Blog

Here you can read the latest news and views from our Fellows and associates. Many articles are also reprinted in the ISRF Bulletin, the Foundation’s in-house periodical.

The Blog and Bulletin are edited by Dr Lars Cornelissen.

Latest blog post

Reimagining Victims’ Reparations: Building a Global Network for Grassroots Justice

by Sandra Ríos Oyola, Matt Snell and Camilo Tamayo Gómez

As the field of transitional justice has grown, official reparations schemes have emerged to address victims of political violence, displacement and structural injustice. But what happens when the harms are irreparable, when the wounds inflicted are not just individual but collective, cultural, and historical?
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Latest blog post

Toward Much Less Boring Economics

by Christopher Newfield

In this monthly Director's Note, Christopher Newfield examines the stagnant political discussions on the economy in the UK. Connecting the UK's anti immigration protests to voter dissatisfaction with their living conditions, Newfield argues for a much needed shift in the economics discourse.
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Latest publication

Bulletin #32: Crisis and Conjuncture: Climate, Borders, Politics

Based on papers presented at the ISRF’s 2024 annual conference, contributions aim to recalibrate existing categories of analysis in the face of escalating political, humanitarian, and environmental crises.
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