In the past few decades, there’s been more critique of global knowledge inequalities and the global North’s dominance.
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It’s all too common for local scholars to be sidelined in what are supposed to be genuine research partnerships.
The global poverty plot is thicker than what the World Bank would have us believe.
The exclusion of scholars based in the global South undermines their work.
Three trends suggest people in less developed nations – who are coming online in greater numbers – use and trust the internet very differently those in more developed economies.
Some experts argue globalization has been bad for the environment. But moving away from globalization could have other consequences that could be even more devastating for the environment.
Slums are an increasing common phenomenon across the global North and global South. To what extent could they be seen as an inherent part of the urbanisation process?
Leaving no-one behind is a catchphrase that seeks to ensure that all people benefit from the global development agenda set in the sustainable development goals.
Knowledge is power. If you own it, you can control those without it. Since so much knowledge about Africa doesn’t sit on the continent, it’s apparent that Africa lacks power in this regard.
Africa’s universities must avoid collaborative programmes with the North that become mere tick-box exercises that only benefit Northern researchers and organisations.
Art events should encourage us to spark new thinking outside of our cloistered world, but Berlin risks being lost in technological navel gazing.
Many works published on decolonisation originate from Ngugi wa Thiongo’s idea of decolonising the African mind. Imperialism, he writes, has left its mark on the minds of the previously colonised.
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Post doctoral research fellow, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Tropical Medicine, University of Oxford
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Director Internationalisation., Rhodes University
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Associate professor, University of the Witwatersrand
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Global Studies Associate Fellow, University of Sussex
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Dean of Global Business, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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Associate Professor, School of Education, Aarhus University
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Prof of Archaeological Science & British Academy Global Professor, University of Oxford
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Professor of Global Surgery, University of Cape Town
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Professor of International Business Strategy & Emerging Markets at the University of Sussex Business School, and the Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town
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Lecturer in Politics, University of Aberdeen
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Lecturer and PhD Candidate UCT Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Demography, University of Cape Town
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Senior Lecturer in Geography and Urban Design, UCL, Fellow 2017, Institut d'études avancées de Paris (IEA) – RFIEA
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Professor, University of Cape Town
