Nineteenth Global Studies Conference
- Bridging Boundaries: Collaborative Solutions to Complex Social Issues in an Interconnected World
- 15-17 July 2026
- University of Galway, Galway, Ireland + Online
The Nineteenth Global Studies Conference featured plenary sessions by some of the world's leading thinkers and innovators in the field.
Emeritus Professor, University of Galway, Ireland
"Social Empathy the Secret Sauce for Effective Multidisciplinary Working and Human Flourishing!"
(In English)
Professor, University of Huelva, COIDESO Research Center, Spain
"Ciudadanía crítica y compromiso socioambiental: claves educativas entre lo local y lo global"
(In Spanish)
Lecturer, Public Health Policy, Institute for Policy Research, University of Bath, UK
"Humility, Positivity, Adaptability and Resilience: Lessons from a Multisectoral Collaboration and a Systems Approach to Tackle a Societal Challenge"
(In English)
Professor, Gender and Women’s Studies and Director, Centre for Global Women’s Studies, School of Political Science and Sociology, University of Galway, Ireland
"Violence Against Women: A Multi-Headed Hydra"
(In English)
Professor, International Politics, Richmond American University London, UK
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 2026 Emerging Scholar Award Recipients are as follows:
Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA), Georgia
(In-person)
Queensland University of Technology, Austrailia
(In-person)
IBAIS University, Bangladesh
(Online Only)Amir-Hossain
University of Hawaii at Manoa, United States
(Online Only)Ivy-Yeung
South Asian University, India
(Online Only)
University of California, Irvine, United States
(Online Only)
University of Massachusetts, United States
(Online Only)
Northeastern Illinois University, United States
(Online Only)
Fluminense Federal University & Università degli Studi di Milano, Brasil
(Online Only)