2024 Political Studies Graduate Students Association (PSGSA) Graduate Conference
Date
Wednesday June 26, 20249:00 am - 4:00 pm
The Department of Political Studies Graduate Students Association (PSGSA) present:
The 2024 PSGSA Graduate Conference
"Navigating New Realities in a Changing Global Landscape"
Wednesday, June 26th | 9:00AM – 4:00PM
Mackintosh-Corry Hall (68 University Avenue, Kingston) Room B201 OR via Zoom
*Lunch provided
This event is co-sponsored by the Department of Political Studies.
The turn of the century brought on a wave of new and complex problems that the international community must face. From advancements in technology that have moulded and reshaped domestic political spheres; to leaps in communication that have enabled the rise of powerful non-state actors; to the digitalization of the finance world and the introduction of crypto currencies, we have seen change across virtually every channel of interaction.
Being able to understand these changes and conduct meaningful research to uncover their impacts are essential to a peaceful and cooperative future.
“New Realities” can be considered through many lenses. Understanding the effect evolving social change can have on national or international organizations is bound to change the way the organization operates. The international implications of the ongoing War in Ukraine, or the Israel-Hamas War, have the power to reshape and restructure the security situations in Europe, the Middle East, and beyond. The rise in domestic right-wing support in many regions of the world, or the risks following the possible re-election of Donald Trump, could have the power to challenge many government’s operational and fiscal “status-quos”. And an increase in uprisings and coups, more specifically in the West African region, have regressed democracy to a point that concerns regional security and opens the door to global humanitarian crises.
These are all situations and dimensions of the global landscape that are undergoing change, and therefore creating a new reality the international community must confront.