Global South Rising? BRICS and the Reconfiguration of Knowledge Systems poses an important provocation: can BRICS reshape global knowledge hierarchies? This edited volume examines the bloc’s socioeconomic rise and its ambition to reconfigure not just the global economy, but also intellectual power structures. Framed as a potential ‘New Bandung’, it echoes the 1955 Bandung Conference, where newly independent nations sought solidarity amid Cold War tensions. Contributors explore whether BRICS can similarly foster a new global knowledge order. International experts assess the bloc’s performance, highlighting its challenge to dominant Western epistemologies and its potential to amplify Global South agency. South Africa, viewed as the smallest BRICS member, emerges as a key player in advancing collaboration in higher education and science. With strategic analysis and fresh insights, this volume invites readers to rethink power, knowledge, and global cooperation.