INSTRUMENTS FOR INCREASING INTERCOUNTRY TECHNOLOGICAL COOPERATION IN THE CONTEXT OF TRANSITION TO INDUSTRY 4.0

The article is devoted to the consideration of the most important problem of increasing intercountry technological cooperation in the context of the transition to Industry 4.0 - the instruments of this process. It is shown that these instruments should be considered systematically, taking into account new and actualization of some old risks of intercountry technological cooperation. In modern circumstances, the dominant factor in this process is the consistent development of the digital society. The study pays special attention to the disclosure of the essence of the digital society and the digital economy, the development of the concept of "surveillance capitalism". The problem of interaction of digital and analogue economies in the context of the transition using the potential of intercountry technological cooperation to Industry 4.0 is considered, and the need to preserve and develop non-digital (analog) modern technologies in industry is emphasized.

The Relevance of Relational Ontologies in Driving New Methodological Approaches in Virtual and Digital Contexts

Qualitative methods are traditionally roots in the anthropological person-centered field. In a virtual and digitalized society, the presence and the agency of technology and devices need to be considered as well. The purpose of this chapter is to contribute conceptually to the reflection of a different ontological perspective in qualitative research. After presenting some qualitative methods centered on humanist ontology and its limits in a virtual and digital society, the author explains the interest to adopt relational ontologies to adapt some qualitative methods in order to overcome the previous limits. This chapter deals with emerging qualitative methods linked to relational ontologies that move away from the individualistic vision of the consumer and also focus on the technological object.

Secondary Analysis for Digitized Data

Secondary analysis for quantitative data is a social research method traditionally employed for statistical analysis of administrative data. In the new digital society, this old research method that pre-existed the emergence of the new digital environment has been digitized to carry out its valuable activity in doing science. In this chapter, the secondary analysis for digitized data is illustrated. Thanks to the growing availability of datasets digitized on the web, the scholars of social well-being use the secondary analysis to inquiry this phenomenon through a cross-national perspective. The authors present the empirical study of World Love Index, in which the utility of the secondary analysis in finding and selecting valid indicators of social well-being is experienced.

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The current study attempts to clarify the educational stock of educational concepts, terms and issues that have been obliterated (either intentionally or unintentionally or perhaps out of ignorance) in order to enlighten the way to researchers in the educational field and push them to search and explore what the Arab educational heritage abounds in from many issues in all fields of education And education, which the innovators (educational renewal) were able to derive from our educational heritage and then return it to us a second time as being from their actions and the offspring of their ideas. In the knowledge society, the knowledge economy, the digital society, and the repercussions of two industrial revolutions (the Fourth and the Fifth) and many others that have been proposed and repeated recently in the field of educational research, the importance of such a study, which sheds light on the concept of both educational heritage and educational renewal, appears Explaining the justifications for research and exploration in the educational heritage, and raising educational issues that have been studied from the inspiration of the educational heritage, and then the approach between educational heritage and educational innovation, and finally proposing the study of educational issues inspired by the Arab Islamic educational heritage.

The Future of ‘Digital Research'

Sociology is a discipline inevitably based on interpretative categories of social reality derived from a specific historical phase. In a period that is increasingly defined as a new era or digital society, can sociological knowledge not be upset by this overload of changes of every kind and nature? And can these changes not involve all identity components of sociology, namely theory, research, and the usability of its knowledge? Given this, it seems rather evident that this volume is the sign of the times and testify the variety and flexibility of digital methods. The author limits to dealing schematically with two methodological components that are constitutive of the digital revolution: the shift from the traditional and glorious ethnography to the new and emerging netnography, especially as regards the qualitative side, and, on the more properly quantitative side, the overwhelming and boundless spread of big data. A brief and selective description of these “transitions” will be complemented by a thoughtful evaluation of their potential for the future in the peculiar field of inquiry.

Delphi MIX for the Construction of Future Critical Scenarios in Social Distancing

In the era of digital society, social research must devise innovative and adaptive methodologies in relation to new forms of communication and social interaction. The social distancing measures aimed at containing the spread of COVID-19 have produced the need for social sciences to face new research challenges by making the best possible use of information technology and tools. The researchers' aim is to present an innovative method of remote participatory social research, which can be framed in the context of future studies. This method, called Delphi MIX, has been developed by CNR-Irpps researchers since 2003, and its last adjustment has been designed as a consequence of the coronavirus crisis. Delphi MIX is a method for participatory strategic planning. It can be understood as a political agenda that aims to a desirable and achievable future.

Gender and Sexual Minority Research in the Digital Society

The chapter aims to deepen the theme of the participation of gender and sexual minorities in social research, with a specific focus on the new possibilities offered by the digital society. After defining the concept of “hidden populations” or “hard -to -reach populations,” the contribution focuses on the factors of greatest vulnerability of the LGBT population. Subsequently, the chapter aims to review the literature regarding the barriers to the sampling, recruitment, participation, and involvement of sexual and gender minorities, highlighting some strategies to overcome some of the main barriers, through a plurality of innovative procedures made possible by the so-called digital society.