This paper examines how young people are enrolled in military security politics as a politics of killing and letting die that is enabled by generational injustice. Based on the analysis of the three case studies of military recruitment and citizenship in France, Sweden, and Latvia, the paper argues for greater attention to the militarization of young people’s lives and to the ethical and generational justice implications of this.

In this afterword to the themed issue German Theory, we explain the origins and meaning of German Theory as a constellation of German-Jewish thought that although it has its origins in the cultural and intellectual life of Weimar still has something important to say to contemporary human geography and its theoretical debates.

This study explores how religion and nature shaped the Alpine landscapes of South Tyrol in the nineteenth century. By analyzing travellers' writings and images, it shows how faith was expressed through mountain spaces and how these sacred places helped form local identity. The research reveals that sacred landscapes are dynamic, linking memory, belief, and a sense of belonging that still resonates today.

Geological disposal projects rest on the assumption that radioactive waste can be safely managed through its spatio-temporal separation from human life at the surface. This paper examines how a local farmer in the Zürcher Weinland – one of the regions considered for nuclear waste disposal – disrupted this assumption by rendering the radioactive hazard perceptible through a series of landscape interventions.

This paper explores how Swiss development agencies strategically facilitate climate finance in Rajkot, India. By anchoring climate finance locally, these projects promote climate-resilient infrastructure while advancing Switzerland’s geopolitical and economic goals. The study examines the formation of state–capital hybrids and explores the shifting role of the state under current climate finance practices.

How do you advocate for and send aid to a country at war thousands of kilometers away? This is the questions facing the Ukrainian diaspora in France since 2014 and the "first" Russian-Ukrainian conflict. The article shows that pro-Ukrainian activists, who are largely new to the cause, are building their practical know-how "on the job" by experimenting with other activists, consulting professionals (especially in the medical field), and interacting remotely with their contacts in Ukraine.

The editorial introduces the special issue on socio-environmental emotionalities. It stresses the importance of analysing the emotional and affective dimensions of shifting society–environment relations in the context of climate change and socio-ecological crises. Based on a political and spatial conceptualisation of emotions and affects, the editorial asks about their role in shaping power relations and subjectivities, while engaging with the rich contributions to the special issue.

The author offers a retrospective of her researching on borders in Palestine in the late 2010's experience, in the form of commented narrative reconstructions. The author describes and analyzes the processes of silenciation and the obstacles encountered in conducting research on Palestine. She intends to raise questions about what is build as legitimate or not within the academic space, reflecting on the power relations that act as structural brakes on the production of knowledge.

This article explores how metropolitan areas influence citizen mobilization in response to the negative effects of urban development. Based on a survey conducted in Grenoble, it analyzes the reaction of non-institutional collectives to the dynamics of metropolitanization. Drawing on pragmatic sociology, it shows how these collectives develop learning processes and spaces for self-education, where activist knowledge circulates and is constructed.