Collaborative Event Research Articles

Collaborative national satellite event of World Species Congress for conservation in Indonesia

Collaborative national satellite event of World Species Congress for conservation in Indonesia

Including adults and peers through translanguaging in literacy activities

ABSTRACT Translanguaging in reading activities in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) can result in child engagement, language learning and the development of multilingual identities. Few studies have explored the engagement of very young children and languaging when they participate in activities with both educators and parents. The present study therefore investigates the ways in which educators in two daycare centres and parents jointly supported children when the parents read in the home language as well as the children’s engagement and interactions. The observational and interview data were collected in Luxembourg where a multilingual education policy is in place in ECEC. The findings show that the parents used the home language on its own or together with the instructional language which, in turn, resulted in different emotional and instructional support and impacted children’s engagement and interactions differently. While the opportunities to hear and speak a home language other than the institutional one resulted in most children performing their multilingual identities, children only engaged with content, interacted with the parent, educator and peers, and included them when the adults translanguaged. The findings suggest that children and parents can benefit from collaborative reading events when the adults draw on children’s multilingual repertoires.

Women in Science and Mathematics in Japan and Asia-Oceania

The current landscape of women’s participation in STEM in Japan and the broader Asia-Oceania region still exhibits gender disparities. Despite high academic performance in STEM among Japanese students, a persistently low percentage of women pursue advanced STEM degrees, particularly PhDs in mathematics, where Japan ranks among the lowest globally. To address this gap, Japan and other countries have implemented various initiatives, such as STEM outreach programs, affirmative actions, and policy recommendations from advisory bodies like the Science Council of Japan and for mathematics in particular, associations of women mathematicians in the different continents.. Additionally, the newly established Asian and Oceanian Women in Mathematics (AOWM) organization seeks to support and promote women in mathematics through networking, mentoring, and collaborative events. The AOWM has also encouraged its members to strengthen their organizations and address/resolve the gender bias in their home countries.

Multilateral collaborative governance of Arctic shipping safety: Examining the impact of the Arctic Council via collaborative network analysis

Global climate change has dramatically reduced Arctic sea ice, opening new potential shipping routes, which has garnered international attention. This study explores the role of the Arctic Council in the collaborative governance network focused on Arctic shipping safety. For this purpose, a collection of 49 collaborative events initiated by international organisations and the Arctic Council was used as the data sample. These events are divided into two groups, one containing all the events and the other excluding those initiated by the Arctic Council. As a result, two collaborative networks are developed and evaluated based on network density, average path length, network transitivity, centrality indices (degree, closeness, betweenness), and clustering analysis. The results demonstrate that the Arctic Council significantly enhances the network density and transitivity of the international collaboration network, and reshapes core-periphery dynamics and cohesive subgroup structures. For instance, under the influence of the Arctic Council, Canada, France, and Japan surpass the United Kingdom in centrality (degree, closeness, betweenness). Results of the clustering coefficients reveal the Arctic Council's impact on connections among states, leading to shifts in collaboration patterns. Additionally, subgroup cohesion and density coefficients confirm the Arctic Council's role in promoting collaboration among states and restructuring governance networks.

Positive events in psychotherapy: What do adolescents and young adults say is helpful?

Background The significant challenge in adolescent and young adult therapy lies in the fact that research in this field does not provide many clinical indications. This study addresses domains contributing to the establishment and sustenance of engagement, satisfaction, and progress among adolescents and young adults in their treatment by delving into the impact of events that, from the perspective of clients, have positively influenced their therapeutic process. Methods Employing a qualitative research approach, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 13 adolescents and young adults undergoing therapy, recounting positive and constructive events during their treatment. Results A structured thematic analysis revealed six primary domains of positive events: events linked to the management of the setting, events shaping the definition of therapy goals, occurrences tied to the therapist’s active role, collaborative events between therapists and clients, and events associated with both clients’ external and internal worlds. Conclusions The findings suggest that working with adolescents shares similarities with psychotherapy involving adult clients but demands specific attention to adolescents and young adults’ families, surrounding environment, and rapidly changing needs.

Enhancing food access in a comprehensive cancer center area of influence through local partner capacity building.

