Academic Theory Research Articles

Improving Student Performance through Interactive Webinars

Abstract— In the rapidly evolving landscape of education, the integration of technology has proven to be instrumental in reshaping traditional learning paradigms. This paper delves into the realm of improving student’s performance by harnessing the potential of interactive webinars as on innovative educational tool. The paper aims to investigate the impact of interactive webinars on student engagement, knowledge retention and overall academic achievement in the course. The findings of the study provide empirical evidence that interactive webinars positively influence student performance. The analysis demonstrates that students who actively participate in interactive webinars exhibit higher levels of comprehension, engagement and retention compared to conventional classroom instructions. The students’ engagements in the webinars are monitored by MOODLE activities, question answer sessions and their quick notes. The comparative graph of pre-test and post-test clearly describe that, there is improvement and shifting of students from CD, DD & FF grade to AA, AB, BB & BC grade. Employing a mixed-methods approach, the research draws upon quantitative data from pre and post webinar assessment, as well as qualitative insights obtained from student surveys and interviews. These methods enable a comprehensive evaluation of the effectiveness of interactive webinars in comparison to traditional instruction methods. In addition to that incorporating industry resource persons into educational activities like interactive webinars can significantly enhance the learning experience of the students. Industry professionals bring real-worlds insights, practical knowledge and helping bridge the gap between academic theory and practical application. Keywords— Interactive Webinar, Industry Resource Person, Student Performance, Industry Practices.

Indian Society of Periodontology Good Clinical Practice Recommendations for Peri-implant Care.

Current implant therapy is a frequently employed treatment for individuals who have lost teeth, as it offers functional and biological advantages over old prostheses. Concurrently, active exploration of intervention strategies aims to prevent the progression of peri-implant diseases and manage the existing peri-implant tissue damage. Indian Society of Periodontology has recognized the need for systematic documents to update the everyday clinical practice of general dental practitioners and has provided evidence-based consensus documents, namely good clinical practice recommendations from time to time to raise the oral health-related awareness and standards of oral health-care delivery across the country. The current clinical practice recommendations focused on peri-implant care to bridge the gap between academic theory and clinical practice by compiling evidence-based suggestions for preventing and treating peri-implant diseases. Twenty-eight subject experts across the country prepared these recommendations after a thorough literature review and group discussions. The document has been prepared in three sections covering peri-implant health and maintenance, peri-implant mucositis, and peri-implantitis. It will be a quick and concise reference for oral implant practitioners in patient management. The guidelines provide distinct definitions, signs, and symptoms, treatment required; recall visit specifications for plausible clinical case situations, and home-care recommendations regarding maintaining peri-implant health. The document advocates combined efforts of oral implant practitioners and the population at large with evidence-based, integrated, and comprehensive peri-implant care. By providing accessible, applicable guidance, these guidelines would empower dental professionals to uphold the well-being of implant patients and ensure the long-term success of implant therapy.

Activist Scholarship and Borderland Feminism: Resisting Coloniality in Liminal Internationalization

Abstract: Using an international research center initiative, the purpose of this article is to illustrate how activist research can be fertile ground for academic theorization and provide a framework for those interested in activist scholarship, especially for women faculty of Latin American origins in U.S. institutions. I elaborate on how activist scholarship can resist coloniality through an example of critical internationalization work in higher education using borderland feminism as a lens. In doing so, I show the interconnections between borderland feminism, coloniality, and liminal internationalization. Finally, based on this theoretical development, I applied Davis et al.´s interpretive criteria (2019) to my activist scholarship in liminal internationalization.

The MAP (Me-As-a-Process) coaching model: a framework for coaching women's identity work in voluntary career transitions.

Dealing with change and the resulting process of transition is challenging. In today's workplace, where change and innovation are increasingly a fact of life, too many transitions end in failure, at a high cost to both people and organizations. Interest in the identity work integral to career transition has grown rapidly in recent years and it is now recognized that career transition is more than simply a change in status, salary and role description. It involves social, relational and personal shifts, conscious and unconscious processes, and identity work-agentic, holistic engagement in the shaping and sustaining of who we become. Evidence suggests that specifically addressing identity work in coaching leaders, teams and groups significantly increases the success rate of transitions. And yet topics around identity and identity work are given little prominence in coaching education, leaving many coaches unaware of these basic constructs. This paper presents a new coaching framework, the MAP (Me-As-a-Process) coaching model, to support coaches and their clients as they embark on the process of identity work in voluntary career choices and transitions. It draws on research from my qualitative doctoral study (2021) which identified four stages in the process of women's identity work in voluntary career change and choice. It synthesizes academic theory, evidence from coaching practice, and findings from 53 women who had recently experienced career choice or change.

