The World Society Foundation (WSF) is celebrating its 40th anniversary of its activity as World Observatory supporting social sciences scholars and scientific research all over the world, particularly those from the Global South, to investigate the various processes of Global Integration and Disintegration, (Re)structuring and (Re)configuration. The online conference will take place from 25-26 August 2022 in combination with an onsite-event in Zürich.
The WSF invites you to submit theoretical and empirical contributions on the ongoing transformative processes (re)shaping the future of World Society. Issues that may be addressed by papers include (but are not limited to) the following topics:
- Deglobalization, fragmentation or reconfiguration of world society
- Re-examining and (re)theorizing the concept of world society in the context of deglobalization
- Asia, Latin America, Africa, and the European periphery as part and driver of a deglobalizing world society
- Deglobalization and digitalization of world society
- Deglobalization and democracy in retreat
- World cultural de-standardization, (sub)cultural differentiation, and resistance
- Deglobalization and ecological transformation of world society: Capabilities of mitigating climate change
The deadline for Abstract submission is 31 October 2021. Please download the call document (pdf) for further information.