Food insecurity, an economic and social condition of limited food access, is associated with poor diet quality-a risk factor for several common cancers. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center supports healthy food access through community-led evidence translation by actively partnering with community-based organizations (CBOs). These partnerships aim to enhance the capacity of food assistance CBOs to effectively implement evidence-based food insecurity mitigation programs in the cancer center's area of influence. This case study aims to describe the cancer center's model for local food access capacity building and detail operationalization in the context of a whole-community cancer prevention effort (Be Well Baytown) in Baytown, Texas. Elements central to the capacity building model include (i) assessment of baseline needs and capacity, (ii) empowering a community champion within a relevant CBO, (iii) mapping inter-sectoral community partnerships, collaborations, and linkages, and (iv) leveraging systems, connections, and resources to provide an enabling environment for overall food access systems growth. Through this process, Be Well Baytown enhanced the capacity of a local food pantry leading to increases in total reach, pounds of food distributed, and number of food distribution events in collaboration with intersectoral partners from 2018 to 2023. This case study highlights the model's implementation as a co-benefit community partnership strategy to maximize the impact of food security programs integrated with comprehensive cancer center prevention efforts.

Exploring Learning Experiences for UiTM Perlis Accounting Students through Accounting Global Week

Global learning experience creates opportunities for students to engage and attain international and professional competencies. To enhance learning experience in global learning session, a high impact Accounting Global Week (AGW) program was conducted on 128 accounting students at UiTM Perlis. The program involves collaborative events with the institution members within Malaysia and abroad, in which experts, academia can join and participate in sharing of experiences, skills and knowledge on the current issues and challenges in the field of accounting. Inadequate learning experience related to accounting subject has resulted from poor engagement exposure and weak thinking skills which are needed for success. This study aims to explore learning experiences for UiTM Perlis accounting students through AGW. Exploratory research design was employed in this study through observations and review of feedback form. The result of the learning experience included online global learning sessions conducted via video conference, active student engagement and positive responses from participants. The global learning session has proven to be helpful for students in enhancing their knowledge and engaging with international educators. It is recommended to extend this study to different courses and for a longer period.

Complications and adverse events in lymphadenectomy of the inguinal area: worldwide expert consensus.

Inguinal lymph node dissection plays an important role in the management of melanoma, penile and vulval cancer. Inguinal lymph node dissection is associated with various intraoperative and postoperative complications with significant heterogeneity in classification and reporting. This lack of standardization challenges efforts to study and report inguinal lymph node dissection outcomes. The aim of this study was to devise a system to standardize the classification and reporting of inguinal lymph node dissection perioperative complications by creating a worldwide collaborative, the complications and adverse events in lymphadenectomy of the inguinal area (CALI) group. A modified 3-round Delphi consensus approach surveyed a worldwide group of experts in inguinal lymph node dissection for melanoma, penile and vulval cancer. The group of experts included general surgeons, urologists and oncologists (gynaecological and surgical). The survey assessed expert agreement on inguinal lymph node dissection perioperative complications. Panel interrater agreement and consistency were assessed as the overall percentage agreement and Cronbach's α. Forty-seven experienced consultants were enrolled: 26 (55.3%) urologists, 11 (23.4%) surgical oncologists, 6 (12.8%) general surgeons and 4 (8.5%) gynaecology oncologists. Based on their expertise, 31 (66%), 10 (21.3%) and 22 (46.8%) of the participants treat penile cancer, vulval cancer and melanoma using inguinal lymph node dissection respectively; 89.4% (42 of 47) agreed with the definitions and inclusion as part of the inguinal lymph node dissection intraoperative complication group, while 93.6% (44 of 47) agreed that postoperative complications should be subclassified into five macrocategories. Unanimous agreement (100%, 37 of 37) was achieved with the final standardized classification system for reporting inguinal lymph node dissection complications in melanoma, vulval cancer and penile cancer. The complications and adverse events in lymphadenectomy of the inguinal area classification system has been developed as a tool to standardize the assessment and reporting of complications during inguinal lymph node dissection for the treatment of melanoma, vulval and penile cancer.

INTEGRATING FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH IN LEGAL PROCESSES

The special report titled "Integrating Forensic Mental Health in Legal Processes" focuses on an event held on December 15, 2023, at Sheikh Zayed Medical College in Rahim Yar Khan. This collaborative event, organized by Justice Project Pakistan (JPP), the Pakistan Psychiatric Society (Punjab Chapter), and the departments of Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine, highlighted the crucial intersection of mental health and criminal justice in Pakistan. The report discusses the situation of the death penalty and capital punishment in Pakistan, emphasizing the challenges faced by juvenile prisoners and those with mental health issues. It also features the screening of three documentaries depicting the struggles of individuals affected by the criminal justice system, emphasizing the need for a more compassionate and equitable legal system. The event included an interactive Q&A session with diverse stakeholders and concluded with an acknowledgment of JPP's contributions towards advocating justice reform. The report suggests enhancing the diversity of perspectives, focusing on actionable outcomes, and involving policymakers more directly in future events to strengthen their impact.

