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Dismantling colonial legacies: Decolonising research and teaching at the Health in Humanitarian Crises Centre, London school of hygiene and tropical medicine (2025)
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Hafez, S., Clarke, A., Richter, K., Lokot, M., Rivas, A.-M., & Singh, N. S. (in press). Dismantling colonial legacies: Decolonising research and teaching at the Health in Humanitarian Crises Centre, London school of hygiene and tropical medicine. PLOS Global Public Health, 5(7), Article e0004833. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0004833

Despite a burgeoning discourse within the humanitarian health community regarding decolonisation, there remains lack of practical guidance for researchers seeking to decolonise their work. We conducted a qualitative study which aimed to explore the p... Read More about Dismantling colonial legacies: Decolonising research and teaching at the Health in Humanitarian Crises Centre, London school of hygiene and tropical medicine.

Uttar Pradesh: BJP and the Mobilisation of Dalits and OBCs (2025)
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Lerche, J. (online). Uttar Pradesh: BJP and the Mobilisation of Dalits and OBCs. Forum for Development Studies, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1080/08039410.2025.2528797

The 2024 election result in Uttar Pradesh (UP) was a shock for the BJP. The party had expected to increase its vote share significantly but instead, its support fell, and it was beaten by the Samajwadi Party (SP)-Congress alliance when it came to par... Read More about Uttar Pradesh: BJP and the Mobilisation of Dalits and OBCs.

Mine clearance in aid of post conflict peacebuilding; The role of Humanitarian Mine Clearance Pioneer Corps (HMCPC) in Somaliland (1991-1994) 1 (2025)
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Njeri, S. (online). Mine clearance in aid of post conflict peacebuilding; The role of Humanitarian Mine Clearance Pioneer Corps (HMCPC) in Somaliland (1991-1994) 1. Conflict, Security and Development, https://doi.org/10.1080/14678802.2025.2510684

Somaliland’s post-conflict recovery and reconstruction, particularly its state-building process, has been extensively analyzed. However, a crucial yet largely undocumented aspect of this process was the landmine clearance program, which enabled human... Read More about Mine clearance in aid of post conflict peacebuilding; The role of Humanitarian Mine Clearance Pioneer Corps (HMCPC) in Somaliland (1991-1994) 1.

Finding Out Faster: Pre-Survey Scoping for a Study of Deprivation in Majakaneng, North West Province, South Africa (2025)
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Cramer, C., & Sender, J. (2025). Finding Out Faster: Pre-Survey Scoping for a Study of Deprivation in Majakaneng, North West Province, South Africa. Journal of Southern African Studies, 51 (1), 25-44. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057070.2025.2519997

We discuss scoping research carried out over a short period of time in Majakaneng in Bojanala District in the platinum belt in South Africa. The research aims to gather and analyse evidence on the effects of investments in high-value agricultural exp... Read More about Finding Out Faster: Pre-Survey Scoping for a Study of Deprivation in Majakaneng, North West Province, South Africa.

Is Surplus Appropriated Differently in Cereals, Cocoa and Cattle Production? A Systematic Literature Analysis of Class Relations in West African Farming Systems (2025)
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Graf, S., Blaschke, N., & Oya, C. (online). Is Surplus Appropriated Differently in Cereals, Cocoa and Cattle Production? A Systematic Literature Analysis of Class Relations in West African Farming Systems. Journal of Agrarian Change, Article e70022. https://doi.org/10.1111/joac.70022

This paper synthesizes and systematizes existing empirical knowledge on agrarian class relations in West Africa. It contributes to the debate on agrarian transitions, which largely neglects coexisting diverse forms of class relations in land, labour... Read More about Is Surplus Appropriated Differently in Cereals, Cocoa and Cattle Production? A Systematic Literature Analysis of Class Relations in West African Farming Systems.

What Is the Value of Value for Agrarian Studies? (2025)
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Akram‐Lodhi, A., Yadav, S., Mezzadri, A., & Taylor, M. (2025). What Is the Value of Value for Agrarian Studies?. Journal of Agrarian Change, 25(3), Article e70020. https://doi.org/10.1111/joac.70020

Reflecting a longstanding intellectual heritage in Marxist political economy, contributions to agrarian studies have variously referred to the production, distribution and extraction of value. Despite this central role within the heritage of agrarian... Read More about What Is the Value of Value for Agrarian Studies?.

Assembling UK-India relations through the cultural and creative industries (2025)
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Purewal, N. K., Newbigin, E., & Sagoo, T. (online). Assembling UK-India relations through the cultural and creative industries. Journal of Cultural Economy, https://doi.org/10.1080/17530350.2025.2454426

Culture and the creative economy reflect inherently ideological interpretations and meanings when embedded within policy agendas. We situate culture and the creative economy within contemporary UK–India relations by specifically charting the rise of... Read More about Assembling UK-India relations through the cultural and creative industries.

