Global Innovation & Design:  Design thinking for community solutions; 

Community-engaged innovations for global challenges; 

Grassroots/participatory communication and development

Environment:  Food/water access and scarcity; Sustainability degradation/pollution; Smart cities and the environmentGlobalism:  Nativist responses; Diasporic identities; Refugees and migration

Health & Human Rights:  Body, community, environment; Social determinants of health; Population health; Migration and refugee flows; Indigenous rights and recognition

Media & Security:  Transnational media networks, Global consumerism and hybrid identities; Social media and fake news; Soft power; Cyber-surveillance and/or policing; Community and political security; Proliferation and disarmament