Actors and roles in integration of electric vehicles in energy markets and power systems: Theory, glossary, and application to virtual power plant and fleet operator by Jan F. Heinekamp, Kai Strunz

“…The shown quantitative analysis of costs and revenues substantiates the importance of actor-specific modeling for accurate benefit allocation. …”
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Skolövergripande sexualundervisning by Karin Gunnarsson

“…This article explores how whole-school sexuality education is enacted within collective conditions. Drawing on actor-network theory, these collective conditions are examined as socio-material capacities that both stabilize and weaken sexuality education in relation to other actors and practices. …”
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Explanation of the I.R.I’S Political Economy and Reconstructing of the Social Economy by Mosayeb GharehBeygi, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Marjan Badiee Azandahi, Yashar Zakki, Abbas Rajabifard

“…In this regard, the present study, using the method of discourse analysis and using semi-structured interviews, first explores and extracts the most important issues related to the current political economy of Iran and then, using the paradigm model has developed an appropriate strategy for the optimal management of the economy. …”
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Methods of Measuring ‘Soft Power’ by S. I. Belov

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Dyadic effects of illness perception and maladaptive cognitive-emotional regulation strategies on the fear of cancer recurrence in breast cancer patients and spouses: an actor-part... by Hui Ren, Tianye Yang, Songli Mei, Zhu Zhu, Jianjun Shi, Lingling Tong, Jia Yang, Yabin Sun

“…Data were analyzed using the actor-partner interdependence mediation model. Results This study found that, for patients and spouses, maladaptive cognitive-emotional regulation strategies mediated the actor effects of illness perception on FCR. …”
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The Regional Subsystem Concept: From Heterogeneity to Pluralism by N. S. Labutkin

“…The author identifies the key discussion points, which include primarily the nature of relations between subsystem actors: whether they should necessarily be cooperative or not; if they need formal institutionalization and whether they should be organized hierarchically with a strong leading state. …”
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CYCLICAL DYNAMICS OF THE «EXTERNAL» AND «INTERNAL» ENVIRONMENTS OF BUSINESS-ORGANIZATIONS IN GR-MANAGEMENT by A. A. Degtyarev, М. D. Bondarev, A. S. Teteryuk

“…To ensure growing and systemic influence on the processes of government decision making, corporations promote economic interests by creating systems of controlled communications and relations with state bodies (SB). This field of professional activity identified as «GR» (Government Relations) is a specific type of management activity, specific cross-sectoral (cross-area) management of interactions between business companies (and other non-state actors) and the state authorities, located at the crossing of three basic sectors of governance (government, business and social (nonprofit) organizations). …”
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REGULATORY CAPTURE OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION AREA: THE ANALYSIS OF SOME ASPECTS by Ekaterina I. Trubnikova

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Beyond Crisis Talk: Making Time for Re-Searching New Narratives of Human Relations With Soil by Rita Giuffredi, Christian Colella, Laura Colucci-Gray, Andrea Caretto, Raffaella Spagna, Alba L'Astorina

“…In this paper, we focus on soil as a “contested terrain” emerging from the interplay of competing socio-political and cultural frames. Starting from the analysis of international reports on soil, we show how the urgency frame acts as a powerful discursive device that progressively reduces the inherent complexity of soil as a socio-ecological system, compressing the temporality of future perspectives and demarcating the inclusion/exclusion of non-human actors in soil communities. …”
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Stakeholders’ Views on Factors Influencing Nutrition Policy: a Qualitative Study Across Ten European Countries by Jeruszka-Bielak Marta, Sicińska Ewa, Wit Liesbeth de, Ruprich Jiří, Řehůřková Irena, Brown Kerry A., Timotijevic Lada, Sonne Anne-Mette, Haugaard Pernille, Guzzon Antonella, Garcia Noé Brito, Alevritou Eleni, Hermoso Maria, Sarmant Yuliya, Lähteenmäki Liisa, Roszkowski Wojciech, Raats Monique M.

“…The objective was to identify the main factors influencing micronutrient policies in the opinion of policy actors in ten European countries. Study was carried out during Jan-Nov 2010 in European countries: the Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland and Spain. …”
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Defense Stability and Ecosystem Sustainability in the Strait of Malacca: Maritime Security Challenges from an International Relations Perspective by Awal Syahrul, Sumadinata R. Widya Setiabudi, Yani Yanyan Mochamad, Sudirman Arfin

“…The research employs a qualitative approach through literature reviews and document analysis. It focuses on the interaction between defense stability and ecosystem sustainability from an international relations perspective, including the role of security actors and environmental diplomacy. …”
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Raconter la transition, ou comment l’État renouvelle ses relations avec les collectivités territoriales by Fanny Rodier, Céline Granjou, Gwenola Le Naour

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Prospering the ASEAN Community: How Micro-Region Becomes a Driving Force Prosperity in Indonesia’s Border Area? by Fitrisia Munir, Yanyan Mohammad Yani, Rendi Prayuda, Artha Yudilla, Dini Tiara Sasmi

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Avatars and humans may not elicit the same accent-related biases in mock courtroom research by Lara A. Frumkin, Anna Stone, Mary Jane Spiller

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INTEGRATING TECHNICAL, VALUE AND RELATIONAL PERSPECTIVES IN URBAN REGENERATION PROJECTS: A FRAMEWORK FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF KISELA VODA, SKOPJE by Isabella M. Lami, Elena Todella, Alessandro Armando, Ognen Marina

“…The transformation of the Municipality of Kisela Voda in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia, is proposed as a case study, as an ongoing transformation process object of a recently concluded competition for the sustainable urbanization of the neighbourhood. The analysis is conducted through a series of district plans and projects developed within the framework of the “Architecture and Urban Space” master’s degree course at Politecnico di Torino, focusing on a threefold performativity of the projects, which act through: (i) mapping, with a recomposition of the conditions of “engagement”; (ii) explicating, through the sharing of the implications of value creation; (iii) translating, with facilitation of relations between actors.…”
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La responsabilité sociale des entreprises dans l’industrie chinoise : une recomposition de la relation salariale ? by Clément Séhier

“…This article offers an analysis of the movement of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) related to the transformations of the wage relationship in the Chinese industry. …”
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Interest Representation, Interest Alignment and the Role of Seeking Consensus in the Renewal Process of Hungarian State Management by Csaba Lentner, Bianka Parragh

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Targeted Sanctions: a Tool of Foreign Policy, Unfair Competition or Global Social Engineering? by L. L. Fituni

“…Arguably, among those asymmetric and hybrid measures, Western countries assign a key role to the pressure of international sanction upon competitor nations and uncooperative actors on the world arena. The article is devoted to a critical analysis of some common approaches to the study of the problems of «targeted» sanctions in the theory and practice of international relations and the use of sanctions as a means of achieving geostrategic objectives, including such ambitious ones as social constructivism and social engineering on national, regional and global scales. …”
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Ethical Analysis of the Responsibility Gap in Artificial Intelligence by Eva Schur, Anna Brouns, Peter Lee

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As relações entre arranjo institucional e representação política nos conselhos by Joana Vaz Moura

“…It seeks to deepen this analysis from a relational approach, which may allow further analytic treatment of some factors (institutional arrangements, profile and trajectory of the council members).…”
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