Politics of the Global South (POGS)

The Politics of the Global South (POGS) working group aims to bring together scholars who study the “global South”. The group is housed at the University College London (UCL) Department of Political Science and collaborates with colleagues at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and King’s College London (KCL).

About us

POGS brings together scholars exploring a diverse set of important topics, including, but not limited to, aid effectiveness, (sustainable) development, international cooperation, international relations, institutions, political behaviour, conflict, human rights, public administration, and public policy.

The purpose of this invite-only group is to provide a space for such scholars to share early stage work and receive input from those who can provide substantive feedback on issues relating to the developing world. While area studies can often be siloed, we hope to break down these barriers.

We invite scholars interested in the global South from UCL, LSE, KCL, and throughout the greater London area to subscribe to our mailing list to keep up with upcoming POGS seminars.

Schedule

We run seminars once a term, where scholars can share early stage work and receive input from those who can provide substantive feedback on issues relating to the developing world. Our upcoming seminars:

3 March 2022 - UCL half-day event
10:00 - 14:30

25 May 2022 - UCL-LSE-KCL joint event
The date for this event is tentative

Contact us

pogsucl@gmail.com

Past and Current Agendas

POGS III (16 June 2022): Manuel Vogt.
Alice Evans.
Tugba Bozcaga.
Ryan Jablonski.
POGS II (30 March 2022)Title placeholder: Simon Chin-Yee. “It Takes Two to Tango: How Knowledge and Power Come Together in Climate Change Policy Processes in Africa”.
Jennifer Hudson. “Pity and Empathy: An Experimental Analysis of Emotional Pathways to Engagement with Global Poverty”.
Gah-Kai Leung. “Unsettling Settler Colonialism: The Wet'suwet'en Conflict as a Case of Institutional Development in British Columbia, Canada”.
POGS I (10 December 2021): Alex Hartman.
Behar Sadriu. “Liberalism in Crisis, Islam and an Ethical/Religious Desideratum”.
Aparna Ravi. “Rising Multinationals: The Political Economy of Outward Investment from the Global South”.