Power dynamics with researchers on the ground needs a reset

By An Ansoms, Professor in Development Studies, Université catholique de Louvain
Aymar Nyenyezi Bisoka, Chargé de cours, Université de Mons
Emery Mushagalusa Mudinga, Associate professor, Université catholique de Louvain
Godefroid Muzalia, Professor au Département d’Histoire-Sciences Sociales , Institut supérieur pédagogique de Bukavu
Koen Vlassenroot, Professor in political and social sciences, Ghent University

Research assistants and associates from the global South are sometimes kept invisible, despite their crucial role in the research cycle.

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