Our thematic architecture spans eight interlinked domains that together map the complexity of social life. Social and Community Studies interrogates lifeworlds, inequality, and social change; Civic and Political Studies examines governance, policy, citizenship, and justice; Cultural Studies explores identities, language, and meaning across anthropological and humanistic frames; Global Studies tracks flows, rights, migration, and development; Environmental Studies connects human and natural systems through sustainability and governance; Organizational Studies analyzes work, knowledge, and change; Educational Studies situates learning as social practice and design; and Communication investigates media, information, and literacies in networked societies. Taken together, these themes connect concepts and methods with the challenges of contemporary life.
On disciplinary and interdisciplinary practices in the study of the social.
On the processes of governance and nature of citizenship.
On disciplinary and interdisciplinary practices in the study of human cultures and cultural interactions.
On the dynamics of globalization and the transformation of the local.
On the connections between human and natural environments.
On the social dynamics of public, community and privately owned organizations.
On learning about the social and social learning.
On the representation and communication of human meanings.