Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli

Gendered Perceptions and the Use of Generative AI in Academia: An Experimental Vignette Study

ABSTRACT The adoption of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) is reshaping the very nature of work, yet its social meaning and evaluative implications—particularly for women—remain underexplored. Although existing research has mainly examined GenAI adoption, use, and algori...

Who Bears the Burden? The Digital Omnibus and the Redistribution of Supervisory Costs

Abstract The Digital Omnibus package is presented as a technical simplification of the digital rulebook, with significant estimated savings for both businesses and public administrations. Its accompanying analysis, however, measures only the cost lifted from regulated entities: o...

Colour as Learnable Operator: A Prepositional Reading of Two Contemporary Figurative Paintings: Grisaille, Water, and the Grammar of Attention in Pippo and Cristian Mesa Velázquez.

This article compares two paintings: Still Hours by the Door, by Pippo, and Baño carmesí by Cristian Mesa Velázquez. In each, a human body has been drained of colour while everything around it keeps its own. In the first, a figure in a loose white shirt sits in a doorway painted...

Beyond Pain: The Impact of Physical Pain on Conformity

ABSTRACT Physical pain is a pervasive feature of everyday life, yet little is known about how it shapes consumer decision‐making in socially influenced contexts, i.e., consumer decisions that are shaped, at least in part, by information about the preferences, judgments, or behavi...

Trust, intangible assets, and productivity

Abstract Business environments dominated by information flows and autonomous tasks, typical of knowledge‐intensive industries, are likely to require enough social trust to be viable and productive. In this paper, we use new EUKLEMS & INTANProd industry‐level data covering a panel...

The Relationship between Human Values, Job Satisfaction, and Well-being among Thai IT Employees in Thailand: An Exploratory Study

IT professionals operate in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment that demands rapid delivery of quality solutions and constant adaptation to new technologies. In this context, well-being and job satisfaction are critical to both individual and organizational success, influenci...

Existence and Uniqueness Results for a Mean-Field Game of Optimal Investment

Abstract We establish the existence and uniqueness of the equilibrium for a stochastic mean-field game of optimal investment. The analysis covers both finite and infinite time horizons, and the mean-field interaction of the representative company with a mass of identical and indi...

Knowledge Spillovers Versus Competitive Dynamics: Evidence from Startups and Scaleups in Milan’s Tech Ecosystem

Abstract Moving beyond the traditional focus on geographical proximity, this study investigates the existence and nature of spillover effects within a non-geographical space. The core novelty of the paper is operational and methodological: we exploit text data scraped from corpor...

Relationships at work: friend or foe? The perspective of ADHD employees

Purpose Neurodivergent employees present unique and valuable abilities and skills for organizations, such as creative and innovative thinking. However, they still face barriers and considerable stigma in the workplace, which are associated with higher rates of unemployment and tu...

Transition without transformation: net-zero industrial policy, green path diversification and creation

The development of new pathways for industrial decarbonisation is a formidable task demanding highly coordinated action. While industrial clusters are potentially key sites for low-carbon transitions, embedded regional structures if not fully understood may constrain green transf...

When Can an Agent Attribute Properties to Itself? A Cognitive Algebra for Identity, Integrity, and Freedom

An agent's cognitive architecture may possess every regional carrier required for a capability and still emit a wrong verdict, because the content those carriers hold is corrupted. Over the MCK observer-relative classification (Bragetti, Asaro and Italiano, Zenodo 10.5281/zenodo....

Intentional Semantic Geometry: Statements as Grammar-Mediated References into Determinable Spectra

Non-trivial scientific meaning is not, in general, a proposition in a fixed logic-space. A statement is a pointer into a semantic geometry - a spectrum - and its interpretation is grammar-mediated: a grammar decides how the statement names regions or positions in the spectrum. Bo...

Intentional Semantic Geometry: Statements as Grammar-Mediated References into Determinable Spectra

Non-trivial scientific meaning is not, in general, a proposition in a fixed logic-space. A statement is a pointer into a semantic geometry - a spectrum - and its interpretation is grammar-mediated: a grammar decides how the statement names regions or positions in the spectrum. Bo...

When Can an Agent Attribute Properties to Itself? A Cognitive Algebra for Identity, Integrity, and Freedom

An agent's cognitive architecture may possess every regional carrier required for a capability and still emit a wrong verdict, because the content those carriers hold is corrupted. Over the MCK observer-relative classification (Bragetti, Asaro and Italiano, Zenodo 10.5281/zenodo....

Gender Similarity in Hierarchical Work Relationships: A Meta‐Analysis

ABSTRACT Hierarchical work relationships, such as mentoring and supervisor relationships, provide access to key resources that promote employee well‐being and effectiveness. As such, scholars have investigated factors that enable relational success, with gender similarity being a...

Visual Lexicon, Grammar and Syntax of Underwater Paintings: Cristian Mesa Velázquez's Works vs Pre-Raphaelite Symbolism and the Hyperrealism of Samantha French (with Italian translation included)

This article examines how three bodies of work, consisting of selected works by the Pre-Raphaelite painters of the nineteenth century, the contemporary American painter Samantha French, and the Cuban-born, Spain-based painter Cristian Mesa Velázquez, use water and the submerged b...

Theory Choice in Epistemic Networks: Five ways to avoid premature convergence

Abstract In this article, we study difficult theory-choice situations, where division of cognitive labor is needed. Network epistemology models suggest that reducing connectivity is needed to prevent premature convergence on bad theories. We compare how network density, community...

Meaning, Opacity, and Function: An Observer-Relative Classification of Artifacts

Every working epistemic system – a research group, a software stack, a model with its operators – holds artifacts it uses without understanding: models invoked through interfaces, cryptographic routines run as black boxes, legacy code executed daily. Whether an artifact is unders...

Meaning, Opacity, and Function: An Observer-Relative Classification of Artifacts

Every working epistemic system – a research group, a software stack, a model with its operators – holds artifacts it uses without understanding: models invoked through interfaces, cryptographic routines run as black boxes, legacy code executed daily. Whether an artifact is unders...

Solving the sum-and-product problem: a geometric solution via the Pythagorean theorem

This article addresses a foundational problem of algebra: finding two numbers x1 and x2 given their sum s and their product p (with s, p>0). This ancient problem, which lies at the historical origin of quadratic equations, was solved geometrically by Babylonian and Greek mathemat...