Table 5.

Society-focused Research Topics and constructs.

Research Topics identified in the review of the literature (categories)	Constructs identified in the review of the literature (themes)	Sources
Societies as human systems	Societal culture Gender equality Vulnerable groups Human and social capital Decent life	Foy Connor and Bent-Goodley (2016); Mohapi (2016); Lima and de Oliveira (2017); Leinonen et al. (2018); Mushfiqur et al. (2018); Puga and Soto (2018); Zuev (2018); Ashby et al. (2019); Rogge and Van Nijverseel (2019); Röös et al. (2019); Aksoy and Arli (2020); Ballet et al. (2020); Ellinger et al. (2020); Forbes-Mewett et al. (2020); Sajjad and Shahbaz (2020); Conigliaro (2021); Ibrahim (2021); Raniga (2021)
Pro-social mechanisms	Social contract Politics Legislation Educational system and practices Crisis management Innovation Social partnership and voice Care-ethical approach	Foy Connor and Bent-Goodley (2016); Schiavo (2016); Lima and de Oliveira (2017); Benstead et al. (2018); Williams (2018); Zuev (2018); Khan et al. (2019); McDermott et al. (2019); Papadopoulos (2019); Pye (2019); Charni (2020); Lombard and Viviers (2020); Međugorac et al. (2020); Novitz (2020); Trautrims et al. (2020); Conigliaro (2021); Ibrahim (2021); Raniga (2021)