Global, Transnational, & Comparative Sociology

Global, Transnational, and Comparative Sociology is a cluster that encourages interdisciplinary approaches to global economic, political, legal, social, and environmental processes. Our associated faculty and students focus on all regions of the world. A key aim is to go beyond the national versus international binary, which no longer represents our highly interconnected yet deeply stratified global community.

We strongly encourage international students to apply to our program.

Faculty’s research interests include:

Racial formations in different parts of the globe
Climate, land, and housing justice movements
Gender, family, and reproductive justice
Migration and globalization studies
Global governance institutions, financialization, and transnational networks of power
Conflict, displacement and refugee studies
Comparative inequality and health and wellbeing in global perspective
International criminal law/justice and human rights
Transnational flows of illicit economies and criminal justice policy

Interdisciplinary partners include:

Many associated faculty in this area of specialization are affiliated with the Global and Transnational Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association.

Associated Faculty:

Our faculty share a commitment with the University to value a diversity of viewpoints and experiences and to strive to provide a productive work environment for all University of Minnesota scholars from varying racial, ethnic, religious, social class, sexual identity, and national backgrounds.