Rapid technological integration is fundamentally reshaping global economies. In the Moroccan context, an ambitious digital strategy is aiming to modernize productive economic sectors. This research investigates the implications of digital transformation on youth agricultural entrepreneurship, addressing both transformative opportunities and structural risks. Accordingly, this study aims to examine the impact of technology on the multidimensional construct of agricultural productivity by analyzing both material yield optimization via precision tools and strategic market positioning via data analytics and logistics.

Adopting a qualitative multiple-case study design, this research focuses on the impact of technology adoption on youth-led agricultural startups across three Moroccan regions: Béni Mellal-Khénifra, Fès-Meknès, and Souss-Massa. The authors initially conducted a systematic review of national policy documents. Subsequently, they administered 25 semi-structured interviews purposively sampled to ensure multi-stakeholder representation: 12 young agricultural entrepreneurs, 6 government officials from the Ministry of Agriculture, 4 private agritech firm executives, and 3 NGO representatives.

The findings indicate a positive correlation between the adoption of remote sensing and market analytics and enhanced business viability. However, the definition of productivity remains dichotomous; while young entrepreneurs prioritize market-entry strategies and value-added processing, institutional support remains focused on material production. Furthermore, significant barriers to equitable adoption persist, including a lack of digital infrastructure, a misalignment between education and agritech requirements, and a paucity of funding mechanisms tailored to the high-risk nature of agricultural startups.

This research explores the role of technological adoption in supporting youth agricultural entrepreneurship based on the Resource-Based View framework and Value Chain Theory. Recommendations include pivoting toward an integrated digital ecosystem, investing in rural infrastructure, developing context-specific vocational training, and establishing regulatory frameworks for ethical data governance. Ultimately, revitalizing Moroccan agriculture requires a strategic reorientation from viewing technology as a mere production tool to treating it as a strategic catalyst for entrepreneurial growth and sustainability.

Nowadays, it is increasingly common to see celebrities featured in political campaign materials, particularly in voter mobilisation campaigns. Through their fame and popularity, governments and campaign organisers aim to capture voters’—especially young voters'—attention and encourage them to participate in elections. To what extent does this work in a politically apathetic context? Does the gender of the celebrity affect its effectiveness? To answer these questions, two original surveys (around 200 respondents per survey), focusing on young voters (i.e., university students), were conducted in Tokyo, Japan, right before the 2022 and 2024 national-level elections. Young people in Japan have long been portrayed as politically uninterested, apathetic, or disengaged, as reflected in their consistently low turnout rates across elections over the decades. Consequently, multiple measures have been implemented, one of which is the employment of celebrities as “characters” on election campaign materials to encourage young voter participation. Cross tabulations and chi-square tests were conducted. Despite this strategy having been used for several years, our findings suggest that neither familiarity with the celebrities nor recognition of their appearance in campaign materials significantly motivated young people to vote or to learn more about the elections. However, young people who were familiar with the male celebrity featured on the materials reported a higher tendency to express interest in learning more about the election and the campaign materials. This study is one of the first that provides evidence of gender-based celebrity effects in mobilising young voters in Japan. It highlights the need for future research and policymakers to consider how celebrities of different genders may have varying impacts on voter mobilisation and on different age groups. Given the study’s small sample size and its sole focus on Tokyo, future research should undertake national surveys with larger respondent numbers to examine these relationships in greater depth.

Introduction: Historic-center regeneration can generate uneven demographic outcomes. While these dynamics have been widely documented in major Southern European cities, less attention has been paid to medium-sized urban contexts. In Logroño (Spain), the Casco Antiguo combines heritage-led investment and a growing visitor economy with concerns about habitability, housing access, and intergenerational decline. This study examines selective aging—the concentration of older residents, often living alone, alongside the outward movement of younger households—within the context of touristification and local urban governance.

Methods: A mixed-method documentary case study (2010–2025) was conducted. Quantitative trends were analyzed using municipal register data and official statistics on population structure. Qualitative analysis examined planning and regeneration instruments (e.g., URBAN, EDUSI, PERI), policy frameworks, and civil-society and media discourses. A triangulation strategy linked demographic change with policy priorities and contested narratives of urban transformation.

Results: The Casco Antiguo has experienced marked demographic contraction, declining from 3,978 residents in 2019 to approximately 3,000–3,100 in 2023. The area displays a pronounced aging profile, with nearly 40% of residents aged 60+. At the same time, registered tourist apartments more than doubled between 2018 and 2023. These patterns are consistent with broader processes of touristification observed in other European urban contexts. Qualitative evidence frames these dynamics as “expulsive”, linking short-term accommodation growth to housing pressure, reduced residential stability, and the displacement of younger households.

Conclusions: Touristification in Logroño’s historic center is associated with selective aging and growing intergenerational imbalance. The case highlights how dynamics commonly identified in larger cities are also reshaping demographic structures in medium-sized urban contexts. A right-to-the-city perspective underscores the need for policies that prioritize housing rights and liveability, protecting vulnerable older residents while supporting the retention of younger populations.

