‘I am surrounded by people who are not motivated to do research’: harnessing collegiality for developing research active academics in a teaching-focused institution by Jeyaraj, Joanna Joseph, Wald, Navé

“…Limited research exists on the role of collegiality in developing research capacities among academics, especially in the Global South and under such constraints. In Malaysia, a high-power distance country, difficulties arise in the practice of collegiality due to hierarchy and other socio-cultural expectations. …”

A review of urban ecosystem services research in Southeast Asia by Lourdes, Karen T., Gibbins, Chris N., Hamel, Perrine, Sanusi, Ruzana, Azhar, Badrul, Lechner, Alex Mark

“…However, research on UES in the Global South has not been reviewed as systematically as in the Global North. …”

Identifying informal settlements in satellite images for sustainable urban planning: a systematic review of methods available by Hosni, Nafisa, Ambugadu, Amadu Monday

“…The current urbanization trend, along with a shortage of affordable housing, has led to the proliferation of informal settlements in most cities in the global south. The variance in spectral, spatial image resolution, texture, colours, and complex physical shapes of informal urban settlements has made it difficult to provide accurate evidence for urban planners to achieve sustainable urban planning. …”
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A review of housing provision and the challenges of sustainable housing delivery in the Federal Capital Territory Abuja, Nigeria by Muhammad, Zayyanu, Johar, Foziah, Sabri, Soheil, Utange Jonathan, Zungwenen

“…Housing, despite being one of the essential elements in the sustainability of human existence, remains a challenge particularly in the global south. Nigeria, the most populous country in west Africa has a gross housing deficit of seventeen million houses. …”
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Housing by people and work by Ana Rosa Chagas Cavalcanti

“…Thus, the simple transfer of models of social housing typical of industrialized countries within contexts of the so called “Global South”17, with economy predominantly based on commerce and service, is neither effective nor beneficial for the people and their cities. …”
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Legal systems inside out: American legal exceptionalism and China's dream of legal cosmopolitanism by Erie, M

“…From the U.S. perspective, policy-makers need to grasp this picture for not only improving its relationship with China but also with the Global South.…”

Prevalence and factors associated with adolescent pregnancies in Zambia: a systematic review from 2000–2022 by Gift Malunga, Sidney Sangong, Farrukh Ishaque Saah, Luchuo Engelbert Bain

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Latin American Labor Studies: National Contexts and Lived Realities by Alejandra González Jiménez

“…ISBN: 9781107135833.   Walmart in the Global South: Workplace Culture, Labor Politics, and Supply Chains. …”
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A mixed-method approach to determining contact matrices in the Cox’s Bazar refugee settlement by Joseph Walker, Joseph Aylett-Bullock, Difu Shi, Allen Gidraf Kahindo Maina, Egmond Samir Evers, Sandra Harlass, Frank Krauss

“…These matrices are generally derived using resource-intensive diary-based surveys and few exist in the Global South or tailored to vulnerable populations. In particular, no contact matrices exist for refugee settlements—locations under-served by epidemic models in general. …”
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Residential Micro-Segregation and Social Capital in Lima, Peru by Fernando Calderón-Figueroa

“…The effects of segregation on social capital are less clear at lower scales and in highly unequal Global South cities. My argument is twofold. First, I uncover the dynamics of segregation below the neighbourhood scale. …”
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Need for the Scuba Diving Industry to Interface with Science and Policy: A Case of SIDS Blue Workforce by Zahidah Afrin Nisa

“…This article highlights the gaps of the SPI from the perspective of the global south and is beneficial for the islands selected under the Global Coral Reef Investment Plan. …”
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Driving sustainable uptake: a systematic review of global literature on policies governing woody biomass for energy by Spriha Pandey, James Thomas Erbaugh

“…Research gaps in policy within the Global South underscore the need to examine biomass regulation in regions with limited energy diversity. …”
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When foresters reterritorialize the periphery: post-socialist forest politics in Białowieża, Poland by Eunice Blavascunas

“…Much of this literature comes from the global South. However, in the iconic Białowieża Forest in eastern Poland, touted as Europe's last primeval forest for its old oaks and woodland bison, state foresters altered the prominence of their nationalistic and nationalizing history in three surprising ways: 1) they downplayed their historical role in nationalizing the periphery in the 1920s when the area was split between a national park and a forest belonging to the newly formed Polish state (the Second Polish Republic); 2) they created new allegiances with the Belarusian-identified local population, and 3) they referenced neighbouring Belarus' preferential management of forests within the adjacent Belovezshkaya National Park. …”
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Bidding against each other: local procurement of personal protective equipment in the context of decentralization and high socio-economic inequality by Nicolás Valenzuela-Levi, Paola Bordón, Felipe Livert, Manuel Henríquez

“…Yet, less is known about cases from the Global South. By analyzing the procurement of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in the 320 Chilean municipalities in charge of primary health, this research provides evidence of the impacts of horizontal government competition on the ability to procure key supplies. …”
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SPATIOTEMPORALLY IMPROVING THE RURAL ACCESS INDEX – A REMOTE SENSING BASED APPROACH by M. Halbgewachs, A. Schneibel, M. Gähler

“…Many countries, especially in the global south still lack the ability to effectively pursue basic policies, which can lead, in the worst case, to armed conflicts. …”
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Unpacking the Land and Socio-Economic Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Rural Kenya by James Wangu, Fridah Githuku

“…Following its outbreak in late 2019, the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been reported to have had devastating human health, health systems, and socioeconomic impacts across the globe. Countries in the Global South are known to have been hit harder given the low level of resilience to crises amid high levels of poverty and limited social protection programmes. …”
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The global polarisation of remote work. by Fabian Braesemann, Fabian Stephany, Ole Teutloff, Otto Kässi, Mark Graham, Vili Lehdonvirta

“…First, countries are globally divided: North American, European, and South Asian remote platform workers attract most jobs, while many Global South countries participate only marginally. Secondly, remote jobs are pulled to large cities; rural areas fall behind. …”
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Exploring appropriate socio-technical arrangements for the co-production of landslide risk management strategies in informal neighbourhoods in Colombia and Brazil by Harry Smith, Soledad Garcia Ferrari, Gabriela M. Medero, Helena Rivera, Françoise Coupé, Mónica Elizabeth Mejía Escalante, Wilmar Castro Mera, Carlos Alberto Montoya Correa, Alex Abiko, Fernando A. M. Marinho

“…Drawing on lessons from transdisciplinary action-research in three neighbourhoods in Medellín, Colombia, and one in São Paulo, Brazil, the paper discusses how bottom-up approaches were developed to co-produce landslide risk management in both Global South cities, in a way that optimises the collaboration between communities and relevant governmental bodies. …”
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Competence-based education: reflections on the context of teaching agriculture in Ghana’s pre-tertiary schools by Seth Dankyi Boateng, Daniel Adu Ankrah, Seth Awuku Manteaw

“…AbstractThe ideal context for competence-based education (CBE) in the global south appears elusive with negative ramifications on both the teacher and the student. …”
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The Agrarian Limits of the Food Movement by Rami Zurayk

“…Here was a poignant and graphic representation of the discourse of the Second Green Revolution (SGR): the corporate world claiming to be reaching out to help its historic victims, the smallholders in the Global South. Indeed, the Second Green Revolution, which aims to bring Africa into the realm of the industrial food producing nations, is not happening in the same way as its predecessor. …”
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