{"title":"Narratives of Obstetric Violence: Conceptions of Power, Bodily Integrity, and Childbirth in Greek Women's Stories.","authors":"Faidra Gatsarouli, Linda Berg","doi":"10.1177/10778012251369025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012251369025","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This qualitative study examines women's narratives of obstetric violence in Greece, highlighting how power structures, medicalized childbirth, and cultural norms shape both the experience and normalization of such violence. By analyzing 63 participants' responses to an online survey with seven open-ended questions, the study applies thematic analysis and feminist phenomenology to explore how obstetric violence affects women's bodies, relations and self-perception. The findings reveal not only its pervasiveness and systematic invisibility, often justified as routine care, but also its entrenchment within sociocultural and institutional frameworks. However, it also identifies pathways for resistance and healing through community, advocacy, and collective action.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"10778012251369025"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144849227","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Evidence & PolicyPub Date : 2025-08-14DOI: 10.1332/17442648Y2025D000000064
Ueli Reber, Benjamin Hofmann, Christian Stamm, Karin Ingold
{"title":"Pick of the crop: understanding the choice of scientific and experiential evidence in Swiss pesticide discourse.","authors":"Ueli Reber, Benjamin Hofmann, Christian Stamm, Karin Ingold","doi":"10.1332/17442648Y2025D000000064","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1332/17442648Y2025D000000064","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In political discourse, speakers use scientific and experiential evidence. Both types can inform policy making, yet little is known about when political actors turn to experiential evidence to back their statements. In this article, we examine factors that influence the selection of scientific and experiential evidence in political discourses. Using data from a quantitative content analysis, we assess the influence of (1) issue polarisation, (2) the statement's focus on either the problem or the solution, and (3) the actor's position on policy change on the type of evidence used in Swiss media discourse on pesticides between 2013 and 2022. Our results show that an increase in issue polarisation was associated with an increase in the use of experiential evidence. It also mattered whether evidence was used to describe problems or solutions. In both cases, scientific evidence was preferred, but experiential evidence was used more often when speaking about solutions. Whether speakers were proponents or opponents of policy change had no influence on the type of evidence used. These findings suggest that speakers generally considered scientific evidence more appropriate to support their statements than experiential evidence. However, with increasing polarisation, the reliance on experiential evidence over scientific evidence suggests a shift towards emotionally resonant narratives rather than rigorously validated knowledge. For the case studied, we conclude that while speakers are committed to evidence-informed policy making in principle, experiential evidence is at risk of being devalued and weaponised in polarised contexts.</p>","PeriodicalId":51652,"journal":{"name":"Evidence & Policy","volume":" ","pages":"1-25"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144859914","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
GeoforumPub Date : 2025-08-14DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2025.104380
Stefano Guzzini
{"title":"Foregrounding politics: From the climate-security nexus to peace in the Anthropocene","authors":"Stefano Guzzini","doi":"10.1016/j.geoforum.2025.104380","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.geoforum.2025.104380","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Against the backdrop of reframing the climate change-security nexus as peace politics in the Anthropocene, the article proposes to foreground political processes in the analysis, methodologically, conceptually and normatively. Methodologically, it shows how existing approaches which start from either the one or the other end of the nexus tend to crowd out the central place of political processes. Starting with climate in the elaboration of the causal path, and despite multiple attempts to overcome all-to-easy determinisms, the analysis still tends to externalize nature in the explanation. Starting from violent conflict for the analysis of environmental security, it similarly sees war as something external to political processes, which a conceptual switch to think security from peace would avoid. These shortcomings lead to a proposed change in the research design. While the classical setup is a typical outside-in design, where the domestic institutions provide the intervening variables to explain diverse outcomes for similar climate facts, the more socio-political design is inside-out in that it starts from the perceptions and understandings of the local actors, as well as the socio-political processes, such as the social conventions and repertoires of conflict resolution mechanisms, that may lead to resilience, conflict or peace under certain climatic conditions, also affecting the latter. Finally, the article engages with the normative problem of political agency under potentially radical uncertainty. It discusses an ethics of prudence as a possible solution, showing its attraction and limits as a relatively empty signifier that relies on moderation and lessons of the past.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":12497,"journal":{"name":"Geoforum","volume":"165 ","pages":"Article 104380"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144831615","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marine PolicyPub Date : 2025-08-14DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106866