Agrarianizing climate accords & discord: food, agriculture & agrarian movements at UNFCCC Conference of the Parties

ABSTRACT How do agrarian justice movements factor into the UNFCCC annual global climate Conference of the Parties (COP)? How have they appeared and erupted, been excluded, appropriated, and barely allowed – over the years, and, in particular, at the 2022 COP27 and 2023 COP28? This paper asks and begins to answer these overlooked questions. In the heads-of-state negotiations, transnational agrifood, land, and labour issues do not take centre stage explicitly, but retain their power as irrefutable crises; agri-food topics finally commanded prominence as crux to climate governance – yet ripe for corporate capture . In the accords themselves, agrarian mobilizations again serve as the backdrop, marginalized via scalar and developmental discourses, epistemic devaluation, and political economies of agro-corporate dominance. In the actual conference, land-based, campesina/peasant/farmworker coalitions participate through the channels of Approved NGO Observer Organizations. Indigenous nations, at the heart of agrarian movements garner limited recognition of their outsized efficacy at agro/biodiversity stewardship and thus climate justice and survival. Yet, from these contested peripheries, agrarian struggles nevertheless manage to command attention, forge transnational coalitions, and, against great odds, set key terms for the COP talks themselves. Drawing on collaborative event ethnography and policy analysis, this paper traces the contours of this improbable – yet, from the long durée vantage: foreseeable – dynamic of agrarian coalition power expanding from the marginalized majority, at COP27, COP28, and beyond.

Extracurricular concert practice as a factor of personal and professional self-development of the future teacher-musician

The article is devoted to the study of the problem of personal and professional self-development of the future teacher-musician in the process of his participation in extracurricular concert practice. The potential possibilities of various forms of organization of this practice are analyzed in order to determine the most favorable ones from the point of view of the student's personal and professional growth. Based on the environmental approach to understanding the professional specifics of the musical and pedagogical activity of the future teacher and the principles of personality-developing higher education, based on the study of works in the field of musical psychology and pedagogy, as well as the use of methods of pedagogical observation, it was found that for the personal and professional self-development of students, extracurricular educational space is used extremely insufficiently. In this regard, an attempt was made to consider the possibilities of a student's personal and professional self-development in the conditions of an extracurricular creative educational environment: class concerts, festivals, competitions, educational projects, master classes, thematic events in collaboration with museum and art organizations, etc. Based on the analysis of the results of pedagogical observation, the levels, criteria and indicators of the student's personal and professional self-development in the conditions of extracurricular concert practice were developed. A number of conditions are determined that most optimally contribute to the personal self-development of the future teacher-musician in the field of professional creative activity.

Research on Community Participation and Social Responsibility of Higher Vocational Colleges in the Inheritance of Intangible Cultural Heritage Rope Weaving

Higher vocational colleges are becoming more and more significant in the inheritance of intangible cultural assets as awareness of the need to safeguard them grows. Taking intangible cultural heritage rope weaving as an example, this paper discusses the community participation and social responsibility practice of higher vocational colleges in the inheritance of intangible cultural heritage rope weaving. Higher vocational colleges have successfully supported the inheritance and development of intangible cultural heritage rope weaving by establishing research centers, offering pertinent courses, and organizing cultural events in collaboration with the community, according to case analysis and hands-on investigation. These practices not only enhance the awareness and participation of community residents in the intangible cultural heritage rope weaving, but also promote the activeness of community culture and economic development. In order to help higher vocational colleges fulfill their social obligations and advance the sustainable development of intangible cultural heritage rope weaving, this paper makes some strategic recommendations for how they can improve education, increase community cooperation, use digital technology, and strengthen interdisciplinary research in the field of intangible cultural heritage rope weaving.

A designathon to co-create HPV screening and vaccination approaches for mothers and daughters in Nigeria: findings from a community-led participatory event

