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 |
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Center for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance |
- Deliberative democracy - contemporary social theory - fringe forms of political participation - qualitative methods |
Canberra, Australia |
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Center for Global Governance |
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Seoul, South Korea |
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Center for Global Governance, Reporting, and Regulation |
development and implementation of global financial reporting standards, regulatory compliance and governance |
New York City, USA |
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Center for Governance and Sustainability |
- Global Environmental Governance - Global Development Governance - Organizational Sustainability |
Boston, USA |
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Centre for Global Cooperation Research |
- 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 |
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Centre for Global Economy and Geopolitics, EsadeGeo |
- Global Governance - Global Risks - Global Economy - Energy - Emerging Markets |
Madrid, Spain |
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Centre for Global Governance and Policy (CGGP) |
Global South |
Sonipat, India |
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Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) |
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 |
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Center on Global Governance |
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New York City, USA |
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Centre for International Policy Studies |
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Ottawa, Canada |
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Centre on Global Governance and Emerging Law |
Oceans & Seas Outer Space Artificial Intelligence Future Generations Bioethics & Medical Technology Energy Food & Agriculture Drones & Aviation Blockchain |
Albany, New York, USA |
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Challenges and Opportunities in Fragmented Global Energy and Climate Governance (CLIMENGO) |
- Global climate - Energy governance |
Lund, Sweden; Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Oxford, UK |
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Democracy and Global Governance |
- Democracy and Global Governance |
Oxford, UK |
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Emerging Global Governance EGG Project |
global economy and development, the biosphere, global security, global health, migration |
Washington, D.C., USA |
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Fudan Institute of Belt and Road & Global Governance |
- International Security - Global Governance - Economic Cooperation - Industry & Investment - International Law - Society & Population - People To People Exchanges - International Communication |
Shanghai, China |
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Global Challenges Foundation |
- Climate Change - Politically Motivated Violence - Population Growth |
Stockholm, Sweden |
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Global Economic Governance Programme |
Global Economics |
Oxford, UK |
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Global Governance |
- Global trade & investment - Global migration - Global governance - Global affairs - Global talent policy |
Beijing, China |
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Global Governance and Ethics MSc |
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London, UK |
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Global Governance and Regional Integration at Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS) |
- 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 |
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Global Governance and the Role of the European Union (GLOBE) |
- 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; |
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Global Governance Centre |
- 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 |
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Global Governance Forum |
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 |
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Global Governance Futures |
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Berlin, Germany |
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Global Governance Institute |
- Global Governance - Global Justice and Equity - Global Security - Global Economy - Global Environmental Sustainability - Global Health |
London, UK |
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Global Governance Institute (GGI) |
- Peace and Security - Environment & Sustainable Development - Global Economy - Global Justice - Education |
Brussels, Belgium |
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Global Governance Journal |
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Coventry, United Kingdom |
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Global Governance Laboratory |
- 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 |
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Global Governance Philanthropy Network |
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Washington, D.C., USA |
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Global Governance Programme |
- Global Economics - Europe in the World - Cultural Pluralism - Global Citizenship |
Florence, Italy |
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Global Governance Programme |
- Climate Governance - Nuclear Security - Climate Change - Migration |
The Hague, The Netherlands |
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Global Governance programme |
- Global Finance |
Beijing, China |
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Global Governance Research Unit |
- 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 |
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Global Policy Institute |
- Law and Governance in the Anthropocene - Global Universities - Comparative International Law - Brexit - Democracy Beyond Borders - Neo-Federalism - Constructing Authority in International Law |
Durham, UK |
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Global Public Policy Institute |
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Berlin, Germany |
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Global Solutions Initiative |
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Berlin, Germany |
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Global Summitry Project |
- Global summits - Politics, Economics and Law - environment policy and energy (China) |
Toronto, Canada |
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Initiative for Development and Global Governance (IDGM) |
- Economic Development - Sustainable Development |
Clermont-Ferrand, France |
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Institute for Global Governance Studies |
- global political, security, development, cultural - energy security - climate and environment change - international cooperation on the fight against terrorism - women’s issues |
Shanghai, China |
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Institute for Global Law and Policy |
- global South - legal and institutional arrangements - poverty, conflict, injustice, and inequality |
Cambridge, Massachusets, USA |
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International Institutions and Global Governance Program (IIGG) |
- climate change - the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction - transnational terrorism - global health |
New York City, USA |
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Just Security 2020 |
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Washington, D.C., USA |
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Leuven Center for Global Governance Studies |
- 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 |
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MA Global Governance, Politics, and Security |
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Washington, D.C., USA |
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MA in Diplomacy and Global Governance |
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Brussels, Belgium |
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MA in Global Governance and Diplomacy |
- health - food security - climate change - migration - gender equality - humanitarian assistance - health - poverty - economic stability - development - education |
Leeds, UK |
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MA in Global Governance and Human Security / McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies |
- human welfare - economic growth - human rights - ecological constraints - insecurity |
Boston, USA |
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MA in Global Governance and Sustainable Development |
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London, UK; Dubai, UAE |
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MA in Global Governance at Balsillie School of International Studies |
economics, politics, history, sociology and environmental studies |
Waterloo, Canada |
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Managing Global Governance (MGG) Network |
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 |
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Master of Social Sciences (China and Global Governance) |
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Singapore |
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Master's Programme in International Administration and Global Governance |
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Gothenburg, Sweden |
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MSc in Global Governance and Diplomacy |
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 |
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Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance (CGG) |
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New Jersey, USA |
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One World Trust |
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United Kingdom |
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PhD in Global Governance and Human Security / McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies |
- economic welfare and human development - ecological sustainability, peace - public health - education - human rights and political freedom |
Boston, USA |
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PhD in Global Governance at Balsillie School of International Studies |
- global political economy - global environment - conflict and security - global justice and human rights - multilateral institutions and diplomacy - global social governance |
Waterloo, Canada |
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PhD in Transnational Governance |
- International relations, global economy and security; - European and comparative politics and governance; - Political movements and Trans-national civil society |
Pisa, Italy |
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Research Center on International Finance and Global Governance |
- Political Economy - International Finance and Macroeconomics |
Kiel, Germany |
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School of Regulation and Global Governance (REGNET) |
- Regulation - Trade, Investment & Intellectual Property - Society, Safety & Health - Law, Justice & Human Rights - Climate, Energy & the Environment |
Canberra, Australia |
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School of Transnational Governance |
- 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 |
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The Global Governance Project |
- Global Security - Inclusive Economic Growth - Trade - Gender - Equality - Environment - Food and Security |
London, UK; Toronto, Canada |
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Together First |
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London, United Kingdom |
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Trends in Global Governance and Europe's Role (TRIGGER) |
- the relationship between governance and emerging technologies - global and EU governance |
Brussels, Belgium |