social groups.","authors":"Ibrahim Olayinka Akinyemi, Martin Groß, Volker Lang","doi":"10.3389/fsoc.2025.1567394","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fsoc.2025.1567394","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study analyses the influence of inclusive policies on the democratic satisfaction of different social groups. It draws on social identity theory to explain how inclusive policies can contribute to conflicts and polarization in attitudes between social groups. More specifically, inclusive policies aim to improve the rights and social recognition of disadvantaged groups while they reduce the privileges of groups traditionally recognized as superior. Consequently, we expect that democratic institutions (as the providers of these policies) either get support or disproval from the respective social groups for inclusive policies-causing related increases and decreases in the democratic satisfaction of the respective groups. Using longitudinal data from European Social Survey (rounds 1-10) and additional country level data, we test how socially inclusive policies affect differences in democratic satisfaction between disadvantaged and privileged groups in four policy areas: (1) religious freedom, (2) inclusion of migrants, (3) equal treatment of homosexuals, and (4) gender equality. Except for gender equality policies, our findings support our hypothesis: socially inclusive policies lead to less democratic satisfaction for groups traditionally recognized as superior while the democratic satisfaction of formerly disadvantaged groups increases. These changes in democratic satisfaction indicate that inclusive policies lead to gains in equal social recognition (Isothymia) for some but at the same time are considered a threat to privileged social recognition (Megalothymia) by others. With respect to support for (democratic) political institutions inclusive policies are therefore a \"double-edged sword\" and need to be implemented with care. However, given comparatively strong inclusive policies regarding religious freedom and migrant integration our analyses also indicate convergence in democratic satisfaction between disadvantaged and privileged social groups.</p>","PeriodicalId":36297,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sociology","volume":"10 ","pages":"1567394"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12174112/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144327046","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}

{"title":"Temporary migration of Romanian Roma people to European countries.","authors":"Luiza Meseşan-Schmitz, Claudiu Coman, Diana-Cristina Bódi, Mihaela Gotea","doi":"10.3389/fsoc.2025.1577497","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fsoc.2025.1577497","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Roma people in Europe are still in a great risk of social exclusion because of the stereotypes, prejudices, and discrimination against them, known as Antigypsyism. They also encounter high levels of poverty, lower levels of education, housing conditions, and health care, high rates of unemployment, and so on. Based on the push-pull theory, the present study examines the phenomenon of international migration of the Roma population from Olt County, Romania, capturing the specific factors that led to their migration and return to the country, and also the effects of this phenomenon on the community at the place of origin.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>our study used a mixed-methods approach, applying a non-standardized questionnaire to 796 Roma people who have experienced international, temporary migration and currently live in Olt County from Romania and semistructured interviews with 15 managers and representatives of the local public and socio-cultural institutions from the same region.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>the results show us that the main push-pull factors of external migration of Roma people from Romania, as well as of their return home are economic and socio-cultural ones. Our data can add to the mentioned theory new pull factors for migration to certain countries, such as the friendly climate and easier learning of the language of the host country. We have also discovered that family is the main factor for returning home to Romania, and also the disappointment of their migration experience. The effects of their return migration on them and the community can be positive (e.g., cultural exchange, awareness of the role of education), but also negative (e.g., increasing unemployment, the negative image of Romania).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>the findings highlight some assumptions of the push-pull theory, but they also bring new perspectives for understanding and approaching this phenomenon. The perspectives of Roma and representatives of institutions are different regarding the push factors that generate external migration of Roma, Roma identify only economic factors that lead to migration, while managers and representatives also talk about socio-cultural factors involved in the decision to migrate of Roma. The study also identifies the implications generated by the return home of the Roma, with economic, socio-cultural, and educational effects, but also effects at the level of public policies. We believe that the push-pull factors of external migration and the effects of Roma's return to the country are interconnected, generating an amplification of the problems for which Roma migrate. Therefore, they constitute solid arguments for building and streamlining social integration policies for Roma.</p>","PeriodicalId":36297,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sociology","volume":"10 ","pages":"1577497"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12174381/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144327047","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}

