A Virtual Network for Global South Environmental Politics

Nov 9, 2021 | Environmental Politics
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The editorial team of Environmental Politics would like to help editors and scholars in the global North to build sustained relationships and explore potential collaborations that center global South scholars, their perspectives, and their expertise. Importantly, we seek to foster mutually respectful engagements, without this list becoming a source of additional burden for global South scholars.

In order to do this, team would like to create a virtual network  for global South scholars and experts, including practitioners in the field of environmental politics, environmental policy, and environmental studies, broadly understood. In conceptualizing this endeavor, we build on similar recent initiatives, e.g., Climate Reframe that seeks to amplify BAME [Black, Asian and minority ethnic] voices in UK environmental movement (https://climatereframe.co.uk/), and the U.S.-based Donors of Color Network that has created a similar space for BIPOC [Black, Indigenous, and People of Color] Climate and Energy Justice PhDs (https://climate.donorsofcolor.org/bipoc-climate-and-energy-justice-phds/).

The plan is to host this global South EP Scholars’ resource hub on EP webpage https://environmentalpoliticsjournal.net/, which the editorial board runs autonomously. However, EP also welcomes opportunities for collaborating on this with other journals or professional associations. If such collaborations materialize, EP will be open to hosting this resource on another public platform.

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