The study seeks to investigate how childhood and adolescent precarity shape adult voting behavior in Nigeria using a life-course cohort methodology. Drawing on nationally representative datasets—including the Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (2018), Afrobarometer Round 9 (2022), National Bureau of Statistics labor and poverty statistics (2000–2023), and Independent National Electoral Commission turnout data (1999–2023)—the study will construct a pseudo-longitudinal cohort model linking early-life instability to adult democratic participation.
A multidimensional Early-Life Precarity Index (ELPI) will be developed to capture childhood poverty exposure, educational disruption, conflict intensity during formative years, and cohort-level youth unemployment rates. Methodologically, this will entail standardizing and consolidating these indicators into a composite ELPI score for each cohort (born 1979–2003), correlating it with age-period-cohort and matching it to voting outcomes, and integrating geographical fixed effects to address regional disparities. Adult resilience will be measured through problem-solving capacity, social connectedness, and future-oriented optimism. Logistic regression and structural equation modeling will be employed to estimate direct effects, mediation pathways, and regional variations in voting participation during the 2019 and 2023 general elections.

It is expected that the findings will be extrapolated to explain other factors contributing to declining voter turnout in Nigeria, beyond electoral administration challenges or institutional distrust.
It is also expected to measure or provide an indication of the impact of cumulative developmental disadvantages embedded across life-course transitions.

It is expected to indicate the likelihood that individuals in high-precarity cohorts exercise political participation through voting and to measure their perceived political efficacy.

The study is expected to inform policy decisions and framework regarding a developmental-democratic policy approach that factors in youth stabilization, educational continuity, and employment generation.

Given the decline in recurrent voters, it is expected that the study will contribute to informing priorities for addressing structural precarity vis-à-vis political participation.

21st century educational migration patterns are an important matter of determination in light of geopolitical changes. Educational opportunities in Bangladesh are contrary to the Chinese and the U.S. Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and Indo-Pacific Strategy (IPS) paradigms. These are programs sponsored by the state in the form of special scholarship programs, language schools, such as Confucius Institutes and American Spaces, and institutional-level strategic linkages. This paper examines how Bangladeshi university students can transform these geopolitical tools into strategic thinking. An exploration of the relationship between career aspirations and gendered experiences and the destination choices of students is conducted based on the information received in qualitative semi-structured interviews. The results show that the issue of youth mobility is not personal; instead, students go through the Great Power rivalry to realign their educational ambitions with the evolving world order. Ultimately, this paper will demonstrate that global elite events have a direct influence on the drive and desire of Global South youth to participate in such events. Linking macro-level geopolitics with micro-level student decisions, this paper demonstrates the changing character of human capital flight in a multipolar world. The implications of the findings suggest that the traditional Global North hegemony in education is being shaken by new geopolitical infrastructures, which offer a new vision of how geopolitical soft power is reshaping the life paths of people, especially by offering alternative educational opportunities and resources to empower youth in the Global South.

Introduction. Volunteerism represents an important aspect of productive aging, yet existing research has not fully explained the differences in later-life volunteerism between Asian midlife and older adults and other ethnoracial groups after accounting for socioeconomic resources. To address this gap, this study examined whether religious involvement and immigration status, conceptualized as traditional culture-related factors, help explain disparities in both formal and informal volunteerism among U.S. adults aged 50 to 75, enabling a comparison between Asian midlife and older adults and other ethnoracial groups. Methods. Data were obtained from pooled waves of the Health and Retirement Study (2004-2020), utilizing a cross-sectional sample of adults aged 50 to 75. Logistic regression models were used to estimate the odds of formal and informal volunteerism across ethnoracial groups, with Asian populations as the reference category. Models were sequentially adjusted for demographic characteristics, health, work status, education, and income, followed by the inclusion of religion and immigration status. Results. Higher religious involvement was associated with increased odds of both formal (OR = 2.023, p < .001) and informal volunteerism (OR = 1.219, p < .001), while being an immigrant was associated with lower odds of formal (OR = .593, p < .01) and informal volunteerism (OR = .432, p < .001). After accounting for these factors, previously observed differences between Asian and White populations in both forms of volunteerism were no longer statistically significant, suggesting that religion and immigration status partially explain these disparities. However, differences between Asian individuals and Hispanics persisted (formal: OR = .483, p < .01; informal: OR = .551, p < .05). Conclusion. These findings suggest that religion and immigration are especially important for understanding how patterns of volunteerism among Asian midlife and older adults compare with those of other ethnoracial groups in later life.

Background: This study aims to explore the latent categories of mobile phone dependence and self-control among sub-healthy urban adolescents and their association with Baduanjin practice. The findings seek to provide an empirical basis for preventing mobile phone addiction, enhancing self-control, and improving the sub-health status of urban youth.

Methods: Using a multi-stage cluster sampling method, 513 sub-healthy urban adolescents with regular Baduanjin exercise habits in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, were surveyed between September and October 2025. Latent Profile Analysis (LPA) was employed to identify subgroups of mobile phone dependence and self-control. Pearson correlation was used to examine the relationship between the two primary variables, while Chi-square tests analyzed demographic variations across the identified profiles. Finally, multivariate logistic regression was performed to evaluate the associations between these latent profiles and Baduanjin practice frequency.

