Government Stakeholders Research Articles

Critical Success Factors of Electric Mobility Transition in Indonesia: A DEMATEL-Based ANP Approach

The high index of poor air quality and the increasing demand for oil fuel pose severe problems for Indonesia. The largest sector contributing to both of these issues is the transportation sector. Electric mobility offers a notable opportunity for decreasing carbon emissions within the transportation domain. Despite the Indonesian government's notable backing of this initiative, the implementation has been slow. Therefore, this study aims to identify the critical factors necessary for a successful transition to electric mobility. This study identifies the factors influencing the transition to e-mobility in the initial stage. Subsequently, these factors are validated and assessed by a panel of nine experts. In the validation phase, data processing involves the use of the Content Validity Index (CVI) and Modified Kappa methods. To assess relationships and prioritize essential success factors, the Decision-making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory-based Analytic Network Process (DEMATEL-based ANP) is applied. This study identifies six dimensions and 24 critical success factors. The political dimension emerges as the most significant, with the top five priorities being government funding, charging infrastructure, value proposition, fuel price, and charging time. The findings can be used to provide recommendations to the government or relevant stakeholders in supporting the shift to electric mobility in Indonesia.

Perception and coping mechanisms of patients with diabetes mellitus during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ibadan, Nigeria.

The 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) ushered in a period of fear and uncertainty, resulting in structural instability across the globe. Vulnerable individuals, such as patients with diabetes mellitus, are predispose to have adverse effects and complications of COVID-19 when infected. We explored the perception of diabetes mellitus patients during the COVID-19 pandemic and their coping mechanisms at the University College Hospital, Ibadan. We employed an exploratory qualitative study design to explore diabetes mellitus patients' perceptions and coping mechanisms during the COVID-19 pandemic. A purposive sampling technique was used to recruit 32 participants (2 health professionals and 30 diabetes mellitus patients). In-depth interviews were used to collect the data from the participants. All the recorded audio data were transcribed verbatim and exported to NVivo software for thematic data analyses. Most diabetes mellitus patients were not fearful of the pandemic but were optimistic that it would not affect their health. Mechanisms such as the usage of herbal medicines and adherence to COVID-19 precautionary measures were noticed among patients. The study also revealed that the hospital's coping mechanism during the COVID-19 pandemic include prolonged appointments, limiting the number of patients attended per clinic day, and the provision of telehealth service. Patients in our study utilised negative coping mechanisms such as reduced drug dosages, subscriptions to cheaper drug brands, and reliance on religious institutions rather than a clinic for health instructions. The study has shown that diabetes mellitus patients were not fearful of the COVID-19 pandemic. The utilisation of telehealth, encouragement of daily monitoring of sugar levels, provision of avenues for a medication review, and adherence to the safety protocols were coping mechanisms employed by the health system and diabetes mellitus patients. We recommend that the government and other healthcare stakeholders reinforce the resilience of diabetes mellitus patients by alleviating their health burdens during the pandemic. This could be done by subsidizing the prices of drugs, tests, and consultation fees for patients with diabetes mellitus. Also, more efforts should be made to elevate the health system through the reduction in waiting and appointment times in the diabetes clinic and employing more health personnel in the clinic.

The politics of accountability in global sustainable commodity governance: Dilemmas of institutional competition and convergence

AbstractThe accountability of market‐driven sustainability governance has long been controversial, reflecting the deeply political processes through which accountability contests shape governance transformations. Drawing on illustrative examples from internationally traded agro‐commodity sectors in the critical case of Indonesia, this paper examines the contested processes of accountability that have accompanied a recent period of institutional change in sustainability governance. Amidst rising critiques of global certification, there has been a parallel expansion of governance approaches that prioritise capability development over regulatory enforcement and engage more intensively with governments in commodity‐producing countries. As alternative governance models gain influence, tensions between competing governance stakeholders and agendas are mirrored and amplified through parallel accountability contests, in which distributional conflicts between global and local stakeholders are intensified by pressures to adopt contentious systems of compliance verification. While accountability gaps associated with contrasting institutional models produce strong pressures for partial institutional convergence, such convergence coexists with new forms of institutional fragmentation, as competition between global and national certification expands to encompass competition with localised capacity‐building and jurisdictional approaches. Analysis highlights the often‐neglected role of accountability politics in shaping institutional change, while raising pressing questions about the distributional implications of contemporary shifts away from global certification governance models.

