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One-Week Workshops
One-week workshops are organized to provide training on pedagogy and curriculum development, primarily to create teaching modules to be infused into courses.
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One-Day Virtual Workshops
One-day virtual workshops are organized for the professional development of faculty, either based on a global issue or a geographic region.
AI, Surveillance, and Dissent
Date: 5-Apr-2025 - 10:00 AM To 3:30 PM EST
The increasing global challenges related to AI, surveillance, and human rights abuses are forcing us to re-assess how we can regulate AI to safeguard a more responsible, accountable, and humane world. In this workshop, we will discuss the various efforts for a better world by reforming governing institutions or forming new networks that are based on accountability, inclusivity, fairness, interdependency, and democracy.
Global Capitalism and Authoritarianism or Democracy
Date: 03-May-2025 - 10:00AM - 3:30PM EST
The workshop will discuss the historical development of capitalism with the resulting benefits, shortcomings, and drawbacks. We will try to re-conceptualize global capitalism in a way that the dynamics of historical transformations and the varieties of current socio-political constellations can be more adequately understood and efforts for democracy vs. authoritarianism .
Social Justice and Globalization
Date: 16-May-2025 - 10:00AM - 3:30PM EST
This workshop examines the global dimensions of social justice challenges and movements in a globalizing planet. It explores the formation, activities, and strategies for change, weighing the opportunities and constraints in mobilizing individuals, groups, and nations.
Human Security, Rights, and Freedoms
Date: 04-Aug-2025 To 08-Aug-2025
This workshop examines the nexus of human security and human development, within a global framework of human rights and freedoms. How human security is to be promoted and implemented? What are major proposals for increasing human security, human rights, and people’s well-being?
Emerging Technologies and Human Evolution
Date: 11-Aug-2025 To 15-Aug-2025
This workshop is exploring the increasing permeation of every aspect of work and life by emerging technologies. How emerging technologies change people’s livelihoods? What are major ethical challenges and moral codes or guidelines? How do we deal with transhumanism?
Global Pandemics and Healthcare Challenges
Date: 07-Nov-2025 - 10 AM To 3:30 PM EST
This workshop will examine how pandemics are impacting people’s livelihoods. There are useful insights from various regions of the world, especially Asia, in trying to mitigate and adapt to wide variety of challenges caused by bacteria and viruses, in their effort to deal with large-scale illnesses and death.
Emerging Technologies and Ethical Challenges
Date: 16-May-2025 - 10:00 AM To 3:30 PM EST
This workshop will discuss how emerging technologies like nanotechnology, information technology, genetics, robotics, synthetic biology, novel pharmaceuticals, regenerative medicine and neuroscience transform the world with major trade-offs and create ethical challenges for the human race.
Global Competition, Cooperation, and Conflict
Date: 03-Aug-2026 To 07-Aug-2026
This workshop explores major factors and forces of global completion, or cooperation, or conflict. It will attempt to increase the understanding of the processes involved in cooperation and competition, their effects, and the factors that contribute to developing differing relationships. What strategies could be used to prevent or mitigate conflict? How do we structure “win-win” agreements/policies?
Global Norms, Values, and Identity
Date: 10-Aug-2026 To 14-Aug-2026
This workshop explores the interplay of norms, values, and identity. How do they influence behaviors of individuals, groups, and nations in global affairs? What are the major features of the evolution of norms and values and what are future trends for the human civilization.
The Nexus of Climate Change, Energy, Food, and Water
Date: 02-Aug-2027 To 06-Aug-2027
This workshop focuses on major global implications by climate change. How does climate change impacts people’s livelihoods in various regions? What are major adaptations and mitigations strategies and policies? What are future trends and solutions?
Human Migrations and Global Consequences
Date: 09-Aug-2027 To 13-Aug-2027
This workshop explores the complexities and consequences of human migrations creating global consequences. The primary focus is on forced migrations based on warfare, poverty, and climate with the immense moral and ethical implications that result from aggression, injustices, and denial of human rights and dignity.
Energy, Water, and Quality of Life
Date: 31-Jul-2028 To 04-Aug-2028
This workshop explores major challenges in the disparity of access and use of water and energy around the world. We will examine the interdependencies and complications of water and energy, as a paramount global issue for humanity.
