The proposition that there is a planetary chemical crisis that exists in conjunction with the climate crisis and the biodiversity crisis has been increasingly discussed. Indeed, according to the United Nations Environment Programme there is a ‘triple planetary crisis’ (climate, biodiversity, chemical), while many others argue that there is a ‘polycrisis’, of which the environmental crises are but elements. Prompted by Gisela Welz’s account of how the Cyprus economic crisis was ‘identified by experts’, and reflecting on Reinhardt Koselleck’s, Janet Roitman’s and Stuart Hall’s analyses of the concept of crisis, I argue that the chemical crisis might be understood as an event that has come to take multiple forms, remains contested and is without resolution.

This study aims to investigate whether the relationship between the real effective exchange rate and the stock market in Türkiye exhibits a time–varying and regime–dependent structure. To this end, monthly data covering the period from January 2003 to November 2025 are utilized, and the causal relationship between the BIST100 closing price index and the CPI–based real effective exchange rate is analyzed within the framework of the time–varying Granger causality approach. The empirical findings indicate that the relationship between the exchange rate and the stock market is not stable throughout the entire sample period; rather, it strengthens or weakens in a time–dependent manner, particularly during periods of economic crises, heightened uncertainty, and regime shifts. The results further suggest that the causality running from the stock market to the real effective exchange rate (DLNBI → DLNRE) is more dominant and, in certain periods, tends toward a persistent regime, whereas reverse causality from the exchange rate to the stock market (DLNRE → DLNBI) remains relatively limited and is confined to specific periods. Overall, these findings suggest that the exchange rate–stock market nexus in Türkiye cannot be adequately captured by linear and time–invariant models and underscore the leading role of financial market dynamics in shaping exchange rate movements.

ABSTRACT Parental migration in Zimbabwe’s prolonged economic crisis has created a generation of left-behind children in high-density suburbs such as Cowdray Park, Bulawayo, where emotional distress, stigma, and educational disengagement are intensified by density pressures. This study asked how psychosocial and community factors shape the resilience of left-behind children in such urban contexts, moving beyond remittance sufficiency to examine attachment and systemic boundaries. Using a sequential mixed-methods design guided by Attachment and Family Systems Theories, surveys of 398 children were combined with 30 interviews and focus groups, triangulated with attendance logs and policy audits to ensure validity. The evidence indicates that resilience in peri-urban Zimbabwe is not determined by financial inputs alone but by psychosocial buffers and community support systems. Faith-school hybrids emerged as adaptive strategies offering practical and emotional support, yet sibling households and adolescents with gendered caregiving burdens remained excluded, exposing systemic fractures in child protection. Emotional wellbeing consistently outweighed material stability in shaping scholastic trajectories, underscoring the primacy of attachment restoration and boundary reinforcement. The study concludes that effective interventions must integrate psychosocial care with material support, including school-faith partnerships, counseling, stigma reduction, and policy recalibration ensuring density-resilient futures for Zimbabwe’s children.

Bovine Cysticercosis at a Municipal Abattoir: Occurrence, Risk Factors, Community Practices and Perceptions in Nakemte, Western Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT When the Spanish conquistador Pizarro and his troops landed in the village of Coaque in 1531, the pillage began. Considered by treasure hunters to be the city of gold, Coaque's population grew accustomed to assist them to obtain their loot. During successive economic crises, looting became an economic alternative, converting locals into expert looters. Recently, community leaders also looters stopped looting and selling artifacts, and sought ways to exhibit materials they accumulated, including the possibility of building a museum. In that context, they approached university, resulting in an integrated partnership in which the local community, academia, and even local government participate. This paper focuses on the question of why these former looters changed and now champion the defense of archaeological heritage. Drawing on ethnographic interviews with community leaders and heritage officials, we argue that access to information, institutional relationships, and a reconceptualization of archaeological context were decisive factors in this conversion.

This article analyzes the concept of the production chain as a response to the crisis of traditional economic analysis. It reviews the history and uses of the concept, particularly in French industrial economics, and discusses its relevance for understanding firm strategies, input-output relations, industrial policy, and systems of representation. The article argues that the production chain is both an analytical tool and a way to rethink the organization of productive systems during periods of economic crisis.

