Collaborative Structural Change

Founding Members Saghar Shahidi-Birjandian, and Yatana Yamahata co-authored “Redesigning Global Governance from Below,” which calls on International Relations (IR) scholars to rethink global governance through participatory, community-driven approaches rather than top-down institutional models. The article argues that IR should help amplify local voices, support democratic dialogue, and document alternative visions of global order to create more inclusive, accountable, and just forms of governance for the future.

You can read the full article here:

E-International Relations: https://lnkd.in/gPWzc6uz

Food for Change (Substack): https://lnkd.in/gwFGThaM

CSC is very proud to promote this forthcoming edited volume, which brings together interdisciplinary and lived perspectives on the intergenerational impacts of genocide and mass atrocities. At its core is a commitment to recognizing survivors and their descendants not merely as subjects of study, but as essential producers of knowledge whose experiences deepen understanding and strengthen scholarship, education, advocacy, healing, and atrocity-prevention practice.

Among the global network of brilliant knowledge producers who contributed to this volume, representatives of CSC made significant contributions. The volume was co-edited by CSC Founding Member Sarah Seiselmyer-Snyder and CSC Founder Saghar Shahidi-Birjandian. Saghar and Sarah also co-authored the Introduction. “Centering the Positionality of Intergenerational Survivors Producing Knowledge on Atrocity Violence” and Conclusion, “Positionality as Power: The Unique Epistemic Contribution of Intergenerational Survivor-Scholars”, offering original contributions to discussions of intergenerational survivorship and the role of knowledge producers. CSC Founding Member Yatana Yamahata co-authored a substantive chapter with Saghar titled “Living with Hypocrisy in Genocide Studies and Atrocity Prevention.” Sarah also co-authored an interview with Brenda Wanjiru, “From the Mother's Milk: Am I an Intergenerational Survivor of Genocide?” In addition, CSC roster member Mike Brand contributed a chapter entitled “From Gaza to Darfur: Preventing Mass Atrocities Should Never Be Controversial,” while Tawheed Reza Noor authored “Echoes of Trauma in Knowledge Production: Struggling for Recognition of Bangladesh’s 1971 Genocide.”

We hope this work helps create space for more honest dialogue, critical reflection, and meaningful engagement for current and future generations of scholars, practitioners, survivors, and advocates.

The book is now available for pre-order:

Routledge: https://lnkd.in/g3eYrJ6s

Amazon: https://lnkd.in/gSreyic4

Barnes & Noble: https://lnkd.in/gK2gQs6P