The field of social research is characterized by its broad scope and interdisciplinary nature, encompassing the examination of human behaviour, societies, and various facets of social existence; however, it is influenced by numerous factors, including technological advancements. It is therefore no surprise that Artificial Intelligence (AI) has rapidly become a driving force, bringing about substantial transformations within the field. The use of AI-assisted tools and programmes for the col...

Evolution Education and the Rise of the Creationist Movement in Brazil examines how larger societal forces such as religion, media, and politics have shaped Brazil’s educational landscape and impacted the teaching and learning of evolution within an increasingly polarized discourse in recent years. To this end, Alandeom W. Oliveira and Kristin Cook have assembled a number of educational scholars and practitioners, many of whom are based in Brazil, to provide up-close and in-depth accounts ...

This multi-volume set, LNAI 16013 to LNAI 16022, constitutes the refereed proceedings of the European Conference on Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery in Databases, ECML PKDD 2025, held in Porto, Portugal, September 15–19, 2025.The 300 full papers presented here, together with 15 demo papers, were carefully reviewed and selected from 1253 submissions. The papers presented in these proceedings are from the following three conference tracks:The Research Track in V...

This multi-volume set, LNAI 16013 to LNAI 16022, constitutes the refereed proceedings of the European Conference on Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery in Databases, ECML PKDD 2025, held in Porto, Portugal, September 15–19, 2025.The 300 full papers presented here, together with 15 demo papers, were carefully reviewed and selected from 1253 submissions. The papers presented in these proceedings are from the following three conference tracks:The Research Track in V...

This multi-volume set, LNAI 16013 to LNAI 16022, constitutes the refereed proceedings of the European Conference on Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery in Databases, ECML PKDD 2025, held in Porto, Portugal, September 15–19, 2025.The 300 full papers presented here, together with 15 demo papers, were carefully reviewed and selected from 1253 submissions. The papers presented in these proceedings are from the following three conference tracks:The Research Track in V...