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Diverse perspectives, shared goals: harnessing the power of global south science

  • L.M. Diele-Viegas1
  • A. Sengupta2
  • F. Dias-Silva3
  • A. Bang4
  • S.A. Lambertucci5
  • L Sravanti6
  • M.A. Aizen7
  • L.E.O. Gomes8
  • T. McIntyre9
  • M.S. Palmer10
  • V.S.S. Praseres11
  • F. Rojas-Marchini12
8 more authors
  • G. Salgado-Garza13
  • S. Sharma14
  • S. Skeen15
  • B.E. Soares16
  • J.S. Souza17
  • S.A. Sousa18
  • D.G. Zanetti8
  • F. Virginio
18 affiliations
  1. 1Laboratório de (Bio)Diversidade no Antropoceno, Universidade Federal da Bahia, R. Barão de Jeremoabo - Ondina, CEP 40170-010, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil; Kellogg Ecological Station, Michigan State University, Hickory Corners, Michigan, 49060, United States of America; Global Studies Institute, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 97402, United States of America; Corresponding author.
  2. 2SM Sehgal Foundation Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, Royal Enclave, Sriramapura, Jakkur Post, Bengaluru 560064, Karnataka, India
  3. 3Laboratório de (Bio)Diversidade no Antropoceno, Universidade Federal da Bahia, R. Barão de Jeremoabo - Ondina, CEP 40170-010, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil; Setor de Herpetologia, Departamento de Vertebrados, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
  4. 4School of Arts and Sciences, Azim Premji University, Bhopal 462010, India; Society for Ecology Evolution and Development, Wardha 442001, India
  5. 5Grupo de Investigaciones en Biología de la Conservación, Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente (INIBIOMA), Universidad Nacional del Comahue-CONICET. San Carlos de Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina
  6. 6Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, India
  7. 7Grupo de Ecología de la Polinización, Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente (INIBIOMA), Universidad Nacional del Comahue-CONICET, San Carlos de Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina
  8. 8Departamento de Oceanografia e Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Av. Fernando Ferrari, 514, Goiabeiras, Vitória, ES 29055-460, Brazil
  9. 9Department of Life and Consumer Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, University of South Africa, South Africa
  10. 10Fauna and Flora International, The David Attenborough Building, Pembroke St, Cambridge CB2 3QZ, United Kingdom
  11. 11Universidade Federal da Bahia, R. Barão de Jeremoabo - Ondina, CEP 40170-010, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
  12. 12Instituto de Geografía, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Avenida Brasi, 2241, Valparaíso, Chile
  13. 13Department of Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, United States of America
  14. 14Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Museum Koenig Bonn, Bonn, Germany; IUCN SSC Bear Specialist Group, Switzerland
  15. 15Institute for Life Course Health Research, Department of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
  16. 16Institute of Environmental Change and Society, University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
  17. 17Programa de Pós-Graduação em Língua e Cultura, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil; Rede Pública Municipal, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil; Rede Pública Municipal, Lauro de Freitas, Bahia, Brazil
  18. 18Universidade Estadual do Ceará / Faculdade de Educação e Ciências Integradas de Crateús, Rua Dr. José Sabóia Livreiro, 1480, Bairro Altamira, CEP 40170-010, Crateús, Ceará, Brazil
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Abstract

The current global scientific landscape is structured as a hierarchy that prioritises Global North epistemologies while treating knowledge from the Global South as peripheral. This exclusion is maintained through three primary pillars of inequity: academic dependency, linguistic and financial gatekeeping, and extractive research practices. In the face of planetary-scale crises, we cannot afford to ignore the insights of most of the world’s population due to systemic imbalances. Here we contextualise the Brandt Line’s legacy and argue that the exclusion of southern voices is a critical scientific integrity issue that limits our ability to solve global challenges. To address current asymmetries, we propose a strategy of seven complementary pathways requiring coordinated action by both southern and northern stakeholders. Ultimately, achieving true sustainability requires a scientific ecosystem that is as diverse, representative, and resilient as the planet it seeks to protect.

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@article{dieleviegas2026diverse,
  title = {{Diverse perspectives, shared goals: harnessing the power of global south science}},
  author = {L.M. Diele-Viegas and A. Sengupta and F. Dias-Silva and A. Bang and S.A. Lambertucci and L Sravanti and M.A. Aizen and L.E.O. Gomes and T. McIntyre and M.S. Palmer and V.S.S. Praseres and F. Rojas-Marchini and G. Salgado-Garza and S. Sharma and S. Skeen and B.E. Soares and J.S. Souza and S.A. Sousa and D.G. Zanetti and F. Virginio},
  journal = {Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.1016/j.pecon.2026.09.003},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pecon.2026.09.003},
  note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY  - JOUR
TI  - Diverse perspectives, shared goals: harnessing the power of global south science
AU  - L.M. Diele-Viegas
AU  - A. Sengupta
AU  - F. Dias-Silva
AU  - A. Bang
AU  - S.A. Lambertucci
AU  - L Sravanti
AU  - M.A. Aizen
AU  - L.E.O. Gomes
AU  - T. McIntyre
AU  - M.S. Palmer
AU  - V.S.S. Praseres
AU  - F. Rojas-Marchini
AU  - G. Salgado-Garza
AU  - S. Sharma
AU  - S. Skeen
AU  - B.E. Soares
AU  - J.S. Souza
AU  - S.A. Sousa
AU  - D.G. Zanetti
AU  - F. Virginio
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/25
JO  - Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation
DO  - 10.1016/j.pecon.2026.09.003
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pecon.2026.09.003
AB  - The current global scientific landscape is structured as a hierarchy that prioritises Global North epistemologies while treating knowledge from the Global South as peripheral. This exclusion is maintained through three primary pillars of inequity: academic dependency, linguistic and financial gatekeeping, and extractive research practices. In the face of planetary-scale crises, we cannot afford to ignore the insights of most of the world’s population due to systemic imbalances. Here we contextualise the Brandt Line’s legacy and argue that the exclusion of southern voices is a critical scientific integrity issue that limits our ability to solve global challenges. To address current asymmetries, we propose a strategy of seven complementary pathways requiring coordinated action by both southern and northern stakeholders. Ultimately, achieving true sustainability requires a scientific ecosystem that is as diverse, representative, and resilient as the planet it seeks to protect.
SN  - 2530-0644
ER  -