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{"title":"Selfhood and inclusive publics: a critical disability lens and creative practice to ground collaborative homelessness research.","authors":"Temba Middelmann","doi":"10.3389/fsoc.2025.1591246","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2025.1591246","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper explores homelessness, research and advocacy with a critical disability lens. It reflects on several years of public space research, and advocacy in national and local networks of homelessness service providers, homeless people, and activists in Johannesburg, South Africa. The paper builds on a triad of self-(an)other-collective to unpack how sacrificing aspects of the self in conditions of extreme inequality and polarization is key for building broader collectives and inclusion. Reflecting on disability as a cause and consequence of homelessness, I offer insights from within and beyond research methods on everyday practices of community wellbeing. Firstly, at the level of community amongst public dwellers and interactions with individual service providers, and secondly through networks of practice-based organisations. The social model of disability clarifies systems of exclusion, de-pathologizing people living with homelessness, critical for expanding publics and inclusion. The paper explores moving towards collaborative and co-created research, guided by community and creative practice, drawing from the intersection of theory and practice around homelessness and disability. It also examines how the sustainability of collaboration also rests on internal shifts, which this paper explores through autoethnographic analysis of the author's merging art and research practices. While practising public art has been valuable in building relationships in public space research, my art practice also aids in healing my own pyscho-spiritual self and bringing me more into community. The paper also follows Paula Toledo in centering curiosity as a basis for compassion and connection, key for substantive collaboration across difference, which also requires openness and honesty about complicity in conditions of inequality. It concludes by drawing out methodological implications from the intersection of these ideas, arguing for greater attention in research to time, play, creativity, openness about personal connection, and the importance of collaboration.</p>","PeriodicalId":36297,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sociology","volume":"10 ","pages":"1591246"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12529696/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145330227","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":"Sexual and gender minority stigma and motivating beliefs among the general public in Rwanda.","authors":"Gustave Muhire, Ann Chereen Karanja, Odile Habimana, Everest Turatsinze, Deborah Kansiime, Louange Gutabarwa Twahirwa, Alain Favina, Ritah Mukashyaka, Egide Niyotwagira, Aflodis Kagaba, Emmy Kageha Igonya, Emmanuel Otukpa, Kristefer Stojanovski","doi":"10.3389/fsoc.2025.1597223","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fsoc.2025.1597223","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Sexual and gender minorities (LGBTQ+) individuals in Rwanda face significant stigma and discrimination, driven by stigmatizing sociocultural and religious norms. This study investigates public perceptions toward sexual and gender minorities (LGBTQ+) in Rwanda, focusing on exploring non-discrimination beliefs, acceptance levels, and views on whether LGBTQ+ identities are innate.</p><p><strong>Methodology: </strong>A cross-sectional study was conducted across six districts in Rwanda, with 1,254 non-LGBTQ+ participants using convenience and snowball sampling. Descriptive statistics, ANOVA, and multivariable linear regression analyses were performed to assess associations between non-discrimination beliefs, acceptance, beliefs about being born LGBTQ+, and sociodemographic factors.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The average LGBTQ+ acceptance score was 8.7 out of 15 (Stdev: 3.6). Beliefs that one is born LGBTQ+ had an average score of 6.0 out of 10 [Sdev=2.2]. Regarding beliefs that one should not discriminate against LGBTQ+ the average score was 28.0 [Stdev: 8 out of 39.2]. Every one-point increase in people's beliefs about not discriminating against LGBTQ+, their acceptance of LGBTQ+ people increases by 0.25 points [95% CI (0.23, 0.27)]. As people's beliefs about not discriminating against LGBTQ+ increased by one point their belief that LGBTQ+ are born as such increases by 0.11 points [95% CI (0.10,0.12)].</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Most Rwandans sampled have non-discriminatory attitudes, however the acceptance of LGBTQ+ persons and beliefs that being LGBTQ+ is innate remains low. As non-discriminatory beliefs improve so does acceptance of LGBTQ+ and the belief that it is an innate identity. The findings suggest that educational and sensitivity efforts might be worth exploring as they could potentially improve attitudes toward perceptions and acceptance toward LGBTQ+ individuals, but experimental research would be needed to test this possibility.</p>","PeriodicalId":36297,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sociology","volume":"10 ","pages":"1597223"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12521211/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145309340","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 an integrated conceptual framework of <i>NewWork</i>-settings: a systematic scoping review.","authors":"Anna-Sophia Wawera, Fiona Niebuhr, Sophie Glaser, Carla Rinne, Susanne Voelter-Mahlknecht","doi":"10.3389/fsoc.2025.1631523","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fsoc.2025.1631523","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The last few decades have seen drastic changes in the world of work. These global transformations of work towards more digital, decentralized and democratic forms are commonly referred to as <i>NewWork</i> (NW). NW is frequently described as a container term encompassing a broad set of concepts. In order to provide conceptual clarity, the aim of this review was to develop an integrated conceptual framework of NW-settings, i.e., workplaces that have implemented different NW measures.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A systematic scoping review was conducted, following the framework by Arksey and O'Malley and the Joanna Briggs Institute.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Based on the synthesis of 99 included articles, we developed a multidimensional conceptual framework of NW-settings, which consists of four dimensions: <i>flexibility, digitalization, democratization and agility</i>, and 14 inter-related sub-dimensions.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>This framework facilitates a clearer understanding of NW and provides valuable insights for contemporary work practices and the broader social implications of digital and organizational transformations in our world of work.