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Is Scholar-Activism an Oxymoron? Reflecting on the Challenges and Opportunities for Scholarly Activism or Activist Scholarship in the Politics and Gender Field (2025)
Journal Article
Garcia, D. P., True, J., Abbashar, A., Akbari, F., Asadi, P., Aung, I., Dadpour, R., Cárdenas, M. L., Dhanani, P., Lai, R., Matveiva, O., Navumau, V., Rudnik, A., Scheyer, V., Manoilenko, H., Zulver, J., & Hanifah, H. (online). Is Scholar-Activism an Oxymoron? Reflecting on the Challenges and Opportunities for Scholarly Activism or Activist Scholarship in the Politics and Gender Field. Politics & Gender, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743923X25000194

Scholar-activism, which we define as scholarship that seeks to contribute knowledge to activism is often underappreciated. From a methodological perspective, the positionality of scholar-activists is too often misunderstood. Yet scholar-activism is a... Read More about Is Scholar-Activism an Oxymoron? Reflecting on the Challenges and Opportunities for Scholarly Activism or Activist Scholarship in the Politics and Gender Field.

Decolonising Security, Epistemic Disobedience, and Revolutionary Change in Sudan (2024)
Journal Article
Abbashar, A. (2024). Decolonising Security, Epistemic Disobedience, and Revolutionary Change in Sudan. African Historical Review, 55(2), 105-127. https://doi.org/10.1080/17532523.2024.2432176

This article interrogates the late colonial and postcolonial evolution of Sudan’s security sector, trade unions, and professional associations. Specifically, this article is concerned with how Sudan’s police and army responded to trade professional a... Read More about Decolonising Security, Epistemic Disobedience, and Revolutionary Change in Sudan.