The Seventeenth Global Studies Conference covers topics such as:

• Networks of Economy and Trade
  
  • Understanding Global Markets – Singular or Multiple
  • Rules of the Game – Free Trade and Fair Trade
  • Power of Scale –Transnational Corporations, Public Investment, Small Enterprise
  • Patterns of Global Investment – Core and Periphery
  • Leveraging Advantages – Engines of Growth in the Developing World
  • Logics of Accumulation and Inequality – Patterns and Trends
  • Division of Labor – Rethinking Inside and Outside
• Power of Institutions
  
  • Legacies of the Past – Imperialism and Neo-colonialism
  • Understanding Soft Power – Structures of Hegemony
  • Global Imaginaries – Neoliberalism, Anti, Alt-Globalization (and Beyond)
  • Agents and Structures – Nations and Sovereignty in the ‘New Globalization’
  • From Below – Social Movements, NGOs, Non-State Actors
  • Negotiating Conflict – Intervention, Political Violence, Terrorism
  • Advancing Universal Rules – Democratic Practices and Human Rights in Diverse Contexts
• Ecological Foundations
  • Common Space - Ecological Footprints, Atmospheres, Biospheres, Eco-spheres
  • Growth and Its Limits - Environment over Economy
  • Shared Danger Signs - Rising Sea Levels, Desertification, Soil Degradation
  • Biological Diversity - It`s Past and Prospects
  • The Built Environment - Urbanization and the Sustainability of Human Settlement
  • Planning Food Systems - Security or Sovereignty
  • The Future of Everyday Life - Weather events, Natural Disasters, and Ecological Surprises
• Vectors of Society and Culture
  • Visions of Progress - Development and Underdevelopment
  • Globalism as Ideology - From Above and Below
  • Pathways of Human Movement - Migrations and Diaspora
  • Imagining Communities - Nationalism and Post-Nationalism
  • Forced Movements - Refugees, Human Trafficking, Statelessness, Internally Displaced Persons
  • Social Meaning Making - Cosmopolitanism, Multiculturalism, Cultural Hybridization
  • Digital Societies - Big Data, Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence
  • Just Relations - Inequality, Poverty, Racism