Our mentor, Jun Borras (former JPS Chief Editor and Professor of Agrarian Studies at the International Institute of Social Studies) has written about the global-local connections in international knowledge politics, considering the initiative of the international Writeshops for early career scholars from the Global South in which CASAS’ is one of the organizers. Read his…
Tag: Critical Agrarian Studies
Who is who in CASAS? Igor de Sousa
Igor is a PhD in Sociology from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (2022), Master’s in Social Anthropology from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (2016), and Bachelor’s in Social Sciences from the State University of Maranhão (2013). He has experience in anthropology and sociology, with an emphasis on: ruralities, traditional peoples and…
CASAS at the 3rd Global Nyéléni
Yukari Sekine, Bruno Prado and Bhoopendra Kuma are members from Food Sovereignty Coordination Committee who are representing CASAS at the 3rd Global Nyéléni Forum in Sri Lanka which is taking place from September 6th-13th, 2025. We are also delighted to share that the Working Group (which includes Jun Borras and Morgan Ody) on the engagement…
Manifesto of Geography for Ethics in Scientific Publishing: Why is it urgent to debate, defend, and shape editorial policy?
CASAS’ member, Estevan Coca has published with Lorena Izá Pereira, Camila Ferracini Origuela, Bernardo Mançano Fernandes and Eduardo Paulon Girardi this paper in Revista Nera. The paper is available in English, Portuguese and Spanish. On May 28, 2025, Revista NERA participated in the Forum of Editors convened by the National Association of Graduate Studies and…
CASAS Research Talks: Episode 3
Episode 3 of the CASAS Research Talks focuses on the process of film making as a scholar activist activity. It is Part II of the conversation with Mnqobi Ngubane, CASAS member and the producer of the documentary Mathonga Elizwe – Spirits of the Land which captures one of the most critical and complex issues in contemporary South Africa—land…





