Transnational Collective Action

Research on transnationalisation trends has been late to develop in social movement studies. After some first analysis in the 1990s, research has developed following some main waves of global protests – especially, the Global Justice movement in the beginning of the years 2000s and the anti-austerity protests a decade later. The presentation will build upon the main concepts and theories used to explain those movements to understand how cross-national diffusion of collective frames, repertoires of protests and organisational models spread during the pandemic times. Illustrations, in part based on original empirical data, will cover cases such as the Black Lives Matter, Fridays for Future, as well as recent mobilisations on care and health rights.

Web-streamed at: https://qsblc.ucd.ie/lives/smurfit-school-guest-lecture/