What if, instead of viewing legislators as distant or indirect audiences for public writing, we shifted to engage them as community partners, collaborating in a mutually beneficial relationship to develop fresh policy ideas from voices that are often missing in lawmaking? This article tells the story of a partnership between a college composition…

This study examines Kazakhstan's multi-party system, analyzing the ideologies of existing parties, political party legislation, and the specifics of political culture in the republic. The authors claim that modern Kazakh political parties lack distinct ideological foundations, as they have not formulated clear ideological positions. The…

Defining educational inclusion is a complex task on which there is still no conceptual agreement among practitioners. Although the term inclusion has moved away from integration or disability, it has not yet been consolidated as the presence and participation of all students. Some of the reasons are lack of material and human resources, isolated…

Technology transfer in Philippine State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) is a crucial component of national innovation ecosystems. The Technology Transfer Act of 2009 (RA 10055) provided SUCs with the legal framework to commercialize research outputs, yet significant challenges persist, including weak industry linkages, bureaucratic…

The study examined how legislators, central bureaucrats, and teachers interpret the Swedish School Act's formulation that education should be based on science. A special focus was on education about values. The study was conducted using informant interviews with representatives of the political, central bureaucratic, and teacher level. The results…

Political interest in Research Infrastructures on a European scale has been a new phenomenon, marked in the early 2000s with the launch of the Lisbon Strategy and the European Research Area. European Research Infrastructure policy then developed through, first, the strategic incorporation of incumbents through new modes of coordination; second,…

Language legislation, given its importance in language rights, has received increasing attention over the past decades. This study offers a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of the literature on language legislation from 2005 to 2023. By utilizing VOSViewer and CiteSpace, we have visualized and analyzed the scientific outputs, intellectual…

This article explores how a public written response to anti-LGBT+ legislation in Ghana also functioned as a religious educational intervention to shape future visions of tolerant pluralism in Ghanaian society. Navigating the intersection of politics and religion, the Interfaith Diversity Network of West Africa (IDNOWA) lodged a religious objection…

Curricula have historically overlooked non-heteronormative education for elderly populations. The purpose of this study was to assess attitude changes toward same-sex relationships among Taiwanese older adults before and after taking a curriculum focused on the lived experiences of same-sex partners. Seventy-six older adults from Hualien County,…