The mental health (MH) of adolescents in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), particularly those in rural areas, has historically been neglected in research and services, despite the documented burden MH problems represent among these populations. Settings where MH stigma is high require strategic research methods. Photovoice is a promising method for MH research in contexts of high stigma, but studies examining its acceptability with rural adolescents in LMIC remain scarce. We explored the acceptability of photovoice for MH research through perspectives of adolescents from rural Mexico who participated in a photovoice project focused on factors affecting their MH. Adolescents (n = 40) participated in focus groups where they discussed what they learned through the MH photovoice project, and the aspects of the method they perceived to be valuable. Focus groups transcripts were thematically analyzed. Participants’ satisfaction with the MH photovoice project was tied to: (1) learning about the meaning, nature, and experiences of MH; (2) enjoying relationships, novelty, and fun; and (3) wishing for more time, more play, and continuity. Photovoice is an acceptable method for MH research among rural adolescents in LMIC, sparking reflection and collective dialog that can lead to the development of local initiatives.

Green transition policies set long-term targets to reduce carbon emissions and other pollutants, posing a threat to workers in polluting occupations and communities reliant on them. Can far-right parties attract voters who anticipate losing from the green transition? We explore this in Germany, which has ambitious green policies and a large workforce in polluting occupations. The far-right AfD started campaigning as the only party opposing green transition policies in 2016. Using a difference-in-differences design, we show AfD support increased more in counties with larger shares of employment in polluting occupations once the AfD adopted an anti-green platform in 2016. A panel survey demonstrates that individuals in these occupations also shifted toward the AfD. Probing mechanisms, we find that far-right support may stem from shifting perceptions of social stigma and lower status. Our results highlight the need for a new research agenda on backlash against the normative dimension of the green transition.

Social relationships provide opportunities to exchange and obtain health advice. Not only close confidants may be perceived as sources of health advice, but also acquaintances met in places outside a closed circle of family and friends, e.g., in voluntary organizations. This study is the first to analyze the structure of complete health advice networks in three voluntary organizations and compare them with more commonly studied close relationships. To this end, we collected data on multiple networks and health outcomes among 143 middle-aged and older adults (mean age = 53.9 years) in three carnival clubs in Germany. Our analyses demonstrate that perceived health advice and close relationships overlap only by 34%. Moreover, recent advances in exponential random graph models (ERGMs) allow us to illustrate that the network structure of perceived health advice differs starkly from that of close relationships. For instance, we found that advice networks exhibited lower transitivity and greater segregation by gender and age in comparison to networks of close relationships. We also found that actors with poor physical health perceive less individuals as health advisors than those with good physical health. Our findings suggest that community settings, such as voluntary associations, provide a unique platform for exchanging health advice and information among both close and distant network members.

The state’s role in the perpetration or tolerance of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) is not inevitable, even in conflicts where the state may lack the capacity to prevent such violence or protect populations effectively. Prevention and protection by state institutions, including the military, requires reform that addresses not only CRSV behaviour and crimes but also gendered norms that condone this violence in existing legal and social frameworks of state institutions. This paper examines the development of the Joint Communiqués (JCs) as a rare example of an international-led security sector reform initiative between the UN and signatory states to implement reforms and practices to prevent CRSV. We examine the JCs signed to date with states that have militaries that have committed CRSV crimes. Our study of the JCs provides an opportunity to explore how reform to state-level institutional norms and practices proceeds in an environment with heavy dependence on the military state sector to cooperate in preventing CRSV. However, our findings call into question the conditions under which JCs should be promoted, especially when a signatory state refuses or resists including measures in JCs that address their institutional culpability for perpetrating CRSV and adopt survivor-centred gender-inclusive reforms.

