Our paper takes a different approach. We examine the long-term, unintended political consequences of these programs in electoral illiberal regimes, offering a different perspective by examining how these programmes are entangled with the long-term local political economy.

Often promoted by donors and international organisations as a "silver bullet" for poverty reduction, cash transfers have received growing scholarly attention, particularly around their institutionalisation and short-term political impacts.

Together with Guido Maschhaupt and Petronilla Wandeto, we explore the role of Official Development Assistance (ODA) in enabling autocratic entrenchment, focusing on a key neoliberal social policy tool, namely cash transfers.

▶️ The article serves as the seed idea for an upcoming edited volume on 'Global South Researchers in Development Studies: Positionality, Power, and Vulnerability'. The book will feature both theoretical chapters and personal vignettes, highlighting the experiences of Global South researchers.

▶️ This article builds on two blog posts we have previously published at the LSE Impact Blog lnkd.in/dqKyhJ5A and SOAS Centre for Pan-African Studies lnkd.in/dhnSAdCA.

In this reflexive article, Ilaha Abasli, Yasmine Hafez, and myself openly discuss our #PhD fieldwork experiences and moments of feeling #vulnerable, #powerful and #connected while doing research outside “Home”.

@eadi.bsky.social @globalsouthshub.bsky.social @ids.ac.uk

That’s great, Wil. Indeed, it has nothing to do with free speech, but rather a wide spread of misinformation and fake news.

Thanks, Rod; it would be great to hear your feedback! I hope BlueSky becomes more popular with the public and that the platform ensures ethical guidelines for its content. We have already seen how other platforms have been selective in activism, particularly with what is happening in Gaza content.

In this paper, we primarily used Twitter (X) campaign data to analyse the state of NGO accountability in Uganda. However, I am sad to see how the platform recently has changed significantly from a space of #activism into a space of #hatred.

Hi Joan, I published recently this article on social media and public perceptions of NGOs accountability in Uganda. link.springer.com/article/10.1...