{"title":"Birthplace as a capital: migratory flow, labor opportunities, and social reproduction in Brazilian men elite futsal players' careers.","authors":"Iuri Salim de Souza, Murilo Dos Reis Morbi, Illgner Veber Garcia Alves, Christiano Streb Ricci, Renato Francisco Rodrigues Marques","doi":"10.3389/fsoc.2025.1487326","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fsoc.2025.1487326","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>This study investigated the association between social inequality and the sport labor career development opportunities in Brazil. We analyzed the interrelation of Brazilian men's elite futsal players' birthplaces, the clubs' locations, and the intra-national (domestic) migratory flow among regions and states within this country. Brazil is a Global South country with a high level of social inequality where futsal is a very popular sport, with one of the most relevant men's national leagues worldwide-the <i>Liga Nacional de Futsal</i> (LNF). This league commonly counts on around 20 clubs, all located in the South or Southeast regions of Brazil, which are socioeconomically wealthier and with a higher Human Development Index (HDI). The aims of this study were: (a) to analyze how men professional futsal players' migratory flow occurs in Brazil, considering and relating the athletes' birthplace and the clubs' location regions; (b) to investigate players' working period in the same club and the tendencies of instability/stability in job positions; (c) to analyze relations between the socioeconomic inequality in different Brazilian regions and the athletes' migratory flow.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>With a quantitative research approach, we analyzed the birthplaces and migratory flow of LNF players between 2013 and 2022. Data discussion was based on Bourdieusian Reflexive Sociology. Results showed that: LNF clubs are located in Brazilian socioeconomic richest regions, with most players born there; a minority of athletes remained working in the same club for 3 years or more.</p><p><strong>Discussion and conclusion: </strong>We concluded that Brazilian men's elite futsal context reproduces socioeconomic inequalities through a very regionalized athletes' migratory flow, and provides unstable labor conditions to players, who remain for short periods joining the same club.</p>","PeriodicalId":36297,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sociology","volume":"10 ","pages":"1487326"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12175435/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144327045","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}

{"title":"Editorial: Co-creating future social services.","authors":"Andrzej Klimczuk, Robin Miller, Carola Orrego, Hilla Dolev","doi":"10.3389/fsoc.2025.1619854","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2025.1619854","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36297,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sociology","volume":"10 ","pages":"1619854"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12170571/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144318204","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}

{"title":"Depictions of older adults residing in nursing homes: a Goffman-inspired thematic analysis of children's picture books in a Danish context.","authors":"Stinne Glasdam, Ragnhild Julante Andersen Gulestø, Christie Stilwell","doi":"10.3389/fsoc.2025.1588854","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fsoc.2025.1588854","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Some children may witness their grandparents or great-grandparents spending their final days in a nursing home, while others have peers with older relatives living in nursing homes. Children learn about ageing through experience and exposure, where picture books can also shape their perceptions and attitudes toward older adults residing in nursing homes.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To explore the underlying beliefs and attitudes about ageing and older adults residing in nursing homes depicted in children's picture books in a Danish context.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A systematic search of children's picture books was conducted in the national Danish library catalogue. The search strategy initially identified 360 books, all were manually screened against the inclusion and exclusion criteria. In total, 22 met the inclusion criteria. Data were extracted and analysed using a descriptive and reflexive thematic analysis, methodologically inspired by Braun and Clarke and theoretically informed by Goffman.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The empirical material consisted of 439 pages containing text and/or illustrations depicting nursing homes and/or older adults living in them. The first editions were published between 1973 and 2022, with all books (re)printed in Denmark after 1975. The books originated from nine countries, with the majority from Denmark (<i>n</i> = 9). Three overarching themes were constructed: \"<i>Nursing homes-a housing solution between necessity and coercion</i>,\" \"<i>Associations between nursing homes and kindergartens</i>,\" and \"<i>The present was the past and death was the future</i>.\" Nursing homes were depicted both as care facilities and places of forced residence, often akin to kindergartens and reinforcing the infantilization of older adults. Older adult characters were often depicted as equals to children, while the middle generation functioned as a bridge between generations without much interaction with older adults. Few books addressed death directly, and those that did tended to portray it in romanticized terms, surrounded by a nuclear family.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Picture books reinforced certain stereotypes about nursing homes, older adults, and family dynamics. Future publications should consider ways to integrate realistic and diverse depictions of nursing homes, their residents, and friends and family that visit.</p>","PeriodicalId":36297,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sociology","volume":"10 ","pages":"1588854"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12162558/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144303108","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}