</p>","PeriodicalId":36297,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sociology","volume":"10 ","pages":"1631523"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12519458/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145303800","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":"Female intuition in economics and conscious leadership: a comprehensive integrative review of conceptual foundations, cultural moderators, and future directions.","authors":"Roberto Gómez Tobías","doi":"10.3389/fsoc.2025.1560090","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fsoc.2025.1560090","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The notion of female intuition has long been marginalized or misconstrued within economic and leadership discourse. Recent contributions from cognitive neuroscience, feminist economics, and organizational theory offer new insights into intuition as a nuanced form of embodied judgment, responsive to both ethical and contextual demands. In response to this gap, the present review systematically examines how this epistemic capacity is conceptualized, empirically explored, and shaped by institutional and cultural conditions.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Building on this foundation, this analysis articulates four interrelated objectives: (1) To define and integrate the construct of female intuition within economic and leadership domains; (2) To assess its influence on innovation, risk perception, and decision quality; (3) To explore cultural, structural, and neuropsychological moderators of its expression and legitimacy; (4) To propose a multidimensional framework grounded in feminist and neuroconstructivist epistemologies.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A systematic and integrative protocol was applied to peer-reviewed literature published between 2000 and 2024 across Scopus, Web of Science, PsycINFO, PubMed, and EconLit. Boolean operators and controlled vocabulary (e.g., MeSH terms, APA Thesaurus descriptors) were used to ensure precision. Eligible studies addressed intuition, leadership, or decision-making through gendered lens. Data extraction included metadata (authorship, year, country), methodology, theoretical framing, and findings. Quality appraisal followed CASP (for qualitative designs), MMAT 2018 (for mixed methods), and AMSTAR 2 (for reviews). Thematic synthesis was complemented by bibliometric mapping using VOSviewer to identify citation clusters and emerging research fronts.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>By confronting epistemic biases and expanding the discourse on intuitive cognition, this review contributes to a more inclusive understanding of leadership intelligence. Its findings offer theoretical grounding for future research, inform gender-sensitive educational practices, and support the design of economic policies that recognize cognitive diversity as a strategic asset.</p><p><strong>Systematic review registration: </strong>Identifier: doi: 10.17605/OSF.IO/TR5DP.</p>","PeriodicalId":36297,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sociology","volume":"10 ","pages":"1560090"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12519457/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145303785","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 labor market of digital labor platforms in Chile: companies, state regulation and workers.","authors":"Antonio Stecher, Karol Morales, Alan Valenzuela","doi":"10.3389/fsoc.2025.1673277","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2025.1673277","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>In Chile, as in different Latin American countries, a growing expansion of digital labor platforms has been observed since 2010. The study of the labor markets of these platforms in countries such as Chile is of great importance to understand the particularities that these companies acquire in contexts other than the global north. Contexts with high rates of informal employment and fragile labor institutions give rise to particular dynamics and configurations in these labor markets. In turn, the case of Chile is of special interest due to the recent approval of a law (21.431)-the first of its kind in Latin America- regulating the contract of delivery and transportation platform workers, as well as its pioneering role in the processes of neoliberal modernization in the region, which are at the basis of many of the current productive and labor dynamics of the platforms.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The reconstruction of the delivery and ride-hailing digital platforms labor market is based on the analysis of data (interviews with workers, interviews with key informants, documentary analysis of primary sources, review of secondary sources, field observations) collected between 2019 and 2025 in the framework of three research projects.</p><p><strong>Results and discussion: </strong>We present a reconstruction of the delivery and ride-hailing digital platforms labor market organized around three axes: (i) <i>platform companies</i>, (ii) <i>state labor regulations</i>, and (iii) <i>workers</i>. The analysis incorporates a diachronic perspective that highlights key milestones in the development of this labor market in Chile between 2010 and 2025, accounting for its dynamism and transformation. Likewise, a perspective is incorporated that accounts for the role of different actors-business actors, State actors (legislative, executive, and judicial branches) and worker organizations- in shaping the labor market of digital work platforms in Chile. The article concludes by identifying three key characteristics of this labor market: (i) its heterogeneity, (ii) an internal logic that amplifies and naturalizes precariousness, and (iii) its capacity to offer possibilities for rapid job insertion and precarious social inclusion.</p>","PeriodicalId":36297,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sociology","volume":"10 ","pages":"1673277"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12519455/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145303822","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":"A g-local call for culturally responsive prevention and care of gender-based violence against women migrants and refugees.","authors":"Mohamed Taiebine","doi":"10.3389/fsoc.2025.1651018","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fsoc.2025.1651018","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36297,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sociology","volume":"10 ","pages":"1651018"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12518089/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145303770","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":"Mothering away from home: experiences of Zimbabwean domestic workers in South Africa.","authors":"Londeka Zamankwali Shamase, Lusanda Sekaja","doi":"10.3389/fsoc.2025.1607624","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fsoc.2025.1607624","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Many women leave their homes in Zimbabwe in the hopes of finding work in South Africa. In this study we investigated the experiences of Zimbabwean transnational mothers working as domestic workers in South Africa with a specific focus on how they navigate motherhood while separated from their children. We conducted semi-structured interviews to explore the visitational, financial, and emotional aspects of their separation. We used thematic analysis to interpret the data, which revealed three key themes, namely, (a) infrequent homecoming shaped by structural barriers, (b) vulnerabilities and unseen challenges of children left behind, and (c) transnational mothering. The findings highlight the emotional tax and structural constraints of mothering across borders. The study calls for a more culturally grounded understanding of parenting, specifically transnational mothering.