Dr Zaynab El Bernoussi will discuss her new co-authored book with Dr Jessie Moritz on International Political Economy and the Global South: Perspectives from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East (2025). The primary goal of this new book is to provide an alternative or complementary reading of IPE derived from the experiences of the periphery. It asks: how has the Global South responded to the demands of a global economy? What is the meaning of sovereignty to those who have experienced colonialism and imperialism? How can the Global South claim the “international” when the Global North sets its norms, institutions and practices? Aiming to de-Westernize and decentralize the production of knowledge, the book introduces students to the discipline and phenomenon of IPE with a genuinely global perspective.

Author:

Zaynab El Bernoussi, is a scholar specializing in dignity politics, international relations, and the international political economy. Before assuming her current role as Associate Professor of PoliticalScience/Interim Chair at the Africa Institute, she served as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Social Research and Public Policy at New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), Zaynab also held roles at Al Akhawayn University and the International University of Rabat. She currently serves as the Chair of the Theory Section at the International Studies Association (ISA). Her first book, Dignity in the Egyptian Revolution, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2021.

Discussant:

Dr Jessie Moritz is a Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (CAIS), specialising in the relationship between natural resource wealth, economic development, sustainability, and politics in the Arabian Peninsula. She convenes the Energy, Climate and Disaster Security research cluster at the Australian National University’s Institute for Climate, Energy and Disaster Solutions. She has previously held research fellowships and visiting positions at the Transregional Institute at Princeton University, at the King Faisal Centre for Research and Islamic Studies in Riyadh, at the Gulf Studies Program at Qatar University, and the Institute for Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter.