Scholars in the Press
Book: Creating Local Democracy in Iran: State Building and the Politics of Decentralization
By: Kian Tajbakhsh Publisher: Cambridge University Press (July 2022) DESCRIPTION Empirically rich and theoretically informed, this book is an innovative analysis of political decentralization under the Islamic Republic of Iran. Drawing upon Kian Tajbakhsh’s twenty years of experience working with and researching local government in… Continue reading→
Article: Le massacre de Tadamon : une enquête secrète de chercheurs sur la politique d’extermination en Syrie
By Mohamad Moustafa Alabsi Published: June 5, 2022 in The Conversation Début 2019, à Paris, Uğur Ümit Üngör, chercheur au NIOD Institute of War, Holocaust & Genocides Studies de l’université d’Amsterdam, participe à une conférence universitaire lorsqu’un activiste syrien résidant dans la capitale française demande à le… Continue reading→
“The World Bank’s approach to universities needs a rethink”
By Ararat Osipian Published by University World News; April 30, 2022 Many words, concerns and sentiments have been expressed and exchanged over the last two months in support of Ukraine and against Russian aggression. Such verbal statements of moral support are a nice first step,… Continue reading→
Letter to the Editor “Biden’s ‘Gaffe’ About Putin: Was It the Truth?”
Published by The New York Times on March 28, 2022 In a recent letter to the editor, political philosopher and social activist Tomasz Kitlinski responds to the article “In a Fiery Speech, Biden Warms of Battle between between ‘Liberty and Repression’“, previously published by The… Continue reading→
New Blog Post: “What Tehran could learn from New York City’s experience with local participation”
Published on Tales of My Two Cities on March 4, 2022 By Kian Tajbakhsh, Senior Advisor to the Executive Vice President for Global Centers and Global Development at Columbia University and Fellow with Columbia’s Committee on Global Thought Scholar Kian Tajbakhsh argues that Tehran could learn… Continue reading→
New Article: “Is the World Bank’s intervention in Ukrainian HE too little, too late?”
Published by The Times Higher Education on March 9, 2022 By Ararat Osipian, scholar-member at the New University in Exile Consortium Osipian argues that while given with good intentions, the World Bank’s loans to Ukrainian universities have been less than effective in improving the higher… Continue reading→
New Article: “The performative democracy of Manipur elections: But the rise of indigenous parties holds out hope of meaningful change in the Northeast”
Published by The Times of India on January 31, 2022. Article by Binalakshmi Nepram. Author, scholar, and activist Binalakshmi Nepram discusses Manipur’s two upcoming poll cycles in her featured article with The Times of India. Nepram distinguishes between the two possibilities the polls can provide:… Continue reading→
New Article: “Manufacturing the AKP in Turkey”
January 31, 2022 Published by the Middle East Research and Information Project on January 25, 2022. By: Utku Balaban, associate professor of anthropology and sociology at Amherst College. He is a MESA Global Academy Fellow for the academic years 2020–2021 and 2021–2022. Balaban examines the relationship… Continue reading→
New Blog Post: “Women, Children and Ecoguards at Risk in Democratic Republic of Congo Mines”
November 30, 2021 Published by the Center for Human Rights & Legal Pluralism in McGill University’s Faculty of Law on November 23, 2021. By: Valentin Migabo, affiliate researcher at the Center for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism at McGill University Migabo discusses the exploitative and abusive working… Continue reading→