Volume 79 (2026) brings together interdisciplinary empirical and conceptual research examining how societies are reconfigured in the context of accelerated digitalization, institutional change, and global uncertainty. The volume captures both structural transformations and lived social experiences across diverse regional and policy contexts.

Key thematic directions include:

• the societal impact of digital platforms, media systems, and algorithmic governance on communication, trust, and civic participation;

• institutional resilience and preparedness, including emergency systems, critical infrastructures, and disaster risk management;

• governance, law, and human rights, with attention to justice reform, child and family protection, peacekeeping, and political organization;

• economic and development perspectives addressing labor dynamics, food insecurity, community-based resilience, and sustainability;

• conceptual and cultural analyses exploring modernization debates, identity, leadership, and social change narratives.

Together, the contributions offer timely insights and policy-relevant perspectives for scholars, practitioners, and decision-makers engaged with equity, accountability, sustainability, and institutional adaptation in a new decade of social change.