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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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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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Exploring the Gender Gap: Women in STEM Today
In this blog post, Zara Qadir, Founding Editor of the Global Souths Hub and science communicator, delves into the underlying causes of gender disparities in STEM that hinder women from rising to leadership roles in science and technology. In today’s world, STEM skills are essential for tackling global challenges, which makes inclusive representation more important…
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Technology for Social Good with Mala Kumar
Mala Kumar is a globally recognised leader in technology for social good, with expertise in UX research design, open-source software, and the evolving field of artificial intelligence and machine learning. Her work has taken her across continents, particularly to sub-Saharan Africa, where she has driven innovative solutions for social change. In this Q&A, Mala discusses…
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Edward Said Award 2025 winner at ISA: Ruoyu Li’s paper on nuclear free activism
Congratulations to Ruoyu Li for winning the Edward Said Award for the 2025 best graduate student paper awarded by the Global Development Section of the International Studies Association (ISA), sponsored by Third World Quarterly. The award highlights outstanding scholarship in global development studies, and includes a certificate presentation at the ISA Annual Convention and a…
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From Colonialism to COVID-19: Why Global Health Remains Unequal
Kividi Koralage, an independent researcher in international development and geopolitics examines how colonial legacies, economic models, and global health governance shape healthcare disparities.This blog post stems from Kividi’s research on global health inequalities as part of the global health politics session presented at the British International Studies Association’s (BISA) virtual conference in January 2025. She…
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