Vectors of Society and Culture

• The Strength of Weak Ties in International Politics

  Nikoloz Esitashvili
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Using Data, Data Visualization, and Visuals to Globalize Your Curriculum

  Don Uy Barreta
  Workshop Presentation

• Imagining Kawthoolei

  James Chaney
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Rational and Irrational Beliefs and Coping Strategies Among Palestinian Refugees

  Basim Aldahadha
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Inclusive Open Educational Resources in Spanish

  Liana Stepanyan, Goretti Prieto Botana, María Mercedes Fages Agudo
  Workshop Presentation

• Dematerialized Memories and Transnational Neofascism

  Sally Hill
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• The Echo Chamber of Affirmation

  Jena Marble
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Exploring Uses and Gratifications of Podcasts among Young Arab Audiences

  Nawal Alnaqbi
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Diaspora Activism of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America since the 2022 Russian Invasion

  Nadejda Marinova
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Torture, Moral Disengagement, and the Psychosocial Dynamics of Migration Deterrence

  Jamal Barnes
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Stoking Fears in a Community of Immigrants

  Gloria Vaquera
  Poster Session

• The Influence of Print Media on Opinion Formation about Immigration Among People Over 70 Years Old (2014–2024)

  Mónica Ibáñez Angulo
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Gender and Globalization

  Amani El Jack
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

2025 Special Focus—Minds and Machines: Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms, Ethics, and Order in Global Society

• Embracing Failure in Academia

  Gretchen Oltman
  Workshop Presentation

• Minds, Machines, and Marginalization

  Robert Doyle
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• AI Personas in Community-Engaged Courses

  Margaret Sass
  Innovation Showcase

• Gender Bias, Citizen Participation and AI

  Jose Cuesta
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• AI and Academic Productivity

  Sandra Trejos
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• AI and Surgical Robots

  Elisa Colletti
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Artificial Intelligence Literacy as a Human Right

  Marina Boudreau
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• How Does AI Remember?

  Ermioni Vlachidou
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Global Governance in the Age of AI Surveillance

  Edward Daniels
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• The Role of Human Interaction in Overseas Education

  Brenda Kauffman
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• AI Governance

  Maciej Bazela
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Challenges Related to Healthcare Analytics and the Internet of Things

  Samuel Kajama
  Poster Session

• Killer Robots and Global Society

  Brendan Howe
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Sustainability for the Urban Environment in Mexico

  Jorge Javier
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Creativity and Self in the Art and Design Studio Classroom

  Carole Woodlock, Peter Byrne
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• How to Develop Global Citizens via Duolingo

  Yihang Li, Nancy Xu
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Artificial Intelligence and Collaborative Platforms

  Jennifer Lanham, Garreth Smith, Elizabeth Ann Moore
  Poster Session

• Symbolic Morphologies

  Ahmed Sayed
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• The Inequality of Nations

  Yan Bennett
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Social Media and Social Movements

  Lee Artz
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

The Power of Institutions

• Go East - Italy’s Engagement in the Indo-Pacific amidst the Crisis of US Primacy

  Lorenzo Termine
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Artificial Intelligence, Public Procurement and Social Market Economy

  Angelo Francini
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• The Scars Behind the Sari

  Owen Russell
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Emerging Countries and New Global Governance

  Gabriel Rached
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Growing Well-Being Capacity in Teacher Education

  Benjamin Kutsyuruba
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

Networks of Economy and Trade

• Structural Inequality and the Rise of Economic Populism in the Aftermath of the 2024 U.S. Election

  Lacee Harris
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Evaluating Local Worker Satisfaction of Chinese Firms in Africa

  Matthew Rochat
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Barriers to Entry and Success Facing International Candidates to the US CPA Exam

  Jose Cao Alvira
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

Ecological Foundations

• Climate-induced Tensions for Urban Land

  Mariana Fiuza
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Digital Storytelling as a Virtual Learning Exchange Project on Climate Change

  Isidore Udoh, Margaret Workman
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• The Strength of Weak Ties in International Politics

  Nikoloz Esitashvili
  Vectors of Society and Culture

• Imagining Kawthoolei

  James Chaney
  Vectors of Society and Culture

• Minds, Machines, and Marginalization

  Robert Doyle
  2025 Special Focus—Minds and Machines: Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms, Ethics, and Order in Global Society

• Go East - Italy’s Engagement in the Indo-Pacific amidst the Crisis of US Primacy

  Lorenzo Termine
  The Power of Institutions

• Rational and Irrational Beliefs and Coping Strategies Among Palestinian Refugees

  Basim Aldahadha
  Vectors of Society and Culture

• Gender Bias, Citizen Participation and AI

  Jose Cuesta
  2025 Special Focus—Minds and Machines: Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms, Ethics, and Order in Global Society

• Artificial Intelligence, Public Procurement and Social Market Economy

  Angelo Francini
  The Power of Institutions

• Structural Inequality and the Rise of Economic Populism in the Aftermath of the 2024 U.S. Election

  Lacee Harris
  Networks of Economy and Trade

• Dematerialized Memories and Transnational Neofascism

  Sally Hill
  Vectors of Society and Culture

• AI and Academic Productivity

  Sandra Trejos
  2025 Special Focus—Minds and Machines: Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms, Ethics, and Order in Global Society

• The Echo Chamber of Affirmation

  Jena Marble
  Vectors of Society and Culture

• Exploring Uses and Gratifications of Podcasts among Young Arab Audiences

  Nawal Alnaqbi
  Vectors of Society and Culture

• AI and Surgical Robots

  Elisa Colletti
  2025 Special Focus—Minds and Machines: Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms, Ethics, and Order in Global Society

• Artificial Intelligence Literacy as a Human Right

  Marina Boudreau
  2025 Special Focus—Minds and Machines: Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms, Ethics, and Order in Global Society

• How Does AI Remember?

