Tom is GP's Online Editor and researcher at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
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In light of rising concerns about the spread of COVID-19 and calls to contain the virus, a growing number of post-secondary institutions have shut down in-person classes.
The…
There’s “Keep-calm-and-carry-on” and then there’s burying one’s head in the sand. Germany’s blasé response to the Coronavirus crisis reveals some unpleasant truths. If we have any…
World Vision’s five lessons about the nexus delivering change in fragile contexts.
More than one quarter of all people live in countries affected by fragility, conflict and…
Karin Costa Vazquez argues that the 'bilateralization' of the BRICS expands the options for the grouping to act and may be the only way for it to survive another decade.…
Global Policy's Executive Editor, Dr Eva-Maria Nag, takes stock of 10 years of publications, online content, collaborations, debate and events, and on why our platform…
Social network analysis is a branch of data science that allows the investigation of how people connect and interact. It can help to reveal patterns in voting preferences, aid the…
The resurgence of far-right populism, from Brazil to Europe to India and the US, presents a challenge to NGOs unforeseen even a few years ago. The common thread of ethno-…
As the world seems to wake-up to new challenges on a daily basis – from devastating wildfires in Australia, to the unpredictable global spread of a new coronavirus – it may be…
Protest in an age of globalization relies on performance. From Hong Kong to La Paz and Santiago to Khartoum, global attention is increasingly captured by mass movements of people…
Free movement of persons is conventionally seen as a means to promote European integration. A closer look at its dynamics suggests it should be reassessed. Gareth Davies…
Emilian Kavalski and Nicholas Ross Smith, from the University of Nottingham Ningbo China, explore the coronavirus outbreak through an international…
The internet revolution of the past 20 years has opened up countless new ways for people to shop, bank, find love – and to commit crimes. Every time we switch on a computer, open…
Antonia Jennings argues that now is not the time for despair. Neoliberalism is limping to its death, and it’s up to us to make sure that what comes next isn’t something worse.
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Economists necessarily lack evidence about alternative institutional arrangements that are distant from our current reality. The challenge is to remain true to empiricism without…
I recently sat down with Akosua Adomako Ampofo, President of the African Studies Association of Africa to discuss her life, decolonization (including my own) and the research…