The Earth System Governance (ESG) Project’s South-South Initiative and the ESG Research Centre Brasília invite you to join this webinar to discuss the “Global South” perspective within the ESG network.
When? 6 March 2026, 08.30-10.30 BST, 12.30-14.30 CET, 17.00-19.00 IST
Where? Zoom
The webinar builds on the article “Where is the ‘Global South’ located in scientific research?” by Mazzega et al. (2025) and explores the question: “How is the Global South positioned within the ESG Network?”. This article is part of the recently completed Special Issue titled “Locating the ‘Global South’ in Earth System Governance”, published in the Earth System Governance Journal and edited by members of ESG Project.
Understanding how the “Global South” is represented, engaged, and positioned within the global research networks is essential for fostering more inclusive, equitable, and diverse knowledge production in earth system governance. Reflecting critically on our own network, the ESG network, helps identity structural gaps and opportunities for more meaningful South-South, North-South, and triangular exchanges.
During the webinar, participants will have an opportunity to learn more about the ESG Project, its South-South Initiative, the Special Issue and the article that frames the discussion. They will also be invited to share their inputs via Mentimeter, which will inform the South-South Initiative’s planning and strategy development.
Guest speakers
Rugmini Devi M, PhD, is a Fellow at the Science Policy Institute, University of Kerala, focusing on International Political Economy of Green Technology, bilateral relations, international technology cooperation and innovation studies. She was a doctoral fellow funded by the Indian Council for Social Science Research researching US-India-Brazil green technology collaborations. Rugmini holds a Master’s in Political Science from the University of Kerala and a Bachelor’s in Social Sciences from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India. She was an international exchange fellow at the Institute of International Relations, University of Brasilia.
Pierre Mazzega is Doctor in Earth Observation from Space, Engineer in geophysics, HDR-accreditation to supervise research (Toulouse University, France). Senior scientist at CNRS in the “Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Solidarités, Sociétés, Territoires” research unit (LISST UMR5193, France). He is developing research on the modelling of environmental law, policy and governance as complex systems. He has various experiences, in different research contexts, including on environmental modelling and on nonlinear data analysis and assimilation in models.
Anna Flavia Barros Platiau is an Associate Professor at the Institute of International Relations at the University of Brasília (UnB), a position she has held since 2002. She is a member of the National Institute of Science and Technology for the Cryosphere (INCT da Criosfera) and of the Polar Studies Center at the Brazilian Superior War College (NEPESD). She served as Director of the Brasília Research Centre of the Earth System Governance Project (2019–2022) and is an affiliated Senior Researcher with the Earth System Governance Project’s Ocean Governance Taskforce. In addition, she is a Researcher at the Center for Global Studies (IREL/UnB), a member of the International Studies Association (USA), and a member of the Brazilian Association of International Relations (ABRI) (Participation to be confirmed).
