Within the context of its 40th Anniversary Research Paper Award Program, the World Society Foundation invites theoretical and empirical contributions on the topic of (de)globalization and the related ongoing transformative processes (re)shaping the future of world society.

The WSF Conference Organizing Committee has decided to extend the Abstract Submission Deadline to November 15, 2021. This is the final abstract submission deadline.

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Within the context of the newly established Future of Europe Digital Lab (FEDL) Program, the World Society Foundation (WSF) and the Council for European Studies (CES) are inviting contributions addressing the topic of the rural-urban digital divide and climate change in Europe.

Deadline for Abstract Submission: October 30, 2021

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World Society Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland
August 25–26, 2022 – International Online Conference
August 26, 2022 – In-person Celebration Event

Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
June 20–22, 2022 – Virtual Sessions
June 29–July 1, 2022 – In-person Sessions

University of Hong Kong
Because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the conference will be postponed to 2023.

Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
Because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the conference will be postponed. The exact dates are pending.

Democratic Struggles in Challenging Times: Insights from Mongolia and Around the World
Edited by Christian Suter, Stephen Brown, Dolgian Aldar, and Tamir Chultemsuren
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia: IRIM, Forthcoming
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European Studies. Past, Present and Future
Edited by Erik Jones, 2020, Agenda Publishing, 240 pages
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The Middle Class in World Society: Negotiations, Diversities and Lived Experiences
Edited by Christian Suter, S. Madheswaran, and B.P. Vani
London/New York: Routledge, 2020
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The Return of Geopolitics
World Society Studies, volume 2018
Available free electronic version Preprint Version of the book.
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Overcoming Global Inequalities
Political Economy of the World-System Annuals, Volume XXXIV, 2015
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Structures of the World Political Economy and the Future Global Conflict and Cooperation
World Society Studies, volume 2014
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World Society in the Global Economic Crisis
World Society Studies, volume 2011
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The Global Economic Crisis : Perceptions and Impacts
Special Issue of the Swiss Journal of Sociology, volume 37, issue 2, 2011
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Inequality Beyond Globalization : Economic Changes, Social Transformations,
and the Dynamics of Inequality
World Society Studies, Volume 2010
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