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Bringing together diverse perspectives from five institutions and six countries, this issue expands dialogue on the Global South’s evolving role in global development. It also features an original photo essay offering visual insight into the contexts shaping these discussions. Issue II was presented at the annual Humanities Research Center Conference at Duke Kunshan University in April 2025.

Nexus Issue II

What you’ll get

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    An original photo essay exploring the five senses through the lens of the Global South

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    In-depth features and field research spanning policy, ecology, and culture

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    Fresh perspectives from emerging scholars reimagining global development

Nexus Issues

Issue II

The second issue, presented at the 2025 Duke Kunshan University Annual Humanities Research Center Conference, expanded to nine articles from five institutions, bringing together voices that examine the intersections of policy, identity, and ecology across the Global South. Each contribution offers a distinct perspective on how societies adapt, resist, and create within shifting global contexts.

Issue I

Our inaugural Issue, presented at the 2024 annual Humanities Research Center Conference at Duke Kunshan University (with congratulatory remarks from the center’s co-directors and the Vice Chancellor of the institution), features five articles and an original photo essay on rural-urban transition from the editorial board.

Frequently asked questions

  • Nexus is published annually. Issues I and II both were launched at the Duke Kunshan University Humanities Research Center Conference (April 2024 and 2025).

  • All submissions go through a multi-stage editorial process that includes internal review and feedback from the Nexus editorial board. Selection is based on originality, clarity, contribution to the issue’s theme, and potential for cross-regional insight.

  • Any current undergraduate or a master’s student who has independently produced an original research paper on issues pertaining to the Global South. We welcome all fields, with a particular focus on the humanities.

  • The call for submissions for Issue III will open in November 2025.