Marjorie Baquedano-Rodríguez , Juan Rosas-Muñoz , Leonardo Manríquez-Méndez
{"title":"Exploring demographic and productive factors in socioeconomic vulnerability of small-scale aquaculture in Chile","authors":"Marjorie Baquedano-Rodríguez , Juan Rosas-Muñoz , Leonardo Manríquez-Méndez","doi":"10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106866","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106866","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Small-scale aquaculture (SSA) in Chile is a critical activity for coastal communities, yet it faces numerous challenges, including socioeconomic vulnerability. While there is substantial literature on large-scale aquaculture, especially salmon farming, the specific dynamics and vulnerabilities of SSA have not been studied in depth. This paper seeks to fill this gap by analyzing the internal and external factors that shape the socioeconomic vulnerability of SSA producers and offering insights for policy intervention to enhance resilience and sustainability. The study uses secondary data from 187 surveys conducted in aquaculture centers, mainly in the Los Lagos Region. It developed a vulnerability index encompassing living conditions, health, and social security. Using Pareto Frontiers, a multinomial logit model classified individuals into different vulnerability categories. We highlight some key sociodemographic and productive determinants of vulnerability in SSA. Findings reveal that gender disparities, income dependency, and market isolation drive vulnerability among small producers in Chile’s aquaculture sector. Female producers are more likely to face higher vulnerability, while long-term experience does not necessarily translate into economic security, indicating systemic barriers. High dependency on aquaculture income and reliance on specific species, such as Agarophyton chilensis (ex Gracilaria chilensis) and locally known as <em>pelillo</em>, increase exposure to economic risks, highlighting the need for diversification. Improved infrastructure and digital tools could mitigate the effects of geographic isolation. These results emphasize the importance of integrated policies addressing individual and structural factors to promote sustainable economic outcomes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48427,"journal":{"name":"Marine Policy","volume":"182 ","pages":"Article 106866"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144842162","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rethinking Adolescent Mental Health: Religious and Cultural Barriers Facing LGBTQ+ Youth in Southeast Asia.","authors":"Dani Fadillah","doi":"10.1007/s10508-025-03270-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-025-03270-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144854364","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christopher Russell, Gabriel Barnard, Venus Marza, Sophie Notley, Thomas Nahde, Martin Fitzpatrick, Layla Malt, Matthew Stevenson, Sarah Weaver, Neil McKeganey
{"title":"Switching and substantial reductions in cigarette consumption concurrent with use of a heated tobacco product among adults who smoke in Czechia: an actual use study.","authors":"Christopher Russell, Gabriel Barnard, Venus Marza, Sophie Notley, Thomas Nahde, Martin Fitzpatrick, Layla Malt, Matthew Stevenson, Sarah Weaver, Neil McKeganey","doi":"10.1186/s12954-025-01293-x","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12954-025-01293-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The potential for heated tobacco products (HTPs) to reduce smoking-related harm depends, in part, on how adults who smoke cigarettes use HTPs in their everyday lives, and the extent to which HTPs come to be used as a replacement for all or most of the cigarettes that a person smokes. This study assessed changes in cigarette smoking behaviour among adults who smoke when using HTPs in near-to-real world settings for six weeks.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Participants were 332 adults aged 19 years and older who smoked between 5 and 30 cigarettes per day, on average, living in Prague or Brno, Czechia, who reported no intention to quit smoking within the next three months but reported a positive likelihood of using the PULZE + iD Heated Tobacco System ('the Study Product') on a regular basis following a brief trial use period. Participants were given a personal prepaid debit card to purchase packs of consumable heated tobacco sticks ('iD Sticks', the Study Sticks) in their choice of 12 commercially available flavours, directly from retailers in the community, to use as desired for six weeks. Participants recorded their daily consumption of cigarettes, Study Sticks, and other tobacco products in an electronic diary for 42 consecutive days. Data were collected between May-November 2023.