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Call for Papers: After Globalization - The Future of World Society

Online conference organized by the World Society Foundation (WSF), 25-26 August 2022

The WSF invites 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.