Imagining Just and Sustainable Food Futures: Using Interactive Visualizations to Explore the Possible Land Uses and Food Systems Approaches in Revelstoke, Canada

Food systems are linked to multiple critical sustainability issues such as climate change, environmental degradation, and growing socioeconomic inequalities, and there is a clear need for transformative changes in how food systems are imagined and enacted. For transformations to occur, local governments and stakeholders must be able to consider achievable and desirable futures that involve radically different reconfigurations of space and land use. Based in Revelstoke, Canada, this study uses interactive visualization methods to engage local government and food systems stakeholders in an exploration of three future food systems scenarios that center on changes in food supply, food affordability, and food governance. An interactive visualization tool was developed using the Unity3D game engine, which visualizes how transformations of an underutilized railway site in Revelstoke may appear in 2100. The visualizations were presented to the study participants (n = 10) through an online, Zoom-based workshop, where ‘walkthroughs’ of the scenarios were performed by the researchers and the participants subsequently provided feedback. The results of this study indicate that visualization tools can elicit emotional responses, convey human relationships with food and nature, communicate power dynamics, and incorporate social justice considerations. The results also show that the visualization’s representation of local infrastructure and services, the completeness of a virtual environment, and the plausibility of a depicted future affect the user assessment of the visualized scenarios.

Toward the Institutionalization of a One Health Agenda: What the World can Learn from Bangladesh

Abstract In 2005 and 2007, prompted by Nipah and avian influenza outbreaks, respectively, faculties at Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU) in Bangladesh initiated a civil society network of researchers in animal and human health. This network led to the launch a year later of One Health Bangladesh (OHB), a platform with membership open to multi-disciplinary scientists, practitioners, and activists. Along with continued advocacy to advance One Health agenda, OHB partnered with government, UN agencies, and other stakeholders to develop, in 2012, a National One Health Strategic Framework and Action Plan. The National Plan was later endorsed by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock (MoFL), and Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MoEFC) followed by its implementation which introduced a three-tier multi-sectoral coordination mechanism including the establishment of a One Heath Secretariat in 2016. In 2017, an operational budget for the One Health Secretariat (OHS) was allocated by the MoHFW and three mid-level government officers from three government agencies, and the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), Department of Livestock Services (DLS), and Bangladesh Forest Department (BFD) were seconded to the OHS to make the Secretariat functional. OHB and the OHS now work together to advance the institutionalization process and implement One Health activities including One Health capacity building, joint surveillance, outbreak investigation and intervention, advocacy in the form of arranging dialogs, seminars, workshops, and conferences, and promoting cross sectoral and transdisciplinary collaboration, networking, and partnership nationally and internationally. Information © The Authors 2024

Exploring electric vehicle adoption in Indonesia using zero-shot aspect-based sentiment analysis

Transportation emissions significantly contribute to greenhouse gases (GHG) and climate change. Electric vehicles (EVs) offer a promising solution to this problem. Despite the noteworthy adoption of EVs in emerging economies like China and Europe, the pace of EV rollout in Indonesia remains sluggish. Currently, the country's rate of EV adoption is below 0.3 %, leading to stagnation in the Indonesian electric vehicle market. Several factors have impeded the adoption of EVs in Indonesia. Previous studies have investigated consumer acceptance of EV adoption in specific countries using sentiment analysis. Various data analytics and machine learning techniques have been implemented in those studies. However, those studies predominantly rely on the traditional sentiment analysis method, which assigns a single sentiment classification to each document or sentence. On the other hand, this study aims to investigate consumer acceptance of electric vehicle adoption in Indonesia through Twitter conversations. It utilises the Zero-Shot Aspect-Based Sentiment Analysis (ABSA) approach, which can provide a more fine-grained analysis of the aspects discussed and their corresponding sentiments. The findings demonstrate the effectiveness of this approach in identifying discussed aspects within tweets, though its sentiment classification performance is limited. The research also uncovers crucial aspects of electric vehicle adoption and public sentiments on Twitter. These insights could provide valuable guidance to the government and other stakeholders regarding the concerns associated with EV adoption in Indonesia.