Behind global economic growth lies a workforce that serves as its primary engine, yet is frequently trapped in hustle culture—a work culture that glorifies performative productivity at the expense of psychological well-being. This article identifies fundamental issues in modern work culture that establish incessant busyness as a standard for self-validation; meanwhile, the discourse on Islamic Work Ethic (IWE) tends to remain stagnant at a normative-spiritual level, emphasizing intention and reward without addressing the structural identity crisis of economic actors. Consequently, the economic identity of the Ummah becomes alienated from Qur'anic values and absorbed into the currents of secular materialism. This study aims to reconstruct the Qur’anic work ethic not merely as a theological obligation, but as a solution to the economic identity crisis. This research employs a qualitative method with a library research approach. Data collection was conducted through an inventory of Qur'anic verses related to well-being (specifically Q.S. An-Nahl: 97 and other relevant verses), alongside sociological literature on toxic productivity. Data analysis techniques utilize the Maudhu’i (thematic) Tafsir model by Al-Farmawi, paired with Content Analysis of authoritative commentaries (Tafsir Ibn Kathir and Tafsir Al-Maraghi). Specifically, this research dissects the concept of Hayatan Tayyibah using the analytical lens of Identity Economics by George Akerlof and Rachel Kranton to reformulate the utility function of Muslim workers. The findings indicate that Hayatan Tayyibah offers a reconstruction of economic identity based on Qana'ah (inner contentment) and Barakah (blessings), serving as stabilizing variables in the worker's utility function. In contrast to the exploitative nature of hustle culture, this concept integrates material and spiritual orientations, transforming the perception of work from a pursuit of external validation into a mentally healthy expression of servitude (ubudiyah). This article contributes a new theoretical framework for the development of Islamic Industrial Psychology and offers alternative human resource management policies that prioritize the psycho-spiritual sustainability of workers amidst the pressures of global capitalism.

ABSTRACT In Turkey’s 2023 elections, the incumbent Justice and Development Party and President Erdoğan retained power despite the severe economic crisis and the devastation caused by the earthquakes. Employing pre-election survey data from the Turkish Election Study 2023 and presenting a comparative and longitudinal account since 2002, we investigate the effects of long- and short-term factors on Turkish voters’ party preferences in general elections. We argue that the electoral campaign and behaviour were primarily defined by the ongoing Kulturkampf, rooted in three distinct yet intertwined divisions: ethnic, religious and sectarian, and cultural. The regression analyses suggest that, along with voters’ stronger ideological preferences, these long-term divisions were the primary drivers of vote choice, largely overriding negative economic evaluations in May 2023.

ABSTRACT Zimbabwe’s 2000–2009 economic crisis led to the erosion of many pension contributions. Whilst the 2017 Smith Commission presented a compensation scheme for those who lost their savings – almost ten years later, implementation remains slow. Despite the limited progress in compensating civil servants, private-sector compensation has stalled, with only one scheme approved out of nearly a thousand registered funds. In understanding why we haven’t seen reasonable progress in implementing the compensation scheme – secondary data analysis was used to consult the Smith Commission, along with other reports (published between 2015 and 2025), from the media, government, and relevant agencies. The study attributes the delays in honoring compensations to; (i) forensic, actuarial and legal obstacles (ii) data integrity/status problems and (iii) challenges with member identification/tracing and high emigration rates. The study situates these implementation barriers within wider challenges of public-institution reform and restorative justice following macroeconomic collapse and regulatory failures.

Becoming serious young men: Joblessness, platform enterprising, and the contradictory production of Amazon reselling in North India

A method for testing health system resilience: Development, application and lessons learned.

