Globalgrn.org Archive: 2002-2005
University Based Research and Teaching Programs with Global(ization) Focus: a partial list
Asia in the World Economy, Harvard University
Website of the Asia-Pacific Policy Program; maintained by the Center for Business and Government; John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University ; includes a best sites index (a comprehensive web resource on Asia ).
Centre for the Comparative Study of Culture, Development and the Environment (CDE), Sussex U., England
Educational and research centre, with interests in North/South relationships in the context of globalization of social, cultural, political, economic and environmental change. Includes a Poverty Research Unit. Operates a South African Studies Network (including a directory of UK-based research on South Africa ).
Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA) New York, USA
The Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA) is the research center of the Department of Economics at New School University ( New York . It is the goal of CEPA to place the analysis of economic policy at the core of the research agenda of the New School 's Department of Economics. The three main areas of particular emphasis at CEPA are macroeconomic policy, inequality and poverty, and globalization. CEPA is building an active forum for economic policy debate through its working papers and workshop series.
Center for Hemispheric Policy at the University of Miami
The Center for Hemispheric Policy — which replaces the North-South Center — will be examining the relationship of the United States within the hemisphere. Areas of interest will include economic development and trade, healthcare and medical research, environmental programs, education, infrastructure, politics and security.
Center for International Development (CID), Harvard University, Cambridge
Harvard's primary center for cross-disciplinary research on sustainable international development. Joint program of the Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID) and the Kennedy School of Government (KSG). Current research areas include: Developmental challenges of Africa ; Environment and Natural Resource Management; Globalization and Economic Development; Malaria and Human Affairs; Political Economy; Rule of Law in Political and Economic Development.
Centre for Research on Globalization and Labor Markets, University of Nottingham, England
The Centre for Research on Globalisation and Labour Markets was established in the Nottingham University School of Economics in 1998. The focus for the Centre is the application of economic analysis to understand more clearly the links between changes in patterns of international trade, cross-border investment and labor market outcomes. The Centre supports both basic scientific and policy-focused research. The core staff of the Centre comprises a group of Research Fellows based at Nottingham, and a cadre of Fellows from a range of other Universities in the UK and overseas.
Columbia Earth Institute, New York
The Columbia Earth Institute is an enterprise of Columbia University that enables physical, biological and social scientists to collaborate in understanding the earth and the complexity of our relationship with it. Founded in 1996 out of Columbia 's Global Systems Initiative, CEI now comprises several hundred researchers and faculty members at both Columbia and affiliated organizations. More than just an administrative umbrella, CEI serves as a catalyst for cooperation, understanding and change in tackling some of the most important and challenging issues of the 21st century. (1) What are the limits of our planet and ourselves? (2) How many people can the earth sustain? (3) How will global climate change affect future generations? (4) How should we shape the information age to best benefit ourselves and the planet as a whole? (5) How can we harness new knowledge for the greatest good? In tackling these and other questions, CEI represents the fourth distinct phase of the university's evolution. The Arts & Sciences represent Columbia 's core foundation in culture, the Health Sciences its concern with quality of life, and the Professional Schools its attention to economics and social needs. The Earth Institute embodies Columbia 's newly explicit commitment to sustainable development and proactive global citizenship.
Development Economic Research Group (DERG), Denmark
The Development Economic Research Group (DERG) is a Danish network of economists working on development issues aiming at promoting Danish research in development economics. DERG is supported by the Danish Development Research Council (RUF). The research is organized under three main headings: (1) The developing countries in the global economy, including globalization, international trade and capital movements. (2) National economic development policies, including structural adjustment, growth and transitional economics. (3) Agriculture, environment and resource utilization, including, the links between poverty, agriculture, natural resources and local institutions. Three cross cutting themes, i.e. development economics theory, poverty and food security, and aid policy, are also covered. WWW site has information on activities and a selection of full-text research outputs.
Fernand Braudel Center for the Study of Economics, Historical Systems, and Civilization, Binghamton University, State University of New York
The Fernand Braudel Center was founded in September 1976. In November of that year, it produced an 80-page booklet entitled "Proposed Research Programs." This document opened with a statement of "the objectives of the Center," which read as follows: The Fernand Braudel Center for the Study of Economies, Historical Systems, and Civilizations exists to engage in the analysis of large-scale social change over long periods of historical time. We operate on two assumptions. One is that there is no structure that is not historical. In order to understand a structure one must not only know its genesis and its context; one must also assume that its form and its substance are constantly evolving. The second assumption is that no sequence of events in time is structureless, that is, fortuitous. Every event occurs with in existing structures, and is affected by its constraints. Every event creates part of the context of future events. Of course, there are ruptures in structures which represent fundamental change. But such ruptures too are explicable in terms of the state of the structures. We therefore do not separate the study of historical sequence and the study of structural relationships.
Focus on the Global South, Bangkok, Thailand
A Programme of Development Policy Research Analysis and Action. FOCUS is a program of progressive development policy research and practice, dedicated to regional and global policy analysis, micro-macro linking and advocacy work. FOCUS works with NGOs and people's organizations in Asia Pacific and other regions. We at Focus believe that change will be brought about by sharing ideas and information and through collective action. We are committed to disseminating information and analysis and building extensive networks (*Dr. Walden Bello is executive director of the Bangkok-based Focus on the Global South, a program of the Chulalongkorn University Social Research Institute).
