Decolonising Access Podcast: Episode Six “Energy security is becoming such a defining feature of strategic planning both national governments and global energy markets… it’s something that we really try to bring to the attention of our readers, just how much countries like Brazil, Nigeria and Angola could potentially work together to strengthen their energy security In this episode Bethlehem Attfield talks to Maísa Edwards about conducting joint research with Kings College London and University of Sao Paulo, energy security and climate change, as well as her passion for multilingual literature.

Drawing on his experience and engagement in a range of United Nations roles in and on Afghanistan from 2001 to the present day, Mark Bowden will examine how the UN’s role has been shaped—and constrain...

Climate justice is often framed as a divide between the Global North and Global South. But injustice is also produced through competing visions that shape the transition to a greener future. Speaking ...

How do we shape sustainable futures in an era marked by growing global uncertainty? Dr Caroline Ntara is a Kenyan scholar of international business and public policy from KCA University in Nairobi, Ke...

The Brazil Institute at King’s College London is hosting a lecture to celebrate the contributions of Professor Leslie Bethell.

Naji al-Ali ’s Handala, presented in the Boycott, Divest, Sanction (BDS) movement and by many pro-Palestine initiatives, is a well known cartoon character associated with Palestinian resistance. In this article, by Marina Hamanaka (a PhD student in Area Studies, at The University of Tokyo) tells u...

Sylvia Tamale, an accomplished Ugandan academic and human rights activist, presented “A is for Africa”: Towards the Decolonisation of Knowledge Production at the third annual Devaki Jain lecture series which took place at St. Anne’s College, University of Oxford, UK, on the 13th of October 202...

Azzeddine Tajjiou, a researcher, translator and academic from Morocco, has been named the inaugural recipient of the Third World Quarterly (TWQ) Kassahun Checole Award in African Studies, an initiativ...

Decolonising Access Podcast: Episode Five "It is vital that we empower our languages and our culture." – Kassahun Checole Creating Africa World Press – Shining a Light on A | RSS.com In this episode, ...

From grain blockades to arms markets, Russia’s invasion has reshaped food security, diplomacy, and power across the Global South

What role can queer cinema play when societies are confronting political crises? And how might film programming become a practice of collective care rather than cultural consumption? In this blog post, Rizky Rahad, an Indonesian filmmaker, programmer, researcher, and co-founder of the Bali-based queer cinema collective QAMERAD, reflects on his presentation at the Eye International What role can queer cinema play when societies are confronting political crises? And how might film programming become a practice of collective care rather than cultural consumption?

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A deceptively simple question has accompanied Magdaline Nkando (Founder and Lead of Kujua Collective) throughout more than a decade of her work across African public institutions, multilateral development organisations, and comparative knowledge systems. It ultimately gave birth to the Learning Justice Framework, which explores how societies govern learning, whose knowledge becomes legitimate, and how unequal A deceptively simple question has accompanied Dr. Magdaline Nkando (Founder and Lead of Kujua Collective) throughout more than a decade of her work across African public institutions, multilateral development organisations, and comparative knowledge systems. It ultimately gave birth to the Learning Justice Framework, which explores how societies govern learning, whose knowledge becomes legitimate, and how unequal learning systems shape unequal development outcomes.

In this Q&A, Hikmawan 'Indra' Saefullah, lecturer in Politics, Extremism, Philosophy, Studies in Religion, and Peace Studies at the University of New England, talks to Mira Mookerjee about punk’s role to challenge political oppression, his experiences with Pelajar Islam Indonesia (PII) and the new wave of punk bands coming out of Indonesia today. Sukatani's Gelap Hikmawan Saefullah (Indra) talks to Mira Mookerjee about punk’s role to challenge political oppression.

In this Q&A, Hikmawan 'Indra' Saefullah, lecturer in Politics, Extremism, Philosophy, Studies in Religion, and Peace Studies at the University of New England, talks to Mira Mookerjee about punk’s role to challenge political oppression, his experiences with Pelajar Islam Indonesia (PII) and the new...

Short Fiction in Theory & Practice; Short Fiction in Theory & Practice provides an international forum for all those writing, reading, translating or publishing the short story, in all its diversity – including flash fiction, the novella, cycles, sequences, anthologies and single-author collections; hypertext, popular fiction (e.g. science fiction, horror), the prose poem, the non-fiction story and other hybrid genres. It looks at the short story from the practitioner’s viewpoint; we are concerned with the ongoing process and philosophy of composition rather than the ‘postevent’ dissection of literary texts. This title is indexed with Scopus. For more information, to access the journal or to subscribe visit the Discover platform here.