{"title":"The classroom as a space of resistance. Cooperation, gratitude and collective memory between neuroscience and social science.","authors":"Dévrig Mollès, Marcos Parada-Ulloa","doi":"10.3389/fsoc.2025.1567675","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fsoc.2025.1567675","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article explores social transformation through pedagogy, historical consciousness, social science, and neuroscience. Modern educational systems perpetuate social hierarchies. The meritocratic narrative of neoliberalism is a new form of social Darwinism. Behind this illusion lie the mechanisms of accumulated history, social reproduction, and the inheritance of economic, social, cultural, and symbolic capitals. Collective memory is one of these capitals, cultivated by the elites. In contrast, the memory of the vanquished fades into oblivion. Therefore, democratic pedagogy aims to build collective memory and a historical consciousness of equality, inequality, and human rights. This project requires cognitive and methodological tools for both teachers and students. Our proposal is both theoretical and practical. Theoretically, we aim to build a historical awareness and resilience capacities to address the algorithmic colonization. Cooperative pedagogy and neuroscience bring constructive tools. This approach fosters a new rationalism and complex thinking that unifies natural, social, and human sciences into a cohesive pedagogical praxis. We propose to build collective memory and historical awareness among students, pedagogical team, and families. This involves teacher training, an emotional and prosocial climate, cooperative skills, historical research teams, collecting of family memories, and collective synthesis. The project fosters social bonds and skills for democratic sovereignty. Methodologically, the research employs a critical bibliographical review and content analysis from CAIRN, OpenEdition, ScienceDirect, Web of Science, ERICH+, EBSCO, Scopus, and Google Scholar. The selected bibliography includes authors from Canada, Chile, England, France, Germany, India, Switzerland, the Philippines, and the United States.</p>","PeriodicalId":36297,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sociology","volume":"10 ","pages":"1567675"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12162608/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144303109","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}

{"title":"Developing cadres of gender specialists in global public health to meet increasing demand.","authors":"Anna Kalbarczyk, Katherine Banchoff, Kelly Perry, Mary de Boer, Rosemary Morgan","doi":"10.3389/fsoc.2025.1501764","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fsoc.2025.1501764","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Gender is increasingly prioritized in global health and embedded across the Sustainable Development Goals. This shift has created a demand for gender specialists with skills to integrate gender into research and programs. Most global health professionals lack formal training in gender analysis or integration. Gender is often misunderstood-conflated with sex, focused only on women, or limited to maternal health. Training can equip professionals to address these gaps, improve outcomes, and reduce inequities. We developed the Gender and Health Summer Institute at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health to grow this capacity. Using universal design, the Institute enhances accessibility, inclusivity, and engagement. Our goal: build a global cadre of gender specialists driving more gender-responsive and equitable health programs.</p>","PeriodicalId":36297,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sociology","volume":"10 ","pages":"1501764"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12160082/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144286692","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}

{"title":"Measures used by stakeholders to mitigate Gender-Based Violence through the Ubuntu philosophy lens in South Africa.","authors":"Thingahangwi Cecilia Masutha, Angelina Maphula, Salaminah Moloko-Phiri, Molokedi Matsipane, Rodwell Gundo","doi":"10.3389/fsoc.2025.1587793","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fsoc.2025.1587793","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Gender-Based violence (GBV) is a widespread problem in South Africa, impacting almost every aspect of life. This study aimed to explore measures different stakeholders use to mitigate Gender-Based Violence through the Ubuntu philosophy lens in South Africa. The study's objectives were (1) to explore how the Ubuntu philosophy can be applied to mitigate GBV in South Africa (2) to recommend culturally relevant, community-centered measures to mitigate GBV using Ubuntu principles and foster collective responsibility. The study was conducted in a selected university's boardroom in South Africa. A qualitative approach using explorative, descriptive, and contextual designs was adopted per the research objectives. The population comprised hospital nurses, Thuthuzela Care Center, social workers, psychologists, the South African Police Service (SAPS), the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), and the Democratic Nursing Organization of South Africa (DENOSA). Eighteen participants were conveniently sampled and consented to participate. Semi-structured questions were used to achieve the objectives of the study. Two focus group discussions were used to collect data. The interviews lasted for 35-45 min and lasted for 1 day. Data was analyzed thematically using Tech's eight steps. Three themes with their sub-themes emerged: information giving, support needed, and Ubuntu principles to mitigate GBV, where reasons for women to remain in abusive relationships, culture and its influences on GBV, and GBV in the workplace were articulated. Mental health support, social development, and services available for the survivors were also deducted from the study as sub-themes. According to the study's findings, raising knowledge of the Ubuntu ideology and GBV may help lessen some types of GBV by promoting Ubuntu's values. This study recommends an interprofessional collaboration on curbing Gender-Based Violence using the Ubuntu philosophy.</p>","PeriodicalId":36297,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sociology","volume":"10 ","pages":"1587793"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12146291/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144259069","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}