War politics and mental health in Ethiopia

Obesity disproportionately affects children from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds. This study assessed the effectiveness of the Feel4Diabetes intervention on weight outcomes among children from low socioeconomic settings. Feel4Diabetes was a randomised pragmatic trial implemented in real-world school and community settings across Europe. Using a two-stage screening procedure, families were recruited and categorised as either 'all families' or 'high-risk families'. The intervention included a 2-year school-based health promotion for all families and additional counselling for high-risk families. Weight improvement was defined as a reduction of ≥ 0.2 BMI z-score units among children with overweight/obesity. Multiple logistic regressions identified predictors of improvement. Data from 2710 children from high-risk families and 7625 children from all families were analysed. After 2 years, a higher proportion of children from high-risk families in the intervention group reduced their BMI z-score compared to the control group (p = 0.002). Children from non-high-risk families showed only a marginal improvement. Multivariate analyses identified predictors of improvement: randomisation in the intervention group (OR = 1.46; 95% CI: 1.14-1.87), baseline obesity (OR = 1.55; 95% CI: 1.16-2.08), residence in LMICs (OR = 2.33; 95% CI: 1.65-3.30) or HICs facing economic crisis (OR = 2.12; 95% CI: 1.54-2.91), and reported financial difficulties (OR = 1.36; 95% CI: 1.06-1.74). Interestingly, maternal obesity was positively associated with BMI z-score improvement (OR = 1.31; 95% CI: 1.03-1.68), while higher maternal education was inversely related (OR = 0.64; 95% CI: 0.41-0.99). These findings underscore the importance of equity-oriented, long-term interventions addressing both behavioural and structural determinants of obesity.

Behavioral and neuroeconomic markers of decision-making in conditions of economic crisis as a basis for the formation of digital economy models

Over the last few years, Lebanese adolescents have survived multiple traumatic events, including continuous conflict and political instability, a spiraling economic crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Beirut port blast, and the February 2023 earthquake. These repetitive exposures to trauma have put this vulnerable group at a high risk for developing a variety of mental health issues, including post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and psychotic experiences (PEs). Community-based research on PEs following multiple trauma exposure offers the opportunity to extend our understating of the stress-vulnerability model of schizophrenia, and how severe stress may affect mental health. The present study aimed at testing the hypothesis that insomnia severity mediates the relationship from PTSS to PEs in Lebanese adolescents (aged 12-18 years), 4-6 weeks after the February 2023 earthquake. This was a web-based, cross-sectional study. A total of 546 community adolescents from Lebanon were enrolled (mean age 15.76 ± 1.65 years, 60.1% females). We found a prevalence of PTSS, insomnia and PEs of 21.4%, 45.8% and 51.1% respectively. Insomnia severity mediated the association between PTSS and PEs (indirect effect: Beta = .03; Boot SE = .01; Boot CI .02; .05). Higher PTSS was significantly associated with more insomnia severity and directly associated with more PEs. Finally, higher insomnia severity was significantly associated with more PEs. Findings confirm the partial mediating effects of insomnia between PTSS and PEs, preliminarily suggesting sleep problems as a promising modifiable factorfor reducing the risk for developing psychotic symptoms in the aftermath of natural disasters among vulnerable individuals.Given that, this is the first study to examine insomnia as mediator between PTSS and PEs, the present findings should be considered tentative pending future longitudinal research in larger populations and different settings.

ABSTRACT This paper examines the role of the Center for Yugoslav-American Studies at Florida State University in mediating economic diplomacy between the United States and Yugoslavia during the Cold War. Drawing on archival materials from Serbian, Croatian, and U.S. institutions, this study traces the Center’s evolution from an academic institution to a facilitator of bilateral economic relations across the Iron Curtain. The findings reveal that the Center shaped U.S. perceptions of Yugoslavia’s self-management socialism, framing it as investment-friendly through publications, conferences, and professional networks. However, its efforts were constrained by Yugoslav government scepticism and the country’s deepening economic crisis in the 1980s. This research highlights how academic institutions holding a hybrid position between state funding and scholarly autonomy created alternative channels for East-West economic engagement during the Cold War.

