Dr Aleida Borges
Lecturer in Politics & Inequality
Biography
Dr Aleida Mendes Borges' research offers critical perspectives at the intersection of politics, gender, youth and decoloniality to examine the multifaceted dimensions of inequality within political, social, and organisational contexts in Africa, Latin America and Europe. She is a jurist by training, specialising in International Public Law (Human Rights).
Aleida is the convenor of the African Politics specialist group, and an elected trustee at the Political Studies Association (PSA UK).
As a 'Global South' scholar working in the 'Global North', Aleida is committed to initiatives that seek to highlight the power imbalances inherent in our interactions, as researchers, with the Global South and as such seeks to collaborate with colleagues in reorienting the privileges of academic power towards the Global South.
Aleida is committed to ensuring that research is of the highest scientific and ethical standards in protection of the rights of research participants and the wider public served by the research community. In pursuance of this she is a member of the King’s College London Research Ethics Committee, serving the in the High-Risk Research Ethics Panel & Research Ethics Sub-Committee (RESC) for Social Sciences, Humanities, and Law.
Aleida is the co-editor of Pandemic Response and the Cost of Lockdowns: Global Debates from Humanities and Social Sciences (Routledge) and Covid-19 Restrictions in the Global South: Accelerating Inequalities, Worsening Human Rights (Bloomsbury - forthcoming); and has authored several reports, peer-reviewed book-chapters and article publications in English and Portuguese, and regularly serves as country expert for Portuguese-Speaking countries for V-DEM, Open Government Partnership (OGP, Afrobarometer and the World Bank.
Aleida is currently completing a manuscript entitled, 'Engaging the State: Youth Grassroots Politics in Cabo Verde and São Tomé e Principe', centring on how young people organise through community associations to claim political voice, influence local governance, and engage the State from below.
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Research
- Grassroots political leadership
- Climate activism
- Gendering politics & citizenship
- Youth politics
- Decoloniality
- Intersectionality
- Organisations as gendered processes
Teaching
Postgraduate
- 7YYFN032 Building Gender-Inclusive Organisations and Outcomes
- 7YYFSGA5 Research Methods in Global Leadership
PhD supervision
Aleida invites PhD students interested in the themes aligned with her research as outlined below:
- Intersectional & Decolonial Feminism
- Women Grassroots Leadership
- Gender & Development
- Women in Politics
- Global South Epistemologies
- Building Inclusive Organisations
- Social Movements
- Youth Politics
- Politics, Culture & Society in Lusophone Africa & Brazil
Further details
Research
Africa Research Group
The Africa Research Group provides a hub for Africa-focused research within the War Studies Department and across the College.
Children, Youth, Peace and the Arts
Children, Youth, Peace and the Arts (CYPA) connects researchers and practitioners to explore how the arts are used in peacebuilding efforts for and with children and youth.
KingsCAT: Capture and Analysis Tool for Social Media Research at King’s College London
KingsCAT is an instance of the open source 4CAT: Capture and Analysis Toolkit set up to support interdisciplinary and collaborative social media research.
Project status: Ongoing
News
GIWL Changemaker Domtila Chesang leads the fight against FGM
A new report on tackling FGM offers practical solutions for policymakers
£5 million grant awarded to study women's political representation
The research will explore marginalised women's experiences of politics
International Women's Day 2022: #BreakTheBias
International Women’s Day celebrates the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women and also marks a call to action for accelerating...
The effects of gender inequality across the world
New podcast episode looks at how gender bias, gendered violence and gender pay gaps are affecting women and wider society
Events
Amílcar Cabral: Celebrating the Life of an African Revolutionary
Celebrating both the centenary of Amílcar Cabral’s birth and the 50th anniversary of the independence of the Lusophone African countries.
Please note: this event has passed.
Spotlight
Turning evidence into action to tackle gender inequality
International Women’s Day, celebrated on 8 March each year, is a chance to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. But...
Research
Africa Research Group
The Africa Research Group provides a hub for Africa-focused research within the War Studies Department and across the College.
Children, Youth, Peace and the Arts
Children, Youth, Peace and the Arts (CYPA) connects researchers and practitioners to explore how the arts are used in peacebuilding efforts for and with children and youth.
KingsCAT: Capture and Analysis Tool for Social Media Research at King’s College London
KingsCAT is an instance of the open source 4CAT: Capture and Analysis Toolkit set up to support interdisciplinary and collaborative social media research.
Project status: Ongoing
News
GIWL Changemaker Domtila Chesang leads the fight against FGM
A new report on tackling FGM offers practical solutions for policymakers
£5 million grant awarded to study women's political representation
The research will explore marginalised women's experiences of politics
International Women's Day 2022: #BreakTheBias
International Women’s Day celebrates the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women and also marks a call to action for accelerating...
The effects of gender inequality across the world
New podcast episode looks at how gender bias, gendered violence and gender pay gaps are affecting women and wider society
Events
Amílcar Cabral: Celebrating the Life of an African Revolutionary
Celebrating both the centenary of Amílcar Cabral’s birth and the 50th anniversary of the independence of the Lusophone African countries.
Please note: this event has passed.
Spotlight
Turning evidence into action to tackle gender inequality
International Women’s Day, celebrated on 8 March each year, is a chance to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. But...