2026 Special Focus—Bridging Boundaries: Collaborative Solutions to Complex Social Issues in an Interconnected World

• Music, Health, and Diplomacy

  Andrew Ward
  Innovation Showcase

• Cartographies of Power

  Mitesh Dixit
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Built Environment through Social Development in Mexico

  Jorge Javier
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Social Recognition in Action

  Audrey Lemaire
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Bridging the Gap

  George Hulene
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Diversity, Intersectorality, and Overlapping Consensus in Global Governance

  Brendan Howe
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Trial By Fire

  Sara O'connor
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Barriers to Yoga for Black and Brown Individuals in the United States

  Jessica Gladden
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Peacebuilding and the Arts

  Jessica Martell, Zackary Vernon
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• A Critical Framework of Ethnic Racial Socialization in Early Childhood

  Esther Calzada
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Digital Belonging - Redefining Remote and Hybrid Work through Accessible, Culturally Intelligent Micro-interactions

  Smrita Jain
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Lessons from a German Revolutionary

  Steven Fuller
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Building Community-Academic Partnerships in a U.S. Urban Community

  Robert Reid, Pauline Garcia-Reid
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Modelling Complex System - Multispatial Ecological Macroeconomics

  Tiziano Distefano
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Negotiating Power, Care, and Autonomy

  Phathutshedzo Mabobo
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Project I.N.S.P.I.R.E.

  Amy Vargo
  Poster Session

• Digital Resistance

  Jennifer Lanham
  Poster Session

The Power of Institutions

• Why Nations Crawl, While Others Use Béquilles to Stand

  Jo M. Sekimonyo
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Resisting Soft Authoritarian Regime

  Philip Egbule
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Fracturing Foundations

  Kofi Amegashie
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• The Apache Struggle against Extractivism and Exploitation at Chi’chil Biłdagoteel (Oak Flat) in Arizona

  Sarah Seroy, Natalie Hamren
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• From Limits to Transformation

  Riccardo De Angeli, Tiziano Distefano
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

Vectors of Society and Culture

• Globalization, Racial Violence and the Role of Restorative Justice

  Beatriz Souto Galván
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Commodity, Culture and Interconnectedness

  Athira Anand
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Intercultural Portfolios as a Tool to Promote and Assess Cultural Literacy in International MBA Programs

  Veronika Elke Schuch
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Immigrating yet still Feeling in the Diaspora

  Tal Dekel
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Framing a Global and American Midwest?

  Rosemary Pennington
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• The Uses of Lullabies in Enhancing Well-Being

  Maureen Gibney
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Understanding the White Woman Voter in the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election

  Leslie Locke
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Who Is "Modern"?

  Katherine Tannous
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Understanding the Inequities Driving Food Insecurity among the Latine Population in Rural Western North Carolina, U.S.

  Kelly Ann Renwick
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Global Dimensions of Queer Irish Culture

  Maria Pramaggiore
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• The Global Childhoods Project

  Nicola Yelland
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Comparative Cultural and Linguistic Preservation

  Gerald Fry
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Driving Leadership Commitment to Build Brave and Safe Spaces

  Gerardo Gauthier Zayas, Ed.D.
  Workshop Presentation

• Ireland’s Artist Residencies as a Global Initiative

  Cynthia Fowler
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Uprooted from Family Traditions and a Sense of Home

  John Charles Hawley
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Voices of Immigrants

  Jacquelyn Moorman, Dawn Behan
  Poster Session

• Beyond the Borderland

  Sama Totah
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

Networks of Economy and Trade

• Material Downscaling and International Dependencies

  Leonardo Paoli, Tiziano Distefano
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Teaching Hope

  John Liptak
  Poster Session

• Populist Policies as a Form of Anti-Globalization

  Selin Ece Guner
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Economies of Speed for Rural Economic Growth

  Edward Brent Lane
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Reinventing Unfreedom

  Eamonn Bellin
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Chinese Relations

  Valentine J. Belfiglio
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

Ecological Foundations

• The Complex Social Issue of Climate Change Denialism

  Isidoro Talavera
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Arbitrary Boundaries and Re-Establishing the Commons

  Emma Mincks
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Temporal Ecologies of Global Foodscapes

  Igor Klyukanov
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Mining and the Mountains

  Natalie Hamren, Sarah Seroy
  Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

Innovation Showcase

• Music, Health, and Diplomacy

  Andrew Ward
  2026 Special Focus—Bridging Boundaries: Collaborative Solutions to Complex Social Issues in an Interconnected World

Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

• Why Nations Crawl, While Others Use Béquilles to Stand

  Jo M. Sekimonyo
  The Power of Institutions

• Globalization, Racial Violence and the Role of Restorative Justice

  Beatriz Souto Galván
  Vectors of Society and Culture

• Commodity, Culture and Interconnectedness

  Athira Anand
  Vectors of Society and Culture

• Intercultural Portfolios as a Tool to Promote and Assess Cultural Literacy in International MBA Programs

  Veronika Elke Schuch
  Vectors of Society and Culture

• Cartographies of Power

  Mitesh Dixit
  2026 Special Focus—Bridging Boundaries: Collaborative Solutions to Complex Social Issues in an Interconnected World

• Built Environment through Social Development in Mexico

  Jorge Javier
  2026 Special Focus—Bridging Boundaries: Collaborative Solutions to Complex Social Issues in an Interconnected World

• Social Recognition in Action

  Audrey Lemaire
  2026 Special Focus—Bridging Boundaries: Collaborative Solutions to Complex Social Issues in an Interconnected World

• Bridging the Gap

  George Hulene
  2026 Special Focus—Bridging Boundaries: Collaborative Solutions to Complex Social Issues in an Interconnected World

