Global21 is a network of student-run international affairs publications at premier universities around the globe. Founded in 2005 by a team of Yale undergraduates, Global21 was jump started by a $50,000 grant from the Yale Entrepreneurial Society’s Y50K Entrepreneurship Competition.
Global21’s network is a practical tool for creating dialogue that promotes greater international cooperation and understanding among university students around the world. Through article exchanges, joint issues, an international blog, and continental conferences, Global21 helps high-achieving students hone the skills necessary to excel in fields of journalism, business, non-profit, and government work, with the hope that they will graduate from their university with the drive and ability to tackle global issues themselves. Global21 currently consists of twelve magazines in ten countries, specifically located at Yale University, University of Toronto, Institut de Sciences Politiques Paris, Hebrew University, University of Cape Town, Peking University, Sydney University, University of South Australia, the London School of Economics and Political Science, Ibmec University in Rio de Janeiro, University of Oxford and Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México.
Conferences:
Global21 organizes continental conferences on a tri-annual basis in different locations worldwide. Conferences consist of speakers, workshops, discussions, and other opportunities for students from different universities to get to know each other. Read more about our North American Regional Conference.
Joint Issues:
Joint issues are published by two or more Globalist chapters contributing articles and working together to combine viewpoints and to offer a truly international publication at each of their universities. This allows students to surpass language barriers and read articles from international students in a print edition form.
Article Exchanges:
Most publications print at least one article written by a partner university in the network. Global21 staff help facilitate the exchange of original journalism in addition to keeping an updated database of all Globalist articles which is shared with the network’s magazines.
The Perspectivist:
The Perspectivist is Global21’s blog and was established in 2009 as a venue for university students to informally share perspectives and write about important international issues taking place in their home region, regardless of whether their university is part of the network. The blog also showcases the winners of Global21’s annual Perspectives and Photographic Essay contests.
| January 2005: | The Globalist Foundation is established at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut in the United States. |
| April 2005: | The Globalist Foundation wins $50,000 Entrepreneurial Competition. |
| May 2005: | The Peking Globalist is founded at Peking University in Beijing, China. |
| June 2005: |
The Sydney Globalist is founded at University of Sydney in Sydney, Australia. The Cambridge Globalist is founded at University of Cambridge in Cambridge, United Kingdom. The magazine published for three years before discontinuing the publication. |
| July 2005: | The Toronto Globalist is founded at University of Toronto in Toronto, Canada. |
| August 2005: | The Jerusalem Globalist is founded at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel. |
| February 2006: | The Cape Town Globalist is founded at University of Cape Town in Cape Town, South Africa. |
| June 2006: |
The Paris Globalist is founded at Institut de Sciences Politiques in Paris, France. The Perspectivist is founded at the American University of Beirut in Beirut, Lebanon. The magazine was discontinued shortly thereafter due to political tensions in Lebanon. |
| September 2006: | The Istanbul Globalist is founded at Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey. The magazine publishes for two years before discontinuing the publication. |
| October 2006: | The Globalist Foundation is renamed Global21. |
| July 2008: | Global21 holds its first Global21 World Conference in Istanbul, Turkey. |
| January 2009: | Global21 teams with the Blair Faith Foundation for Global21’s inaugural Global Perspectives Contest |
| September 2009: | Global21 launches its blog, The Perspectivist. |
| October 2009: | Global21 launches the first Global Issues Forum at Yale University. |
| November 2009: |
The Rio de Janeiro Globalist is founded at Ibmec University in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The London Globalist is founded at the London School of Economics and Political Science in London, United Kingdom. |
| February 2010: | Global21 hosts its inaugural Winter Reception in New York City for alumni, advisers, and benefactors |
| March 2010: |
The South Australia Globalist is founded at the University of South Australia in Adelaide, Australia. The Oxonian Globalist is founded at the University of Oxford in Oxford, United Kingdom |
| September 2010: | The Mexico City Globalist is founded at ITAM in Mexico City, Mexico. |
| November 2010: | Global21 hosts its first annual North American Regional Conference at Yale. |
| February 2011: | The Tec Globalist is founded at Tec de Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico. |
| May 2011: | The Zurich Globalist is founded at University of Zurich in Zurich, Switzerland. |