Despite its efficacy, little research has been conducted to evaluate the potential for electrocution to control common weeds in pastures. Electrocution could also potentially be utilized as a management tool to minimize the production of tall fescue seedheads to prevent fescue toxicosis in cattle. Separate experiments were conducted in Missouri in 2023 and 2024 to: 1) evaluate the effectiveness of electrocution on tall fescue seedhead management, and 2) evaluate forage injury and weed control following electrocution in comparison to common pre-packaged pasture herbicide combinations in mixed tall fescue and legume pastures. Sequential electrocution passes spaced 2 wk apart was the only electrocution treatment that resulted in reduced tall fescue seedhead density more than the nontreated control. However, metsulfuron-containing herbicide treatments reduced tall fescue seedhead density by 70 to 77%. In the weed control experiments, electrocution was compared to herbicide application in six mixed tall fescue and legume pastures and two johnsongrass-infested pastures in Missouri in 2023 and 2024. Most pre-packaged herbicide combinations tested eliminated white clover whereas electrocution and weed wiping had minimal effects on this species. The best electrocution treatments resulted in control of common ragweed, ironweed, common cocklebur, johnsongrass, and tall goldenrod and were comparable to that observed with the best herbicide treatments. Blackberry, sericea lespedeza and coralberry were most effectively controlled by weed wiping with glyphosate compared to all other treatments. Two passes of glyphosate with the weed wiper at 5 km/h spaced 2 wk apart providing the highest and most consistent control of johnsongrass. Results from these experiments indicate that electrocution can be used as a viable alternative to broadcast herbicide treatment for the control of several weeds that commonly occur in mixed tall fescue and legume pastures without significantly impacting forage yield or causing legume injury.

Will rising temperatures from climate change affect labour markets? This paper examines the impact of temperature on hours worked, using panel data from Peru covering the period from 2007 to 2015. We combine information on hours worked from household surveys with weather reanalysis data. Our findings show that high temperatures reduce hours worked, with the effect concentrated in informal jobs rather than in weather-exposed industries. These results suggest that labour market segmentation may shape how climate change affects labour outcomes in developing countries.

This paper describes recent developments in mental healthcare for women in Ireland and sets them in their historical context. The treatment of women’s mental health in the Republic of Ireland has evolved drastically since the 19th century, when institutions such as ‘lunatic asylums’ and Magdalene Laundries were commonplace. With deinstitutionalisation in the late 20th century, services adapted to community models, though these have remained underfunded. Recent years have witnessed dramatic developments in female-specific services and policies. Despite this progress, unmet needs remain in eating disorders, mental health support for pregnancy loss, infertility and embedding trauma-informed care.

The rise of neoliberal statism in Turkey, where the state acts as a developer in both urban and rural contexts, illuminates the multi-scalar, negotiated, and power-laden nature of frontier-making in the twenty-first century. The expansion of export-oriented sweet cherry production in western Turkey’s peri-urban landscapes exemplifies the uneven, non-linear, and contested trajectories of contemporary agrarian capitalism. This paper examines how a niche-commodity frontier is produced not only through shifts in political–economic and socio-ecological relations of production, but also through articulations of nationalism and moral authority grounded in religion. Among the various actors involved in this process, smallholders occupy a paradoxical position: structurally subordinated within export value chains yet discursively mobilized as key agents of frontier expansion. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, the paper argues that the ideological hegemony underpinning the frontier hinders the formation of smallholder class consciousness. Instead, the articulation of agrarian capitalism with nationalist and developmental imaginaries, expressed through the party politics of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), secures widespread allegiance to Turkey’s current iteration of neoliberal development.

Recently, over the course of a month in Taipei, I took in twenty-five opera performances, each opening a window onto the vast and varied world of Chinese opera.1 The performances were drawn from different genres: Peking opera (both canonical repertoire and new works), Taiwanese opera (kua-á-hì, or gezaixi), Hakka opera, Beiguan opera, Kunqu opera, Yu opera (Henan opera) and glove puppet opera (pòo-tē-hì). Although I was well aware of Taiwan’s vibrant operatic and theatrical scene – indeed, it was the very reason I pursued this residency – I was nonetheless surprised by the volume, variety and vitality of the performances I experienced. My visit coincided with one of the peak periods in the ritual calendar (the third lunar month), during which one could easily choose from more than ten outdoor opera performances each day, held at various temples throughout the greater Taipei area. In addition, meticulously crafted and lavishly mounted productions were featured at formal venues such as the Taiwan Traditional Theatre Center and Dadaocheng Theater. The performing culture of Chinese opera in Taiwan nowadays remains vibrant, imaginative, colourful and remarkably robust.

This comment focuses on two intersections between private right and public right: (1) permissions to use another’s property in circumstances of necessity, and (2) distributive justice. My overall claim is that the boundaries Weinrib deftly articulates between private right and public right should not be drawn exactly as Reciprocal Freedom maintains.