Throughout history, women have been largely marginalized within financial institutions and transactions, even though they are significantly affected by debt. Analyzing the reasons behind this marginalization is crucial and requires a feminist perspective. This exploration must also recognize the connection between production relations and social reproduction, highlighting the structural linkages between these elements. Economic crises are hindering many countries’ ability to meet external sovereign debt obligations, and the situation worsens with financial assistance primarily offered in the form of new loans. The gendered impacts of these crises vary based on development levels, gender roles, and welfare policies. This article specifically delves into the gender implications of the debt crisis in Turkey, analyzing the country's policies, particularly those of the Justice and Development Party (JDP), and their effects on the changing welfare regime. HIGHLIGHTS Debt analysis through a feminist lens reveals women’s marginalization in financial institutions. Neoliberal policies worsen gender inequalities, limiting women’s access to education and services. Gender disparities in household finances and crises disproportionately affect women. Turkey’s unique factors reinforce gender roles, increasing women’s vulnerabilities. Urgent need for policies targeting gender disparities in debt, education, healthcare, and security.

Background and Objectives: Macroeconomic instability, particularly income loss, inflation and unemployment, is increasingly recognized as a psychosocial stressor that may influence both symptom burden and healthcare-seeking behavior. This single-center study investigated the association of income, inflation and unemployment with private-sector hospital visits for primary headache disorders and assessed whether economic stressors were associated with different patterns across demographic groups. Materials and Methods: We conducted a single-center, retrospective, ecological quarterly time-series analysis of hospital visits for primary headache disorders between 2016 and 2024 in a private tertiary care hospital in Turkey. After exclusions, 18,522 eligible hospital-visit records were included and categorized by sex and age (<18, 18–64, and ≥65 years). National data on real gross domestic product (GDP), consumer price index (CPI), unemployment and a COVID-19 period indicator were used. Counts were modeled with log-linked Poisson or negative binomial generalized linear models selected through overdispersion diagnostics, with seasonal controls and HAC-robust inference. Results: In most groups, higher GDP was associated with more primary headache visits, whereas higher inflation was consistently associated with fewer visits. The association with unemployment was heterogeneous: visits decreased significantly among the working-age population but increased among older adults. Contemporaneous models outperformed one-quarter lagged alternatives, suggesting that private-sector healthcare seeking may change within the same quarter as macroeconomic shocks. Conclusions: In this private hospital setting, macroeconomic deterioration was associated with reduced primary headache visits, particularly among working-age patients. These findings suggest that financial constraints may suppress private-sector healthcare utilization despite possible increases in stress-related symptoms, and that private hospital data may underestimate headache-related healthcare need during economic crises.

<bold></bold> The compounding economic and ecological crises of neoliberal capitalism have been met in recent years by a growing global tide of right-wing populism. This paper examines the overlooked role of philanthropic foundations in sustaining right-wing populist ecosystems. Focusing on the Canadian context, we use social network analysis to map financial flows and leadership connections between philanthropic foundations and right-wing charities. Our study reveals six distinct communities that materially and ideologically co-constitute the ecosystem of right-wing populism in Canada. While the existing literature highlights philanthropy’s role in legitimizing neoliberalism, our findings show philanthropy’s malleability in sustaining capital accumulation in a post-neoliberal moment – specifically, through promulgating nativist, anti-immigrant, anti-gender, pro-extractivist, and other right-leaning politics in response to legitimate economic and ecological anxieties.

The cost-of-living crisis directly affects eco-conscious tourists’ behaviors, leading to reduced consumption of green products and services. In response to these crises, tourists may have to prioritise more affordable, non-green alternatives. Economic crises are recurrent, disrupting the sustainability agenda for decision makers, businesses and tourists. To address this challenge, this study proposes a multicriteria decision-making framework for tourism service providers that balances business interests with tourists’ needs and preferences during economic downturns. This framework evaluates tourist-centric strategies, supply chain and production strategies and marketing and advertising strategies based on four criteria: cost, applicability, social acceptance and environmental benefits. Rich data from 152 experts in tourism management and sustainability from South Korea were collected using a survey to conduct the best–worst method (BWM). Results reveal that cost and applicability are the most influential factors in assessing sustainable tourism strategies during cost-of-living crises. This finding suggests that tourist-centric strategies should be prioritised over marketing, advertising and supply chain or production strategies.