Garden Conversation with Annabelle Sreberny, Eighth Global Studies Conference, Imperial College London, London, UK
Eighth Global Studies Conference, Imperial College London, London, UK

Eighth Global Studies Conference

  • 2015 Special Focus: Power and Participation in the Age of Big Data
  • 20–21 July 2015
  • Imperial College London London, UK

At a Glance...

2

Days of paper presentations, workshops/interactive sessions, posters, and colloquia.

120+

Delegates from all over the world who attended the Eighth Global Studies Conference.

28

Countries represented.

Plenary Speakers

The Eighth Global Studies Conference featured plenary sessions by some of the world’s leading thinkers and innovators in the field.

Robin Mansell

Robin Mansell

Professor, Media and Communications, London School of Economics, UK

"Power, Hierarchy, and the Internet—Why the Internet Empowers and Disempowers"

Annabelle Sreberny

Annabelle Sreberny

Professor, Centre for Media & Film Studies; Chair, Centre for Iranian Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, UK

"Digital Divides and New Digital Politics: The Contradictions of the Current Moment"

Graduate Scholar Awardees

For each conference, a small number of Graduate Scholar Awards are given to outstanding graduate students who have an active academic interest in the conference area. The Award with its accompanying responsibilities provides a strong professional development opportunity for graduate students at this stage in their academic careers. The 2015 Graduate Scholar Awardees are listed below.

Adetoro Olaniyi Banwo

Adetoro Olaniyi Banwo

Xiamen University, Nigeria

Mitrajit Biswas

Mitrajit Biswas

University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India

Parag Kadam

Parag Kadam

Durham University, UK

Michał Pawiński

Michał Pawiński

Tamkang University, Taiwan

Mahfuzuar Rahman Barbhuiya

Mahfuzuar Rahman Barbhuiya

Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India

Viviane Riegel

Viviane Riegel

Goldsmiths College, São Paulo, Brazil

Cody Carlos Rodriguez

Cody Carlos Rodriguez

University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA

David Sarkisyan

David Sarkisyan

Yerevan State University, Armenia

Lamia Zia

Lamia Zia