International Political Economy Network, Boulder, Colorado US
The IPENet is the Internet's premier site for the International Political Economy Community. IPENet joins students, faculty, professionals, community workers, international bankers, trade unionists, development workers, and other people around the world interested in the workings of the global political economy. The IPENet has developed and now maintains two major Internet Projects. The first project is our electronic mail list, known simply as IPE (ipe@csf.colorado.edu). The second project is our electronic resource initiatives. IPE is an electronic discussion list allowing persons around the world interested in International Political Economy to discuss matters of mutual concern. IPE is a moderated list. This means that all messages posted to the list are sent to the IPENet's 7 moderators. Only one moderator need approve the posting and it will be automatically redistributed around the world. At last check the IPE discussion list had subscribers from more than 40 countries around the world from Australia to Zimbabwe . The total number of subscribers to IPE ranges between 850-1200 depending on the time of year. The International Political Economy Network has been awarded one of the Top 5 Percent WWW sites around the world!
Institute for Global Management and Research (IGMR), George Washington University, USA
An integral part of the George Washington University's School of Business and Public Management, the Institute for Global Management and Research (IGMR) was established in 1995 to identify emerging management issues of global significance and to facilitate the understanding of these issues within public and private sector institutions. The 'Global Studies' section of the institute aims to enhance the educational experience for students and faculty in the global arena. The 'Research and Management' section aims to increase the quality, quantity, and visibility of faculty research in the area of global business and management. A partnership between IGMR and the Society for Government Economists (SGE) has also been established to create a forum where academic professionals and government economists can exchange ideas on global policy issues.
Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE), Norwich, U.K.
Aims to be a leading international interdisciplinary research centre for environmental change issues and problems. CSERGE's core objectives are to undertake innovative academic research on a range of global environmental problems, bridging the natural and social sciences. The findings of this research are made accessible and relevant to policy-makers in both developed and developing countries, and disseminated to a wide audience. The basic research aims are to assess the significance of environmental changes, their causation and the availability and feasibility of policy response options. Examples of the Centre's research include examining incentives to change human behavior where it is detrimental to the environment; improvements in the monitoring and measurement of environmental change; indicators of change; and practical policy instruments appropriate for more sustainable economies and societies. Research Themes: climate change, conservation of biological diversity, institutional adaptation to environmental change, sustainable development, natural resource valuation and management, waste management and recycling, economic instruments, and water/wetlands/coastal zone management. Research tools include economic analysis, environmental valuation, strategic environmental impact assessment, integrated environmental-economic modeling, sustainability indicators, risk analysis, multi-stakeholder mediations techniques, life cycle assessment, geographical information systems, political and institutional analysis. CSERGE Working Papers Series
Globalization Research Center (GRC), Honolulu, Hawaii
Based at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The center's mission is to conduct research on the dynamics and effects of globalization with a particular emphasis on impacts within the Asia and Pacific region.
Global Studies Association (GSA), Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
A group of scholars from a number of universities located in several different countries decided there was a need for a new academic association to be called the Global Studies Association (GSA). Accordingly, a new association was established at an inaugural meeting on July 6th 2000 which took place during a conference on the theme of ‘Globalization, Culture and Everyday Life' which ran from July 5-7th 2000 and was organized by the Department of Sociology's Institute for Global Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University. Many scholars from the UK and other countries across the world indicated their strong support for founding the GSA. Some may think that the highly successful and deservedly prestigious existing academic associations concerned with the study of international and world affairs are perfectly adequate for our current needs. However, a group of scholars currently working and networking across a number of universities and countries believe that there is a need for a new and additional association and for the following reasons: 1) Globalization processes are inherently multidimensional; 2) Understanding globalization demands new insights 3) Placing global theorizing and issues first 4) Thematic concerns can be just as valid as the basis for intellectual activity as a common discipline. The aims of the GSA. *Without regard to nationality to advance the work of scholars, and other interested parties such as INGOs, who are interested in promoting the creation and dissemination of multi and interdisciplinary knowledge in the social and human sciences concerning global affairs, problems and changes; *To provide a forum for encouraging world-wide exchanges between people working in all fields of research and enquiry related to global studies by organizing regular conferences, setting up thematic, national and regional study sub-groupings and by operating in close association with a new journal to be published from January 2001, Global Networks; *Ultimately to facilitate the emergence of world-wide federation of quasi-independent academic groupings yet held together by the GSA as an umbrella organization and by its shared concerns.
Center for Advanced Study of International Development (CASID), East Lansing, MI, USA
Located at the Michigan State University, 306 Berkley Hall, East Lansing, MI, USA. The Center provides support for undergraduate and postgraduate programs at Michigan State University (MSU). Currently areas of interest include: environment and development; global economic restructuring; regional security, armament expenditures, and development; ethnicity and race, social justice, and development. Center is also actively developing curriculum materials (at K12 level) and manages the MIDEON network for the production of post-secondary materials.