BackgroundOncogenic types of human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection cause substantial morbidity and mortality in Nigeria. Nigeria has low cervical cancer screening and vaccination rates, suggesting the need for community engagement to enhance reach and uptake. We organised a designathon to identify community-led, innovative approaches to promote HPV screening and vaccination for women and girls, respectively, in Nigeria. A designathon is a three-phase participatory process informed by design thinking that includes the preparation phase that includes soliciting innovative ideas from end-users, an intensive collaborative event to co-create intervention components, and follow-up activities.MethodsWe organised a three-phase designathon for women (30-65yrs) and girls (11-26yrs) in Nigeria. First, we launched a national crowdsourcing open call for ideas on community-driven strategies to support HPV screening among women and vaccination among girls. The open call was promoted widely on social media and at in-person gatherings. All eligible entries were graded by judges and 16 exceptional teams (with 4-6members each). All six geo-political zones of Nigeria were invited to join an in-person event held over three days in Lagos to refine their ideas and present them to a panel of expert judges. The ideas from teams were reviewed and scored based on relevance, feasibility, innovation, potential impact, and mother-daughter team dynamics. We present quantitative data on people who submitted and themes from the textual submissions.ResultsWe received a total of 612 submissions to the open call from mother-daughter dyads. Participants submitted ideas via a website designated for the contest (n = 392), in-person (n = 99), email (n = 31), or via an instant messaging application (n = 92). Overall, 470 were eligible for judging after initial screening. The average age of participants for daughters was 19 years and 39 years for mothers. Themes from the top 16 proposals included leveraging local leaders (5/16), faith-based networks (4/16), educational systems (4/16), and other community networks (7/16) to promote awareness of cervical cancer prevention services. After an in-person collaborative event, eight teams were selected to join an innovation training boot camp, for capacity building to implement ideas.ConclusionsInnovative strategies are needed to promote HPV screening for mothers and vaccination for girls in Nigeria. Our designathon was able to facilitate Nigerian mother-daughter teams to develop cervical cancer prevention strategies. Implementation research is needed to assess the effectiveness of these strategies.

Pathways of scientific input into intergovernmental negotiations: a new agreement on marine biodiversity

A new legally binding agreement for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ) was adopted by consensus on 19th June, 2023. Setting new regulations and filling regulatory gaps of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea are expected to be informed by “best available science”. It is critical to understand how science entered the negotiations, which defined the global scientific knowledge base of decision-makers. This paper presents various pathways over which scientific input entered the BBNJ negotiations, using empirical data, collected through collaborative event ethnography, including participant observation and semi-structured interviews at the BBNJ negotiation site. Results show that scientific input in the BBNJ negotiations was not systematic and transparent but dependent on (a) available national scientific capacity, (b) financial resources, (c) established contacts and (d) active involvement of actors. Results of the study call for formalised science-policy interfaces, initiated by the UN Secretariat to guarantee a global knowledge base for decision-making. Keywords: international negotiations; United Nations; marine biodiversity; BBNJ; ocean protection; science-policy interfaces.

Characterizing collaborative networks for different arctic issues based on complex network analysis

International collaboration is widely accepted as an effective way to address Arctic-related issues, and these collaborative events have been frequently reported in recent years. To obtain the potential regular pattern hidden behind these events, a comprehensive methodology is proposed in this study. A database containing all the international collaborative events in terms of Arctic issues reported in the last decade was first developed, and these events were categorized into six aspects. Correspondingly, six subnetworks are developed, in which the nodes are represented by collaborative states, while the edges are denoted by collaborative relationships. These subnetworks are then characterized and compared by quantitative network parameters of total connections, network density, average path length, network transitivity, degree centrality, closeness centrality, and clustering coefficients. Finally, the performance of the individual states in each subnetwork is quantitatively analysed. The results show that Arctic science and research are the top priorities for international collaboration, and many uncertainties are involved in collaboration for Arctic resource utilization. In addition, the challenges faced by the non-Arctic states participating in Arctic issues are explained, and suggestions to promote international collaboration in terms of Arctic issues are proposed.

Collaboration network analysis for the Arctic issues based on a collection of international collaborative events

In recent years, global warming has accelerated the melting of Arctic ice. The value of the Arctic has been increasing in various aspects and has received widespread attention from the international community. The significance of globalization of the Arctic issue has become more and more prominent, the member states of the Arctic Council, observer states, and non-Arctic countries that have intensively developed and updated their respective Arctic strategies have actively participated about Arctic issues. The international collaboration has gradually become an effective way of addressing Arctic issues. In order to explore the pattern behind the collaborative events about Arctic issues, with the application of complex network analysis, the international collaborative events about Arctic issues from 2013 to 2023 are selected to construct the collaborative networks. Then the collaborative networks are quantitatively analyzed by the relevant parameters of complex network. These parameters for quantitative analysis include network density, average path length, clustering coefficient, degree centrality, closeness centrality and betweenness centrality. The results of the study reveal the changes in international collaboration about Arctic issues from 2013 to 2023.