• Diversity, Intersectorality, and Overlapping Consensus in Global Governance

  Brendan Howe
  2026 Special Focus—Bridging Boundaries: Collaborative Solutions to Complex Social Issues in an Interconnected World

• Trial By Fire

  Sara O'connor
  2026 Special Focus—Bridging Boundaries: Collaborative Solutions to Complex Social Issues in an Interconnected World

• Barriers to Yoga for Black and Brown Individuals in the United States

  Jessica Gladden
  2026 Special Focus—Bridging Boundaries: Collaborative Solutions to Complex Social Issues in an Interconnected World

• Peacebuilding and the Arts

  Jessica Martell, Zackary Vernon
  2026 Special Focus—Bridging Boundaries: Collaborative Solutions to Complex Social Issues in an Interconnected World

• A Critical Framework of Ethnic Racial Socialization in Early Childhood

  Esther Calzada
  2026 Special Focus—Bridging Boundaries: Collaborative Solutions to Complex Social Issues in an Interconnected World

• Digital Belonging - Redefining Remote and Hybrid Work through Accessible, Culturally Intelligent Micro-interactions

  Smrita Jain
  2026 Special Focus—Bridging Boundaries: Collaborative Solutions to Complex Social Issues in an Interconnected World

• Lessons from a German Revolutionary

  Steven Fuller
  2026 Special Focus—Bridging Boundaries: Collaborative Solutions to Complex Social Issues in an Interconnected World

• Building Community-Academic Partnerships in a U.S. Urban Community

  Robert Reid, Pauline Garcia-Reid
  2026 Special Focus—Bridging Boundaries: Collaborative Solutions to Complex Social Issues in an Interconnected World

• Modelling Complex System - Multispatial Ecological Macroeconomics

  Tiziano Distefano
  2026 Special Focus—Bridging Boundaries: Collaborative Solutions to Complex Social Issues in an Interconnected World

• Immigrating yet still Feeling in the Diaspora

  Tal Dekel
  Vectors of Society and Culture

• Framing a Global and American Midwest?

  Rosemary Pennington
  Vectors of Society and Culture

• The Uses of Lullabies in Enhancing Well-Being

  Maureen Gibney
  Vectors of Society and Culture

• Material Downscaling and International Dependencies

  Leonardo Paoli, Tiziano Distefano
  Networks of Economy and Trade

• Understanding the White Woman Voter in the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election

  Leslie Locke
  Vectors of Society and Culture

• Who Is "Modern"?

  Katherine Tannous
  Vectors of Society and Culture

• Understanding the Inequities Driving Food Insecurity among the Latine Population in Rural Western North Carolina, U.S.

  Kelly Ann Renwick
  Vectors of Society and Culture

• Global Dimensions of Queer Irish Culture

  Maria Pramaggiore
  Vectors of Society and Culture

• The Global Childhoods Project

  Nicola Yelland
  Vectors of Society and Culture

• Comparative Cultural and Linguistic Preservation

  Gerald Fry
  Vectors of Society and Culture

• Resisting Soft Authoritarian Regime

  Philip Egbule
  The Power of Institutions

• Fracturing Foundations

  Kofi Amegashie
  The Power of Institutions

• The Apache Struggle against Extractivism and Exploitation at Chi’chil Biłdagoteel (Oak Flat) in Arizona

  Sarah Seroy, Natalie Hamren
  The Power of Institutions

• From Limits to Transformation

  Riccardo De Angeli, Tiziano Distefano
  The Power of Institutions

• Populist Policies as a Form of Anti-Globalization

  Selin Ece Guner
  Networks of Economy and Trade

• Economies of Speed for Rural Economic Growth

  Edward Brent Lane
  Networks of Economy and Trade

• Reinventing Unfreedom

  Eamonn Bellin
  Networks of Economy and Trade

• Chinese Relations

  Valentine J. Belfiglio
  Networks of Economy and Trade

• The Complex Social Issue of Climate Change Denialism

  Isidoro Talavera
  Ecological Foundations

• Arbitrary Boundaries and Re-Establishing the Commons

  Emma Mincks
  Ecological Foundations

• Temporal Ecologies of Global Foodscapes

  Igor Klyukanov
  Ecological Foundations

• Ireland’s Artist Residencies as a Global Initiative

  Cynthia Fowler
  Vectors of Society and Culture

• Negotiating Power, Care, and Autonomy

  Phathutshedzo Mabobo
  2026 Special Focus—Bridging Boundaries: Collaborative Solutions to Complex Social Issues in an Interconnected World

• Uprooted from Family Traditions and a Sense of Home

  John Charles Hawley
  Vectors of Society and Culture

• Mining and the Mountains

  Natalie Hamren, Sarah Seroy
  Ecological Foundations

• Beyond the Borderland

  Sama Totah
  Vectors of Society and Culture

Workshop Presentation

• Driving Leadership Commitment to Build Brave and Safe Spaces

  Gerardo Gauthier Zayas, Ed.D.
  Vectors of Society and Culture

Poster Session

• Teaching Hope

  John Liptak
  Networks of Economy and Trade

• Project I.N.S.P.I.R.E.

  Amy Vargo
  2026 Special Focus—Bridging Boundaries: Collaborative Solutions to Complex Social Issues in an Interconnected World

• Voices of Immigrants

  Jacquelyn Moorman, Dawn Behan
  Vectors of Society and Culture

• Digital Resistance

  Jennifer Lanham
  2026 Special Focus—Bridging Boundaries: Collaborative Solutions to Complex Social Issues in an Interconnected World