Global Studies

Investigates "thinking globally", a commonly used term in global and local development, encompassing the contemporary knowledge base of informed world citizens. Focuses on a thematically organized enquiry into socio-political, cultural, economic, and geographic world relationships. Engages students in a variety of topics such as the nation-state system, the global economy, development and poverty alleviation, natural resource issues, gender and Indigenous perspectives, food production, climate change, conflict, the implications of AI and other technologies, as well as global trade and migration.