Innovative solutions for global water quality challenges: insights from a collaborative hackathon event

Addressing the global water quality challenges requires collaborative efforts, multidisciplinary approaches, and innovative solutions. Here we report on the success of a special collective intelligence “hackathon event,” organized by five United Nations agencies and the European Commission, with the aim of reinventing engagement with diverse experts and stakeholders to tackle real-world challenges in water quality monitoring and assessment. Participants from diverse backgrounds and regions convened to devise inventive solutions in four key challenge areas, including (1) transformation of water quality data into water stewardship action, (2) empowering citizen scientists to improve water quality, (3) incorporation of Indigenous communities and their water quality knowledge in global information systems, and (4) routine monitoring of antimicrobial resistance in water. The hackathon approach fosters collective intelligence in a safe, creative and collaborative environment, enabling participants to harness their collective knowledge, expertise and skills. Key outcomes were conceptualizing practical frameworks and tailored toolboxes for diverse water quality innovations to improve monitoring, empower communities, and support policy-making. Emphasis was placed on the purpose and value of interdisciplinary collaborations to address complex global challenges, showcasing synergies between technology, environmental science, and social engagement. Hackathons are catalysts for collaborative innovation which unlock future endeavors in harnessing collective intelligence to safeguard our most precious resource – water.

Expert Authority Politics in the Marine Biodiversity Complex

Abstract The negotiations for a new instrument for the conservation and sustainable use of high-seas marine biodiversity (marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction; BBNJ) finally concluded after difficult negotiations. The BBNJ negotiations had to address a regime complex of sectoral and regional organizations regulating different aspects of marine biodiversity and a political struggle about the epistemologies that ought to inform marine biodiversity governance, which is driven by limited, unequally distributed, and contested knowledge. However, to be implemented, the new BBNJ Agreement will have to be equipped with expert authority to be able to address these challenges and make competent statements about the state of high-seas marine biodiversity. We address a gap in empirical work on expert authority in the regime complex by analyzing state references to the expertise of different international organizations in the BBNJ negotiations. Combining collaborative event ethnography and social network analysis, we show that states strategically and politically refer to the expertise of international organizations, and we coin the term authority shopping to describe this behavior.

Teacher professional development through Knotworking: facilitating transformational agency through collaboration to overcome constraints to teaching in relation to disruptive events

ABSTRACT Teachers face numerous challenges in their efforts to be pedagogically responsive to students’ different learning needs. I extend scholarship in the field by exploring the potential of implementing a nuanced, collaborative intervention strategy called knotworking to facilitate teachers’ ongoing professional development (PD). The heuristic of knotworking builds on Cultural Historical Activity Theory which takes historically formed systemic contradiction as the central unit of analysis. Knotworking is a collaborative model where participants address contradictions in their work environment to overcome the fragmentation of the object. By engaging in ‘knots,’ participants seek ways to combine their expertise around a central problem or contradiction. Qualitative data, generated from recordings of teachers participating in a series of ongoing knotworking interventions, showed that these collaborative events supported PD, as most of the teachers were able to identify complex problems constraining their teaching and, from this, generate new knowledge and deepen their understanding of how to be pedagogically responsive to the different needs of their learners. Implications are considered for using knotworking as a strategy to support PD initiatives in complex contexts, where finding solutions to problems is often elusive.

Towards monitoring the invisible threat: a global approach for tackling AMR in water resources and environment

The global threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is now increasingly recognized for the danger posed by its environmental spread. Aquatic environments and wastewater represent a significant diffusion and selection pathway for antibiotic resistance genes and antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARGs and ARBs). During a collaborative hackathon event, the “Innovation Workshop on Water Quality Monitoring & Assessment,” held in September 2023, experts addressed four challenges related to water quality, including the challenge of globalization AMR surveillance in water. This paper, derived from the workshop findings, proposes a globally adaptable model for antimicrobial resistance surveillance intended as an advance to improve future monitoring systems. The new framework aims to address significant challenges, such as the lack of standardized methodological approaches or lack of funding, coordination, and awareness across a short-, medium- and long-term plan, integrating sustainability concepts, extending participation and monitoring capacity of countries, and offering efficient solutions. This vision is first articulated by creating a technical committee that promotes awareness of antimicrobial resistance and develops a single data management and communication platform. Subsequently, by developing local, national, and international policies, centralized laboratories will be established at the regional level, and built based on existing realities. These laboratories will include facilities to make the management of analyses more efficient, from sampling to reporting the final result. In the long term, activities that allow the maintenance of the created framework and continuous technological development and advancement will be promoted. All this will be achieved in collaboration with national and supranational bodies that are already addressing the issue at a global level.