About Us

Connecting Communities

Nomad is an independent, student-led undergraduate publication tied to Global Studies at the University of Auckland. Our main purpose is to showcase student academic work and connect the Global Studies community - students, staff, alumni, and prospective students.

Nomad functions as a public mirror of the programme. It demonstrates the transdisciplinary identity of Global Studies by showcasing work across different majors and area studies. It reinforces the idea that the degree is not only theoretical - it generates analysis of real global issues with local-to-global framing.

2026 Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief

Dulmi De Silva

Global Politics & Human Rights

Past Editorial Teams

Editorial Team 2025

Editor-in-Chief

Oliver Meade

Editors

Fleur Buckrell

Seth Quinlivan-Potts

Arama Laborde

Kiri Littlejohn

Samuel Clarke

Grace Lockwood

Freda Prak

Zachary Penn

Cover Design

Oliver Meade

Editorial Team 2024

Editor-in-Chief

Victor Wei

Executive Editors

Charlotte Parker

Jessica Cordes

Siena Thompson

Editors

Albert Nguyen

Ayla Yeoman

Isla Patricia Killalea

Frances Bobbitt

Ruby Sattler

Ofa Soakimi

Cover Design

Siena Thompson

Editorial Team 2023

Editor-in-Chief

Ayla Yeoman

Editors

Chris Bae

Donovan Kelso

Frances Bobbitt

Harim Kim

Jess Cordes

Lydia Hayden

Ofa Soakimi

Ruby Sattler

Sarah Dreadon

Siena Thompson

Cover Design

Chris Bae

Siena Thompson

Editorial Team 2022

Editor-in-Chief

Samantha Fei

Executive Editors

Jade Cross

Victor Wei

Academic Editors

Jessica Cordes

Shanaya Crasto

Jade Cross

Margo Esler

Charlotte Parker

Creative Editors

Yvette Brennan

Katalina Chung

Victor Wei

Graphic Designers

Maddie McHardy

Samantha Fei

Siena Thompson

Cover Design

Siena Thompson

Editorial Team 2021

Editor-in-Chief

Kimberly Thio

Executive Editors

Eli Pettersen

Jade Cross

Samantha Fei

Victor Wei

Graphic & Cover Design

Samantha Fei