Thank you, @ninahall.bsky.social for highlighting this. There are a lot of parallels to international NGOs and the ‚multiple mandate disorder‘ although at some point (as you say) they need to engage on things that threaten their basic existence.

✨ Finally out - thanks to Maryam and Sigrid! Great pleasure to be part of this collaborative project and see the edited volume "A Relational Approach to NGOs in Global Politics: Beyond Cooperation and Competition" available open access ✨

My chapter: academic.oup.com/book/59913/c...

Will do a proper thread soon but thank you to @ninareiners.bsky.social @george3mitchell.bsky.social
@hanspeterschmitz.bsky.social and so many others for their important contributions and for going with the flow as we worked on this volume together!

@ninahall.bsky.social we aspire to shift attention away from the U.S. , but the book remains about these very large groups. And I think they are a particular target of Musk, Vance, and others. I still wonder if their „justifications“ for cutting funding etc. are really going to convince people(??).

Choosing to find joy today. Our book is out in a month & has a cover!

A Relational Approach to NGOs in Global Politics, OUP

The shock to civil society brought on by funding freezes makes our approach to understanding relational power & its effects more relevant

global.oup.com/academic/pro...

@brisunipress.bsky.social @hbirk.bsky.social @tsommerer.bsky.social @murillosalvador.bsky.social

“If we are going to spend money abroad, let’s do so w/ an investment-driven model,” Black & tech entrepreneur Joe Lonsdale wrote in an essay last month"

Huge shift from humanitarian need driving humanitarian aid programs to private, econ interests deciding aid 1/2

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/b...

#Digital technology is helping #climate activists make campaigns more efficient, & spread globally BUT also brings risks, incl. #repression. 🌏

Mette Eilstrup-Giovanni & summarise our new CUP Elements bk here 👇

multilateralism.sipa.columbia.edu/news/digital...

Interested in 'big law' and global governance? This research will meet your needs, and nicely aligns with recent work about non-state actors engaging in transnational enforcement activities. theglobal.blog/2025/02/21/h...

🙌 In a new commentary we show that #business actors and #NGOs tend to trust the #UNFCCC but they see few opportunities for meaningful engagement, despite the opening up of the COPs (survey data from 2021-22 that includes marginalized populations). #polisky #climatechange rdcu.be/d8HbF

✨ After a month on the @erc.europa.eu project PROBONO, we reflect on the role private law firms and their pro bono services can play for underfunded global governance institutions in this blog post for The Global @gvagrad-ggc.bsky.social ✨

About PROBONO: www.jus.uio.no/smr/english/...

Prof Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff published Toward a Framework for Understanding Localization in Its Institutional Context: A Systems Perspective for Incorporating Local Values. This article is the first to be published in our special issue on the Power & Politics of Localization
doi.org/10.1002/pad....

Job opportunity 'Associate/Full Professor, Doctoral Programs;' University of San Diego. Apply now; reviews of applications start now. jobs.sandiego.edu/cw/en-us/job...

Useful critique of technocratic and expert-driven approaches to women's health favored by foundations and other donors: Sharma, V. D. (2024). Technically speaking: How the Gates Foundation governs ‘women’s health’ in India; at: doi.org/10.1080/0308...; #openaccess

Please join us for a philanthropy session at #arnova24 at 11am. Great presentations by Niamh Carruthers, David Berlan, and others;

Join us for a 9am panel on trust-based philanthropy. #arnova24; w/t Ben Soskis, @Brad Fulton, John Brothers, Ryne Crout Jones, and organizer Mandi Stewart.

Looking forward to joining #arnova24 on Thursday for 10am panel on localization with excellent co-panelists Catherine Herrold, Mark Sidel, and Jennifer Brinkerhoff.