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The Two Sudans at a Critical Juncture

Youth Leadership in Wartime Ukraine: Resilience, Empowerment and Emerging Pathways

Since Russias full-scale invasion in 2022, Ukrainian youth have emerged as central actors in humanitarian and civic initiatives. This study examines how these wartime conditions reshape leadership trajectories among young Ukrainians and identifies factors that sustain or hinder t…

Agaciro, or what Rwanda thinks of development

Against a background of highly polarised research on Rwanda, emerges a promising scholarly interest in Agaciro a worldview, means of livelihood and a political project that centres ideals of individual and collective dignity and self-worth.[1] This paper explores: in what ways do…

Mutual Aid and COVID-19 in London: Understanding Community Resilience

South Sudanese Youth Agency in a Time of COVID-19: Insights on Youth, Leadership & The Opportunity of Crisis

A Taoist Perspective on China's Dynamic Zero-COVID Policy and Implementation

Guinean leadership in the face of crisis, from Ebola to COVID-19

This paper, based on research undertaken during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, evaluates Guineas leadership infrastructure from independence in 1958 until the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. It determines that Guineas leadership can be characterized by a coercive soci…

Social Distancing and Distanced Societies: A Case study of leadership in the early days of COVID-19 in South Africa

The outbreak of COVID-19 This paper provides a leadership analysis of the first five months of the COVID-19 response in South Africa. Societal mobilisation requires a unified and rapid response to crisis, meaning that effective leadership must reach all areas of society. This pap…

Leadership in Crisis: Markers of sustained influence for societal mobilisation in response to COVID-19

COVID-19 posed an intense and prolonged threat to many aspects of societal life. Its global reach and impact was truly remarkable. This situation demanded a response that went beyond that of social mobilisation in normal times: it required the rapid deployment of the aggregation …

COVER NOTE: COVID-19 Special Issue