  Ermioni Vlachidou
  2025 Special Focus—Minds and Machines: Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms, Ethics, and Order in Global Society

• Climate-induced Tensions for Urban Land

  Mariana Fiuza
  Ecological Foundations

• Digital Storytelling as a Virtual Learning Exchange Project on Climate Change

  Isidore Udoh, Margaret Workman
  Ecological Foundations

• Evaluating Local Worker Satisfaction of Chinese Firms in Africa

  Matthew Rochat
  Networks of Economy and Trade

• Barriers to Entry and Success Facing International Candidates to the US CPA Exam

  Jose Cao Alvira
  Networks of Economy and Trade

• Diaspora Activism of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America since the 2022 Russian Invasion

  Nadejda Marinova
  Vectors of Society and Culture

• The Scars Behind the Sari

  Owen Russell
  The Power of Institutions

• Global Governance in the Age of AI Surveillance

  Edward Daniels
  2025 Special Focus—Minds and Machines: Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms, Ethics, and Order in Global Society

• Emerging Countries and New Global Governance

  Gabriel Rached
  The Power of Institutions

• Torture, Moral Disengagement, and the Psychosocial Dynamics of Migration Deterrence

  Jamal Barnes
  Vectors of Society and Culture

• Growing Well-Being Capacity in Teacher Education

  Benjamin Kutsyuruba
  The Power of Institutions

• The Influence of Print Media on Opinion Formation about Immigration Among People Over 70 Years Old (2014–2024)

  Mónica Ibáñez Angulo
  Vectors of Society and Culture

• The Role of Human Interaction in Overseas Education

  Brenda Kauffman
  2025 Special Focus—Minds and Machines: Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms, Ethics, and Order in Global Society

• AI Governance

  Maciej Bazela
  2025 Special Focus—Minds and Machines: Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms, Ethics, and Order in Global Society

• Gender and Globalization

  Amani El Jack
  Vectors of Society and Culture

• Killer Robots and Global Society

  Brendan Howe
  2025 Special Focus—Minds and Machines: Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms, Ethics, and Order in Global Society

• Sustainability for the Urban Environment in Mexico

  Jorge Javier
  2025 Special Focus—Minds and Machines: Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms, Ethics, and Order in Global Society

• Creativity and Self in the Art and Design Studio Classroom

  Carole Woodlock, Peter Byrne
  2025 Special Focus—Minds and Machines: Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms, Ethics, and Order in Global Society

• How to Develop Global Citizens via Duolingo

  Yihang Li, Nancy Xu
  2025 Special Focus—Minds and Machines: Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms, Ethics, and Order in Global Society

• Symbolic Morphologies

  Ahmed Sayed
  2025 Special Focus—Minds and Machines: Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms, Ethics, and Order in Global Society

• The Inequality of Nations

  Yan Bennett
  2025 Special Focus—Minds and Machines: Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms, Ethics, and Order in Global Society

• Social Media and Social Movements

  Lee Artz
  2025 Special Focus—Minds and Machines: Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms, Ethics, and Order in Global Society

Workshop Presentation

• Using Data, Data Visualization, and Visuals to Globalize Your Curriculum

  Don Uy Barreta
  Vectors of Society and Culture

• Embracing Failure in Academia

  Gretchen Oltman
  2025 Special Focus—Minds and Machines: Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms, Ethics, and Order in Global Society

• Inclusive Open Educational Resources in Spanish

  Liana Stepanyan, Goretti Prieto Botana, María Mercedes Fages Agudo
  Vectors of Society and Culture

Innovation Showcase

• AI Personas in Community-Engaged Courses

  Margaret Sass
  2025 Special Focus—Minds and Machines: Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms, Ethics, and Order in Global Society

Poster Session

• Stoking Fears in a Community of Immigrants

  Gloria Vaquera
  Vectors of Society and Culture

• Challenges Related to Healthcare Analytics and the Internet of Things

  Samuel Kajama
  2025 Special Focus—Minds and Machines: Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms, Ethics, and Order in Global Society

• Artificial Intelligence and Collaborative Platforms

  Jennifer Lanham, Garreth Smith, Elizabeth Ann Moore
  2025 Special Focus—Minds and Machines: Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms, Ethics, and Order in Global Society

Evaluating Local Worker Satisfaction of Chinese Firms in Africa

Matthew Rochat
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

Chinese investment in Africa is often assessed from a macroeconomic perspective, emphasizing infrastructure growth, trade volumes, and geopolitical influence. However, a key puzzle remains: How do local workers experience and perceive Chinese firms, and why do narratives of Chinese engagement oscillate between developmental success and exploitative practices? This study addresses this gap by focusing on the China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) in Côte d’Ivoire, one of West Africa’s fastest-growing economies. Through a survey of CHEC’s local workforce, the research evaluates job satisfaction across dimensions such as workplace conditions, management practices, salary fairness, and opportunities for skills transfer. The findings reveal mixed perceptions, with workers acknowledging CHEC’s efficiency and employment opportunities but raising concerns about safety standards, limited advancement, and cultural integration. A comparative analysis with perceptions of French firms operating in the same context highlights how management styles and historical relationships influence worker satisfaction. By grounding the analysis in the lived experiences of African laborers, this study bridges the gap between macroeconomic narratives and micro-level realities. The insights provide policymakers, businesses, and civil society with a deeper understanding of how foreign investments can balance efficiency with equitable labor practices, fostering sustainable development in Africa.