Reliability and resilience of environmental flows under uncertainty: reconsidering water year types and inconsistent flow requirements in California

Abstract Environmental water allocation in California is a complex legal process involving various government agencies and stakeholders. E-flow requirements can be based on annual runoff typologies called water year types (WYTs), which dictate water volume, timing, and duration. In this study, we examined hydropower licensing documents of the major water and power projects in the Central Sierra Nevada to catalog e-flow requirements by WYT. In this study case, we identify how WYT classification systems and categories vary across and within different basins. Additionally, we assessed the impacts of climate change on hydrology, the frequency of WYTs identified, and the reliability and resilience of e-flows using future projections (2031–2060) of 10 Global Circulation Models (GCMs). We then propose a potential adaptation strategy using a 30 year moving percentiles approach to recalculate WYTs. We identified eight WYT classifications systems were identified, and their WYT distributions statistically significantly changes across all GCMs, even though most GCMs indicate no statistically significant change in hydrology. Disparities in future impacts are observed among and within hydropower projects, with some river reaches showing negative impacts on reliability and resilience. The adaptation strategy can generally boost resilience and improve reliability, but simply updating existing WYT thresholds without flexible regulatory frameworks reconsidering WYTs and e-flows thresholds, may not yield substantial improvements. Challenges in managing e-flows in California within regulatory and hydroclimatic contexts are intricate due to the lack of standardized approaches, leading to inconsistencies and potential conflicts among stakeholders, that will likely be exacerbated by climate change. Thus, we emphasize that targeted, site-specific, and adaptive management strategies are crucial, besides the need for a harmonized and consistent approach to defining and applying WYT categories and methods and/or e-flow assessments.

Robotic Trash Cans (Smart Trash) at Tourist Facilities

This project involves the creation and development of a tool designed to establish a cleaning service in a specific location. The resulting product is Smart Trash. Trash cans are essential for maintaining cleanliness, providing a designated space for people to discard waste materials. The absence of such receptacles leads to littering, detracting from the appeal of areas and discouraging visitors. Maintaining cleanliness is crucial in tourist destinations to ensure the comfort of residents, tourists, area owners, and government stakeholders. This project utilizes a microcontroller integrated with various sensors including ultrasonic, motion, and infrared sensors. These sensors are programmed using integrated circuitry to enable the Smart Trash to move and halt, allowing users time to dispose of trash. Additionally, the system detects the trash level within the Smart Trash. The stopping mechanism relies on a motion sensor, pausing when it detects hand movement in the designated area atop the Smart Trash. Overall, this project aims to enhance user convenience and cleanliness in tourist areas.

Cross-country analysis of the effectiveness of commercialization of scientific research results

The objective of this research is to undertake a comparative analysis of methodologies for evaluating the efficacy of research commercialization across diverse nations, focusing particularly on the United States, Australia, Canada, South Korea, the European Union, and Kazakhstan. The study methodology involved a comparative analysis, commencing with an exhaustive examination of academic and practical resources to pinpoint key organizations involved in research commercialization within the specified countries. Subsequently, after the selection of countries and a systematic scrutiny of these organizations' activities, the methodology endorsed by the Alliance of Technology Transfer Professionals (ATTP) was employed to compare and assess commercialization efficiency across varied nations. Results of the study: the study outcomes unveiled common trends and effective assessment approaches, while also identifying deficiencies in Kazakhstan's commercialization evaluation system and offering recommendations for enhancement. The assessment of commercialization metrics in Kazakhstan is hindered by the paucity of comprehensive data, rendering comparisons with global benchmarks, including the ATTP methodology, challenging. However, concerted collaboration among governmental bodies, research institutions, and industrial stakeholders could surmount these hurdles and foster innovative entrepreneurship within the nation. The adoption of alternative research methodologies such as environmental functioning analysis models or regression analysis may enable a more profound evaluation of commercialization efficiency in Kazakhstan, notwithstanding data constraints.

Lubumbashi (DR Congo): Navigating the socio-ecological complexities of a vital mining hub

Lubumbashi, the economic hub of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, thrives on its mining sector but faces challenges from rapid, unregulated population growth and urban expansion. This has led to a dichotomous urban landscape, combining well-planned colonial districts with haphazardly developed areas lacking infrastructure. This study examines Lubumbashi's urban evolution and related challenges through a desktop survey, contributing to literature on urbanization, economic development, environmental sustainability, and resource extraction in sub-Saharan Africa. It also introduces theoretical frameworks such as “resource urbanism.”Key challenges include disorderly land governance, natural vegetation degradation, transport privatization, electrification issues, sanitation deficiencies, and pollution. Although provincial and city governments are working to improve urban organization, their efforts often lack comprehensive consultation and cohesive strategy, focusing primarily on the city center.The study highlights the complex interplay between historical legacies and contemporary issues, emphasizing the urgent need for integrated urban planning. Addressing socio-spatial disparities, environmental concerns, and community resilience requires collaboration among government entities, local communities, and stakeholders to ensure sustainable and equitable development for Lubumbashi.

