The College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS) is the academic home to six of this year’s summer Sustainability Research Fellows, sponsored by Mason's Institute for a Sustainable Earth (ISE) and the Graduate Division. Unique among summer research opportunities, this fellowship pairs Mason docto...
Dr. Jeremy M. Campbell is a cultural anthropologist who studies land conflicts and environmental change in the Brazilian Amazon. His research explores how Indigenous practices of ownership and belonging are mobilized to counter socio-ecological devastation in the region. Campbell is the author of the...
With a Master's in Ecology and Environmental Studies from Nalanda University, India (2017), Arvind Geetha Christo has embarked on an academic journey driven by a passion for understanding the intricate relationship between society and the environment. Currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Sociology and Anthr...
Next System Studies will soon take residence at Fuse, Mason’s new technology center located in Arlington with 345,000 square feet for classrooms, offices, research and development labs, innovation centers, incubators/accelerators, co-working facilities, collaboration, and convening spaces. What k...
Global Social Thought is an investigation into alternatives to classical Western social theory, an exploration of "The Great Books of the Nonwestern World" and contemporary Nonwestern intellectuals. It is an effort to confront the deep racism of our knowledge, which is so profoundly influenced by th...
The process of globalization is widely recognized as profoundly reshaping social structure—the rules, practices and institutions of society—and transforming the lives of practically everyone across the globe. In its current phase, globalization is described as the process of increasing political, eco...
Nonprofit Quarterly just published an exciting new profile on Next System Studies and the fight to make the university an agent of democratic system change, authored by NSS at Mason's very own Dr. Ben Manski. In this piece, Manski makes the case for why we need the Next System in the academy, explori...
Past Event
Tuesday, April 2, 2024 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Van Metre Hall (formerly Founders Hall), #121
Dr. Tracy Corley is the second Next System Speaker for 2024. Please be certain to register here: https://forms.gle/4a6AaUZSWi7yVWqM9 Scientists have engaged everyday people in research for centuries. But, in recent decades, community-engaged and participatory practices are engaging researchers in...
Patrick Healey (they/them) is a sociology MA student, currently undertaking thesis research on the causes and processes of political mobilization within higher education. They have been co-editor of The Sociologist since 2021, where they seek to publish sociological work useful and accessible to aud...
