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The Ludic Paradox: Why Behavioral Change Through Games Requires Agency, Not Control The global games industry engages nearly three billion players, yet instrumental applications of
games for behavioral change, from gamification to serious games, demonstrate a puzzling
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games for behavioral change, from gamification to serious games, demonstrate a puzzling
inconsisten
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February 11, 2026 at 8:48 PM
The Ludic Paradox: Why Behavioral Change Through Games Requires Agency, Not Control The global games industry engages nearly three billion players, yet instrumental applications of
games for behavioral change, from gamification to serious games, demonstrate a puzzling
inconsisten
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games for behavioral change, from gamification to serious games, demonstrate a puzzling
inconsisten
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Measuring Individual-level Issue Importance with Repeated Binary-choice Questions Measuring individual-level issue importance is crucial for the study of voting behavior and public opinion, yet existing methods struggle to balance estimation accuracy with respondent burden. Stand
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February 11, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Measuring Individual-level Issue Importance with Repeated Binary-choice Questions Measuring individual-level issue importance is crucial for the study of voting behavior and public opinion, yet existing methods struggle to balance estimation accuracy with respondent burden. Stand
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2. Learner Agency, Cognitive Constraint, and Pedagogical Design in Digital Language Learning This study addressed a critical gap in the literature concerning the specific cognitive challenges and cultural intricacies involved in non-alphabetic language learning. The research exam
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February 11, 2026 at 1:44 PM
2. Learner Agency, Cognitive Constraint, and Pedagogical Design in Digital Language Learning This study addressed a critical gap in the literature concerning the specific cognitive challenges and cultural intricacies involved in non-alphabetic language learning. The research exam
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Energy Transitions and Political Transformation: Evidence from the Shale Oil Revolution An outstanding question in climate politics is how oil-exporting governments will respond to a global clean energy transition. I argue that persistent oil revenue shortfalls strain social cont
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February 11, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Energy Transitions and Political Transformation: Evidence from the Shale Oil Revolution An outstanding question in climate politics is how oil-exporting governments will respond to a global clean energy transition. I argue that persistent oil revenue shortfalls strain social cont
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Physiotherapy rehabilitation manifesto declarations designed to assure that quality clinical delivery can flourish in a UK urban hospital facility: Results from the first decade (2014-2023) Background: Global demand for rehabilitation is high and projected to rise, driven by an i
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February 11, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Physiotherapy rehabilitation manifesto declarations designed to assure that quality clinical delivery can flourish in a UK urban hospital facility: Results from the first decade (2014-2023) Background: Global demand for rehabilitation is high and projected to rise, driven by an i
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Off-time leaving home transitions and life satisfaction across young adulthood in the UK Leaving the parental home is a key transition milestone, often coinciding with the adoption of major adult roles. Reaching it off-time may diminish young adults’ well-being due to non-complia
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February 11, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Off-time leaving home transitions and life satisfaction across young adulthood in the UK Leaving the parental home is a key transition milestone, often coinciding with the adoption of major adult roles. Reaching it off-time may diminish young adults’ well-being due to non-complia
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Assisted Housing and Changes in Household Composition Socius, Volume 12, January-December 2026. Changes in household composition are detrimental to children’s well-being and outcomes. Unaffordable or unstable housing may lead to changes in household composition. The author uses d
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February 11, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Assisted Housing and Changes in Household Composition Socius, Volume 12, January-December 2026. Changes in household composition are detrimental to children’s well-being and outcomes. Unaffordable or unstable housing may lead to changes in household composition. The author uses d
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Epistemic Legitimacy in Interaction: Refusal, Indirectness, and Restraint as Sequential Pragmatic Action This study challenges intervention-centred models of accommodation in contact interaction by showing that the withholding of accommodation can constitute normatively accountab
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February 11, 2026 at 5:39 AM
Epistemic Legitimacy in Interaction: Refusal, Indirectness, and Restraint as Sequential Pragmatic Action This study challenges intervention-centred models of accommodation in contact interaction by showing that the withholding of accommodation can constitute normatively accountab
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Monitor Digital Working Society—Brief report on the first wave of surveys: Between interest, ambivalence, and uncertainty: How workers evaluate and use AI The brief report presents key findings from the first of four representative survey waves conducted as part of the Monitor Di
