Seventeenth Global Studies Conference

  • The World on the Move: Understanding Migration in a New Global Age
  • 17-19 July 2024
  • Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland + Online

Research Network Chair

Rafal Soborski

Rafal Soborski

Associate Professor, International Politics, Richmond, The American International University in London, UK

2024 Plenary Speakers

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

Jan Brzozowski

Jan Brzozowski

Professor, Institute of European Studies at the Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland

"Venezuelans in Peru and Ukrainians in Poland: a comparative analysis of refugees ' adaptation strategies"

Elżbieta Mirga-Wójtowicz

Elżbieta Mirga-Wójtowicz

Assistant Professor, University of Warsaw, Poland

"Be Careful in This Gypsy Neighborhood" - Antigypsyism As a Global Phenomenon Shaping the Fate of Roma Communities"

Michał P. Garapich

Michał P. Garapich

Professor, London Metropolitan University, UK

"Global Shifts and Local Rifts - Future of Migrations and Rise of the Far-Right from Anthropological Perspective"

Emerging Scholar Awardees

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 2024 Emerging Scholar Award Recipients are as follows:

Pratiksha Ashok

Pratiksha Ashok

UC Louvain, Belgium

(In-Person)

Suleyman Cihan

Suleyman Cihan

Suleyman Demirel University, Turkey

(In-Person)

Michał Pawiński

Michał Pawiński

University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago

(In-Person)

Gabriel Rached

Gabriel Rached

Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy

(In-Person)

Alvin Joseph

Alvin Joseph

Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India

(Online Only)

Gvantsa Gasviani

Gvantsa Gasviani

University of California, Irvine, USA

(Online Only)

​​Ga Young Chung

​​Ga Young Chung

University of California Davis, USA

(Online Only)

​Mosunmola Ogunmolaji

​Mosunmola Ogunmolaji

University of Florida, USA

(Online Only)

Conference Partner