Author: Zara Qadir

  • The Politics of Plastic Pollution and the Impact on the Global South

    The Politics of Plastic Pollution and the Impact on the Global South

    Plastic waste is a social justice and a human rights issue that threatens food security, human health, plastic-aggravated flooding, and economic development in addition to being an environmental and ecological problem. Countries within the Global South are disproportionately impacted by plastic pollution, so how did this waste inequality manifest itself in the Global South, and…

  • Breaking the Academic Glass Ceiling with Jasmin Dall’Agnola

    Breaking the Academic Glass Ceiling with Jasmin Dall’Agnola

    In the run up to International Women’s Day (8th March), we caught up with Jasmin Dall’Agnola (@jazzdallagnola), Associate Editor of Central Asian Survey and post-doctoral researcher at The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich to talk about her research on gender issues in Central Asia. We also talked to her about her recent open-access…

  • An interview with Jing Gu: China and Global South Collaborations

    An interview with Jing Gu: China and Global South Collaborations

    We spoke to Jing Gu, a political economist with a focus on development policy and impact. Jing is the Director of the Centre for Rising Powers and Global Development at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), as well as an Academic Editor for Third World Quarterly (TWQ). Jing touches on her academic journey, her responsibilities…

  • An Academic Journey into Central Asia with Rico Isaacs

    An Academic Journey into Central Asia with Rico Isaacs

    Rico Isaacs is the Editor of Central Asian Survey and a Professor of International Politics at the University of Lincoln, UK. Find out about what first sparked Rico’s interest in the field and his early academic journey. We also talk to him about his three main research interests — exploring authoritarianism through interviewing party leaders during…