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@globalsociety.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 1:53 PM

🚨New #OnlineFirst article out with Global Society!🚨

"“Tell the World We Are Not Terrorists; We Are Goddesses of Mesopotamia” A Profoundly Dizzying Mythological Narrative of Terrorism: PKK and Jineology" is by @sedacolakoglu.bsky.social and Hakan Kıyıcı

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In this research, we analytically ask: How do PKK women (re)construct their identities and gender-centred violent narratives? How do mythological narratives function in this process? What are the political functions of these narratives? To this end, we conducted a comprehensive analysis of the Jineology periodical through a gender lens, utilising the Discourse Mythological Approach and the core framing tasks of the Framing Theory: diagnostic, prognostic, and motivational. The philosophical foundation of our analysis is based on the German philosopher Blumenberg’s interpretation of myth as work on myth (Arbeit am Mythos) and Bottici’s approach to political myth. The following headings present the research’s main findings. Diagnostic Framing: Slave Woman, Queen of Commodities; Prognostic Framing: Killing the Dominant Male, Jineology; Motivational Framing: Ethics-Aesthetics, Self-Defence. Our findings reveal that the mythological-based jineology reconstructs women’s identity through the goddess Inanna/Ishtar symbol and serves as a political interpretative practice that underpins the ideological justification for the PKK’s political violence. By demonstrating how myths can illuminate our understanding of real-world problems, we highlight the analytical importance of gendered mythological narratives and contribute to both terrorism studies and counter-terrorism efforts.

@sosym.org Sep 21, 2026, 6:12 AM

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A conceptual model and supporting approach for EU taxonomy alignment with green BPM
Finn Klessascheck, Ilona Bogatinovska, Kerstin Andree & Luise Pufahl
doi.org/10.1007/s102...

@sosym.org Sep 18, 2026, 5:45 AM

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A model-driven framework for supervised reconfiguration of satellite schedulers
Francesco Basciani, Arianna Fedeli, Daniele Masti, Ludovico Iovino, Paolo Serri & Patrizio Pelliccione
doi.org/10.1007/s102...

@afssage.bsky.social Sep 17, 2026, 4:04 PM

Check out this new article in #OnlineFirst! Book Review: Sociopolitical sciences and international military affairs: The tunnel of war and peace. Cass Military Studies by Soeters, J - René Moelker, 2026 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

@sosym.org Sep 17, 2026, 6:04 AM

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Twenty-five years of model-driven engineering: perspectives on the past and future
Kevin Lano
doi.org/10.1007/s102...

@afssage.bsky.social Sep 15, 2026, 4:04 PM

Check out this new article in #OnlineFirst! Psychological Capital and Subjective Well-Being Among University Students During Prolonged Armed Conflict: Examining the Civilian Front and Displacement in Israel - Batel Hazan-Liran, Ofra Walter, 2026 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

@globalsociety.bsky.social Sep 15, 2026, 11:09 AM

🚨New #OnlineFirst article out with Global Society!🚨

"Ordering Epistemic Diversity in Global Governance: The Case of Climate Change" is by @andreslr.bsky.social

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The knowledge politics of global governance have become increasingly diverse in recent decades through the recognition of culturally specific ways of knowing, often labelled “local”, “traditional”, or “Indigenous” knowledges. Although epistemic authority has become an established concept in International Relations and the sociology of expertise, the question of epistemic diversity remains undertheorised. Prevailing approaches continue to rely on science–policy models that inadequately capture the politics of epistemic diversity. This paper addresses this gap by developing a framework that conceptualises the ordering of knowledge as a process through which authority and diversity are co-constituted. A focus on ordering reorients inquiry towards the production of authorised forms of epistemic difference and its consequences. The argument is developed through an analysis of global climate governance, examining the politics of epistemic diversity within UN governance and transnational Indigenous mobilisation around forest-based policies in Amazonia.

@afssage.bsky.social Sep 12, 2026, 7:01 PM

Check out this new article in #OnlineFirst! Evaluation Without Information in the Principal-Agent Dynamics of Conscription-Based Military Outsourcing: A Research Note - Sangbaek Kim, Jihong Jang, Jiho Kim, 2026 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

@mediaintaus.bsky.social Sep 11, 2026, 7:00 AM

In a new #OnlineFirst article, Zainab Darbas examines the relationship between public arts funding, games production and the cultural ambitions of Australian games workers.

Read more here: doi.org/10.1177/1329...

@globalsociety.bsky.social Sep 9, 2026, 1:57 PM

🚨New #OnlineFirst article out with Global Society!🚨

"Anti-Intellectualism in Illiberal France: A Soft Authoritarian State at Work" is by @ericfassin.bsky.social and Hagen Steinhauer.

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This interview with Éric Fassin, Professor of Sociology at Université Paris 8, on the upsurge of anti-intellectualism in France considers it as part of the soft authoritarian practices gaining ground under President Macron. Fassin begins by introducing the concept of actualité, which he uses as a methodological tool to analyse unfolding disruptive events that are historically embedded though not fully formed yet. He identifies 2005 as a turning point that links the dismantling of liberal democratic norms to the rise of neoliberal governance, and the mainstreaming of far-right discourse along with increasing postcolonial tensions around the banlieues. He points to a logic of inversion whereby republican values such as universalism and laïcité are instrumentalized to target ethnic minorities/immigrants as well as to discredit critical scholarship. The convergence of neoliberalism and neofascist tendencies fosters inequality and exclusion while redirecting popular resentment towards religious and ethnic minorities as well as intellectual and cultural elites defending minority rights. The interview addresses an important facet of soft authoritarian rule, namely a pervasive anti-intellectualism that undermines critical knowledge production. Intellectuals can only ignore these assaults on academic freedom at their own peril.

@afssage.bsky.social Sep 8, 2026, 7:01 PM

New in #OnlineFirst! Book Review: Building bridges: Black GIs, military labor, and the fight for equality in World War II by Bristol, D. - Yuan Huang, 2026 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

@crimjustjournal.bsky.social Sep 6, 2026, 9:08 PM

🟣New #OnlineFirst article
Tamara Walsh and Xin Zhang explore the broader consequences of the “Adult Crime, Adult Time” laws in Queensland, Australia - and the impacts on criminalised children #YouthCrime #CrimeStatistics #Sentencing
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@afssage.bsky.social Sep 5, 2026, 4:03 PM

New in #OnlineFirst! From Barracks to the Labor Market: How Military Identity Shapes Veteran Employment Stability in China - Qiuyue Zhang, Yi Wang, Yili Lin, Yu Cao, Wenxin Deng, Lingling Zhao, 2026 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

@sosym.org Sep 3, 2026, 5:15 AM

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A model-based approach to improving the dependability of IoT-enabled weather monitoring systems
Vinícus Lima, Bruno Nogueira, Willy Tiengo, Danilo Araújo & Ermeson Andrade
doi.org/10.1007/s102...