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Join us and get involved with the Next System Teach-In at GMU

Join us and get involved with the Next System Teach-In at GMU

We invite students, faculty, and staff to join us in planning our Teach-In. Together, we can take responsibility for system change and help build the next system. Another world is possible. A next system is necessary. This work is in your hands.

Your journey towards real change begins here

Your journey towards real change begins here

We are pleased to announce that Next System Studies is now accepting applications from George Mason University students to the Spring 2026 cohort of Next System Fellows! 

Now hiring: Teach-In Organizer at GMU

Now hiring: Teach-In Organizer at GMU

Next System Studies (NSS) at George Mason University is seeking a Teach-In Organizer to handle programming, logistics, and campus and community participation in the Next System Teach-In at GMU this November.

Manski discusses Palestine protests in Chile's El Mercurio

Manski discusses Palestine protests in Chile's El Mercurio

GM Sociology's Dr. Manski told El Mercurio, Chile's major daily, that the current Palestine "protest wave has much more in common with the student divestment campaigns of the 1980s and 1990s," than with the protests of the 1960s.

From Earth Day to May Day

From Earth Day to May Day

As we celebrate May Day 2024, only a week after this year’s Earth Day, it presents an opportunity to explore the often overlooked connection between organized labor and environmental justice in the popular history of grassroots social movements.

Recap from the Spring 2024 Fellows

Recap from the Spring 2024 Fellows

The 2024 Next System Fellows spearhead diverse and innovative community-driven projects, demonstrating their collective commitment to social transformation and equity.

Apply now for the Next System Fellowship

Apply now for the Next System Fellowship

The Spring 2024 cohort of Next System Fellows is now open for applications, offering a unique path to realizing your ambitions. Creating a new world system is our ultimate goal and the focus of our research.

IIR Releases New Research on the Future of Education for Undocumented Students

IIR Releases New Research on the Future of Education for Undocumented Students

In 1982,  in Plyler v. Doe, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Texas  law denying school enrollment to undocumented immigrant  school children, thereby ensuring a free K-12 public education for all students regardless of immigration status. Today, some Americans want to overturn Plyler, and some scholars believe that the official opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, laid a foundation for an impending Plyler challenge. The Institute for Immigration Research (IIR) just released a new paper that reviews the Plyler decision, focuses on continuing barriers to education faced by undocumented students, and examines the potential impact of overturning Plyler. 

New American Voices Award Finalists Named

New American Voices Award Finalists Named

Sindya Bhanoo’s Seeking Fortune Elsewhere, Daphne Palasi Andreades’s Brown Girls, and Aamina Ahmad’s The Return of Faraz Ali have been named finalists for the Institute for Immigration Research New American Voices Award.