It will be 20 years since the epoch-defining events of September 11, 2001. These actions caused a fracture; the world for a moment was torn apart. But rising out of this terrible devastation also came an incredible outpouring of collaboration, a renewed sense of community, and a dedication to building a better, more peaceful world.
The special focus of the Sixteenth International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences will address issues that have come to the fore in the 21st Century: conflict resolution, humanitarian action, peacebuilding, human rights, and community resilience. As the pressures from the climate emergency, new forms of conflict, rising nationalism, resource scarcity, and campaigns of disinformation continue to grow, we will need to become adept at navigating new social structures and understand a new cultural landscape.
Scholars are invited to contribute papers that will help frame the critical discourses of this era, especially in the face of increasingly insular nationalism, tribal thought, and weaponized narratives. We will be examining issues such as: how to address forced migration and refugee crises during a time of climate displacement; building cultural resilience while maintaining global connectivity; productive communication in a “post-truth” era; how to promote human rights in the face of extremism; understanding how to address acts of symbolic violence and how they impact communities; how to rebuild communities shattered through conflict or disaster; and how to best serve vulnerable groups in emergency settings.
Assistant Professor, Institute for European Studies, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
Oxford Brooks University, United Kingdom
Oxford Brookes University,United Kingdom
Senior Lecturer in Architecture, Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom
Assistant Professor, Institute for European Studies, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
The Sixteenth International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences featured plenary sessions by some of the world's leading thinkers and innovators in the field.
Oxford Brooks University, United Kingdom
"20 Years Later: Reflections on the Reincarnation of Ground Zero"
Associate Professor in Geography and International Development, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
Professor Emeritus of Architecture and Environmental Design, College of Architecture and Planning, University of Colorado, United States
"Heraclitus: again and again but not twice."
For each conference, a small number of Emerging Scholar Awards are given to outstanding graduate students and emerging scholars who have an active research interest in the conference themes. Emerging Scholars perform a critical role in the conference by chairing the parallel sessions, providing technical assistance in the sessions, and presenting their own research papers. The 2021 Emerging Scholar Award Recipients are as follows:
Assistant Professor, University of Iowa, USA
Assistant Professor, Eastern Oregon University, USA
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, India
Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Ireland
Stellenbosch University, South Africa
City College of San Jose del Monte & La Concepcion College, Philippines
University of Massachusetts, USA
Brown University, USA
University of Athens, Greece
Georgia State University, USA
Oxford, England
