Globalization continues to reshape cultural, social, and economic relations across the globe, intensifying interconnectedness while also exposing and, in some cases, exacerbating structural inequalities. In the coming years, these dynamics will be increasingly shaped by geopolitical shifts, migration flows, digital infrastructures, and uneven access to resources, rights, and mobility. At the same time, questions of diversity, equity, and inclusion have become central to understanding how the consequences of globalization are experienced differently across social groups and regions, and over time.
At ERMeCHS, we aim to deepen our understanding of the historical, cultural, and socio-economic dimensions of globalization, with explicit attention to how global processes intersect with issues of diversity, inclusion, and social justice. We focus on how identities, power relations, and inequalities related to race, ethnicity, gender, class, citizenship, and ability are produced and negotiated in globalized cultural and institutional contexts, now and in the past. Digitalization plays a crucial role in these processes, both as a driver of exclusion and as a potential tool for empowerment and transnational solidarity.