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Publication: Bootstrapping sovereignty: the placeholder dynamics of contested states from identity documents to international courts
These placeholder dynamics help explain how attributions of sovereignty simultaneously challenge, mimic, and rearticulate the statist international (dis)order.
New Publication: Contesting the capital: Sheger and the spatial politics of nation building
This article examines Sheger City within Ethiopia’s contested nation-building trajectory, arguing that capital-adjacent urban restructuring has become a strategic arena for negotiating competing national projects.
CALL FOR PAPERS: Autonomous Social Sciences and Alternative Development in Times of Multiple Crises
The International Conference and Writing Workshop
Bogor-lndonesia, 21-23 May 2026
New article: Swallowed up by the earth
The global economy’s relentless hunger for coltan was always dangerous for Rubaya. The town was – and still is – a mining-governancevoid, before and after M23’s takeover.
Podcast: Cartooning and Democracy in Times of Crisis: Lessons from Uganda, Belgium, and Beyond
This panel discussion explores how political cartooning critically engages with and intervenes in our political and democratic life, particularly in relation to national and global crises.
New Publication: Learning through struggle and solidarity.
Takeaways from the Movement for Alternatives and Solidarity in Southeast Asia (MASSA).
Ananeza (Angging) Aban in conversation with Hannah Bickel
New Publication: Capturing perspectives in Jaffna following Cyclone Ditwah
Cyclone Ditwah has tested the NPP’s crisis governance even as the party retains considerable support in Jaffna.
New Publication: Pourquoi la paix ne vient pas en RDC ?
Lignes rouges vitales, négociations bloquées et voies de sortie radicales
New Vacancy: PhD position on ‘transnational urban warscapes’
4-year fully funded PhD opportunity
PANEL DISCUSSION: Cartooning and Democracy in Times of Crisis: Lessons from Uganda, Belgium, and beyond
This panel discussion explores how political cartoons critically engage with and intervene in our political and democratic lives, particularly in relation to national and global crises.