How can research translate into action? Associate Professor and Chair of Africana Studies at Davidson College and newly appointed academic editor at Third World Quarterly (TWQ), Takiyah Harper-Shipman, talks to Mira Mookerjee about her upcoming book, Unruly Fertility: Race, Development, and Decolonial Reproductive Politics, defiant scholarship, scholar-activism, and her forum Reckoning with Empire. "This is In this Q&A, Associate Professor and Chair of Africana Studies at Davidson College and newly appointed academic editor at Third World Quarterly (TWQ), Takiyah Harper-Shipman, talks to Mira Mookerjee about defiant scholarship, scholar activism, her forum Reckoning with Empire, and her upcoming book Unruly Fertility: Race, Development, and Decolonial Reproductive Politics.

What can the encounter between childhood and militarisation reveal about international politics? Marcos do Vale Araujo, a PhD Candidate in International Relations at the State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, attended the British International Studies Association (BISA) 2026 Annual Conference in Brighton, and reflects on how the conversations on childhood, militarisation, and global politics challenged Explore how childhood and militarisation reshape international politics through reflections from BISA 2026, challenging conventional views on security and global governance.

Series One: Decolonising AccessHost: Bethlehem Attfield, Community Engagement Coordinator & Contributing WriterSeries one of the Global Souths Hub podcast focuses on decolonising access. The series shares inspiring stories from professionals closely connected to the Global South who are challenging exclusion and reshaping what access really means. Through powerful personal stories, the series exposes how knowledge systems continue to marginalise – and how they can be transformed. When we aim to make information accessible, we typically rely on frameworks created within dominant Eurocentric systems. Thus, decolonising this approach involves removing the barriers that these systems impose on us. Decolonising Access means dismantling inherited frameworks and centering lived experience, justice, and human rights.We will launch with a compelling conversation between Bethlehem and esteemed actress, director and writer, Anni Domingo, on doing a PhD in your 70s. In future episodes we talk to academics navigating visual impairment, COP30 representatives, and people working to create high-tech accessibility devices.This podcast is for anyone curious about access, knowledge production, and how both can be reimagined.Email our web curator (webcurator@globalsouths.org) if you have suggestions for interesting guests to invite to the Global Souths Hub Podcast.

A young writer and former journalist from Gaza shares why she has lost faith in journalism and the value of sharing the voices of Palestinians with the world since the genocide. Having left Gaza in...

Decolonising Access Podcast: Episode Four “Degenerative and non-productive conversations such as ‘When you invest in women, they get married, they will only produce children and no longer work’ – this kind of nonsense has to end. As we know, women are always productive, always doing something, always economically engaged – but it's not counted that In our fourth Global Souths Hub podcast episode, Bethlehem Attfield talks to Baela Raza Jamil. Baela is a public policy specialist, a former technical adviser to Pakistan's Federal Ministry of Education, and a leading advocate for educational reform.

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In this piece, Esrat Karim, a Bangladesh-based social entrepreneur and founder of the Amal Foundation shares how initiatives can support young women and girls to avoid early marriage and remain in school. Child marriage is often treated as a cultural issue, but it remains closely tied to poverty and...

While the Philippines presents itself internationally as a democratic partner, its domestic reality tells a different story — one marked by red-tagging and intimidation. In this piece, geopolitical analyst Tommaso Franco explores the “Manila paradox” and the growing pressures faced by activists, journalists, lawyers, and ordinary citizens across the country. The story of Zara Alvarez, The Manila paradox exposes how red-tagging, repression, and digital intimidation threaten democracy and press freedom in the Philippines.

This special issue (The Gaza Genocide and the Crisis of the Global North. Guest Editors: Ibrahim Fraihat and Abeer Al-Najjar, Volume 47, 2026) examines the war on Gaza not only as a devastating act of...

The Global Souths Hub Best Contribution Prize, now in its second year, celebrates outstanding work that enriches the field of Global South Studies. This prize honours scholarship that is original,…

How can research be translated into action? Associate Professor and Chair of Africana Studies at Davidson College and newly appointed academic editor at Third World Quarterly (TWQ), Takiyah Harper-Shi...

In this post, Mira Mookerjee reflects on the Anthony Hyman Memorial Lecture Controlling women, controlling society: the politics of virtue in Afghanistan with Richard Bennett. Since the Taliban regained power in 2021, girls and women in Afghanistan have been unable to attend secondary school and higher education, making it the only country in the world to Ahead of the upcoming Anthony Hyman Memorial Lecture: The UN in Afghanistan: from state building to survival, rethinking the UN’s role with Mark Bowden, Mira Mookerjee reflects on 2025’s talk Controlling women, controlling society: the politics of virtue in Afghanistan with Richard Bennett.