Center for Applied Policy (CAP), (Global Studies Program; Research Group on the Global Future), Munich, Germany
Das Centrum für angewandte Politikforschung an der Universität München wurde 1995 als Dach der praxisorientierten Drittmittelforschung der von der Universität Mainz verlegten Lehrstuhls unter der Leitung von Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Werner Weidenfeld gegründet. Die Arbeiten werden in fünf Forschungsgruppen organisiert. Gemeinsame Klammer des Centrums ist die Fokussierung auf angewandte Politikforschung. Dabei wird die Erfahrung und das seit über zwei Jahrzehnten entwickelte Instrumentarium aktiver Politikberatung genutzt (this website also lists globalization related research articles in english language).
Center for the Study of Global Change, Bloomington, Indiana University
A US Department of Education Title VI National Resource Center for International Studies. The Center for the Study of Global Change maintains a strong commitment to interdisciplinary study and research. It has consciously followed a policy of encouraging the crossing of disciplinary boundaries in study and research. The Center sponsors a broad range of educational programs and research on global issues in the contemporary world. These encompass the effects of fundamental societal transformation, the impact of power on social and political life, problems of differentials in the access to resources, sustainable development, and the growing influence of nationalism and movements of cultural identity.
Centre for the Study of Globalization and Regionalisation (CSGR), University of Warwick, England
Inaugurated on 1 October 1997, the Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation (CSGR) is the largest research centre dealing with the study of globalization and regionalization in Europe . It has become an international site for research in this area. The research agenda of the Centre deals with the definition of globalization, its impact and the policy implications.
Globalization and Democracy Graduate Training Program, University of Colorado at Boulder, US
The Graduate Training Program in Globalization and Democracy (GAD), funded by the National Science Foundation, is an interdisciplinary training program at the University of Colorado that provides a context for studying the forces of change in the modern world. Centered in the Institute of Behavioral Science Research Program on Political and Economic Change, in collaboration with the Departments of Geography, Political Science, Economics, and Sociology, the program began in the fall semester, 1996. GAD training and research are organized around six themes: * Globalization of economic processes. * The possibilities for democracy in a globalizing economy. * Transformations of the meaning and practice of citizenship. * The legitimacy of political and governmental structures* Accountability in the face of transnational economic forces.. * Ethno-national conflict and accommodation. The development of new thinking on these themes and questions, based on interdisciplinary, collaborative research, forms the heart of the GAD program.
Institute on Globalization and the Human Condition, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario; Canada
The Institute on Globalization and the Human Condition was created early in 1998 following the designation of globalization and the human condition as a strategic area of research by the Senate of McMaster University. The Institute brings together a group of approximately 30 scholars primarily from the social sciences and humanities disciplines. “As a research group, we propose to investigate globalization as an economic, political and cultural phenomenon and to examine the impact of this powerful force on the human condition. To these ends, we will pose the following questions. 1. Assessing the scope of change 2. Epistemology: researching, understanding and teaching about globalization 3. Identity 4. Social Cohesion/social disintegration 5. Democracy, Authority and Citizenship 6. Relationships with the non-human world.”
Snake and the Prism: Globalization Home Page of Fred W. Riggs, University of Hawaii, Honolulu and more...
Home Page of Professor Fred W. Riggs, Department of Political Science, Honolulu , Hawaii . The first to assemble a globalization resource section at the University of Hawaii . Contains extensive sublinks and database materials including references to papers, roundtables, news, academic programs and conferences on globalization (covering the thematic areas of ‘ecology of globalization,' ‘human ecology of globalization,' ‘economic globalization,' ‘political globalization,' globalization and ‘glocalization' (the local in global perspective). The relationship between ‘globalization and diaspora' is mapped with area specific sub-links to Asia-Pacific, China, Europe, Africa, South America, Middle-East, Slavic World, The page also provides references to texts on globalization; governance and democracy, ethnicity, library resources and much, much more.
United Nations University (UNU), Tokyo, Japan
The United Nations University (UNU) is an international community of scholars engaged in research, capacity building and knowledge dissemination to promote the United Nations' aims of peace and progress. Currently focuses research and capacity building in two program areas: peace and governance, and the environment and sustainable development. UNU's academic work is carried out at the UNU Centre in Tokyo and by eight research and training centers and programs as follows: UNU World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER) in Helsinki, Finland; UNU Institute for New Technologies (UNU/INTECH) in Maastricht, the Netherlands; UNU International Institute for Software Technology (UNU/IIST) in Macau; UNU Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU/INRA) in Legon, Ghana, with a Mineral Resources Unit in Lusaka, Zambia ; UNU Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU/IAS) in Tokyo; UNU Programme for Biotechnology in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNU/BIOLAC) in Caracas, Venezuela ; UNU International Leadership Academy (UNU/ILA) in Amman, Jordan; UNU International Network on Water, Environment and Health (UNU/INWEH) in Ontario, Canada. WWW site includes information on research, training and capacity building, publications list and library services (catalogue not available online) and online newsletters.