Our collaborative programme with the Harvard Law School
The Graduate Institute will co-host, along with Harvard Law School’s Institute for Global Law and Policy, the first edition of the Global Scholars Academy due to take place from 16-20 August 2021 at Maison de la Paix. The Global Scholars Academy was made possible with generous support from the Open Society University Network (OSUN).
Building on the Institute’s dedication to interdisciplinary research, the Global Scholars Academy will engage a growing community of scholars developing new thinking about the world’s most pressing policy challenges. While in residence, participants will workshop their ongoing research, review current scholarship developments, reconsider canonical texts, and network with colleagues from across the world.
Drawing on the interdisciplinary and global networks of both institutions, this venture aims to strengthen the next generation of scholars and university teachers by placing them in conversation with their global peers and strengthening their ability to rethink a global architecture ill-equipped to deal with the world’s most urgent challenges, from global poverty, inequality and injustice to conflict, migration and environmental change.
The Academy is now open by application to advanced junior scholars, 2-5 years post-PhD and currently holding postdoctoral or faculty positions. We particularly welcome applications from scholars from the Global South and those working on policy challenges of concern to communities in the Global South.
PLEASE APPLY HERE BY 2 APRIL 2021
For questions, please write to globalscholarsacademy@graduateinstitute.ch
FORMAT
The 2021 Academy will offer a unique interdisciplinary curriculum designed for junior scholars with scholarly projects relating to this year’s themes and which focus on issues of significance for scholars and policymakers in the global South. The Academy will include thematic mini-courses or “streams”, plenary lectures, and writing workshops. The Academy program is designed to strengthen academic and professional skills in presenting research, developing curricular materials and participating in global scholarly dialog. Writing workshops will offer participants the opportunity to receive detailed, valuable feedback on their research from their peers and senior colleagues in small group settings.
THEMES
Authoritarianism, Populism and Constitutional Authority
Colonial and Postcolonial Structures of Power and Domination
Commons from Global to Local
Critical and Social Theory
Development, Distribution and Inequality
Digital and Technological Transformations
Expertise, Knowledge, and Power
Gender, Poverty and Social Inclusion
Global Corporations
Social Movements
The Future of Work
The Urban Environment in a Global World
What is Global?