Perceptions of incivility in a nursing school at a university in South Africa – Cross-sectional study. “Incivility in nursing education – Is it a problem?”

BackgroundRespectful civil behaviour of nurses is key to nursing practice and can directly affect quality of patient care. Reports of international studies on incivility in nursing schools is well documented, however little is known about incivility in nursing schools in South Africa. This study aimed to describe the nursing students’ perception of the level and occurrence of incivility in nursing students and faculty at a nursing school at a university in South Africa. MethodsA quantitative descriptive cross-sectional survey was conducted. A self-administered questionnaire was used to determine the student nurses’ perceptions of levels and occurrence of incivility among nursing students and faculty. The questionnaire included the Incivility in Nursing Education-Revised (INE-R) scale. A sample of 277 was calculated, and an all-inclusive sampling method was used to target all undergraduate nursing students. Data was analysed using IBM Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 27 and descriptive statistics, 95% confidence intervals were used to describe the data and Independent Samples Mann-Whitney U tests were used to compare gender differences. ResultsThe questionnaire was completed by 540 (77 %) undergraduate nursing student respondents, between 12 March 2021 and 20 April 2021. Respondents reported low levels of perceived student incivility behaviours (2.07 ± 0.7 [95 %CI 2.0–2.1]), with using a computer, phone, or other media device during class, meetings, activities for unrelated purposes being the highest rated perceived low-level student incivility behaviour (2.52 [95 %CI 2.43–2.62]. Low levels of perceived levels and occurrence of low faculty incivility were reported with respondents rating arriving late for class or other scheduled activities as the highest rated perceived level of low incivility behaviour (1.91 [95 %CI 1.82–1.99]). The highest perceived occurrence for low faculty incivility was being unavailable outside of class (not returning calls or emails, not maintaining office hours) (1.82 [95 %CI 1.74–1.9]). ConclusionThough some perceived incivility amongst students and faculty in the selected nursing school exist, the occurrence is perceived to be low. Further investigations should explore the impact of uncivil behaviours in academic theory environments, and the impact on individuals in practice.

범죄피해자 국선변호인 제도 활성화 방안에 관한 연구

Criminal justice procedures have historically been centered on punishment for crimes, and proof and defense of crimes have been key. The ideology of the Criminal Procedure Act, which is the principle of discovery of substantive truth, proper procedure, and prompt trial, was also established in this dimension. However, as the interest in criminal law expanded to the area of recovering criminal damage, many academic theories and legislation for this came to fruition. The need for social support for crime victims is also gaining a lot of support from the international community. The UN adopted the SDGs and suggested equal access to justice as one of the international community's efforts, and recently, “The Kyoto Congress” emphasized the need for compensation and compensation beyond the victim's participation in criminal justice procedures. Legal assistance and assistance from lawyers are essential to enable crime victims to recover to their daily lives. Currently, Korea guarantees this right to victims of crime under a special law. However, the reality is that support for crime victims is insufficient because the types of crimes that can be assisted by lawyers are limited. Therefore, there is a need to expand the scope of crime victims to use the public defender system. Currently, the system stipulated only in the special law should be stipulated in the Criminal Procedure Act, a general corporation, and there should also be legislation for the elderly who are socially vulnerable. In addition, from the beginning of the criminal damage, the effectiveness of the recovery of the damage should be secured with the assistance of a lawyer. In addition, it is necessary to clearly define the role of public defenders who have suffered criminal damage and prepare a plan that enables legal support from the investigation stage to the process of receiving damages. In order to guarantee the defendant's right to defend, the Korean Criminal Procedure Act recognizes various rights and operates a system. If so, it is appropriate to provide the same level of support to victims who have been victimized by the accused. Anyone can unintentionally become a victim of a crime, and the cause of the crime is also in the social environment. If so, the state is obligated to establish a social system so that the daily life, which has been painful due to criminal damage, can be restored to the time before the damage situation. In addition, the prerequisite of such a system is to be able to receive assistance from public defenders.