Pengaruh Penambahan Asbuton LGA 50/30 pada Campuran AC-WC dengan Inovasi Limbah Styrofoam

Indonesia’s road infrastructure requires 1.2 million tons of asphalt annually, but Pertamina can only supply 600,000 tons. This deficit compels the government and related stakeholders to seek alternatives to meet national asphalt needs and maintain road quality. This study aims to analyze the effects of adding Asbuton LGA 50/30 to Asphalt Concrete Wearing Course (AC-WC) with an innovative use of styrofoam waste. Experimental research was conducted to evaluate Marshall characteristics, including VMA (Void in Mineral Aggregate), VIM (Void in Mix), stability, VFA (Void Filled with Asphalt), and Marshall Quotient (MQ). Five styrofoam waste mix variations were tested at 2%, 4%, 6%, 8%, and 10% levels. For the 8% Asbuton mix, the highest stability was observed with 10% styrofoam, yielding a stability value of 2032.16 kg, VMA of 16.63%, VFA of 78.28%, VIM of 3.61%, flow of 2.45 mm, and MQ of 830.33 kg/mm. For the 9% Asbuton mix, the highest stability was achieved with 2% styrofoam, resulting in a stability value of 1882.35 kg, VMA of 16.21%, VFA of 80.17%, VIM of 3.24%, flow of 2.57 mm, and MQ of 735.72 kg/mm. The 10% and 2% styrofoam variations proved to be the most effective for AC-WC asphalt mixtures, as their Marshall values met the 2018 Bina Marga General Specifications, indicating that these styrofoam waste additions are optimal for AC-WC asphalt mixtures.

Health Equity in All Urban Policies: A Case Study of Richmond, California.

Local governments working in partnership with communities can institutionalize practices that promote health equity. We offer a case study of how one city in the US is implementing Health in All Policies (HiAP) with the explicit aim of promoting health equity. We use participant observations, original document reviews and interviews to describe how Richmond, California, is building new partnerships, programs and practices with community-based organizations and within government itself as part of the implementation of its HiAP Ordinance. We also report on indicators that were identified by community and government stakeholders for tracking progress toward improving place-based determinants of population health. We find that the responsibility for implementing Richmond's HiAP Ordinance rests on a new institution within local government and this entity is building new partnerships, promoting innovative policies and augmenting practices toward greater health equity. We also reveal how city governments and community partners can collaboratively track progress toward health equity using locally gathered data.

Energy transition as a way to improve the welfare of Indonesian society

The shift towards energy is now a priority in Indonesia's efforts to promote sustainable development. With a growing recognition of the effects of climate change and the limitations of energy sources, the urgency to transition to clean and renewable energy options is on the rise. This study aims to investigate how transitioning to energy can enhance the well-being of communities. We aim to highlight critical insights by examining and thoroughly reviewing the literature. Firstly, ensuring energy practices is crucial for attaining development objectives. Energy plays a role in providing services like electricity, transportation, and household heating. Secondly, challenges related to infrastructure and energy accessibility remain hurdles in Indonesia's journey towards an energy transition. Despite advancements in energy initiatives, many remote areas still need access to electricity. Lastly, governmental intervention plays a role in steering a transition towards sustainable energy solutions. Private sector investment in renewable energy sources must be supported and directed through relatively strict policies, fiscal incentives, and regulations. Finally, the energy transition is an essential social and economic event, and appropriate policies need to be developed to promote a just transition and ensure the best outcomes for all stakeholders and society. To conclude, the energy transition in Indonesia requires a combination of government, private sector, civil society, and international stakeholder involvement. By working together across sectors, investing in renewable energy gen technology, and implementing advanced policies, Indonesia promotes transitioning to a more sustainable energy system and improving the overall welfare of society.

