Program April 2024
35th International RAIS Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities – April 4-5, 2024
All times are listed in US Eastern Time
10:30-10:40 Welcome and Opening Remarks
10:40-12:50 Session 1 GENERAL CHAIR: Dr. Julia M. Puaschunder
Prof. Miori Nagashima – Hokkaido University, Japan
Collision of Social Norms: A Consideration from a Sexual Harassment Case in Japan
Dr. Severin Hornung – University of Innsbruck, Austria
Charting Contested Territory: Paradigmatic Conflicts in Critical Management and Organization Studies Discourse
Oliver Andreas Meschkat, MBA – Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia, Spain
Towards Education 4.0: How Game-Based Learning Improves Learning Outcomes – A Real-Life Experiment in an Education Innovation Laboratory
Rachel Set Aung – Columbia University, USA
Multi-year Impact of Health Obstructions on COVID-19 Fatalities in Post-Coup Myanmar
Arvind Salem – Novi High School, Novi, Michigan, USA
The Political Determinants of Partisan Gerrymandering
Dr. Julia M. Puaschunder – Columbia University, USA
1. The Tragedy of the Common Space: On the Law & Economics of Commercialized Space Travel
2. Intertemporal Aspects of Keynes’ Multiplier: On the Long-Term Benefits of Green Investments
12:50-14:50 Session 2 SESSION CHAIR: Dr. Nicoleta-Elena Hegheș
Anita Sanchez – University of the Incarnate Word, USA
Issues, Causes, and Consequences of Wrong-Way Driving in Corpus Christi, Texas
Sonia Mairos Ferreira, Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation Specialist, UNICEF Lesotho Country Office
Revealing Gendered Youth Lessons: Human Rights Revelations from Participatory Research in Lesotho during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Grace Yoon – Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, USA
The New Oral Tradition: Spoken Word Poetry as a Platform for Civic Engagement in the Digital Era
Dr. Nicoleta-Elena Hegheș – “Andrei Rădulescu” Legal Research Institute of Romanian Academy, Romania
The Offense of False Identity in the Romanian Criminal Code
Dr. Simona Franguloiu – Transilvania University Brașov, Romania
New Approaches Regarding Extradition in Russia and Belarus in the Context of the War in Ukraine
Dr. Muhammad Aamir Shafique Khan – Jiangsu University, China
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14:50-15:00 Closing Remarks
08:20-08:30 Welcome and Opening Remarks
08:30-10:10 Session 1 GENERAL CHAIR: Dr. Julia M. Puaschunder
Diyun Zhang – University of Oxford, United Kingdom
From Kashmir to East Pakistan: How Hegemony Absence Redefined South Asian Warfare
Dr. Tanja Broz – Institute of Economics, Croatia
The Efficiency of Public Guarantee System in a Post-Transition Country: A Case of Croatia
Natia Ormotsadze – Tbilisi State University, Georgia
Power of Storytelling in Brand Building
Dr. Chand Ram Jilova – Kurukshetra University, India
Law as an Instrument of Social Change: A Study in Reference to India
Dr. Ligiana M. Petre – University of Bucharest, Romania
1. Uncontrolled Eating in Young Women: Advancing Dimensional Approach on Internalizing Spectrum of Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology
2. Intersecting Paths: Self-Efficacy for Exercise, Appetitive Traits, and Internalizing Psychopathology
10:10-12:00 Session 2 SESSION CHAIR: Dr. Lydia Radoli
Dr. Scott Walker – United Arab Emirates University, UAE
American Humanitarian Military Intervention: Altruism or Self-Interest?
Dr. Ehab S. Alnuzaili – King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia
Tackling Cultural Specifics and Religious References while Translating: Girls of Riyadh as a Case in Point
Dr. Yuying Shen and Liyun Wu – Norfolk State University, USA
Digitalization and Inequality: Digital Disparities and Mental Health among Adolescents in the U.S.
Dr. Mark Orsag – Doane University, Nebraska, USA
It is All Interconnected – A Brief, Comparative Planetary Limits and Lifestyle Medicine Analysis of Production, Diet and Lifestyle During Three Stages of Human History
Dr. Lydia Ouma Radoli – Leuphana Institute of Advanced Studies in Culture and Society, Germany
Shifting Imageries: Artificial Intelligence and Journalism in African Legacy Media
12:00-12:55 Lunch Time
13:00-14:40 Session 3 SESSION CHAIR: Dr. Yuying Shen
Dr. Brandt Tiina – Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences, Finland
Communication Styles and Qualities of High and Low Performing Transformational Leaders– Subordinates’ Perspective
Dr. Wen Chen Denq – California Lutheran University, California, USA
Social Media Engagement in Management Education: A Strategic Analysis of Students in Business School on Facebook
Mariam Kasradze – Vilnius University, Lithuania
Evaluating Essential Factors for Advancing Sustainable Energy Practices among IEA Member Nations
Manoj Kumar – Bar Council of India
Constitution of India – A Tool for a Vibrant Democracy
Dr. Kebede Yitbarek Seyoum – Wolaita Sodo University, Ethiopia
Determinants of Business Innovation Practices: Evidence from SMEs in Ethiopia
14:40-16:00 Session 4 SESSION CHAIR: Dr. Chand Ram Jilova
Sunil Thapa – Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia
Realpolitik of Indo-Nepal Relations
Pramila Bakhati – Lumbini Buddhist University, Nepal
Buddha’s Pedagogy: Reviving the Timeless Wisdom
Adem Endiris Aregaw – Assosa University, Ethiopia
The Impact of Off-farm Activities on Rural Households’ Food Security Status in Western Ethiopia: The Case of Dibatie District
Daniel Narh – University of Sunderland in London, UK
Global Expansion of Businesses