News 

31 May 2023

Sarah, Navjot, Malida, and Sumeet presented their collaborative work stemming from QRL-GS discussions at CASID (Canadian Association for the Study of International Development) 2023: Rethinking research approaches for the global South​: Perspectives from early career scholars experiencing intersectionality

May 2023

Core members have an article forthcoming in The Qualitative Report: Falling into gaps: Navigating research practices across global South and global North, a conversation. 

11 April 2023

Navjot published an article in Global Networks: A journal of transnational affairs: Punjabi masculinities and transnational spaces: Performance, choice and othering

16 September 2022

Navjot published an article in Gender, Place and Culture: A journal of feminist geography: Gender, caste, and spatiality: intersectional emergence of hegemonic masculinities in Indian Punjab

21 April 2022

Sarah Ahmed presented her paper, "Piety and Polio: How Lady Health Workers Employ Islam in Polio Eradication Efforts" at the University of Hawaii’s Spring Symposium on Health and Community in South Asia.

December 2021

Sumeet published an article in World Development Perspectives with Miriam Grant: Patterns of loan use for women’s self-help groups in rural Rajasthan

10 November 2021

Navjot appeared on The Social Breakdown podcast to talk about QRL-GS and her Ph.D. research on Caste and Masculinities in North India and Canada

14 June, 2021

QRL-GS and Navjotpal Kaur featured in Canadian Sociological Association (CSA) student spotlight

24 January, 2021

Do small farmers still have a future in India?: Navjot and Sumeet invited to comment on India's controversial farm laws 2020 on Al Jazeera Stream

7 January, 2021

Women take lead roles in India’s farmers’ protest: A highly topical article on women's participation in the massive farmers' protests in India by Navjotpal Kaur and Sumeet Sekhon

6 January, 2021

Read and share this important new LSE blog post by Navjotpal Kaur: Field realities in the global South: Acknowledging emotion and the importance of reflexivity

17 December, 2020

Read and share this brilliant and insightful LSE blog post by our very own Dr. Sumeet Sekhon: Field realities in the global South: Encounters with poverty and caste

1. Developing research conversations (Core Group activity)

2. (Book Chapter) Sekhon, Sumeet and Navjotpal Kaur. “Weighing women’s empowerment against patriarchal masculinity in rural India.” In S. Roberts, G. Kaufman, & M. Strambolis (Eds.). Research Handbook on the Sociology of Gender. Edward Elgar Publishing. In-press.

3. (Article) Sekhon, Sumeet, Navjotpal Kaur, and Rachelle Hole. "Field Realities in the Global South: Practicing Reflexivity with Marginalized Populations" 

4. (Book Chapter) Mooken, Malida, Sumeet Sekhon, and Navjotpal Kaur. “Decolonising pedagogical praxis: A critical discussion of Tagore, Freire, Spivak, and Dewey.” In S.J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, M. Smith, C. Vogt-William, F. Ndhlovu, R. Grosfoguel, & M. Ndlovu (Eds.). Routledge Handbook of Decolonization

5. (Book Chapter) Kaur, Navjotpal and Sumeet Sekhon. “Understanding post-development grassroots activism through a decolonial lens.” In S.J. Nclovu-Gatsheni, M. Smith, C. Vogt-William, F. Ndhlovu, R. Grosfoguel, & M. Ndlovu (Eds.). Routledge Handbook of Decolonization