Health insurance and transportation barriers impact access to epilepsy care in the United States

PurposeInconsistent access to healthcare for people with epilepsy results in reduced adherence to antiseizure medications, increased seizure frequency, and fewer appropriate referrals for epilepsy surgery. Identifying and addressing factors that impede access to care should consequently improve patient outcomes. We hypothesized that health insurance and transportation affect access to outpatient neurology care for adults living with epilepsy in the United States (US). MethodsWe conducted a retrospective cross-sectional study of US adults with active epilepsy surveyed via the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) in 2015 and 2017. We established whether patients reported seeing a neurologist in the past year and used multiple logistic regression to determine whether health insurance status and transportation access were associated with this outcome. ResultsWe identified 735 respondents from 2015 and 2017, representing an estimated 2.98 million US adults with active epilepsy. After adjusting for socioeconomic and seizure-related co-variates, we found that a lack of health insurance coverage was associated with no epilepsy care in the past year (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 0.22; 95 % confidence interval [CI]: 0.09 – 0.54). Delayed care due to inadequate transportation (aOR 0.42; 95 % CI: 0.19 – 0.93) also resulted in reduced patient access to a neurologist. ConclusionDue to the inherent nature of their condition, people with epilepsy are less likely to have employer-sponsored health insurance or consistent driving privileges. Yet, these factors also impact patient access to neurological care. We must address transportation and insurance barriers through long-term investment and partnership between community, healthcare, and government stakeholders.

Citizen engagement in climate adaptation surveyed: Identifying challenges in education and capacity building

AbstractThe accelerating impacts of climate change present significant challenges to sustainable urban development, testing the resilience of current governance frameworks and stakeholder responsibilities. In alignment with the EU's Green Deal, robust adaptation strategies and proactive climate risk anticipation are essential. Traditional discussions emphasize overcoming technological, financial and institutional barriers; however, social and individual factors also significantly hinder adaptation. This study explores the pivotal role of citizen engagement in climate risk management and adaptation, focusing on the Lithuanian context and comparing the results with a survey in Sweden. The research evaluates both external influences, such as experiences with climate‐related hazards and adaptation actions, and internal factors, including beliefs, values and individual adaptive capacity. Key findings reveal that adaptation behaviour in Lithuania and in Sweden is deeply influenced by past experiences with extreme weather events and economic considerations, with a significant portion of the population having faced such events recently. Factors such as economic considerations (low costs, financial benefits) are identified as critical motivators for future adaptation actions in Lithuania. On the other hand, in Sweden, respondents first preferred ecological factors (such as contributing to climate change mitigation) when considering future adaptation actions. The study underscores the need for targeted educational interventions to enhance community resilience, highlighting the importance of socio‐cultural contexts in shaping adaptation strategies. It emphasizes the necessity for comprehensive, inclusive educational programmes that address local climate impacts and promote proactive community involvement. The findings advocate for further comparative studies across diverse socio‐cultural settings to deepen insights into effective adaptation measures and to support the development of resilient communities worldwide.

Education For Community Transformation

The Tanzanian Government has made several efforts to guarantee the accessible and equitable education to all children irrespective of their race, creed or sex. However, there are some predominant socio-cultural practices which are impediments to young women’s education. Using a case of Monduli district -Tanzania, this study explored the influence of socio-cultural practices toward schooling of Maasai Young Women. A cross- sectional research design was adopted to obtain a sample of 120 respondents. Data were collected using Questionnaires, Key Informants’ Interview (KII) and Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) methods and analysed by using IBM-SPSS. 20.0 and content analysis. Overall, the study found that, Nomadic Lifestyle, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and Early Marriages are tremendously affecting schooling of young Maasai women. While the two earlier mentioned practices were found to waste a lot of girls’ learning hours; the latter has been causing a substantial number of school girls to drop out. Subsequently the girls became vulnerable to illiteracy of which jeopardizes their chances to participate in community development projects as well as in decision-making process. The illiterate people are not always invited to participate because they do not understand the nitty gritty of their participation. In order to eliminate these harmful practices, it is recommended the government and other stakeholders to create or strengthening community awareness campaigns and capacity-building programs.

The Purpose of Corporations in the Context of ESG Concerns: Continuing Shareholder Primacy or Countenancing Radical Reform?

