2025-12-28
Asbah Razali, Mohamed Salah Hassan, Balan Rathakrishnan, Nur Azah Razali, Norfaezah Md Khalid, Siti Mas’udah
According to global health epidemics, long-term psychological issues are common, and they can affect various aspects of society. It is therefore not surprising that the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on university students’ mental health have been highlighted. This is because the pandemic has reportedly caused various adverse effects on students’ mood, including depression, stress, and anxiety. For this reason, a systematic review was conducted on the mental health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic among university students. Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) were implemented for selection, screening, and reporting. Scopus, Web of Science (WOS), ScienceDirect, Emerald, Sage, ERIC, and other databases were used to conduct this systematic review of quantitative and qualitative research published between 2020 and 2024. Mental health, consequences, COVID-19, pandemic, and university students were the most used keywords. There are seven mental health consequences among university students based on sixty-nine studies, including depression, social interaction, anxiety, loneliness, online education, stress, and fear. As a result, more research is needed to better understand the mental health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on higher education among university students.
2025-12-28
Titilayo Lydia Bamidele, Beatrice Damilola Adeoye, Seun Bamidele
Structural insecurity is a central though overlooked force shaping contemporary displacement. Beyond conflict and climate change, displacement emerges from intersecting regimes of governance, including European Union border securitization, North African state collaborations, and racialized migration controls in North America and Western Europe. While these regimes differ in scope, they converge in producing precarity through selective hospitality and exclusion. This article, informed by abolitionist and decolonial thought, examines how displacement is legitimized as social regulation through restrictive asylum laws, securitized media narratives, and public discourses that naturalize insecurity. Responsibility lies not with a single actor but across states, supranational institutions, and financial bodies enforcing austerity. We argue that ethical responses require dismantling the infrastructures of displaceability by reallocating resources away from border militarization, supporting regional mobility accords grounded in equity, and pursuing reparative justice for communities most affected. Such measures move research and governance beyond crisis management toward collective futures of dignity, belonging, and liberation.
2025-12-28
Galina A. Savchuk, Galina A. Bannykh, Sergey V. Kulpin
At present, the formation of youth online engagement practices with the state is determined not only by the level of technological and digital development (infrastructure and access), but also by the sociocultural paradigms of civic participation, the level of institutional trust, and the dynamics of networked social relations. In this study, we aim to investigate the sociocultural conditions determining specific features of digital communication between young people and state authorities across different national contexts. To that end, we carry out in-depth interviews and compare the data obtained with established international e-government ratings and theoretical models. The research addresses three primary questions: whether countries with higher levels of e-government development demonstrate higher youth involvement in digital governmental communication; whether greater e-government rankings correlate with greater youth activity in digital authority interactions; and whether digitalized communication between the state and young people fosteres enhanced trust in governmental institutions. The study revealed similarities in the perception of youth of digital communication with authorities in the countries under analysis, thus reflecting globalization-driven behavioral patterns that transcend national boundaries. The scientific novelty of this study lies in the refutation of a direct correlation between the levels of governmental technological advancement and digital Internet activity among young people in their interaction with state authorities. The study found predominantly pragmatic youth orientation toward government interaction, with digital communication utilized primarily for service acquisition rather than civic participation. Nevertheless, the issue of youth trust in digital interaction and government remains highly relevant and is largely shaped by sociocultural paradigms and the actual practices of civic participation.