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Globalisation, Transnationalism and Development

Contact: Dr. Brigitte Le Normand (Director) and Dr. Mahardhika Sjamsoeoed Sadjad (Academic Secretary)

The Globalisation, Transnationalism and Development (GTD) research programme brings together research conducted within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences that focuses on the Global South using a transnational perspective. The Global South refers to developing countries as well as recently emerging economic powers such as China and India. While its geographic grounding is the Global South, GTD’s research approach centres on exploring North – South and South – South linkages and flows of people, goods, capital and ideas. Researchers use a transnational perspective to investigate such linkages, giving GTD its distinctive profile. A commonality is that research is strongly grounded in empirical, primary data collection work using mixed methods ranging from anthropological qualitative fieldwork to sociological quantitative surveys.

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Key research themes

  • Transnational Migration and Mobility
  • Politics of the Transnational Production of Knowledges and Cultures
  • Environmental Justice and Sustainability
  • Activism & Power in a Globalized World
  • Gaps and Tensions in Development: Local Agency within Global Structures
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News

Picture this – researchers drawing on illustrators

FASoS’ Laura Ogden and illustrator Michael Kirkham have launched Picture This , which sees arts student from Dundee illustrate the research of social scientists from Maastricht University.
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Read all about our research achievements of 2024 in the newly published annual research report

  • Researchers
In-depth interviews with colleagues who have been appointed via the sector plans, and highlights the key achievements of FASoS research in 2024.
FASoS research report cover 2024

Us and them: Indonesia’s migration policy

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Mahardhika reveals the hidden struggles of refugees in Indonesia, challenges migration myths and exposes climate injustices.
Mahardhika Sjamsoe'oed Sadjad

Prestigious European grant for two UM researchers

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Two researchers from Maastricht University (UM) have received a prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council. This will allow them to set up a scientific research team in the coming years for studies on bioprinted models of a human kidney and on female guest workers from...
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Valentina Mazzucato awarded NWA-ORC grant

With a consortium, she will research how early action and adaptation can effectively build on local at-risk populations’ resilience needs and strategies and how their knowledge can best be included in large-scale climate modelling to better reflect their needs.
Valentina Mazzucato