Research, voices, and stories from the Global South.
Digital Epidemiology in the Global South: Harnessing AI and Infodemiology to Counteract Urban Adolescent Non Communicable Disease (NCD) Risks
Abstract While the Global South is experiencing rapid urbanization, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are becoming the main health issue. At the same time, the availability of mobile connectivity is…
RESEARCH ARTICLEFrom Digital Divide to AI Divide: How Artificial Intelligence Could Reshape Inequality in Higher Education
Abstract Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly transforming higher education. It can create new possibilities for expanding educational opportunities, while also raising concerns about reproducing existing inequalities. This essay…
RESEARCH ARTICLEThe Visibility Gap in the Global South: Comparing the Models of Platform Work Formalisation in Chile and India
Abstract For regulating the platform workspace that operates largely outside labour law, Chile and India have taken opposite legislative routes. Chile’s 2022 Platform Work Law created a hybrid…
EXPERIENCEA Reflection – Your past is not your Destiny
My life is a testimony that destiny is not a matter of chance, but one of choice. It is a story that begins in the village of Mutoko,…
EXPERIENCEBEYOND DIGITAL ACCESS: HOW FEMALE AGENCY BECAME AN INTELLECTUAL QUESTION
For much of my professional life, I did not think of Female Agency as an academic concept. I encountered it first through people, institutions and responsibilities. I grew…
EXPERIENCEEnergy Access Is Not Energy Justice: Clean Cooking, Women’s Health and Climate Action in Rural Malawi
The smoke is one of the things I cannot easily forget. During an outreach visit to adolescent mothers and girls in a rural community in Malawi, I joined…
EXPERIENCEUnraveling Time and Fate: Forms and Mechanisms of Time Travel is shown in the 2001 movie Donnie Darko
Donnie Darko (2001), by Richard Kelly, is more like a mosaic than the traditional story of time travel involving the aspects of teen angst, suburban mockery, and a…
RESEARCH ARTICLEWhy Land Development Approvals Still Can’t See the Parcel
Abstract In Sri Lanka, the decision to approve land-filling proposals is primarily based on a parcel being placed on a zoning category, and the setback distance and hazard…