Social Sciences

This study examines the relationship between Emotional Intelligence (EI) and Immediate Auditory Memory (IAM) in primary-school students aged 10–12 years. Through a neuroeducational perspective, it explores how emotional competencies, particularly emotional meta-knowledge, interact with cognitive retention processes. Standardized instruments were administered to a sample of 175 students from schools in Southern Spain. The findings indicate a positive association between Emotional Clarity—a key subdimension of EI—and IAM, with Emotional Clarity emerging as a modest predictor of auditory retention. No notable associations were observed for Emotional Attention or Emotional Repair. These results suggest that the ability to understand one’s emotions may subtly facilitate the processing and retention of auditory information. From neuroscientific and technological viewpoints, the study highlights the potential benefits of integrating emotional education and digital tools in the classroom to enhance student well-being and cognitive development, while calling for cautious interpretation due to the multifaceted nature of these variables.

This article discusses the implications of gender- and race-based discrimination on the social relationships and trauma recovery process of victim–survivors of sexual violence. Challenges faced by victim–survivors in reflecting on their trauma experience and seeking social and professional support are discussed. Marginalizing social and sexual norms, implications of gender- and race-based oppression, and context-based factors in trauma recovery work are also discussed. The analysis shared in this article is based on a literature review, supported by a case discussion. Using key words like sexual trauma/sexual violence/rape, sexism, racism, racial trauma, and social marginalization, the author conducted a search and review of the available scientific literature using two databases: PsycINFO and Google Scholar. The results from the literature review and analysis suggest that fostering healthy relational experiences is key to safely and effectively supporting sexual trauma recovery for racialized women victim–survivors. Based on the analysis of the existing literature and a clinical case, this article seeks to shed light on multilayered relational challenges facing racialized women victim–survivors of sexual violence. A relational–systemic approach to clinical work with the studied population is also discussed and recommended.

Opportunities for citizens to become prosumers have grown rapidly with renewable energy (RE) technologies reaching grid parity. The European Union’s ability to harness this potential depends on empowering energy citizens, fostering active engagement, and overcoming resistance to RE deployment. European energy law introduced “renewable self-consumers” and “active customers” with rights to consume, sell, store, and share RE, alongside rights for citizens collectively organised in energy communities. This article explores conditions for inclusive citizen engagement and empowerment within the RE system. Building on an ownership- and governance-oriented approach, we further develop the concept of energy citizenship, focusing on three elements: conditions for successful engagement, individual versus collective (financial) participation, and the role of public (co-)ownership in fostering inclusion. The analysis is supported by 82 semi-structured interviews, corroborating our theoretical lens. Findings show that participation, especially of vulnerable consumers, relies on an intact “engagement chain,” while energy communities remain an underused instrument for inclusion. Institutional environments enabling municipalities and public entities to act as pace-making (co-)owners are identified as key. Complementing the market and the State, civil society holds important potential to enhance engagement. Inspired by the 2017 European Pillar of Social Rights, we propose a corresponding “European Pillar of Energy Rights.”