Standardization of the Application Rules for Presumption in Aiding Cybercrime - From the Perspective of 1345 Judgments

The crime of aiding cybercriminal activities has shown an explosive growth trend in recent years, evolving to the risk of becoming a pocket crime. To address the existing challenges and issues with this crime, it is crucial to clarify the connotation and denotation of knowingly within the context of this crime and establish a set of relatively standardized and rational inference rules. Through a criminal law analysis of the term knowingly, judicial pathway reviews, and academic theory reflections, the term should be understood as know or clearly know. This interpretation aims to limit judicial scope and alleviate the pressure on the judicial system. The construction of a standardized set of inference rules for knowingly in the context of aiding cybercrime is both necessary and rational. Scholars, both domestic and international, have presented relevant theories, with the current trend favoring an objective-oriented approach complemented by subjective evaluation. After analyzing over a thousand case studies and combining related thoughts, the author proposes a Weighted Scoring Rule and offers several recommendations concerning the current judicial systems institutional design.

The Interaction and Clash of Ideas between Matteo Ricci and the Taizhou School

This article explores the interactions between the Taizhou school and Jesuit missionaries during the late Ming dynasty. It reveals the intellectual exchanges between these influential groups in fields such as philosophy and religion and their significance in spreading Western knowledge to the East. The article begins by introducing the complete process of exchanges between Taizhou school representatives like Jiao Hong, Li Zhi, Zhu Shilu, Tang Xianzu, Xu Guangqi, and Jesuit missionaries including Matteo Ricci. It delves into how these interactions influenced the development of their respective thoughts and academic theories. The exchange between the two groups was not a perfect fusion and was filled with contradictions, conflicts, and struggles, particularly on issues such as human nature and cosmology. By studying this process of exchange, we can understand how the intellectual elite of late Ming China accepted and reflected upon Western thought. It also reveals how Western intellectuals used this exchange to comprehend and appreciate Chinese philosophy and culture.

The Ecological Perspective in Nowadays’ Urban Landscape Planning in Transylvania

Abstract Nowadays’ (Transylvanian) urban landscape as a complex, built and natural, social and economic environment is undergoing a sudden and accelarated transformation. Urbanization is a defining feature of current spatial/urban metamorphosis in Transylvania, too, yet the current model of urban development profoundly alters the natural environment, often reducing biodiversity and ultimately threatening human wellbeing. Present not only in academic theory, but in a broader sense in the daily public debate for the past decades, ecological perspective has become one of the leading design principles in nowadays’ professional practice and theory in urban and spatial planning, a compulsory attribute of the contemporary mindset and (urban) landscape. Proposed research on ecological perspective in current urban (landscape) planning in Transylvania, Romania is focusing specifically on the role ecological perspective can play in understanding, the applying the more general and complex phenomenon of sustainability in the planning and management of landscapes. The idea of sustainability, the ecoregional approach are not only traditional attributes of the historical landscape, but also generators in present day development of cities around Transylvania, Romania. The ecological approach can enhance finding solutions in urgent social and environmental challanges regarding efficient management of resources, sustainable urban and spatial planning.

Innovations Concerning Diversity Training and Organizational Development Interventions for Police Officers Using Reflection and Talking Circles

Abstract The paper explores a management consulting and organizational development intervention focused on employing new and innovative approaches to diversity training for police and law enforcement organizations through real-world interventions that explore human stories, connections, and dialogues as tools for understanding and change. The outcome of this approach is a more dynamic, productive, and constructive way to have more impactful and transformative organizational development and employee discussions, interventions, and training on diversity, inclusion, and cultural competence in law enforcement and all complex organizations. The intent of this discussion is not to reconstitute academic theory, but to influence the world of practice in a way that supports social change, because when applied, community-based research is important and relevant.

Fair but not Equal: Negotiating the Division of Unpaid Labour in Same-Sex Couples in Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia

Research suggests that same-sex couples have a more egalitarian approach to the division of labor (DOL) than different-sex couples. Based on multi-stage interviews with ten same-sex couples in Aotearoa NZ and Australia, we analyze how couples negotiate, perform, and perceive the fairness of their division of reproductive household labor. We found that same-sex couples had diverse patterns of dividing labor, and most were not equally sharing housework. Yet, most couples felt their DOL was fair. We argue that three key factors enabled participants to construct their DOL fairly, even when unequal: flexibility in allocating labor, communication, and revaluing unpaid labor as equal to paid labor, as an act of love, which can be culturally significant. Most participants explained their labor division as pragmatic, based on availability and preference, rather than gender, supporting theories of relative resources and time availability in shaping fairness perceptions. However, all participants were aware of how gender shaped their relationships, and some consciously sought to undo gender and heteronormativity through their labor practices. This study contributes to academic theorizing of how LGBTQ + families “do gender” and “do heteronormativity” through unpaid labor and affirms the importance of intersectional analysis for understanding labor practices and perceptions.