In the modern age, corporations have been the cornerstone of economic systems. As stakeholders are considered as all those who benefits if the company gains and losses if the company fails, corporations cannot and should not ignore or treat them as the second-class citizens. This quest in the literature has been linked to the question of corporate purpose – in other words, whom the corporation should give priority to in their business activities, shareholders, or the broader spectrum of stakeholders. While this research shows that most of the economic, legal and policy literature, with some of the most prominent philosophers at their heart, has been hostile towards stakeholder governance and prioritised shareholdersim in all circumstances, it delves into the realm of different possibilities for a new quest to see whether stakeholderism can in reality be effectual, and highlight how current literature miss the point in truly apprehending the need to serve stakeholders’ interests. In addition, this research explores the evolving concept of corporate purpose, focusing on prioritising all stakeholders over shareholders. The research reveals that corporate purpose must extend beyond procedural obligations to encompass ethical and environmental considerations, particularly within the context of ESG concerns.

Redesigning the Role of the CEO in Stakeholder Governance: The Implicit Contract Game

Redesigning the Role of the CEO in Stakeholder Governance: The Implicit Contract Game

Beyond diagnostic connectivity: Leveraging digital health technology for the real-time collection and provision of high-quality actionable data on infectious diseases in Uganda.

Automated data transmission from diagnostic instrument networks to a central database at the Ministries of Health has the potential of providing real-time quality data not only on diagnostic instrument performance, but also continuous disease surveillance and patient care. We aimed at sharing how a locally developed novel diagnostic connectivity solution channels actionable data from diagnostic instruments to the national dashboards for disease control in Uganda between May 2022 and May 2023. The diagnostic connectivity solution was successfully configured on a selected network of multiplexing diagnostic instruments at 260 sites in Uganda, providing a layered access of data. Of these, 909,674 test results were automatically collected from 269 "GeneXpert" machines, 5597 test results from 28 "Truenat" and >12,000 were from 3 digital x-ray devices to different stakeholder levels to ensure optimal use of data for their intended purpose. The government and relevant stakeholders are empowered with usable and actionable data from the diagnostic instruments. The successful implementation of the diagnostic connectivity solution depended on some key operational strategies namely; sustained internet connectivity and short message services, stakeholder engagement, a strong in-country laboratory coordination network, human resource capacity building, establishing a network for the diagnostic instruments, and integration with existing health data collection tools. Poor bandwidth at some locations was a major hindrance for the successful implementation of the connectivity solution. Maintaining stakeholder engagement at the clinical level is key for sustaining diagnostic data connectivity. The locally developed diagnostic connectivity solution as a digital health technology offers the chance to collect high-quality data on a number of parameters for disease control, including error analysis, thereby strengthening the quality of data from the networked diagnostic sites to relevant stakeholders.

Emotional AI in education and toys: Investigating moral risk awareness in the acceptance of AI technologies from a cross-sectional survey of the Japanese population

Emotional artificial intelligence (AI), i.e., affective computing technologies, is rapidly reshaping the education of young minds worldwide. In Japan, government and commercial stakeholders are promulgating emotional AI not only as a neoliberal, cost-saving benefit but also as a heuristic that can improve the learning experience at home and in the classroom. Nevertheless, critics warn of a myriad of risks and harms posed by the technology such as privacy violation, unresolved deeper cultural and systemic issues, machinic parentalism as well as the danger of imposing attitudinal conformity. This study brings together the Technological Acceptance Model and Moral Foundation Theory to examine the cultural construal of risks and rewards regarding the application of emotional AI technologies. It explores Japanese citizens’ perceptions of emotional AI in education and children's toys via analysis of a final sample of 2000 Japanese respondents with five age groups (20s–60s) and two sexes equally represented. The linear regression models for determinants of attitude toward emotional AI in education and in toys account for 44 % and 38 % variation in the data, respectively. The analyses reveal a significant negative correlation between attitudes toward emotional AI in both schools and toys and concerns about privacy violations or the dystopian nature of constantly monitoring of children and students’ emotions with AI (Education: βDystopianConcern = − .094***; Toys: βPrivacyConcern = − .199***). However, worries about autonomy and bias show mixed results, which hints at certain cultural nuances of values in a Japanese context and how new the technologies are. Concurring with the empirical literature on the Moral Foundation Theory, the chi-square (Χ2) test shows Japanese female respondents express more fear regarding the potential harms of emotional AI technologies for the youth's privacy, autonomy, data misuse, and fairness (p < 0.001). The policy implications of these results and insights on the impacts of emotional AI for the future of human-machine interaction are also provided.