The Global Issues Initiative (GII) centered in the National Capital Region is one component of the Institute for Society, Culture and Environment (ISCE). The Institute is tasked with strengthening the university’s competitive position in the social sciences, arts, and humanities. ISCE provides organizational and financial support for targeted creative, interactive, multi-and interdisciplinary research endeavors.

GII addresses international policy questions facing United States at the bilateral, regional and multilateral levels in such areas as trade and economic integration, global security, public policy, counter-terrorism, and public health and science policy. An initial research and public information focal area is the international trade regime, including multilateral trade negotiations and the impact of these negotiations on economic prosperity, trade in goods and services, economic development, and the integration of developing countries into the global economy.

The other targeted areas of ISCE’s research and scholarship are:

• Human development and behavioral health (e.g., life span issues, aging issues, children, adolescents, adulthood, family, community, child and adult health behavior)
• Rhetoric, representation, and public humanities (e.g., transformative effects of technology on society; new media and communication technologies; language and symbolic systems; human creativity & technology)
• Social complexity and individual risk (e.g., ethics; risk analysis; disaster management; ecosystem impact)
• Community arts, built environments, and urban formations (e.g., symbolic thinking and practical environments)

For more information visit:

http://gii.ncr.vt.edu/
http://www.isce.vt.edu/

Contact Information

Dr. David Orden
Director, Global Issues Initiative, ISCE
Virginia Tech
National Capital Region
1101 King Street, Suite 610
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 518-2705

Contact email: orden@vt.edu