Eolving a Leading Community for Global Studies.
The Network was created to connect analysis of global systems with everyday experience—turning annual convenings into an integrated, year-round platform for publication and collaboration.
Established in 2008, the Network is among the early field-defining associations dedicated to global studies—growing into one of the leading interdisciplinary forums connecting conference exchange with peer-reviewed publishing.
Recurring and recent collaborators include National University of Singapore (Singapore), University of Granada (Granada, Spain), Jagiellonian University (Kraków, Poland), National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Athens, Greece), Oxford Brookes University (Oxford, UK), and University of Málaga (Málaga, Spain)—among others.
Across editions, the Network has brought together leading voices on trade and finance, migration and diaspora, media and digital societies, human rights and governance, and climate and ecological risk—framing the “new globalization” through both empirical insight and theoretical critique. Speakers have included George Ritzer (University of Maryland, College Park, 2009), John Urry (Lancaster University, 2012), Ulrich Beck (University of Munich, 2012), Manoranjan Mohanty (Council for Social Development, 2013), Jack Qiu (Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2014), Annabelle Sreberny (SOAS, University of London, 2015), Robin Mansell (London School of Economics, 2015), and Elzbieta Matynia (The New School, 2019).
We are thankful for the leadership of the current and pastResearch Network Chairs.
Current Chair and Editor
(2019 - )
Founding Chair and Editor
(2008-2019)
The International Conference on Global Studies has a rich history of featuring leading and emerging voices from the field, including:
Distinguished Professor, University of Maryland, College Park, USA
(2009)
Professor, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
(2012)
Professor, University of Munich, Munich, Germany
(2012)
Council for Social Development, New Delhi, India
(2013)
Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China
(2014)
Emeritus Professor, SOAS, University of London, London, UK
(2015)
Professor, London School of Economics, London, UK
(2015)
Professor of Sociology and Liberal Studies, and founding director of the Transregional Center for Democratic Studies (TCDS), New School for Social Research, New York, USA
(2019)
Partnerships extend the Network’s scholar-led mission—linking universities and institutes that share our commitment to reimagining globalization. Past and ongoing collaborations include:
