From the foreword
Dear readers and fellow seekers of new knowledge, I have been entrusted by Heritage & Partners LLP with the leadership of GIRN – the Global Insights Research Network, a new international academic journal. The name, and particularly its acronym, reflects our mission: to observe and interpret the changes shaping the world today across various domains of society and individual experience. Together with a dynamic team of early-career editors, we have worked to assemble this inaugural issue, composed largely – though not exclusively – of contributions by doctoral candidates from European universities. Each article has undergone double-blind peer review, with independent reviewers selected by our editorial board for their subject-matter expertise.