"Global Affairs and Human Security” Workshop
The “Global Affairs and Human Security” Workshop is hosted by Human Security Lab at UMass Amherst and considers working papers from all Five Colleges International Relations faculty as well as UMass faculty and graduate students working on topics related to the global public good and / or contemporary and emerging challenges in global governance and global affairs;
as well as occasional featured speakers.
Conversations are informed by a wide variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives across the disciplines of political science, legal studies, economics and psychology.
Meetings will be held at 1:00pm on Zoom on second Thursdays during the academic term.
Upcoming Events
Past Events
Smith College’s Mlada Bukovansky presents work in progress on the relationship between corruption and revolutions.
UMass Amherst graduate student Kristina Becvar presents new findings from surveys of Afghan civilians about the future of their country.
Amherst College’s Eleanora Mattiaci presents a new working paper on armed conflict and the environment, documenting why states use scorched earth tactics in war.
Jenna Norosky presents her dissertation-prospectus-in progress on norm development and diffusion around recognizing conflict-related sexual violence against men in war.
UMass Amherst Professor of Economics Kevin Young presents on global elites, education inequity and diversity at the “Global and Human Security” workshop.
Charli Carpenter, Bernhard Leidner and Alex Montgomery present new survey experimental results on the political impact of the nuclear ban treaty.
Doctoral candidate Gabriel Mares presents a working paper at the Conflict, Violence and Security workshop.
Doctoral student Jaeye Baek presents new research on social movements and justice discourse in South Korea.
Visiting Doctoral Fellow Rahmat Baloch will present his research in progress at the first fall 2021 meeting of Conflict, Violence and Security Workshop.