Globalization and Development Research
Globalization and Development Research
Why Is This Subject Interesting?
Exploring global issues and other parts of the world helps us to better understand our own in an increasingly globalizing world.
Why Study Globalization and Development?
We are living in an increasingly interdependent and interconnected world. Some countries, areas, businesses, and peoples have benefited from globalization, while others have not. By studying globalization and development, students will be able to piece together what causes globalization, what effects globalization would have on underdeveloped parts of the world (called the Global South) and their people, and how our local community is affected by and affects global forces and trends.
What Do We Study?
- Global issues such as climate change, environmental problems, gender development, migration, poverty and underdevelopment, trade and investment, urbanization
- Global South regions including Africa, Asia, Latin America, Appalachia
- Global-local connections
Our Faculty Researchers
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Brad D. Jokisch--Cultural/political ecology agriculture
--Population
--Migration
--Latin America -
Yeong-Hyun Kim--Globalization
--Economic geography
--Urban geography
--Asia -
Harold Perkins--Political ecology and economy of environments, including topics of neoliberalization, the state, governance, environmental justice, and the agency of nonhuman organisms
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Thomas Smucker--Environment and development
--Rural livelihood systems
--Food systems and food security
--Adaptation to climate change
--Environmental governance
--African drylands -
E. Edna Wangui--Gender
--Rural livelihoods and landscape change in East Africa -
Risa Whitson--Gender and development
--Social geographies
--Informal sector
--Argentina