</p>","PeriodicalId":36297,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sociology","volume":"10 ","pages":"1607624"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12509217/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145281351","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":"Decolonial knowledge in Practice: a mestiza reflection on sentipensar in indigenous Nasa epistemologies.","authors":"Paola Chaves Pérez","doi":"10.3389/fsoc.2025.1605618","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fsoc.2025.1605618","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper presents the concept of sentipensar in the Nasa Indigenous practices. Through the concept of sentipensar this article shows that Nasa knowledge can emerge from being within relationships through the body, through affect, through intuition, and through deliberation processes that listen the body and the spirits. It affirms that knowledge is not only produced in the mind, but also in rituals, in land-based practices, and in the everyday acts of care and resistance that sustain community life. As such, <i>sentipensar</i> offers an understanding of knowledge that is deeply situated and communal, challenging the dominant view of knowledge as a cognitive or individual pursuit.</p>","PeriodicalId":36297,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sociology","volume":"10 ","pages":"1605618"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12509064/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145281405","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":"From family estrangement to empowered exits: new emotional developments.","authors":"Andreea Nica","doi":"10.3389/fsoc.2025.1663618","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fsoc.2025.1663618","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Adult child and parent estrangement has seen an upward trend in recent years. While former research has explored the motivations and implications of the family estrangement or exiting phenomenon, little is known about the emotional (re)socialization process of \"exiters\" in the family exiting process. Through in-depth, online interviews (<i>n</i> = 30), this qualitative study investigates how adult children and parent exiters undergo an emotional (re)socialization process related to wellbeing outcomes. The empirical findings reveal that the family exiting process is emotionally nuanced with social gains and consequences for both adult children and parents in this study. While respondents self-report positive feelings associated with severing ties, there is a mixed impact on overall wellbeing. This research has significant policy and practical implications in forging social and emotional support resources for individuals who experience an exit from their family system.</p>","PeriodicalId":36297,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sociology","volume":"10 ","pages":"1663618"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12504279/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145259302","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":"A good autistic life: an autistic-led conceptualization of autistic flourishing through autistic women's-lived experiences.","authors":"Åsa Hedlund, Maria Eriksson Wester, Pia Edenvik, Cecilia Ingard, Kajsa Isakson, Lisa Kron Sabel, Danielle Unéus, Therese Lindström, Melissa H Black, Hanna Bertilsdotter Rosqvist","doi":"10.3389/fsoc.2025.1611803","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fsoc.2025.1611803","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction and objective: </strong>Interest in developing an understanding of \"autistic flourishing\" is steadily increasing in research and autistic communities. Flourishing is a multidimensional construct explained somewhat by positive emotion, but mostly by good psychological and social functioning. Autistic people process information and stimuli differently from neurotypical people, so it may be reasonable to assume that their definition of flourishing and the factors that influence it may differ from those of neurotypical people. Exploring flourishing from autistic women's perspectives is essential, as they have been historically overlooked in autism research, despite differing from autistic men in presentation and facing higher mental health risks.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This autistic-led, partly collective, autoethnographic study was conducted within the context of a broader project exploring the concept of autistic flourishing. Here, we employ a two-phased phenomenological approach, drawing on both autistic and neurotypical frames of analyses. In the first phase, autistic women draw on their lived experiences in a collective autoethnography, including both focus groups and collective writing, to shape the concept of flourishing and its indicators. These insights were further developed by neurotypical authors, who compare to neurotypical experiences and conceptualizations of flourishing.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Two themes and twelve subthemes were identified. The first theme, \"Living with a neurodivergent bodymind,\" presents how autistic women define and experience flourishing. The second theme, \"Strategies for autistic flourishing,\" highlights actions autistic women take to achieve or maintain flourishing.</p><p><strong>Discussion and conclusion: </strong>Through our autistic-led approach drawing on neurodiverse frames of analysis, our work presents a first initial investigation of autistic flourishing among women. Our findings suggest qualitative differences in autistic derived definitions of flourishing and its indicators compared to those of neurotypicals, emphasizing the importance of developing an autistic-driven understanding of flourishing.</p>","PeriodicalId":36297,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sociology","volume":"10 ","pages":"1611803"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12506894/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145259382","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}