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Global Governance Research Centres

A list of research institutions that are themselves dedicated to global governance or have programmes dedicated to it. For methodology and further analysis, see this blog post, which was based on v1 of this list (April 2020). 

v1.2, February 2021. Access the list (and previous versions) as a Google Sheet. If you know of institutions or programmes that should be featured on this list, please inform us at info@globe-project.eu

Name Focus Areas WP Location

Center for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance
Website

- Deliberative democracy - contemporary social theory - fringe forms of political participation - qualitative methods

Canberra, Australia

Center for Global Governance
Website

 

Seoul, South Korea

Center for Global Governance, Reporting, and Regulation
Website

development and implementation of global financial reporting standards, regulatory compliance and governance

New York City, USA

Center for Governance and Sustainability
Website

- Global Environmental Governance - Global Development Governance - Organizational Sustainability

Boston, USA

Centre for Global Cooperation Research
Website

- pathways and mechanisms of global cooperation - global cooperation and polycentric governance - critique, justification and legitimacy in global cooperation - global cooperation in the context of plural conceptions of world order - climate change - peacebuilding - migration - internet

Duisburg, Germany

Centre for Global Economy and Geopolitics, EsadeGeo
Website

- Global Governance - Global Risks - Global Economy - Energy - Emerging Markets

Madrid, Spain

Centre for Global Governance and Policy (CGGP)
Website

Global South

Sonipat, India

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
Website

Africa (506) Arctic (403) Artificial Intelligence (449) Big Data (1007) Brexit (921) Central Banking (621) China (1537) Clean Technology (233) Climate Change (2781) Conflict Management (1797) Cyber Security (1188) Democracy (884) Digital Currency (168) Platform Governance (1354) Diplomacy (1400) Diversity & Inclusion (251) Emerging Technology (552) Financial Systems (2007) Future Of Work (162) G20/g7 (2312) Gender (499) Human Rights (559) Imf (1497) India (282) Indigenous Peoples (576) Innovation (726) Innovation Economy (1023) Intellectual Property (1040) Internet Governance (1394) Investor State Arbitration (405) Monetary Policy (756) Nafta/cusma (1451) Oceans (147) Patents (141) Productivity (52) Refugees (744) Sovereign Debt (701) Standards (207) Surveillance & Privacy (716) Sustainable Development (888) Systemic Risk (74) Trade (3268) Traditional Knowledge (252) Wto (718)+

Waterloo, Canada

Center on Global Governance
Website

 

New York City, USA

Centre for International Policy Studies
Website

 

Ottawa, Canada

Centre on Global Governance and Emerging Law
Website

Oceans & Seas Outer Space Artificial Intelligence Future Generations Bioethics & Medical Technology Energy Food & Agriculture Drones & Aviation Blockchain

Albany, New York, USA

Challenges and Opportunities in Fragmented Global Energy and Climate Governance (CLIMENGO)
Website

- Global climate - Energy governance

Lund, Sweden; Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Oxford, UK

Democracy and Global Governance
Website

- Democracy and Global Governance

Oxford, UK

Emerging Global Governance EGG Project
Website

global economy and development, the biosphere, global security, global health, migration

Washington, D.C., USA

Fudan Institute of Belt and Road & Global Governance
Website

- International Security - Global Governance - Economic Cooperation - Industry & Investment - International Law - Society & Population - People To People Exchanges - International Communication

Shanghai, China

Global Challenges Foundation
Website

- Climate Change - Politically Motivated Violence - Population Growth

Stockholm, Sweden

Global Economic Governance Programme
Website

Global Economics

Oxford, UK

Global Governance
Website

- Global trade & investment - Global migration - Global governance - Global affairs - Global talent policy

Beijing, China

Global Governance and Ethics MSc
Website

 

London, UK

Global Governance and Regional Integration at Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS)
Website

- The emergence of global or regional governance and the dynamics of decision-making - The effectiveness of global and regional governance - Conflict, contestation, and legitimacy in global and regional governance

Bremen, Germany

Global Governance and the Role of the European Union (GLOBE)
Website

- trade - development - security - climate change - migration - global finance

Barcelona, Spain; Jerusalem, Israel; London, UK; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Madrid, Spain; Leuven, Belgium; Berlin, Germany; Beijing, China;

Global Governance Centre
Website

- Global politics of knowledge and expertise - Actors, mechanisms and practices of global governance - Legal and normative orders - Conflict, Dispute Settlement & Peacebuilding - Culture, Identity & Religion - Democracy And Civil Society - Development Policies & Practices - Environment And Natural Resources - Finance And Development - Gender - Global Health - Governance - Human Rights & Humanitarian Law - Migration And Refugees - Trade And Economic Integration

Geneva, Switzerland

Global Governance Forum
Website

Climate Change Gender Equality Extremes of Wealth and Poverty Education for Transformation The Rule of Law Peace and Security Corruption and Transparency UN Reform Migration and Population

Vessy, Switzerland

Global Governance Futures
Website

 

Berlin, Germany

Global Governance Institute
Website

- Global Governance - Global Justice and Equity - Global Security - Global Economy - Global Environmental Sustainability - Global Health

London, UK

Global Governance Institute (GGI)
Website

- Peace and Security - Environment & Sustainable Development - Global Economy - Global Justice - Education

Brussels, Belgium

Global Governance Journal
Website

 

