With the transition from pre-modern to modern and post-industrial society, the development of an entrepreneurial ecosystem to create jobs and sustainable development has attracted the attention of thinkers and experts. The entrepreneurial ecosystem provides a creative environment for entrepreneurs and innovators. The development of the entrepreneurial ecosystem depends on identifying the barriers and challenges in this field from the perspective of experts. Accordingly, the main purpose of this study is to identify barriers and challenges to the development of the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Khuzestan province. The research method is qualitative. The participants of the present study are 37 entrepreneurs, managers of knowledge-based companies, and professors of economics, management, and sociology in Khuzestan province, which has been selected by purposive sampling method with saturation rule and maximum diversity. Interview findings showed that categories such as weakness of strategic and entrepreneurial leadership, psychological capital crisis, demographic and contextual factors, social capital erosion, bureaucratic and disabling organizational structure, economic recession and instability, awareness gap, and insufficient education, Economy is a single product of barriers and challenges of entrepreneurial ecosystem development in Khuzestan province. Also, from the text of the interview findings, the state habitus was revealed as the central category.

Climate change has now become one of the most challenging social problems in modern societies, that human origin has been proven. The role of humans in emitting carbon dioxide and increasing the level of greenhouse gases has led to global warming and adverse climate change. Isfahan province experiences a lot of environmental damage, especially in the agricultural sector to the phenomenon of climate change. This study aims to investigate farmers' perceptions of barriers and facilitators of adaptation to climate change. The approach of this research is qualitative. In this study, 29 semi-structured interviews were conducted with farmers in Isfahan province. Findings showed that farmers implement 5 types of strategies: harmful adaptation, government-oriented, technological agriculture, eco-adaptation, and non-occupational in response to climate change. Barriers to adaptation include weak institutional trust, weak farmers' cooperation network, unpredictable future, structural barriers, information poverty, and Unreliable information obtained from the media. Adaptation facilitators also include knowledge of climate change, perceived self-efficacy, the effectiveness of perceived adaptation measures, the feeling of place attachment, and government support. Barriers and facilitators of adaptation to climate change have individual and structural aspects. Alignment of training on adaptation measures with government assistance and support and strengthening of social capital can be a factor in making farmers more adaptable to climate change.

Economic investment provides the grounds for promoting the economic growth and public welfare of a society. Security is one of the most important variables affecting economic investment. Due to the abundance and diversity of research conducted in the field of the impact of security on economic investment felt requires a combination of research in this area like a meta-analysis. The main question of the present study is what is the intensity and direction of security impact on economic investment in research conducted in Iran?

The research method of this paper is the meta-analysis. Population of the study almost scientific papers that are the subject the impact of security on economic investment in 2001 and 2020 were published. We used Comprehensive Meta-analysis software to conduct the meta-analysis of articles.

The results showed that impact of police security on economic investment in the studies reviewed is positive and moderate level (effect size=0.315). Also the impact of economic security on economic investment in the studies reviewed is positive and moderate level (effect size=0.407). The effect of economic security on investment in the 2000s (with effect size 0.557) is greater than that of the 2010s (with effect size 0.313).

Understanding and recognizing reference groups, especially the reference group of youth and students, is one of the most important and necessary social and cultural data for policy-making and management of cultural and social planning, and is the focus of social and humanities research. The cultural authority of professors and the level of students' trust in professors for cultural and social activism in the cultural field of the university. Theoretical framework of this research is based on theory The reference group is Merton and Mozaffar Sharif. This research was conducted in 2009 at the University of Isfahan with a statistical sample of 550 people. The statistical population also consisted of all students of the University of Isfahan, which was estimated at about 14,500 people.Findings show that in the cultural field of the university, professors were selected as the most important reference group by students and 64% of students stated that they prefer to consult with professors in various personal, social, cultural and marriage matters and their opinion as They know the criteria and the important. Also, 73% of students prefer to be mentioned by professors. Intimate relationships and cultural and social interactions have a positive effect on university social capital and have a positive and direct effect on student satisfaction in various aspects of the university.

Social health is the perception that people have about themselves, social interactions and communication, usefulness, social role and being positive in society. Social health of devotees as one of the social strata of society is one of the significant issues in the field of health sociology. The main purpose of the present study was a sociological analysis of perceived social support and the sense of self-efficacy with the social health of the devotees of the Islamic Revolution in East Azerbaijan Province. The statistical population was 24340 devotees of East Azerbaijan province and 294 devotees were selected by systematic random sampling. Based on the findings, their average social health was 56.45% and perceived social support was 72.8%. The results of multivariate regression test showed that there is a significant and positive relationship between the sense of self-efficacy and perceived social support of devotees of East Azerbaijan province with their social health and the components of acceptance, participation and self-fulfillment and the component of social cohesion only with perceived social support. It is meaningful and positive. Also, there was no significant relationship between social health and devotees 'percentage, age, duration of war devotees, but there was a significant difference between devotee’s social health in terms of their literacy. Devotees with less than a diploma had the highest average difference with other groups.

The implementation of large industrial projects always has effects on the natural environment and human societies and the social and cultural structure of the local community. Today, with the presence of Mobarakeh Steel Company, the question for many citizens of Mobarakeh is what are the social and cultural effects of this company on their city? In addition, what are the possible negative effects of the presence of this industry on the local community and the surrounding area? The present study was conducted using cluster survey and sampling method. The statistical population in this study is all people over 18 years old living in Mobarakeh city. The researcher-made questionnaire was distributed among 480 samples. The results indicate that the region's immigration, the impact of immigrant culture on indigenous culture and improving the city's sports and cultural facilities, are the most important cultural effects of steel, as well as class differences and inequality, increasing communication network outside the region, fear of increasing Diseases and social development are the most important social effects of steel on this region. The average obtained from the dimensions of social development, social responsibility, cultural development, cultural change and cultural adjustment is higher than the average, and the average of social equality is lower than the average.