Global Change

The Global Change focus area is an interdisciplinary exploration of claims and realities of economic, political, social, ecological, and cultural aspects of globalization. The coursework in this focus area pays particular attention to the production and reproduction of inequities. Students are encouraged to take the foundation course, GLST 651: Critical Approaches to Global Change, to ensure that they have a good foundation of knowledge in global studies. We explore topics such as:

• the impact of global ecological change
• the role of emerging technologies in global change
• the effects of neo-liberal globalism on the nation state, local spaces, and international governance
• unequal impacts of global change at the intersections of Indigeneity, race, class, gender and other identities
• resistance to and accommodation of global forces
• critical tools of analysis to understand and engage with processes and agents of globalization

This focus area will be of interest to those wishing to engage in research and other work in the areas such as social movements, development, transnational solidarity work and inequity.

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