How do Palestinian classrooms resist counter dominant narratives under occupation and media asymmetry? Hussein AlAhmad, a Associate Professor of Strategic Communication at Arab American University in Palestine, asks this question in an article recently published in Third World Quarterly. This blog reflects the heart of his research: how can education become an epistemic infrastructure for narrative How Palestinian classrooms resist dominant narratives under occupation and media asymmetry, using education to build narrative sovereignty.

This Special Issue collection of articles in Third World Quarterly, titled Design Emergencies: Interrogating Innovation in Humanitarian Aid and International Development (Vol 47, 2026), investigates the growing trend since the 1960s of using 'design' and 'design thinking' to solve urgent global problems. As the world faces intersecting ecological, political and social emergencies, humanitarian aid and TWQ’s “Design Emergencies” special issue explores how design shapes humanitarian aid and calls for more critical, context-sensitive, decolonial innovation.

In this article, Monaemul Islam Sizear, a public health activist from Bangladesh explores why measles – a preventable disease – has seen a resurgence in Bangladesh and beyond. This article draws out critical lessons for strengthening immunisation systems and protecting future generations. Measles remains one of the most contagious infectious diseases globally, and continues Public health activist Monaemul Islam Sizear explores why measles is resurging in Bangladesh and beyond, and what this reveals about immunisation gaps.

How might a researcher’s own presence shape the stories that are told? In this blog post, Kullanit Nitiwarangkul, a PhD graduate from the Department of Media, Culture and Creative Industries at City a...

In this Q&A, Bethlehem Attfield talks to Rebecca Ruth Gould, who is a School of African and Asian Studies (SOAS) Distinguished Research Professor of Comparative Poetics and Global Politics, about academic freedom, the importance of understanding culture and languages to gain authentic perspectives. She also talks about the courage to speak out on your convictions, In this Q&A, Bethlehem Attfield talks to Rebecca Ruth Gould, who is a School of African and Asian Studies (SOAS) Distinguished Research Professor of Comparative Poetics and Global Politics, about free speech, the importance of understanding culture and languages to gain a full perspective of minority communities. She also talks about the courage to speak out on your convictions, and the small subtle shifts that could lead liberal democracies down a road towards fascism.

The Global Souths Hub Best Contribution Prize, now in its second year, celebrates outstanding work that enriches the field of Global South Studies. This prize honours scholarship that is original, acc...

How can literature help us better understand the political, cultural, and historical realities of the Global South? The Global South Literary Studies (GSLS) journal, published by Taylor and Francis, launched in 2025. This exciting new space allows scholars, writers, and thinkers to examine the liter...

Decolonising Access Podcast: Episode Three “There’s a common goal of taking care of the land and mapping the knowledge that already exists in the collective memory of the community.” – María Alvarez Malvido Preserving Indigenous Knowledge and Data Sovereign | RSS.com In this episode, Bethle...

What does it take to disrupt Western dominance in publishing? Kassahun Checole founded Africa World Press in the 1980s, a Pan-African publishing house built on resistance, solidarity and belief in African voices. In this interview, Kassahun reflects on his upbringing in Eritrea, the power of indepen...

How can radio create epistemic justice? Aniruddha Jena explores Radio Dhimsa in Odisha and how Indigenous community radio sustains language & knowledge.

Every year, Central Asian Survey awards The Irene Hilgers Memorial Prize to a junior scholar, who has published an outstanding article in the journal volume from the preceding calendar year. This year’s award recipient is Leora Eisenberg, a PhD student who is studying Central Asian Soviet history at Harvard University, for her article ‘I became an Uzbek': Jewish-Uzbek encounters in In Central Asian Survey, Leora Eisenberg’s award-winning article examines Jewish-Uzbek encounters, offering new insights into Soviet interethnic relations.

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 complexiti...

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 In this candid interview with Dr Morten Bøås, he reflects on the personal moments, global struggles, and editorial insights that shaped his career and his commitment to justice in Africa and beyond.

The Third World Quarterly TWQ Special Issue (SI) Decolonising Epistemology: Intellectual Imperialism and the Coloniality of Knowledge (Vol 46, 2025) discusses problems of intellectual imperialism, academic dependency, and the general issues surrounding global knowledge production in a highly unequal world. Destruction of Mexican Codices. Source: Wikipedia public domain Decolonisation and the coloniality of knowledge, or This special issue explores intellectual imperialism, academic dependency, and calls for epistemic justice on Global South voices.