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February 10, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Monitor Digital Working Society—Brief report on the first wave of surveys: Between interest, ambivalence, and uncertainty: How workers evaluate and use AI The brief report presents key findings from the first of four representative survey waves conducted as part of the Monitor Di
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Evidencing the relational and situated aspects of complex social systems affecting health: introducing an integrated mixed methods approach to understand school mental health Existing strategies for assessing adolescent mental health overlook the complex social and emotional cont
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February 10, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Evidencing the relational and situated aspects of complex social systems affecting health: introducing an integrated mixed methods approach to understand school mental health Existing strategies for assessing adolescent mental health overlook the complex social and emotional cont
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The Intergenerational Transmission of Gender: Paternal Influences on Children’s Gender Attitudes Objective: This study provides the first systematic longitudinal analysis of the influence of paternal involvement in family life – across childhood and adolescence – on the gender-ro
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February 10, 2026 at 9:00 PM
The Intergenerational Transmission of Gender: Paternal Influences on Children’s Gender Attitudes Objective: This study provides the first systematic longitudinal analysis of the influence of paternal involvement in family life – across childhood and adolescence – on the gender-ro
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Foreign Direct Investment, Efficiency, and Regional Disparities in Uganda’s Coffee Sector Foreign direct investment (FDI) is widely promoted as a catalyst for agricultural transformation in developing countries, yet empirical evidence on its efficiency effects remains limited and
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February 10, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Foreign Direct Investment, Efficiency, and Regional Disparities in Uganda’s Coffee Sector Foreign direct investment (FDI) is widely promoted as a catalyst for agricultural transformation in developing countries, yet empirical evidence on its efficiency effects remains limited and
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Computer Science Students’ Perspectives on Job Search Information and Support Sources This research brief examines how computer science students navigate job search information and support in an increasingly competitive and AI-mediated labor market. Drawing on a mixed-methods stu
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February 10, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Computer Science Students’ Perspectives on Job Search Information and Support Sources This research brief examines how computer science students navigate job search information and support in an increasingly competitive and AI-mediated labor market. Drawing on a mixed-methods stu
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The Faith Factor. How Scholars’ Religiosity Biases Research Findings on Secularization Valeria Rainero, Jörg Stolz, Ruud Luijkx
Sociological Science February 10, 2026
10.15195/v13.a7
Secularization is one of the most debated areas of research in current sociology of religion.
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Sociological Science February 10, 2026
10.15195/v13.a7
Secularization is one of the most debated areas of research in current sociology of religion.
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February 10, 2026 at 5:27 PM
The Faith Factor. How Scholars’ Religiosity Biases Research Findings on Secularization Valeria Rainero, Jörg Stolz, Ruud Luijkx
Sociological Science February 10, 2026
10.15195/v13.a7
Secularization is one of the most debated areas of research in current sociology of religion.
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Sociological Science February 10, 2026
10.15195/v13.a7
Secularization is one of the most debated areas of research in current sociology of religion.
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Unsupervised methods for image clustering do not yet replace social scientists’ gaze A number of recent papers have used unsupervised image clustering methods for social science questions. However, there has not yet been research examining whether the clusters resemble the kinds
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February 10, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Unsupervised methods for image clustering do not yet replace social scientists’ gaze A number of recent papers have used unsupervised image clustering methods for social science questions. However, there has not yet been research examining whether the clusters resemble the kinds
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Power to the People? Movement Party Representatives in Norwegian Local Government. Socio-economic inequalities in political participation are well documented, with elected assemblies typically overrepresenting older, highly educated men. In recent years, protest movements and mov
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February 10, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Power to the People? Movement Party Representatives in Norwegian Local Government. Socio-economic inequalities in political participation are well documented, with elected assemblies typically overrepresenting older, highly educated men. In recent years, protest movements and mov
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Why Military Deterrence Fails Against Terrorism: Evidence from a Cross-National Analysis, 2011–2021 Drawing on deterrence theory, the War on Terror institutionalised a security framework centred on the use and threat of force as the primary means of addressing terrorism. Its core
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February 10, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Why Military Deterrence Fails Against Terrorism: Evidence from a Cross-National Analysis, 2011–2021 Drawing on deterrence theory, the War on Terror institutionalised a security framework centred on the use and threat of force as the primary means of addressing terrorism. Its core
