Since 2017, Tunisia has experienced intensified climate change effects, including severe drought. President Kais Saied’s governance failures have only...
Elizabeth Nyibol Malou shares how her involvement in the XCEPT programme’s Local Research Network since 2018 has fostered valuable collaborations and ...
Joseph Diing Majok shares his reflections on how his involvement in the XCEPT programme’s Local Research Network has shaped his research career, parti...
Sahra Ahmed Koshin reflects on her transformative experience as a local researcher with the XCEPT programme, exploring the role of Somali women in cro...
Lebanon’s financial collapse and the Syrian conflict have allowed for the growth of an illicit economy, giving rise to a new breed of drug traffickers...
Join us on 1 April 2025 at this hybrid event to explore the green transition, geopolitical risks, and political instability, with insights on transiti...
Climate change is challenging North Africa, particularly with water scarcity. Border towns between Morocco and Algeria face existential questions abou...
On 27 February 2025, the Global Security Programme at Pembroke College, University of Oxford, in partnership with Gulu University, Uganda, and with th...
Years of conflict and natural disasters in the Sudan-South Sudan borderlands have created a displaced population reliant on low-paid, risky work, and ...
This post examines the pressures forcing many displaced people, including children, to seek paid labour to supplement dwindling support mechanisms in ...
Hear from the X-Border Women Research Fellows about what motivates their research project and how they overcome the challenges of doing research in fr...
During the past decade, northern Kenya’s peripheral border counties have become key to the central state’s political and economic agenda. Cross-border...