Environmental ethnography

This article discusses the theory and practice of environmental ethnography and how it joins with (and differs from) multispecies ethnography. In the context of geographical research, environmental ethnography attends to the irreducibility of context and the individuality of living and non-living entities. Moving beyond the universalizing ontology of species—which in some instances can be too narrow and in other instances too broad—facilitates a line of posthumanist inquiry that complements multispecies research even as it opens up new frontiers. In doing so, environmental ethnographies overcome the dualisms of “organism-environment” and “life-nonlife” that structure Western ontology and remain stubbornly (if partially) embedded in some academic theory and practice. I begin with a brief history of the decentering of the human in geographical research before mapping the still-in-progress development of environmental ethnography, highlighting examples from other scholars while drawing on my own experiences in remote Iñupiaq and Siberian Yupik communities in Western Alaska. Moving beyond the rigid ontologies of genetics and metabolism reveals the political horizon to be wider than we often imagine.

LEGAL GLOBALISATION AND ECONOMIC SYSTEMS

The objective content of globalisation is made up of processes that are heterogeneous in their origins, mechanisms and consequences, which makes it possible to consider globalisation as a complex system of phenomena and relations that is internally quite contradictory. This status of globalisation processes gives rise to a wide variety of concepts and theories of the origin and development of globalisation, among which a separate group studies globalisation in the field of economics and law. The article examines the main theories and concepts of the globalisation process and, on the basis of these, formulates general trends and guidelines for the development of the national legal and economic system. The author presents the main modern scientific positions on the nature and content of globalisation in the field of economics and law, which have made it possible to highlight its characteristics and conceptuality. It should be noted that the analysis of academic theories shows, firstly, that scholars tend to argue for legal globalisation exclusively through the sphere of economic relations and, secondly, that there are significant differences of opinion regarding the prospects of globalisation in this area. The authors suggest that the main trends are: (a) legal globalisation: internationalisation of national law, internalisation of international law – incorporation of international law into national law, globalisation of legal regulation; (b) economic globalisation: concentration and centralisation of capital, strengthening of the international division of labour, formation of international transport and logistics infrastructure, development of information and technological progress. The subject of the study is the main patterns of globalisation in the field of economics and law: theoretical concepts and models; current status, dynamics, main trends of development, as well as the state of scientific research in this field. The methodological basis of the study is, first of all, modern philosophical methods of cognition (dialectical, historical and logical, systemic and analytical). The study used general scientific methods of comparison, analysis and synthesis, abstraction and generalisation, analogy, induction and deduction. For the purposes of this study, system-structural and system-functional methods of cognition were widely used. These tools made it possible, first of all, to identify the dynamic characteristics of law in the system of socio-cultural values. Results. Globalisation is an objective process independent of the will and desires of individuals and states. Globalisation is an intrinsically contradictory phenomenon that opens up new opportunities for development and interaction between states, while exacerbating old and generating new problems. An intensive direction of globalisation is the acquisition of a new quality by world economic ties – increased interdependence and interaction of all spheres and components of international relations. Whereas at the previous stages of internationalisation of international relations, economic imperatives were recognised as dominant, today the importance of the legal factor is growing. It is stated that when studying the phenomenon of globalisation, at least two aspects are distinguished: (1) globalisation is an objective process, (2) it is promising to identify and use its positive aspects, and to identify and neutralise its negative phenomena. The complexity of the study of globalisation processes lies in the need to take into account the old and develop new models of social transformation.

