Dr hab. Marcin Grabowski from the JU Faculty of International and Political Studies was chosen as the Vice-President of the Global International Relations Section (GIRS) of the International Studies Association (ISA). Additionally, he will also take on the duties of the GRIS Section Programme Co-Chair during the coming ISA conventions in Chicago and Columbus.
The new leadership was chosen for a two year term during an annual convention, which this year took place in San Francisco. Additionally, during that same convention, Prof. Linda Benabdallah from the Wake Forest University became the President of GRIS, while Dr Jasmine K. Gani from the University of St Andrews was chosen as the second Vice-President.
‘The goals of GIRS are to facilitate genuinely global conversations about contemporary global issues and challenges, about different conceptual approaches and interpretations, and about how we teach our subject. We want to encourage conversations that are resonant with, non-alienating, or at least comprehensible to the lived experiences of individuals from different parts of the world.
‘Global IR is a way of thinking that stresses a self-conscious reflection on the world from different vantage points. It celebrates diversity and proceeds from the assumption that the non-judgmental interplay of the differences of perspectives constitutes the creative potential of our subject. It also promotes a recognition that knowledge produced everywhere, including outside the "West", is critical in order to understand our complex world’, reads the description at the ISA website.
Dr hab. Marcin Grabowski works at the JU Faculty of International and Political Studies, where he fulfils the responsibilities of a lecturer at the Institute of Political Science and International Relations and the Head of the Centre for International Studies and Development. He graduated in international relations from the Jagiellonian University. He also studied at Columbia University in New York, George Washington University and the University of California at San Diego. In addition to his role in ISA, he is also a member of many other associations in which he also plays key roles, such as the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes, the Central and Eastern European International Studies Association, and the Polish Association for International Studies. His research interests focus on the issues regarding the Asia-Pacific region (especially in relation to economic integration), US and Chinese foreign policy, international economic relations, theories of international relations and complexity theory.
