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Peace, Politics, and Publishing in the Global South with Morten Bøås
From protesting apartheid in Oslo to conducting fieldwork in Liberia, Uganda, and the Sahel, Morten Bøås’ (Research Professor at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Norway) journey into peace and conflict studies is anything but conventional. In this Q&A with Purniya Awan, he reflects on personal moments, global struggles, and editorial insights that shaped his career and his…
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The Politics of Care: The Pot Lid of Resistance in Colombia’s Street Cooking
What does it mean to care in contexts shaped by uncertainty? In this piece, three scholars (Ana María Cruz, Viviana García Pinzón and Jan Grill) based in Colombia and Germany reflect on the complexities and contradictions of care and care work, and the political implications and potential of caring in contexts of protests, violence, and marginalisation.…
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How Gen Z Are Challenging Traditional Power Structures in Africa
From Kenya to Madagascar and Morocco, young people are using decentralised, tech-driven movements to transform protest into political power. In this blog post, Stellah Muthee, a conflict monitoring analyst based in South Africa shares insights from her work monitoring conflicts across the continent. “These movements reflect a shared global moment, marked by the declining trust…
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Jittip Mongkolnchaiarunya Wins the 2026 Edward Said Award
Jittip Mongkolnchaiarunya, a PhD student at George Washington University, has been awarded the 2026 Edward Said Award for her paper “Epistemic Exclusion in Climate Science: Why We Grow the Wrong Trees in the Wrong Places.” Presented by the Global Development Studies (GDS) at the International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention, the Edward Said Award recognises…
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The Rise of Right-Wing Populism: From Brazil to Türkiye
Right-wing populist leaders often sound similar on the campaign trail using anti-elite rhetoric. Yet, once in power, their trajectories in office can diverge sharply. By comparingTürkiye under Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Brazil under Jair Bolsonaro, this blog piece (based on a 2025 Third World Quarterly article) by Gülşen Doğan argues that their durability depends less on their charisma…
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The Global Souths Hub Best Contribution Prize Returns
Now in its second year, the Global Souths Hub Best Contribution Prize returns to celebrate bold and insightful work that enriches the field of Global South Studies. About the Prize The initiative builds on the success of last year’s award, which recognised Ginbert Permejo Cuaton as the Best Contribution for his blog piece on Exploring Resettlement…
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Feminism and Social Movements in the Global South: The Womandla! A TWQ Special Issue
Womandla! Feminism and Social Movements in the Global South, a new Special Issue in Third World Quarterly (TWQ) originates from the Womandla! Feminism and Social Movements in the Global South online seminar series held between April and July 2021. This series was convened by scholars affiliated with the International Studies Group, University of the Free…
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At the Frontier of Forest Governance: Reflections from FLARE
What does it mean to talk about forests not just as ecosystems, but as places where livelihoods, cultures, and futures are shaped? In October 2025, Daniel Pinillos, a researcher from Guatemala, explored this question at the 11th Annual Meeting of the Forests & Livelihoods: Assessment, Research, and Engagement (FLARE) network held in Lima, Peru. In…
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Episode Two: Beyond Visual Impairment – Why Mindset Matters with Chimuanya Pearl Ngele
Decolonising Access Podcast: Episode Two “I decided this problem will not overwhelm me, I will overwhelm the problem.” – Chimuanya Pearl Ngele Beyond Visual Impairment: Why Mindset Matters with | RSS.com Dr. Chimmuanya Pearl was not born blind, losing her sight later in life presented a daunting challenge. In this podcast, Pearl touches on the…
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New TWQ SI: Ghost projects – ruined futures and the promises of infrastructure development
Ghost projects are often overlooked, although they exist in all corners of the world, in the South aswell as in the North: mega-dams whose construction was delayed for decades, unfinished urbandevelopments, roads that exist only on maps, or abandoned airports. These unbuilt or incompleteinfrastructure projects are not just harmless ruins. Rather, they reveal the broken…
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Dark IR: Do ‘Dark Times’ Demand Dark Critique?
In this blogpost, Srishti Malaviya, a scholar of International Relations (IR) theory, examines how conventional ideas about inclusion and emancipation can sometimes unintentionally reinforce exclusion, and explores Dark IR as an experimental way to understand and navigate the politics of today’s global crises. Image sourced from Unsplash Do ‘Dark Times’ Demand Dark Critique? We are…
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