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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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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Heloise Weber on Global Development Inequalities & Injustices
In this edition of our Meet the Editor’s series, we speak with TWQ Academic Editor Heloise Weber. She currently works in the School of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Queensland. Her research is animated by an interest in the historical and contemporary politics of inequalities in global development. Heloise says her…
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Health Communication Insights from Egypt: Why doctor-influencers avoid academic citations
Noha Atef is a journalism lecturer, scholar, and trainer from Egypt, specialising in digital media and emerging forms of journalism. Her research focuses on digital communities and social media. In this short blog post, Noha discusses her recent work into Egyptian doctor-influencers vlogs and how to make health content more accessible. Noha is currently a…
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Digital Activism and Memory at ECREA 2024
Hear from Silas Udenze, a scholar activist from Enugu State, Nigeria and an interdisciplinary postdoctoral researcher at the Open University of Catalunya. In this piece, Silas shares his research and insights from the 10th European Communication Research and Education Association. Which conference did you attend? I attended the 10th European Communication Research and Education Association…
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Understanding the Everyday Experiences of the Ahmadi Community
Umtul Aleem Kokab, a final year doctoral candidate at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India, recently attended the British Association for South Asian Studies (BASAS) annual conference. Here, she blogs about her experience at the conference and why it has been valuable to her work. I recently attended…
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South Africa Reflects: Colloquium Event
On November 4, 2024, scholars, researchers, activists, thinkers, and artists will gather at the University of Johannesburg for an significant one-day colloquium titled “South Africa Reflects: 30 Years of Democracy” followed by a reception at Gallery MOMO. The one-day colloquium reflects on South Africa’s fight for freedom and discusses the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.…
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No Country for Old Men: Digital Development and Accessibility in the Global South
In this blog post, Rajashri Kamat, a fourth-year undergraduate law student from Mumbai in India, discusses the digital divide in India and in other regions in the Global South. Unified Payment Interface (UPI) is an Indian smartphone technology, which allows individuals to make payments digitally within seconds. It is something that would have been inconceivable…
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Towards a Wellbeing Economy with Feminist Economist Naila Kabeer
Image sourced from Institute of Development and Economic Alternatives (IDEAS) website “We are finally hearing people questioning the growth paradigm that has dominated our lives, our politics, our vision of the future. If growth is not contributing to the sum total of our wellbeing, to our sense of fairness, to our safety in the streets,…
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International Day of Peace: Eight Ways to Take Part
International Day of Peace takes place every year on 21 September. The day provides an opportunity to explore, reflect and understand how to aspire peace. The theme for World Peace Day’s twenty-fifth anniversary is “Culture of Peace”. But what does this mean? The United Nations describes “a culture of peace” as “a set of values,…
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The Future of Central Asian Studies with Zhanibek Arynov
In this edition of our meet the editor’s series, hear from Central Asian Survey Book Review Editor Zhanibek Arynov. Zhanibek is an Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of Public Policy (GSPP) at Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan. He specialises in Central Asian geopolitics, Kazakhstan’s foreign policy, EU-Central Asia relations, and international identity, image and perception studies.…
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Generation and Regeneration: What’s Happening at ASAUK 2024
The Global Souths Hub team are looking forward to attending the 60th African Studies Association of the UK conference (ASAUK). More than 550 academics, independent researchers, media professionals and others will come together for a lively and thought-provoking 3-day event at Oxford Brookes University from Thursday 29 to Saturday 31 August 2024. This year’s conference…
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