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Managing Fuzziness: Leveraging LLMs for Discovering Credibility Indicators in Asylum Cases In many areas of law, legal concepts are characterised by a having degree of fuzziness,
which leads to “matters of degree” assessment when such concepts are applied in legal practice. In
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which leads to “matters of degree” assessment when such concepts are applied in legal practice. In
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February 10, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Managing Fuzziness: Leveraging LLMs for Discovering Credibility Indicators in Asylum Cases In many areas of law, legal concepts are characterised by a having degree of fuzziness,
which leads to “matters of degree” assessment when such concepts are applied in legal practice. In
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which leads to “matters of degree” assessment when such concepts are applied in legal practice. In
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Academic Trajectories of Public High Schools through the Great Recession: A 17-Year Group-Based Analysis in Georgia Educational attainment is a critical social determinant of health, yet relatively little research has examined how long-run academic patterns at the school level ev
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February 10, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Academic Trajectories of Public High Schools through the Great Recession: A 17-Year Group-Based Analysis in Georgia Educational attainment is a critical social determinant of health, yet relatively little research has examined how long-run academic patterns at the school level ev
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From Synchrony to Synergy: A Load-Sharing Model for Team Neurodynamics For two decades, hyperscanning has interpreted inter-brain synchrony as the neural signature of teamwork. Yet evidence from real operations indicates that effective teams do not remain “in sync”; they redistri
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February 10, 2026 at 1:47 PM
From Synchrony to Synergy: A Load-Sharing Model for Team Neurodynamics For two decades, hyperscanning has interpreted inter-brain synchrony as the neural signature of teamwork. Yet evidence from real operations indicates that effective teams do not remain “in sync”; they redistri
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Inclusive Welfare State Research: Longitudinal Work-Injury Policy Data in 188 Countries Since the Industrial Revolution This chapter introduces the Global Work-Injury Policy Database Longitudinal (gwip_long v1) tracking the development, coverage, and generosity of work-injury com
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February 10, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Inclusive Welfare State Research: Longitudinal Work-Injury Policy Data in 188 Countries Since the Industrial Revolution This chapter introduces the Global Work-Injury Policy Database Longitudinal (gwip_long v1) tracking the development, coverage, and generosity of work-injury com
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The Personnel Costs of Nationalization: Culture War Conflicts Increase School Policymaker Turnover The nationalization of politics creates new challenges for local public officials in the United States. We argue the intrusion of nationalized policy conflicts into local governmen
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February 10, 2026 at 9:17 AM
The Personnel Costs of Nationalization: Culture War Conflicts Increase School Policymaker Turnover The nationalization of politics creates new challenges for local public officials in the United States. We argue the intrusion of nationalized policy conflicts into local governmen
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Time-Invariant Models, Time-Varying Effects: The Reversal of Network Embeddedness across Professional Careers Research on the career network treats the effect of the relational structure on outcomes as invariant with time.
Among 495 elite Korean artists over seven decades (1929--
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Among 495 elite Korean artists over seven decades (1929--
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February 10, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Time-Invariant Models, Time-Varying Effects: The Reversal of Network Embeddedness across Professional Careers Research on the career network treats the effect of the relational structure on outcomes as invariant with time.
Among 495 elite Korean artists over seven decades (1929--
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Among 495 elite Korean artists over seven decades (1929--
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Workplace trauma on the social housing and homelessness frontline This research explores workplace trauma in Australia’s social housing and homelessness services – including its extent, causes and impacts. It examines current practices to address this trauma, options to mitigate
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February 10, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Workplace trauma on the social housing and homelessness frontline This research explores workplace trauma in Australia’s social housing and homelessness services – including its extent, causes and impacts. It examines current practices to address this trauma, options to mitigate
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Bayesian Modeling of Subnational Contraceptive Prevalence in Pakistan: are the 2018-2030 policy targets achievable? Pakistan’s 2018-2030 Family Planning and Population Policy set forth ambitious targets, aiming for a 2 percent annual increase in overall contraceptive prevalence r
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February 10, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Bayesian Modeling of Subnational Contraceptive Prevalence in Pakistan: are the 2018-2030 policy targets achievable? Pakistan’s 2018-2030 Family Planning and Population Policy set forth ambitious targets, aiming for a 2 percent annual increase in overall contraceptive prevalence r
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