Global Partnership Network (GPN)


The Global Partnership Network (GPN) is a collaboration of higher education institutions and civil society groups for research, teaching and workshops around the SDG 17: “Global Partnership for Sustainable Development”.

The GPN calls attention to the shortcomings, limitations, and problematic aspects of international partnerships that have historically been shaped by colonial relations between North and South and sometimes continue to reflect them. Redressing this historical dynamic requires reconstructing the concept towards a partnership based on mutual recognition and solidarity, adequate to the multi-polar and postcolonial 21st century.

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News

Issue 14 - October 2025


Our most recent Newsletter is out now!

GPN Public Talk 2025: Digitalisation of Agriculture in Ghana and the implications for Smallholder Farmers


In the GPN Public Talk Dr. Angela Akorsu, from the University of Cape Coast, shared her perspective about the implications and concerns for smallholder farmers regarding the digitalisation of agriculture in Ghana.

GPN Public Talk 2025: Digitalisation of Agriculture in Ghana and the implications for Smallholder Farmers: Watch the public talk here

Public Talk Recording


"Glo­bal Epis­te­mic Jus­ti­ce, Post-De­ve­lop­ment and Know­ledge Pro­duc­tion in the So­ci­al Sci­en­ces" by Prof. Dr. Sumi Madhok (LSE)

Open Access Book Launch


Take a look of the video where we launched the Open Access Book "Global Partnership Network and Neocolonialism" (2025), the book that compiles academic reflections of the first five years of the Global Partnership Network (2022-2024)

Recording


Book dis­cus­sion "En Bo­li­via no hay ra­cis­mo, in­di­os de mier­da. Ap­un­tes de un pro­ble­ma ne­ga­do" (in Spanish)

GPN Conference 2022


The event took place from 4th to 7th October 2022. You can now watch the recordings of the keynotes online!


New Publications

Resistance against the World Bank-funded Kwabenja Landfill Project in Accra


Aram Ziai and Joshua Kwesi Aikins in Agrarian South: Journal of Political Economy, Volume 14, Issue 4.

Resistance against the World Bank-funded Kwabenja Landfill Project in Accra: Download PDF

CHANGE THE SYSTEM, NOT THE CLIMATE: What is wrong with the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP)?

Assessing the trade and welfare effects of certification schemes: The case of GlobalGAP in Ghana's mango sector


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