Global Studies Center | Global Studies Center

The Global Studies Center promotes critical thinking and practical engagement with the world through the interdisciplinary study of globalization -- of transnational processes and the connections, divisions, disruptions, inequalities, and productive possibilities these processes engender across time and space. We foster innovative research, rigorous study, and thoughtful practice through our collaborations with staff, students, faculty, and community partners locally and around the world, creating diverse and inclusive spaces for intellectual growth and debate.

Research Initiatives

Critical World Ecologies

Present discussions about the catastrophic and rapid changes now underway in the earth system—transformations that include the mass extinction of... Learn More >

Migrations

The Global Studies Migrations Initiative asks how different forms of movement, mobility, and displacement might be studied Learn more >

Contested Cities

Cities are terrains of social and political contestation. It is projected that 70% of the world’s population will live in cities by 2050, and cities... Learn more >

Global Health

GSC seeks to nurture campus-wide cooperation on curricular and programmatic initiatives related to global health. Learn More >

Upcoming Events

Mar

21

Presentation: The Limits of Hegemonic Power: The United States’ Failure to Change International Human Rights Norms During the War on Terror

11:00 am

3430 Posvar Hall

Mar

23

Presentation: High School International Marketing Competition - Content Presentations on language, culture, and business practices

11:30 am

Mar

27

Presentation: Other Ways to Be: Decolonization in Gabriel García Márquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude and Namwali Serpell's The Old Drift

11:00 am

Zoom & In Person (Posvar 4217)

Mar

27

Lecture: Dr. Kakenya Ntaiya, 2023 Exemplary Leader

3:00 pm

WPU Ballroom A

Pittsburgh Network for Threatened Scholars (PiNTS)

Administered by the Global Studies Center (GSC) with support from the... Learn more >

Funding for Pitt Faculty

The Global Studies Center offers numerous types of faculty support to our... Learn more >

Funding For Students

We are happy to offer a variety of funding opportunities to undergraduate... Learn more and Apply >

Professional Development for Educators

The GSC sponsors a variety of professional development activities for... Join Us>

Apply for GSC Co-Sponsorship

The Global Studies Center welcomes opportunities to co-sponsor campus... Learn More >

Alumni Engagement

We rely on alumni to keep us up-to-date with information about their... Stay in Touch>

Who We Work With

Students

Global studies is a dynamic interdisciplinary field. Find out what makes our globally connected world work. Learn more >

Faculty and Educators

We offer faculty exciting educational exchanges and the opportunity to engage in important resesarch. Learn more >

Community Engagement

We're happy to support our community partners with resources, sponsored activities, and innovative programming. Learn more >