Impact of Constitutionalization on the Legal Culture, National Norms, and International Relations in Kazakhstan

Objective: The relevance of the studied issue lies in that the concept of constitutionalization is increasingly utilized in legal terminology and the spheres of state and international law. However, researchers have not yet developed a unified approach to the concept, as each scholar proposes examining constitutionalization in the context of its impact on specific aspects of legal reality. The study thus aims to explore the effect of constitutionalization not only on the system of national law but also on the national legal system in the broad sense. Methods: The research goal is achieved through an analysis of scientific literature, legal sources, and legislative documents. Comparative legal and system structural methods are used to understand the relationship between academic theories and the practical application of constitutionalization. Results: The analysis shows that constitutionalization is a multifaceted process that assumes the integration of constitutional norms and principles into various aspects of legal systems. The study emphasizes the influence of constitutionalization on national legal systems, including such aspects as legal culture, judicial interpretation, and the conformity of legislation with constitutional values. Conclusion: The concept of constitutionalization is concluded to play a decisive part in the development of modern legal science. The study stresses the importance of regulating legal norms in line with constitutional principles, both nationally and internationally, to ensure effective legal regulation.

Harry Potter: A Pedagogical Tool to Teach Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Advocacy

Since its conception, the Harry Potter franchise has become a cultural phenomenon which transgresses national borders. As many Potter fans struggle with how to manage their fandom in the face of author J.K. Rowling’s transphobic stance, the book series may ironically and more specifically be used to improve attitudes toward the LGBTQ + community. By using academic theory–such as Rudine Sims Bishop’s concept of mirrors, windows, and sliding glass doors–and specific examples of application in a classroom environment, this paper shows that the Potter books may be offered as powerful pedagogical tools to positively affect the attitudes of "insiders" toward "outsiders." This essay classifies LGBTQ + and BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) populations as "outsiders," and non-LGBTQ + and non-BIPOC groups as "insiders," and it cites specific case study evidence in Latin America to signify the importance of this issue on a global scale.

EDUCATIONAL MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION, BETWEEN THEORY AND PRACTICE

The university is an institution of higher education and scientific research and an essential means of cultural and scientific development.the individual is scientifically and culturally educated. it prepares frameworks in various disciplines of science to meet the economic, political and social needs included in national development plans. this is only possible through scientific research as the appropriate means of fact-finding and reaching accurate scientific results. Media and communication today continues to receive great attention from researchers and scientists specializing in this intellectual field of media and journalism studies due to the social role played by the media, in order to reach academic theories and applied models that frame media practice.in one way or another, the latter must be influenced by theoretical guidance in the sense of specialized theorizing by researchers. The current problem is not in theoretical guidance or academic research, but rather what a researcher should acquire during his training in media and communication, or in other words, how to reduce the gap between the theoretical and applied aspects of media education. Hence, the problematic question was posed as follows: to what extent can the theoretical and applied aspect of media education in Algeria be linked to the Department of media and Communication Sciences – University of Oran as a model

THE VISION OF STYLE WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE LITERARY GRAMMAR DISCOURSE

In the proposed article, we turn to one of the directions in modern academic theory of literature – literary grammar, which examines the literary text in the linguistic dimension. The purpose of the research is to indicate the features of this discourse and explain what the vision of style is within the limits of literary grammar. The object of research is the discourse of literary grammar; the subject of research is style in literary grammar. The following methods were used to realize research goal: information analysis method, synthesis method, descriptive method. Literary grammar, which strives for accuracy and specificity, is constituted on the border with linguistics. Signs and features of style are recognized in literary grammar as the construction of an artistic work, the scheme by which it is built. It motivates the certain «signs» of style appearance. The author of the article concludes that the concept of style within the limits of literary grammar is pre-aesthetic, as it reduces the sensual, as the internal form of plastic-painting component of the image. The relevance of the research is determined by the need to clarify the multiplicity of style concepts in their originality in modern literary theory and modern linguistics. The concept of «style» refers to one of the fundamental features of artistic creativity, which, firstly, determines the aesthetic value of a work and without which the emergence of artistic systems (literary schools, currents, trends) is impossible. There are different understandings of style. Some literary critics expand the meaning of this concept, bring it closer to the artistic method (I. F Volkov, O. V. Mykhaylov, P. O. Nikolaev, B. G. Reizov), while others, on the contrary, identify it with the writer’s individual handwriting concept (I. Kleiner, I. Yu. Podgaetska, P. M. Sakulin, L. Spitzer). Literary grammar objectifies the external form of the work, therefore it is distinguished by the interpretation of inner-textual relations depth. However, it cannot claim conclusions of an aesthetic or ontological nature. Elements of the external form of the work in this discourse are considered in isolation from its internal form and content. Literary grammar does not set itself the task of revealing the style of an artistic work as a unity of all moments of artistic form and content but helps to reveal the specificity one of the essential style components – the language of a literary and artistic work. The perspective of further research is to reveal the semantic content of the style category within the limits of various theoretical and literary discourses.

