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International Research Coalitions: UK universities learning to be better partners (2021)
Report
Kaur, J., Crewe, E., Axelby, R., Thitsar, M. T., Tadesse, S., & Massoumian, A. (2021). International Research Coalitions: UK universities learning to be better partners

In this learning paper on partnership we explain the Global Research Network on Parliaments and People (GRNPP) experience of managing international research coalitions. Our Deepening Democracy Programme was launched in 2017 in response to the pervasi... Read More about International Research Coalitions: UK universities learning to be better partners.

Urban statecraft: The governance of transport infrastructures in African cities (2021)
Journal Article
Cirolia, L. R., & Harber, J. (2022). Urban statecraft: The governance of transport infrastructures in African cities. Urban Studies, 59(12), 2431-2450. https://doi.org/10.1177/00420980211028106

Through the lens of infrastructure governance, this article explores the configurations and operations of the urban state in sub-Saharan Africa. We deploy and extend the concept of ‘statecraft’, drawing on the recent scholarship within urban studies... Read More about Urban statecraft: The governance of transport infrastructures in African cities.

Feminist global political economies of work and social reproduction (2021)
Journal Article
Mezzadri, A., Newman, S., & Stevano, S. (2022). Feminist global political economies of work and social reproduction. Review of International Political Economy, 29(6), 1783-1803. https://doi.org/10.1080/09692290.2021.1957977

The COVID-19 pandemic has confirmed the relevance of social reproduction as a key analytical lens to interrogate contemporary capitalist processes. Building on insights from distinct theoretical traditions, in this introductory contribution to the sp... Read More about Feminist global political economies of work and social reproduction.

The geopolitics of bare life in 1970s Bangladesh (2021)
Journal Article
Hossain, N. (2021). The geopolitics of bare life in 1970s Bangladesh. Third World Quarterly, 42(11), 2706-2723. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2021.1954902

This article explores how the people and landscape of the Bay of Bengal came to be cast in terms of what Giorgio Agamben called ‘bare life’ – a people without the protection or mandate of sovereign law – in the international discourse of the early 19... Read More about The geopolitics of bare life in 1970s Bangladesh.

Resilience Reset: Creating Resilient Cities in the Global South (2021)
Book
Bahadur, A., & Tanner, T. (2021). Resilience Reset: Creating Resilient Cities in the Global South. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429355066

Drawing on evidence from urban resilience initiatives around the globe, the authors make a compelling argument for a "resilience reset", a pause and stocktake that critically examines the concepts, practices and challenges of building resilience, par... Read More about Resilience Reset: Creating Resilient Cities in the Global South.