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>During Week-6 of ad libitum use of the Study Product, 16.0% of participants had completely switched from cigarettes to the Study Product (i.e., past 7-day use of the Study Product and zero cigarettes smoked) and 33.7% had reduced their daily cigarette consumption by 50-99% while continuing to use the Study Product. On average, weekly cigarette consumption reduced by 35.6% (1.9 fewer packs per participant) during Week-1 and 45.2% (2.4 fewer packs per participant) during Week-6, compared to the pre-study baseline week. Most Study Sticks consumed during the Observational Phase were flavoured to taste like fruit (40.1%), followed by tobacco (38.4%) and menthol/mint (21.5%). At Week-24, 63.6% continued to purchase Study Sticks with their own money and 50.9% were using the Study Product as a complete or majority replacement for cigarettes.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The Study Product has potential to help adults who smoke to completely switch away from cigarettes or substantially reduce cigarette consumption in the short- to medium-term in real-world settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":12922,"journal":{"name":"Harm Reduction Journal","volume":"22 1","pages":"138"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12351828/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144855096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Javiera García-Meneses , Christopher P. Salas-Wright , Michael G. Vaughn , Mildred M. Maldonado-Molina , Valentina Osses Cárcamo , Melissa Bates , Juliana Mejía-Trujillo , Augusto Pérez-Gómez , Seth J. Schwartz , María Fernanda García
{"title":"A new approach to exploring agency in migration research: The case of south-to-south migration among Venezuelan youth","authors":"Javiera García-Meneses , Christopher P. Salas-Wright , Michael G. Vaughn , Mildred M. Maldonado-Molina , Valentina Osses Cárcamo , Melissa Bates , Juliana Mejía-Trujillo , Augusto Pérez-Gómez , Seth J. Schwartz , María Fernanda García","doi":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108527","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108527","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Migration is a complex phenomenon shaping population dynamics and global development, driven by interconnected economic, political, and environmental factors. The Venezuelan migration crisis has overwhelmed South America’s social and health services, with many migrants lacking legal status and facing increased risks, especially among children, who confront barriers in education, limited healthcare access, and heightened vulnerability to exploitation and violence. Despite this, research often overlooks the agency and perspectives of young migrants, who are frequently excluded from decision-making processes. This article aims to address this gap by exploring the migration experiences of Venezuelan youth in Colombia, with a focus on their involvement in migration decisions, the emotional challenges they face, and their integration into a new society. Grounded in a constructivist approach, the study employed a multi-method technique based on the I-poem method to analyze 32 interviews with Venezuelan youth aged 12–17, who arrived in Colombia between 2019 and 2020 and currently reside in Bogotá or Medellín. As a result, the findings convey two poems—<em>A New Life</em> (<em>Una Nueva Vida</em>) and <em>When Decided to Migrate</em> (<em>La Decisión de Migrar</em>). Such poems were crafted from interview fragments, reflecting the young migrants’ personal and collective narratives. The study’s findings call for a shift toward a child-centered perspective in migration research, recognizing young migrants as active agents who navigate complex emotional, social, and cultural challenges. We advocate for incorporating youth voices in policy development to address their needs and recommend participatory methodologies for future research and policymaking to better protect and empower young migrants.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48428,"journal":{"name":"Children and Youth Services Review","volume":"178 ","pages":"Article 108527"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144852788","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
F.A Mboringong , R.A. Riggs , J.D. Langston , A.K. Boedhihartono , D. Endamana , Y. Ge , J.L Innes , J. Lu , P. Meyfroidt , L. Weng , J. Sayer