Social Justice and Globalization
Date: 12-Aug-2024 To 16-Aug-2024
This workshop explores how can universal human rights exist in a culturally diverse world? As the international community becomes increasingly integrated, how can cultural diversity and integrity are respected? Are global human rights an inevitable development for humanity?
The Interface of Global Poverty, Inequality, and Social Justice
Date: 05-Aug-2024 To 09-Aug-2024
This workshop will explore the interface of global poverty and inequality and global implications. What are the major factors impacting poverty and inequality? How poverty and inequality have evolved in the past several decades and are the prominent proposed solutions? How can social justice co-exist with poverty and inequality?
Education in the post-COVID World
Date: 8-Jun-2024 - 10:00 AM To 3:30 PM EST
This workshop will discuss the increasing importance of information technologies, especially the Internet impacting education. We will explore various learning challenges and strategies of pedagogy that faculty could use with their students and possibly revise their teaching.
Climate Change and People’s Livelihoods
Date: 01-June-2024 - 10 AM To 3:30 PM EST
This workshop will examine how climate change is impacting people’s livelihoods in various parts of the world. There are useful insights from various parts of the world trying to adapt and/or mitigate climate change challenges, in their effort to improve or at least maintain their livelihoods.
Human Rights and State Violence
Date: 17-May-2024 - 10:00 AM To 3:30 PM EST
This workshop will explore the interdependence of human rights and violence thru major governmental institutions in various parts of the world. In particular, the focus will be on recent developments and threats to societies with limited rights, protections, and resources.
Global Inequality and Poverty
Date: 3-May-2024 - 10:00 AM To 3:30 PM EST
This workshop will examine the major factors and forces of poverty and inequality from a global perspective. In the morning, we will discuss the trends and consequences of global inequality and poverty and efforts to reduce them and provide for basic human needs and human potential. In the afternoon, we will discuss the historical interface of inequality/poverty, colonialism, and environment.
Previous Workshops
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Rising Asia and Global Consequences
May 28, 2021
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Africa
May 14, 2021 -
Surveillance, Privacy, and Dissent in a Globalizing World
March 26, 2021
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Citizenship in the 21st Century
February 27, 2021 -
Education in the post-COVID World
January 29, 2021
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Social Solidarity in a World of Difference and Diversity
October 24, 2020
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Being Human in a Technologically-Driven World
October 23, 2020
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Human Security, Freedoms, and Rights
03-Aug-2020 To 07-Aug-2020
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Global Poverty, Inequality, and Development
05-Aug-2019 To 09-Aug-2019
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The Global Interface of Energy, Water, and Climate Change
06-Aug-2018 To 10-Aug-2018
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Human Migrations, Global Networks and Leadership
07-Aug-2017 To 11-Aug-2017
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Global Competition, Cooperation, and Conflict
08-Aug-2016 To 12-Aug-2016
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Global Stewardship, Norms, and Values
03-Aug-2015 To 07-Aug-2015
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Food, Water, and Quality of Life
04-Aug-2014 To 08-Aug-2014 -
Human Rights & Cultural Diversity
05-Aug-2013 To 09-Aug-2013 -
Middle East and Central Asia
20-Aug-2012 To 24-Aug-2012 -
International Conflict and Cooperation
13-Aug-2012 To 17-Aug-2012
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Global Interactions & Exchanges
08-Aug-2011 To 12-Aug-2011 -
Africa & Latin America
25-Jul-2011 To 29-Jul-2011 -
Languages, Communication, Environment & Europe
02-Aug-2010 To 06-Aug-2010
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Southeast Asia
17-Aug-2009 To 21-Aug-2009 -
Global Food & Water Issues
10-Aug-2009 To 14-Aug-2009 -
Global Poverty & Inequality
03-Aug-2009 To 07-Aug-2009 -
Global Healthcare & Education Issues
11-Aug-2008 To 15-Aug-2008
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Human Rights & Cultural Diversity
04-Aug-2008 To 08-Aug-2008 -
China
13-Aug-2007 To 17-Aug-2007 -
International Conflict and Cooperation
06-Aug-2007 To 10-Aug-2007
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Languages & Global Communication
30-Jul-2007 To 03-Aug-2007
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Global Environmental Issues
07-Aug-2006 To 11-Aug-2006 -
China
24-Jul-2007 To 28-Jul-2006 -
Human Rights & Healthcare Issues
01-Aug-2005 To 05-Aug-2005 -
Global Communication, Disputes & Conflict
09-Aug-2004 To 13-Aug-2004