Pluralizing social reproduction approaches (2025)
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Mezzadri, A., Rai, S., Stevano, S., Alessandrini, D., Bargawi, H., Elias, J., Hassim, S., Kesar, S., Thiyaga Lingham, J., Natile, S., N., N., Ossome, L., Raghuram, P., Tsikata, D., & Wöhl, S. (2025). Pluralizing social reproduction approaches. International Feminist Journal of Politics, 27(1), 6-33. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616742.2024.2447594

The concept of social reproduction (SR) has gained renewed interest in the past decade. Discussed and elaborated by generations of feminists, the concept offers a rejection of productivism and the possibility of (re)telling the history of capitalism... Read More about Pluralizing social reproduction approaches.

Fixing the past, mediating the future? Human rights brokers in Nepal and Sri Lanka (2025)
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Goodhand, J., & Walton, O. (2025). Fixing the past, mediating the future? Human rights brokers in Nepal and Sri Lanka. Cultural Studies, 39(2), 269-292. https://doi.org/10.1080/09502386.2024.2437439

In this article we focus on human rights brokerage in Nepal and Sri Lanka – two countries undergoing different kinds of post-war crises, which opened spaces and demands for brokers. We zoom in on the lives of two individuals who became human rights b... Read More about Fixing the past, mediating the future? Human rights brokers in Nepal and Sri Lanka.

Deploying air wings in biosecurity: the Nigerian Air Force’s crisis management response to the COVID-19 pandemic (2024)
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Aina, F. (2025). Deploying air wings in biosecurity: the Nigerian Air Force’s crisis management response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 19-35. https://doi.org/10.1080/02589001.2024.2414009

Across the world, governments attempted to mitigate the effects of the crisis posed by the COVID-19 global pandemic following its outbreak. In some instances, these efforts have involved deploying the military in the enforcement of containment measur... Read More about Deploying air wings in biosecurity: the Nigerian Air Force’s crisis management response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Governmentality or Class Politics: The Path Ahead for Indian Communists (2024)
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Mukherjee, A. (2025). Governmentality or Class Politics: The Path Ahead for Indian Communists. Journal of Contemporary Asia, 55(4), 699-710. https://doi.org/10.1080/00472336.2024.2433738

Considering the June 2024 general parliamentary election results in India, this article undertakes a broad discursive analysis of the parliamentary Communists, tracing their trajectory from the inception of independent India to the present day. It ar... Read More about Governmentality or Class Politics: The Path Ahead for Indian Communists.

Horizons of Liberation: Materialism, Ecology, and the Colonial Question (2024)
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Tilley, L. (online). Horizons of Liberation: Materialism, Ecology, and the Colonial Question. Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369801X.2024.2400352

The question of materialism – what it is, how it is studied and practised, and who takes it seriously enough – has long animated debates among Marxists and scholars of race and the colonial question. Today, our contemporary socioecological crises cha... Read More about Horizons of Liberation: Materialism, Ecology, and the Colonial Question.

Going entrepreneurial: the dark side of donors and trade union support to informal workers in Accra, Ghana (2024)
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Asafu-Adjaye, P., & Rizzo, M. (2024). Going entrepreneurial: the dark side of donors and trade union support to informal workers in Accra, Ghana. Review of African political economy, 51(182), 573-591. https://doi.org/10.62191/ROAPE-2024-0038

This article analyses donor-funded aid programmes to support trade unions’ work in the informal street food sector in Accra, also known as ‘chop bars’. It reviews the programmes that this aid entailed, against the backdrop of socioeconomic stratifica... Read More about Going entrepreneurial: the dark side of donors and trade union support to informal workers in Accra, Ghana.

Embedding Externalisation: How Bordering Practices Transform Places (2024)
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Cobarrubias, S., & Novak, P. (2025). Embedding Externalisation: How Bordering Practices Transform Places. Geopolitics, 30(1), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/14650045.2024.2409857

Over the past twenty years, research into border externalisation has developed a rich spatial vocabulary to understand these bordering practices as well as critical analyses that challenge the often North-centric views towards externalisation. In thi... Read More about Embedding Externalisation: How Bordering Practices Transform Places.

'Leave no one behind': A power-capabilities-energy justice perspective on energy transition in remote rural communities in Cambodia (2024)
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Siciliano, G., Cantoni, R., Lonn, P., Por, N., Kry, S., Morn, C., & Oudom, H. (2025). 'Leave no one behind': A power-capabilities-energy justice perspective on energy transition in remote rural communities in Cambodia. World Development, 185, Article 106793. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2024.106793

Over the past two decades electricity access in Cambodia has increased considerably. The Electricity Authority of Cambodia has announced that the country expanded energy access from 34% in 2010 to 98% by mid-2022, but that 245 villages still lack acc... Read More about 'Leave no one behind': A power-capabilities-energy justice perspective on energy transition in remote rural communities in Cambodia.

Decolonising humanitarian health: A scoping review of practical guidance (2024)
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Clarke, A., Richter, K., Lokot, M., Rivas, A., Hafez, S., & Singh, N. S. (2024). Decolonising humanitarian health: A scoping review of practical guidance. PLOS Global Public Health, 4(10), Article e0003566. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0003566

Despite growing calls and efforts to decolonise global and humanitarian health, there is limited practical guidance for researchers, educators and practitioners on how to do so. This paper fills this gap by offering a narrative exploration of key rec... Read More about Decolonising humanitarian health: A scoping review of practical guidance.