{"title":"Anticipatory governance for responsible investment in energy transition minerals in the Western Congo Basin","authors":"F.A Mboringong , R.A. Riggs , J.D. Langston , A.K. Boedhihartono , D. Endamana , Y. Ge , J.L Innes , J. Lu , P. Meyfroidt , L. Weng , J. Sayer","doi":"10.1016/j.exis.2025.101749","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.exis.2025.101749","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Demand for Energy Transition Minerals and Metals (ETMs) for clean energy technologies is driving a new wave of investment in mining. Many African countries contain significant reserves of ETMs and are eager to exploit their mineral wealth for economic benefits. However, extracting these minerals comes with social and environmental costs, including the degradation of high biodiversity habitats. Without learning from the past and anticipating possible futures, the potential benefits from ETMs could be offset by harms to vulnerable people and nature. In this paper, we draw from experience in the resource-rich Western Congo Basin forests to consider lessons and opportunities for anticipatory governance of ETM extraction to contribute to just and sustainable development pathways. We identify and build on four existing initiatives in which practitioners, policy-makers, and researchers can proactively engage in to enhance capabilities in foresight, networked decision-making, learning mechanisms, and open mindsets to guide responsible investment. By drawing on lessons and anticipating futures, decision-makers can strengthen institutional capability to guide and benefit from the impending wave of mine and infrastructure development. We call for greater attention to anticipatory governance for responsible investment in ETMs that aligns with environmental stewardship and community wellbeing in the Western Congo Basin.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47848,"journal":{"name":"Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal","volume":"24 ","pages":"Article 101749"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144829225","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christian Spreafico , Samruddha Kokare , Radu Godina
{"title":"Prospective life cycle assessment of future Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing deposition process for large-scale steel parts","authors":"Christian Spreafico , Samruddha Kokare , Radu Godina","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108111","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108111","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) is a promising approach for the sustainable production of large-scale metal components. This study presents the first prospective Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) focused on the gate-to-gate manufacturing stage of seven patented, currently immature WAAM technologies. These technologies are projected to reach industrial maturity by 2035 and are evaluated in both laboratory-scale and anticipated industrial-scale configurations. Key findings reveal that future WAAM systems may reduce environmental impacts by an average of 45 % at the lab-scale and 74 % at the industrial scale compared to current WAAM. Argon shielding gas consistently contributes to more than 70 % of the total environmental impact. Plasma-based future WAAM significantly outperforms electric arc variants, exhibiting at least 20 % lower environmental impact than current WAAM systems. Multi-axis WAAM also demonstrates environmental advantages, with a 21 % lower impact compared to planar setups at the lab scale. These sustainability improvements, which remain consistent across various future scenarios, highlight promising pathways for improving WAAM technologies, particularly favouring plasma-based and multi-axis systems for large-scale applications.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"116 ","pages":"Article 108111"},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144830196","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cristina Cambeses-Franco, Eduardo Parejo-Ramírez, Sara González-García
{"title":"Crafting a water footprint database of foods in Spain to drive sustainable consumption","authors":"Cristina Cambeses-Franco, Eduardo Parejo-Ramírez, Sara González-García","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108120","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108120","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Food, a cornerstone of human existence, plays a central role in health, social progress and cultural identity. Despite its vital role, the production and consumption of food has a significant environmental footprint, requiring metrics such as water footprints for sustainable practices. The water footprint of a food product is the amount of water that is consumed and polluted in all of the processing stages. This paper introduces the first comprehensive database of water footprints for 158 food commodities commonly consumed in Spain. Developed using a standardized methodology, the database integrates up-to-date production and trade data (2022) with water footprint data from the global assessment by <span><span>Mekonnen and Hoekstra, 2010</span></span>, <span><span>Mekonnen and Hoekstra, 2011</span></span>, brought to the same reference year using the fast-track method. It represents a novel approach in that it covers a wide range of food categories, specific food types and varieties, while also taking into account local agricultural practices, and climatic and geographical factors, providing a highly detailed analysis of both the imported and exported water footprints associated with each. By facilitating the evaluation of the influence of dietary modifications on global water scarcity, this database provides a foundation for the formulation of evidence-based policies aimed at fostering sustainable food systems.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"116 ","pages":"Article 108120"},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144842060","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}