Results: Four distinct latent profiles were identified: Low Dependence-Moderate Control (n=116, 22.6%), Moderate Dependence-Low Control (n=198, 38.6%), High Dependence-No Control (n=150, 29.2%), and No Dependence-High Control (n=49, 9.6%). Significant differences in profile distribution were observed across gender, age, ethnicity, household income, and academic achievement (P < 0.05). After controlling for demographic variables, logistic regression (using Low Dependence-Moderate Control as the reference) showed that Baduanjin exercise was negatively associated with the Moderate Dependence-Low Control (OR = 1.932) and High Dependence-No Control (OR = 1.709) groups, while showing a strong positive association with the No Dependence-High Control group (OR = 109.721, P < 0.01).

Conclusions: The impact of Baduanjin exercise varies across different latent profiles of mobile phone dependence and self-control in sub-healthy urban adolescents. Tailored Baduanjin intervention programs should be developed for different adolescent subgroups to effectively promote their physical and mental well-being.

Childhood has emerged as a critical arena for cultivating resilience, empathy, and environmental responsibility in the face of the climate crisis. This paper presents an analytical case study of Earth Warriors Global, a social enterprise working at the intersection of climate change, sustainability, and education. The organization develops and delivers innovative climate education programs for children aged 3–11, integrating storytelling, play, and experiential learning to transform climate anxiety into climate courage. Through a synthesis of publicly available data, program documentation, and theoretical literature on childhood development and environmental learning, this study examines how Earth Warriors Global reframes climate education as a process of empowerment rather than fear.

The analysis highlights the organization’s global impact—reaching over 100,000 students and 10,000 teachers across 15 countries—through climate education training, workshops, and advisory programs. This paper argues that by embedding emotional intelligence, collaboration, and creativity into climate learning, Earth Warriors Global models a transformative pedagogy that aligns with Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 4: Quality Education and SDG 13: Climate Action). This study also explores how such early interventions nurture critical thinking and social agency among children, laying the foundation for long-term behavioral change.

By situating climate education within the broader field of childhood and youth studies, this paper underscores the role of socially engaged learning in shaping future citizens capable of leading sustainability transitions. It concludes that initiatives like Earth Warriors Global illustrate how rethinking childhood education can serve as a cornerstone for intergenerational climate action and collective resilience.

This study assessed the feasibility, functionality, and community demand for the proposed Basak Teen Center in Barangay Basak, Lapu-Lapu City, using empirical survey data as the primary basis for planning and validation. A quantitative descriptive research design was employed through a structured survey administered to 378 youth respondents aged 15–30. A 7-point Likert scale measured perceived need, service importance, willingness to participate, and overall feasibility. Weighted means, frequency distributions, and percentage analyses were computed to determine demand intensity and service prioritization.

Findings reveal exceptionally strong community endorsement. The perceived need for a Teen Center obtained a weighted mean of 6.58 (Strongly Agree), while the overall feasibility index reached 6.34 (Highly Feasible). Functionality indicators yielded an average weighted mean of 6.41 (Very Important). Counseling and psychosocial support ranked highest (M = 6.72), followed by information and education services (M = 6.60) and referral linkages (M = 6.51). Willingness to participate recorded a mean of 6.22 (Agree), with 72% of respondents expressing intention to visit the facility. Additionally, 75% demonstrated willingness to use the study area—classified as a Must-Be feature—while 77% indicated willingness to recommend the center to peers. Notably, 61% expressed willingness to volunteer as peer educators.

Survey data confirm high social acceptability, strong projected utilization, and functional alignment between proposed services and documented youth priorities. The Must-Be classification of the air-conditioned study area with Wi-Fi establishes it as a baseline requirement for sustained engagement. Consistently elevated scores across need, functionality, and participation dimensions substantiate operational viability and anticipated developmental impact. Empirical evidence demonstrates that the proposed Teen Center is both strategically necessary and community-endorsed, warranting immediate implementation.

Homelessness among elderly individuals is an emerging social issue in Punjab, particularly in the urban areas of Mutlan where limited family support and inadequate social protection increase vulnerability in old age. Despite their marginalization, homeless elderly people often develop informal social networks that help them manage daily survival. This study explores the nature of social connections and associations in the everyday lives of homeless elderly individuals using eco-mapping as an analytical tool. A qualitative research design was adopted to understand participants’ lived experiences. Data were collected from 17 homeless elderly individuals through in-depth interviews and eco-mapping exercises, which enabled participants to visually represent their relationships with individuals, groups, and institutions in their daily environment. These maps helped identify both supportive and strained connections within their social networks. The findings reveal that homeless elderly individuals rely heavily on informal relationships with fellow homeless persons, local shopkeepers, religious institutions, and charity groups for food, emotional support, and temporary shelter. However, these networks remain fragile due to social stigma, unstable living conditions, and limited institutional assistance. The study highlights the significance of social networks as informal support systems and suggests strengthening community-based and institutional interventions to improve the well-being and social inclusion of homeless elderly populations.