Inequality and bricolage in collaborative North-South research projects
By Daniel Brockington, Caleb Gallemore, Lasse Folke Henriksen, Ruth John, Kelvin Kamde, Robert Katikiro, Rasul Ahmed Minja, Faraja Namkesa, Christine Noe, Mette Olwig, Stefano Ponte, and Pilly Silvano
Bricolage, open and slow project design, reflexivity and conviviality can help addressing some of the unequal power dynamics that underpin collaborative research projects involving scholars and institutions from the Global North and Global South.
The everyday resilience of theatre students in Ghana
By Rashida Resario, Robin Steedman, and Thilde Langevang
What are the chances that a creative degree will get you a job? What are the chances that that job will be financially rewarding? These are questions often hurled at those with ambitions in creative careers, who decide to pursue creative programmes at the University in Ghana.
Behind the Label: Unveiling the Truth of Prison Labour in Ethical Fashion
By Lisa Ann Richey and Alexander Maxelon
In recent years, ethical consumption has gained significant traction in the global market. Companies like Carcel, a luxury brand selling clothing made by incarcerated women, have emerged, promising consumers the opportunity
Development Finance Institutions: Exploring Their Complex Organizational Identity
By Suhyon Oh My PhD journey was driven by questions I had been asking since I worked as a practitioner and witnessed a new phenomenon in the development cooperation community at the time. And it was precisely after 2015, when the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted, that global norms expanded to emphasize that finance…
Why business schools need more field-based courses
By Thilde Langevang, Maribel Blasco and Søren Jeppesen CBS and MUBS Students gathered during the field trip in Uganda In today’s complex world, working life is often characterized by uncertainty, discomfort, and complexity. Students who wish to follow careers in international business or work for organisations in the Global South need skills and abilities to…
In Movement from Tanzania to Northern Italy to Denmark
My first memory of the Corona virus, before we became politicized enough to refer to it as COVID-19, or the “new” Corona virus—or for some special politicians, the “Wuhan” virus—was in Tanzania.
Academic Neocolonialism Redux
Next Wednesday, Bruce Gilley of Portland State University will be giving a lecture to the AfD parliamentary group in Berlin on ‘The balance of German colonialism. Why the Germans do not have to apologize for the colonial period and certainly do not have to pay for it!’.