Examining African contributions to global health: Reflections on knowledge circulation and innovation by Danelle van Zyl-Hermann, Tanja Hammel, Christian Burri, Jérôme Chenal, Günther Fink, Akuto Akpedze Konou, Eric Nébié, Doris Osei Afriyie, Vitor Pessoa Colombo, Jürg Utzinger, Julia Tischler

“…Arguing that high-income countries have much to learn from the global South when it comes to health-related knowledge and practices, we propose an interdisciplinary research approach to uncovering and examining African contributions to global health, drawing on an ongoing collaborative project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. …”
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A Review of Urban Heat Studies in Recife—PE (Brazil): Urban Heat Scales, Landscape Inequalities and Future Perspectives by Ayobami Badiru Moreira, Cristiana Coutinho Duarte, Andreas Matzarakis

“…Such reflections can also be extended to other geographic areas that share similar patterns of urban growth and socio-spatial complexities, helping to enhance the representation of the Global South in this field.…”
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Exploring stakeholders' response to travel needs of commuters with disability in the Accra Metropolitan Assembly by Prince Kwame Odame, Regina Obilie Amoako‐Sakyi, Albert Abane, Mark Zuidgeest

“…Unfortunately, the discourse on the responsiveness of public transport services to the disability community in the Global South has been viewed from users' perspectives, leaving out key stakeholders whose actions impact persons with disability (PWDs') mobility needs. …”
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Analysis of the Spatiotemporal Pattern and Mechanism of Land Use Mixture: Evidence from China’s County Data by Yanting Zheng, Sai Zhao, Jinyuan Huang, Aifeng Lv

“…The mixture of agricultural and non-agricultural land-use represents a new pattern of urbanization in the Global South. This mixture has hindered the improvement of land-use productivity and makes it difficult to achieve the centralized disposal of pollutants, which has resulted in the waste of land resources and serious environmental problems. …”
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Is parental awareness of children's academic potential a good predictor of children's learning outcomes in Early Year's settings? Findings from two provinces in Pakistan and India by Nadia Siddiqui, Pauline Dixon, Stephen Gorard

“…There is very little known about parental awareness of children's learning in the Early Years setting, especially in global south countries. This study presents findings of a large-scale parental survey which focuses on awareness as a predictor of children's learning. …”
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Indonesian International Students in Australia during the COVID-19-Pandemic: Coming Out Stronger? by Antje Missbach, Jemma Purdey

“…Australia is a sought-after destination for international students, including from countries of the Global South such as Indonesia. Prior to the pandemic, the tertiary education of international students was its second largest export. …”
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Remote Sensing Applications in Monitoring Poplars: A Review by Morena J. Mapuru, Sifiso Xulu, Michael Gebreslasie

“…Overall, remote sensing has been widely used in poplar studies, and the increasing use of free satellite data and processing platforms is expected to pave the way for data-poor countries to monitor poplar in the Global South, where resources are mainly limited.…”
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Tapping the full potential of the digital revolution for agricultural extension: an emerging innovation agenda by Jonathan Steinke, Jacob van Etten, Anna Müller, Berta Ortiz-Crespo, Jeske van de Gevel, Silvia Silvestri, Jan Priebe

“…Agricultural extension in the Global South can benefit greatly from the use of modern information and communication technologies (ICT). …”
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Unconventional wisdom from below : understanding social and technical determinants of ergonomic risk in the Indian informal textile and clothing sector by Madhavan, Jaswanth

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Overcoming inequality in regional innovation ecosystems : the Basque country and the advance of economic democracy by Constain Ramos, Juan Cristóbal

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Understanding and accelerating innovation driven ecosystems in Sub-Saharan Africa - towards a research and technology organization for North-South Cooperation by Brunschwig, Jonas Benjamin.

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Assessing the representativeness of a smartphone-based household travel survey in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania by Zegras, P. C, Li, Menghan, Kilic, Talip, Lozano-Gracia, Nancy, Ghorpade, Ajinkya, Tiberti, Marco, Aguilera, Ana I, Zhao, Fang

“…This paper assesses the first use of FMS in a city of the global south, Dar es Salaam. FMS in Dar was implemented over a 1-month period, among 581 adults chosen from 300 randomly selected households. …”
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Designing for Accessible Governance Innovation in Sierra Leone by Ventres-Pake, Cory

“…Despite design’s ability to envision contextually-relevant solutions, the government design revolution has given surprisingly little consideration to the gap between the model developed by governments in the Global North and the needs and realities of governance in the Global South. This thesis addresses one aspect of that mismatch: it considers public sector innovation formats, tools, and methodologies created in the Global North and redesigns them for the Government of Sierra Leone. …”
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Labor and Migration: Essays on Opportunities, Vulnerabilities, and Worker Agency in Emerging Markets by Khan, Mahreen

“…Creating suitable employment opportunities while ensuring safe working conditions is one of the most significant challenges facing labor markets of emerging economies in the Global South. Workers in these countries are amongst the most vulnerable and at-risk populations, whether they choose to remain and work in their countries of origin or migrate to other destinations. …”
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Property, Place, and Politics: Essays on the Political Economy of Land in South Africa by Lekalake, Rorisang

“…Furthermore, it contributes to the study of the political economy of land in the Global South by focusing on residential, rather than productive, property.…”
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Migrant Capitalism: Emigration, Remittances, and Urbanization in Punjab by Meer, Ayan Hassan

“…Secondly, migrant capitalism addresses the entrepreneurial strategies of migrants, who use emigration and the consequent remittances to diversify their income and/or invest, given the increased liberalization of capital flows across the Global South. Finally, migrant capitalism attends to the accumulation strategies of migration industries, the firms and “migration infrastructures” that facilitate emigration, and whose geographical distribution in Punjab belies specific territorial production complexes as part of its urbanization trajectory.…”
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Urban climate resilience : a global assessment of city adaptation plans by Katich, Kristina Noel

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New structural systems in small-diameter round timber by Bukauskas, Aurimas (Aurimas M.)

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The case for ecological reparations in Africa by Obeng-Odoom, Franklin

“…Whether in terms of climate change or biodiversity loss, COP 27 or COP 15, the regions of highest exposure are Africa and elsewhere in the Global South (IPCC, 2022, p. 14). Not only 3.6 billion people face existential outcomes, but also many plants and animals risk total extinction (IPCC, 2022, pp. 14-16). …”
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Climate change, ecological modernization, and disaster management: the coastal embankment project in southwestern Bangladesh by Kais, Shaikh Mohammad, Islam, Md Saidul

“…Climate change, one of the severest environmental threats to humankind, disproportionately affects low-income, developing countries in the Global South. Having no feasible mitigation alternatives, these countries resort to adaptation efforts to address climate perturbations. …”
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