Program August 21, 2026
44th International RAIS Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities – August 21, 2026
All times are listed in US Eastern Time
9:00 – 9:10 Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:10 – 10:30 Session 1 GENERAL CHAIR: Julia M. Puaschunder, PhD
Bhagyeshkumar Chokhawala – Comcast, Philadelphia, USA
A Balanced Enterprise Architecture Framework for AI Adoption
Nicoleta-Elena Hegheș – “Andrei Rădulescu” Legal Research Institute of Romanian Academy, Romania;
“Dimitrie Cantemir” Christian University of Bucharest, Romania
The Establishment of Document Forgery
Julia M. Puaschunder – International University of Monaco, Monaco
AI Superpower
Joseph Gyamfi Yeboah, Patrick Joel Turkson – Methodist University Ghana, Ghana
The Influence of Service Quality on Brand Trust in Higher Education: The Mediating Role of Entrepreneurial University Orientation. Evidence from Higher Education in Ghana
10:30-12:00 Session 2 SESSION CHAIR: Joseph Gyamfi Yeboah, PhD
Erez Shoshani – Ruppin Academic Center, Israel
International Migration Types and Globalization
Nysjola Dhoga – University of Tirana, Albania
Politicization as an Electoral Tool: The 2021 Albanian Parliamentary Elections
Miranda Lowensohn – St. Edward’s University, USA
Institutional Misalignment and Value Disruption: Veteran Transition into Higher Education
Anna Drab-Kurowska – University of Szczecin, Poland
Driving Circular Economy in E-Commerce: AI and Green Information Systems for Transforming Parcel Lockers into Reverse Logistics Hubs
12:00-13:00 Lunch Time
13:00-15:00 Session 3 SESSION CHAIR: Miranda Lowensohn
Aleksander Maziarz – Kozminski University, Poland
Big Tech and EU Competition Law: Abuse of Dominant Position in Online Advertising and AI Markets
Pellegrino Manfra – City University New York, USA
How the Ancient Roman Republic Influenced the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution: A Tribute to the 250th Anniversary of U.S. Independence
Joanna Kielin-Maziarz – Kozminski University, Poland
Sustainable Constitutionalism: Can We Talk About the Constitutional Moment for This Concept?
Deeb Paul Kitchen – Marian University, USA
Defund the Police After 2020: Polarized Public Discourse, Media Framing, and the Movement’s Current Trajectory
Khushi Choudhary – Greenwich High, USA
Branding Without Belonging: How AI-Generated Content Marketing Erases the Cultural Context of Heritage Foods
Severin Hornung – University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Blinded by the Light? Progress and Pitfalls in Critical Applied Psychology
15:00-16:30 Session 4 SESSION CHAIR: Deeb Paul Kitchen, PhD
Ayşe Akıncı Ambaroğlu – Akdeniz University, Türkiye
Rethinking Animism and Myth: Comparative Models from Frazer to Lévi-Strauss
Bhagyeshkumar Chokhawala, Atif Farid Mohammad – Capitol Technology University, USA
Active Inference as an Intrinsically Explainable Recommender Architecture via Epistemic-Pragmatic Score Decomposition
Michael Abbiw, Joseph Gyamfi Yeboah – Methodist University Ghana, Ghana
Women Entrepreneurs’ Access to Finance in Ghana: The Role of Entrepreneurial Support Institutions in Enhancing Financial Inclusion and Business Growth
Carmen Silvia Paraschiv – Titu Maiorescu University, Bucharest, Romania
The Role of the Statements of the Main Procedural Subjects in Finding the Truth in the Criminal Trial
Shkodran Rexhaj – South East European University (SEEU), Kosovo
Legal Oversight of Local Governance in Kosovo
16:30 Closing Remarks