Publications
Listening is not enough: An assessment of the Feedback Loop Methodology
Opusculum 165 | 13.07.2022 | Luisa Bonin | The CEOs of most foundations see “listening to and learning from those they seek to help as a path to greater impact”
Falling Walls: Can Civil Society rock global North-South divisions? What are its Resources, Agents and Limits?
Opusculum 164 | 20.06.2022 | Wolfgang Goede | Invisible walls, cemented by historic inequity, must fall
2020: The year of crisis or crises? | In the Corona crisis: a voice from civil society 19 | 31 Juli 2020
2020 has been a turbulent year so far. Multiple crises are co-existing and influence the way this year will be remembered: the climate crisis, the corona crisis and the racial injustice crisis. The link between these three crisis-phenomena are rarely explored, yet they are evident.COVID-19 and the ‘business of bordering’: The rise of citizen detectives and state implemented borderwork-practices | In the Corona crisis: a voice from civil society 17 | 17.07.2020
The corona virus outbreak induced awave of fear in citizens world-wide, causing them to increasingly want to protect what’s theirs. This gave way to a movement of so-called ‘citizen-detectives’ who decided to take the state administered borderwork-practices to the next level.
Covid-19. Racism-20. And ???-21 The question marks allow only one response: World Civil Society-21. Why? | In the Corona crisis: a voice from civil society 14 | 19.06.2020
Besides the Coronavirus, another virus has recently become increasingly visible: the virus of racism, inequality and poverty, especially in The Americas. A look at the colonial past helps put things in perspective.
Corona: A virus shaking the world, reshaping tomorrow A View from Morocco | In the Corona crisis: a voice from civil society 12 | 12.06.2020
This biological disaster might be a chance for autocratic regimes to reconsider their politics and instead of wasting their budgets on disciplining and punishing their populations, they should use them to build strong and just nations.
Tandems of lay experts and academic experts – How new civil societal collaboration models enhance societal transformation
Opusculum 136 | 01.06.2020 | Wolfgang Chr. Goede on how new civil societal collaboration models can enhance societal transformation
Covid-19 in the humanitarian settings: a multiple challenge | In the Corona crisis: a voice from civil society 8 | 15.05.2020
It is now time to take a humble stance and address the power gap between international organizations and local civil society organizations in the Global South.
