Welcome to our news site, where we disseminate information and stories from leading thinkers in Global South Studies, as well as complementary content from both TWQ and CAS journals.
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The Informality of Crisis Situations – a TWQ Special Issue
This Special Issue collection in Third World Quarterly (TWQ) (Everyday informality and governance dynamics in crisis situations and beyond) offers a fresh perspective on how societies handle crises. It shows that when major changes in politics, society, or the economy take shape, they can dramatically affect the way countries and communities are governed. Instead of…
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Hugo Estecahandy Wins Irene Hilgers Memorial 2025 Prize
The Irene Hilgers Memorial Prize honours a standout junior scholar, who has published an exceptional article in the journal, Central Asian Survey. This year’s award goes to Hugo Estecahandy, a PhD Candidate, IFG – Institut Français de Géopolitique and GEODE – Géopolitique de la Datasphère in Paris, France, for his compelling article ‘Geopolitics of cryptocurrency mining in…
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Global IR’s Unfinished Revolution: Empire of Theory, Periphery of Practice
In this blog post, Senior Researcher at the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA), Gustavo de Carvalho, interrogates the deep contradictions within International Relations today, where hegemonic powers both uphold and undermine global institutions. In March 2025, I attended my first International Studies Association (ISA) conference in Chicago. As a Brazilian researcher based in…
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Experienced by Many: Mental Health Struggles During my PhD
In this blog piece, Saltanat Kydyralieva Kaplan openly discusses her journey into clinical psychology. She looks into the mental health struggles and challenges she faced on the way and offers valuable advice for current PhD students navigating their own mental wellbeing. Photo sourced from Unsplash Connecting mental health and academia is not often a focus…
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Navigating Academia from the Margins: An Afro-Latin Brazilian Woman’s Journey
Camila Andrade, a Research Fellow at the Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation (IPATC), University of Johannesburg, brings a blog post with a perspective shaped by the legacies of Blackness and womanhood – with echoes of her grandmother’s wisdom. With roots in Brazil and a deep commitment to the Global South, Camila’s early lessons in…
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From Technology to Creativity: Mala Kumar on Social Action Through Art
In part two of our Q&A with Mala Kumar, a global leader in technology for social good who has worked with the United Nations, the World Health Organization and GitHub, we speak to her about her two critically acclaimed novels, The Paths of Marriage and What it Meant to Survive. Her writing explores a myriad…
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Winner Announced for the Global Souths Hub Best Contribution Prize!
The Global Souths Hub are delighted to announce our first winner of the Best Contribution Prize – a newly launched annual award that will recognise outstanding contributions. This new initiative celebrates thought-provoking work that challenges dominant narratives. This year’s winner is… Ginbert Permejo Cuaton A huge congratualtions to Ginbert for being the first ever winner of…
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Does China’s Belt-and-Road Initiative (BRI) Provide the Conditions for Solidarity and Delinking?
In this blog post Yue Zhou (Joe) Lin, a Lecturer in Politics at the University of Bristol, reflects on the discussions that took place at last year’s International Initiative for Promoting Political Economy (IIPPE) annual conference. Yue Zhou’s detailed analysis looks at how the Belt Road Initiative’s ongoing transformation and BRICS nations are changing the…
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20 Years of R2P: Moral Responsibility through an African Lens
Frank Okyere Osei is a researcher, educator, and peacebuilding practitioner with nearly two decades of experience in atrocity prevention and peacebuilding in fragile contexts. In this blog post, Frank explores the challenges and opportunities of adapting Responsibility to Protect (R2P) to address contemporary security and political realities, offering insights from his research and practical experience…
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Choking on Smog: Lahore’s Air Crisis Threatens Health and Wellbeing
In this post, Purniya Awan, Global Souths Hub’s Contributing Editor and Social Media Manager, examines the personal and collective effects of Lahore’s toxic air pollution.
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Limits of Autocratisation: Democratic Resistance and Opposition – a TWQ Special Issue
While authoritarianism continues to gain ground globally, this Special Issue of Third World Quarterly, titled Limits of autocratisation: actors and institutions of democratic resistance and opposition, challenges the idea that autocratisation is an unstoppable tide. It shifts the focus from how autocracies rise to how and where they are contested—and sometimes reversed. Drawing from rich…
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