Incubationship – A Systematic Analysis of Recently Announced Super Innovation in Higher Education using SWOC, ABCD, and PESTL Frameworks

Purpose: This paper's main goal is to illuminate the revolutionary potential of incubationship in higher education and its broader societal ramifications. This study intends to offer an organized and thorough analysis of incubationship programs by utilizing the SWOC, ABCD, and PESTL frameworks. It aims to identify their benefits and disadvantages, strengths and limitations, and the numerous external circumstances that may have an impact on their success. Additionally, this study provides a road map for institutions, governments, and educators to use incubationship to help create a new generation of independent, creative, and entrepreneurial people. In the end, it adds to the continuing discussion about how higher education has changed by highlighting the crucial role that incubatorship plays in educating students for a society that needs adaptation, creativity, and innovation. In the end, it adds to the continuing conversation about how higher education is evolving by highlighting the crucial role that incubator programs play in preparing students for a future that demands flexibility, innovation, and a proactive approach to problem-solving. Concept: A systematic and supervised process called incubationship essentially gives students the tools they need to find, develop, and eventually launch their new businesses. By bridging the gap between academic theory and real-world entrepreneurial skills, this idea gives students a rare chance to obtain actual experience in business planning, market research, and financial management. It's important to note that Incubationship transcends national boundaries and has a global impact since graduates with entrepreneurial aptitude and creative mindsets leave institutions all around the world. In order to meet the changing needs of our linked and complicated society, this idea serves as a dynamic catalyst for fostering the next generation of problem-solvers, innovators, and job creators. Methodology: This is an exploratory research analysis and makes use of our newly developed conceptual model and systematic analysis of it using SWOC, ABCD, and PESTL frameworks by using the information obtained from various sources like scholarly articles and AI-based GPTs. Results/Analysis: The paper analysed and evaluated the new model of experiential learning called “incubationship” to create an entrepreneur at a higher education level by using systematic analysis frameworks SWOC, ABCD, and PESTL. Originality/Value: The paper systematically analysed a super-innovation model in HE called Incubationship to create innovative entrepreneurs through a semester-long project to nurture the business leaders to start their own businesses. These outcome Startups can be called as Monocorns or Multicorns depending on the number of primary students involved in the Incubationship. Type of Research: Research Analysis.

The ‘where’ of EU social science collaborations: How epistemic inequalities and geopolitical power asymmetries persist in research about Europe

A growing body of work has problematised how global epistemic inequality is reproduced in contemporary university settings and epistemic cultures – thinking through the lens of Eurocentrism and utilising the language of a Global North and South. However, the extent to which a relationship between geopolitical and epistemic inequality is woven into knowledge production within Europe has received less attention. Rising EU funding opportunities have facilitated a corresponding climb in transnational European social science collaborations, in concert with an expansion of empirical locations with which these projects engage. Still, increases in member state participation do not necessarily contribute to a more balanced epistemic landscape for knowledge production. Not all countries are treated equally as cases and often, these patterns of inequality reflect what Maria do Mar Pereira calls the epistemic status of nations: the idea that certain countries and continents are considered more or less likely to produce valuable or exportable scholarly knowledge. In this article, Pereira’s theory of epistemic status is extended in its implications to study choices for the selection of countries as cases. We use both quantitative data from the EU CORDIS register and ethnographic data exploring academic and collaborative practices in transnational EU-funded projects. The article addresses the ‘where’ of collaborative research by focusing on epistemic attributes rather than participatory optics. In doing so, we reflect not only on the structures and strategies of science funding in Europe but also further unsettle discussions around global epistemic inequality within academic theory and practices.

Activist Scholarship and Borderland Feminism: Resisting Coloniality in Liminal Internationalization

Using an international research center initiative, the purpose of this article is to illustrate how activist research can be fertile ground for academic theorization and provide a framework for those interested in activist scholarship, especially for women faculty of Latin American origins in U.S. institutions. I elaborate on how activist scholarship can resist coloniality through an example of critical internationalization work in higher education using borderland feminism as a lens. In doing so, I show the interconnections between borderland feminism, coloniality, and liminal internationalization. Finally, based on this theoretical development, I applied Davis et al.´s interpretive criteria (2019) to my activist scholarship in liminal internationalization.