Volume 80 (2026) continues the journal’s interdisciplinary orientation while shifting the analytical focus toward education, organizations, and applied governance in digitally mediated societies. The contributions explore how institutions, professionals, and communities adapt their practices in response to technological innovation, cross-cultural interaction, and evolving socio-economic expectations. Across multiple regions and policy settings, the volume connects micro-level human behavior with broader institutional and regulatory frameworks.

Key thematic directions include:

• educational transformation and learning environments, including instructional and distributed leadership, early childhood development, intercultural communication, and the integration of AI-supported learning and behavioral change models;

• communication and media systems, examining workplace communication, media capture, public health communication, and the role of advanced language technologies in organizational interaction and employee retention;

• law, governance, and digital regulation, with studies addressing trademark abuse, personal data protection, and the legal challenges generated by electronic media and global digital infrastructures;

• organizational and economic performance, including customer loyalty, working capital management in SMEs, supply chain adaptation, work–life balance, job satisfaction, and strategic innovation capabilities in service sectors;

• societal and cultural dynamics, covering tourism communication, diplomatic relations, historical interpretation, climate adaptation behaviors, and debates surrounding research evaluation and knowledge production.

Together, the articles provide empirically grounded and practice-oriented perspectives relevant for educators, managers, policymakers, and researchers seeking to understand how organizations and social institutions operate under conditions of technological acceleration, globalization, and labor transformation. The volume highlights the increasing interdependence between communication, regulation, and organizational behavior in shaping resilience and sustainability across contemporary societies.