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23 Feb, 2023
Southern discomfort: is there value in the concept of the Global South?
As development thinkers challenge the construct of “the South”, our research explores its layered origins and argues that it can play a constructive role in understanding and addressing global power...
10 Nov, 2022
Humanitarian fables: morals, meanings and consequences for humanitarian practice
What do fables have to do with understanding structures of inequality in humanitarian aid? Research in Democratic Republic of the Congo shows how personal stories become fables in humanitarian organisations...