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Maın Theme of IISS 9

Current World Order: Systemic Transformations, Vulnerabilities, Alternative Perspectives

4 – 9 August 2025

The biennial International ILEM Summer School aims to serve as a forum that brings together young academics and researchers from various disciplines to discuss significant issues concerning the world, particularly the Islamic world. The 9th International ILEM Summer School, planned for 2025, seeks to examine the current world order, addressing critical political, economic, social, and legal challenges while generating alternative solutions to systemic shortcomings.

In recent years, significant developments have shaken the global system, including political, social, and economic disruptions. The inability of international organizations, institutions, and actors to demonstrate sufficient resolve in addressing these issues has opened debates regarding the sustainability of the current system. Events such as the Russia-Ukraine War, the Iran-Israel conflict, the October 7 “Aqsa Flood,” and the ongoing genocide in Palestine are among the stark examples of these challenges. The United Nations’ inability to fulfill its founding mission, combined with Western actors’ strategies to maintain the status quo of the Western-centric political order, has exacerbated instability in many parts of the world.

The failure of global systems in addressing the Palestinian crisis, particularly the inability to enforce effective legal and political sanctions, has highlighted the deficiencies and vulnerabilities of the current order. Furthermore, Israel’s use of religious references to justify its foreign policy and regional aggression has brought the “ancient but renewed” significance of religion in the international system to the forefront, underscoring the urgent need for alternative approaches and inquiries.

Within this framework, the program will focus on three main themes:

1. Current World Order:

The historical development and contemporary structure of the international system will be analyzed within the context of “current world order.” Discussions will cover the origins of the modern world order, the roles of global actors, and the impact of international institutions. By exploring the historical trajectory of the world order, the theme aims to understand the formation of current economic, political, legal, and social structures while evaluating the functionality of existing power dynamics and international mechanisms. Additionally, the transformative impact of technological advancements and emerging security threats on the global order will be examined.

2. Issues of the Order:

IISS – 9 will also address the economic, political, social, and legal issues caused or exacerbated by the global order. Topics include the dollar-centric global economy, income inequality, and the inequities of international trade, questioning the economic sustainability of the current system. Politically, the universality of democracy and the legitimacy of global political norms across different regions will be debated. Socially, the identity crises brought about by globalization, refugee crises, and rising nationalist movements will be discussed. In the legal domain, the applicability of international law norms, the failures of human rights regimes, and the ineffectiveness of responses to environmental challenges will be critically analyzed.

3. Alternative Paradigms: New Inquiries and Solutions

Alternative paradigms and solutions to address the limitations and inadequacies of the current system will be explored. The focus will be on designing a more just, inclusive, and sustainable global order from economic, political, social, and legal perspectives. Discussions will delve into new economic models, the quest for multi-centric political systems, social solidarity, and environmental sustainability. Proposals will also address updating and enhancing international law and human rights norms. These discussions will offer an opportunity to think deeply about how diverse cultural and regional approaches could contribute to global solutions outside the existing system.

Important Notes:

Summer School program will be announced on July 15th, 2025.

It should be noted that the IISS organisation will not provide financial coverage for international and domestic transportation.

Topıcs of IISS 9

  • Vulnerabilities of the international system
  • Alternative approach to international organizations
  • Reforming the UN Security Council
  • Possibility of Non-Western Intergovernmental Organization and Claims of Globel Order
  • Reconstructing security paradigms on humanitarian foundations
  • New Approach for a more just and sustainable political order
  • Environmental challenges in current World Order: climate change, pollution
  • Structural Inequalities and Power Relations in the Order
  • Global Challenges and Structural Inequalities: Power, Discrimination, and Cultural Transformation
  • Welfare Systems and Family Well-being in Different Socioeconomic Contexts
  • Cultural Hegemony and Resistance: Media, Ideology, and Social Narratives
  • The Role of Global Crises in Reshaping Family Systems
  • Digitalization Unraveled: From Divide and Abyss to Nomads, Security, and the Right to Erasure
  • Shifting Family Structures in a Globalized World: Demographic Trends and Social Transformations

Important Dates

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Muhammed Hüseyin Mercan (Head), Ankara Yıldırım Bayezıt University (Türkiye)

Burak Yuvalı, Scientific Studies Association (Türkiye)

Fatma Zehra Hamarat, Scientific Studies Association (Türkiye)

Hasan Basri Bülbül, Boğaziçi University (Türkiye)

Korkut Demir, Scientific Studies Association (Türkiye)

Ömer Doğubey Aslan, Worldwide Lawyers Association (Türkiye)

Ömer Metehan Aynural, Istanbul University (Türkiye)

Talha Erdoğmuş, Sakarya University, (Türkiye)

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Muhammed Hüseyin Mercan (Head), Ankara Yıldırım Bayezıt University (Türkiye)

Abdulgani Bozkurt, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University (Türkiye)

Alev Erkilet, Ibn Haldun University (Türkiye)

Ali Osman Karaoğlu, Yalova University (Türkiye)

M. Beheşti Aydoğan, Boğaziçi University (Türkiye)

Berdal Aral, Istanbul Medeniyet University (Türkiye)

Canan Özge Eğri, Kırklareli University (Türkiye)

Erman Akıllı, Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University (Türkiye)

Gerasimos Tsouparas,  Glasgow University (Scotland)

Hasan Basri Bülbül, Worldwide Lawyers Association (Türkiye)

Hüseyin Dişli, Worldwide Lawyers Association (Türkiye)

Mahmut Hakkı Akın, Istanbul Medeniyet University (Türkiye)

Michelangelo Guida, Istanbul Medeniyet University (Türkiye)

Muhammet Celal Kul, Worldwide Lawyers Association (Türkiye)

Muhittin Ataman, Social Sciences University of Ankara (Türkiye)

Mustafa Kömürcüoğlu, Istanbul Medeniyet University (Türkiye)

Taha Eğri, Kırklareli University (Türkiye)

Talha Erdoğmuş, Sakarya University (Türkiye)

Vahdettin Işık, Ibn Haldun University (Türkiye)

Yusuf Ziya Gökçek, Marmara University (Türkiye)

HONORARY COMMITTEE

Taha Eğri, Scientific Studies Association (ILEM)

Enes Kafadar, Worldwide Lawyers Association (Wolas)

FAQS / find your answers

The summer schools application is open to MA students, PhD students, and candidates in related fields.  
It is imperative that all participants attend the lectures, panels, workshops, and talks. Each participant is required to present their paper during the workshop.
Step 1: Applicant registers to the Congress Management System and upload his/her proposal to this system. Step 2: The proposals are evaluated by the International ILEM Summer School Scientific Committee. Step 3: Applicants that proposals are accepted are requested to upload their full-text of manuscripts to the Congress Management System. Step 4: The full-text manuscripts are evaluated by the International ILEM Summer School Scientific Committee. According to the consequences of this final evaluation, the participants who are entitled to participate in the IISS-9 are announced.
Each of participants have to present his/her paper within the workshop.
No. All participants have to present a paper.
IISS-9 is a free-of-charge event.
The program will be held face to face in Istanbul.
The expenses for accommodation, meals, local transportation between the designated accommodation and ILEM, as well as the socio-cultural program, will be covered by the IISS (9) organiser and supporters. However, it should be noted that the IISS organisation will not provide financial coverage for international and domestic transportation.

VENUE

 Kısıklı Mah. Tepelik Sk. No:2-4 Üsküdar, İstanbul

iiss@ilem.org.tr

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