Coventry, United Kingdom

Global Governance Laboratory
Website

- UN Law and Global Security - International Economic Law - International Criminal Law - International Environmental Law - International space Law - International Human Rights Law - International Cyber Law

Brussels, Belgium

Global Governance Philanthropy Network
Website

 

Washington, D.C., USA

Global Governance Programme
Website

- Global Economics - Europe in the World - Cultural Pluralism - Global Citizenship

Florence, Italy

Global Governance Programme
Website

- Climate Governance - Nuclear Security - Climate Change - Migration

The Hague, The Netherlands

Global Governance programme
Website

- Global Finance

Beijing, China

Global Governance Research Unit
Website

- Social inequalities - Markets and choice - Society and economic dynamics - International politics and law - Dynamics of political systems - Migration and diversity - Political economy of development

Berlin, Germany

Global Policy Institute
Website

- Law and Governance in the Anthropocene - Global Universities - Comparative International Law - Brexit - Democracy Beyond Borders - Neo-Federalism - Constructing Authority in International Law

Durham, UK

Global Public Policy Institute
Website

 

Berlin, Germany

Global Solutions Initiative
Website

 

Berlin, Germany

Global Summitry Project
Website

- Global summits - Politics, Economics and Law - environment policy and energy (China)

Toronto, Canada

Initiative for Development and Global Governance (IDGM)
Website

- Economic Development - Sustainable Development

Clermont-Ferrand, France

Institute for Global Governance Studies
Website

- global political, security, development, cultural - energy security - climate and environment change - international cooperation on the fight against terrorism - women’s issues

Shanghai, China

Institute for Global Law and Policy
Website

- global South - legal and institutional arrangements - poverty, conflict, injustice, and inequality

Cambridge, Massachusets, USA

International Institutions and Global Governance Program (IIGG)
Website

- climate change - the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction - transnational terrorism - global health

New York City, USA

Just Security 2020
Website

 

Washington, D.C., USA

Leuven Center for Global Governance Studies
Website

- European Union and global governance - Human rights, democracy and rule of law - Trade and sustainable development - Peace and security - Emerging powers - Federalism and multi-level governance - Global commons and outer space

Leuven, Belgium

MA Global Governance, Politics, and Security
Website

 

Washington, D.C., USA

MA in Diplomacy and Global Governance
Website

 

Brussels, Belgium

MA in Global Governance and Diplomacy
Website

- health - food security - climate change - migration - gender equality - humanitarian assistance - health - poverty - economic stability - development - education

Leeds, UK

MA in Global Governance and Human Security / McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies
Website

- human welfare - economic growth - human rights - ecological constraints - insecurity

Boston, USA

MA in Global Governance and Sustainable Development
Website

 

London, UK; Dubai, UAE

MA in Global Governance at Balsillie School of International Studies
Website

economics, politics, history, sociology and environmental studies

Waterloo, Canada

Managing Global Governance (MGG) Network
Website

Implementation of the 2030 Agenda with the public sector Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) G20 and Think 20 South-South-Cooperation Digitalisation towards Sustainable Development

Bonn, Germany

Master of Social Sciences (China and Global Governance)
Website

 

Singapore

Master's Programme in International Administration and Global Governance
Website

 

Gothenburg, Sweden

MSc in Global Governance and Diplomacy
Website

sources, mechanisms, processes, and practices of global governance at the international, transnational, state, and sub-state levels, focussing on issues such as globalisation, regional integration, international organisation, and multilateralism, substantive knowledge and theoretical background concerning the institutions and processes of international diplomacy, including diplomatic practice, international negotiation, conflict mediation, and public diplomacy, as well as the conduct of diplomacy in international and regional bodies

Oxford, UK

Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance (CGG)
Website

 

New Jersey, USA

One World Trust
Website

 

United Kingdom

PhD in Global Governance and Human Security / McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies
Website

- economic welfare and human development - ecological sustainability, peace - public health - education - human rights and political freedom

Boston, USA

PhD in Global Governance at Balsillie School of International Studies
Website

- global political economy - global environment - conflict and security - global justice and human rights - multilateral institutions and diplomacy - global social governance

Waterloo, Canada

PhD in Transnational Governance
Website

- International relations, global economy and security; - European and comparative politics and governance; - Political movements and Trans-national civil society

Pisa, Italy

Research Center on International Finance and Global Governance
Website

- Political Economy - International Finance and Macroeconomics

Kiel, Germany

School of Regulation and Global Governance (REGNET)
Website

- Regulation - Trade, Investment & Intellectual Property - Society, Safety & Health - Law, Justice & Human Rights - Climate, Energy & the Environment

Canberra, Australia

School of Transnational Governance
Website

- Peace and Security - International Trade and Finance Cluster - Sustainability (Climate, Migration, Welfare) - Comparative Regional Governance - Gender Governance - Digital Politics, Economy and Societies - Transnational Politics and Democracy

Florence, Italy

The Global Governance Project
Website

- Global Security - Inclusive Economic Growth - Trade - Gender - Equality - Environment - Food and Security

London, UK; Toronto, Canada

Together First
Website

 

London, United Kingdom

Trends in Global Governance and Europe's Role (TRIGGER)
Website

- the relationship between governance and emerging technologies - global and EU governance

Brussels, Belgium