Börries Nehe holds a PhD in Latin American Studies from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) with a specialization in Sociology. He has been working on social movements, state & space theory, and violence and urban conflicts, mostly in Latin America. To bridge the gaps between academic and non-academic ways of thinking, talking about and doing things has been an important element of his scholarly and activist work. He is currently adviser for the Global Scholarly Dialogue Programme of the RLS and coordinator of the International Research Group on Authoritarianism & Counter-Strategies. He is also a part-time lecturer at the Department of Geography in the University of Frankfurt am Main.
Börries Nehe (Coordinator)
All Publications from Börries Nehe:
Walden Bello: The global rise of the far right [Video]
From Erdogan to Orban, from Bolsonaro to Duterte: we are witnessing a global rise of reactionary nationalist, racist and anti-feminist forces and a rapid de-democratization of political systems.
Introduction | Authoritarianism, Crisis, and Solidarity in the Time of COVID-19: Global Perspectives from the South
Even though the current crisis astonished most of us, it also came as no surprise. During the last decade, we have witnessed a densification of what Alex Demirovic calls “crises of denormalization”, i.e. crises that profoundly undermine the hegemonic neoliberal security dispositive. From the financial crisis in 2008–9, through to Europe´s so-called “migrant crisis” (in fact, a momentary collapse of Europe´s inhumane border regime), up to the climate crisis, world capitalism seems ever more prone to destroying its economic, social, and natural basis, and less and less capable of dealing with the consequences.
Dossier | „Authoritarianism in the Time of COVID-19: Perspectives from the Global South“
Does the pandemic state of exception pave the way for further undemocratization—and if so, is this process happening on a global scale, or are there meaningful differences between regional developments? Are there identifiable patterns regarding a specifically authoritarian-populist, way of dealing with the pandemic and the resulting social and economic crisis? What is, in short, the specifically authoritarian dimension of the world´s responses to the pandemic?
Knowledge Production During Revolutionary Times: Reflections From, In, and On West Asia and North Africa
Roundtable Discussion | Friday October 29, 2021 | 17:00–19:30 | Hybrid (register for details) Speakers: Nader Talebi (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Nafiseh Fathollahzadeh (EUME Fellow of Rosa Luxemburg Foundation / IRGAC 2021-22), Oula Ramadan (Badael), Sana Tannoury-Karam (EUME Fellow 2020-22), Walid El Houri (OpenDemocracy / EUME Fellow 2013/14), Yasmeen Daher (Febrayer), Chair & Discussant: Jeffrey G. Karam (LAU / EUME Fellow of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation / IRGAC 2021-22)
Art and Resistance: An Interview with Börries Nehe and Aurel Eschmann
How do we find images and develop counter-strategies that embolden others and create a narrative for global struggles today?
Echoes of Jin, Jiyan, Azadi in Iran and Elsewhere
An interview with Nafis Fathollahzadeh and Ülker Sözen
