ProgramsEnvironment and Resources
The Environment and Resources program focuses on governance issues related to climate change, resource scarcity, energy security, and agriculture and food security. The aim is to research and develop innovative policy responses to these important global issues. The Environment and Resources working group’s research agenda also includes broad consideration of global environmental governance. Moving beyond isolated issues of environmental concern, the group's research focuses on sites of system interaction that highlight opportunities to respond to issues of energy supply, environmental degradation and security simultaneously.
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The Global and Human Security program focuses on a range of issues, including: fragile and failing states; civil conflict and asymmetric warfare; peacebuilding and post-conflict reconstruction; and security sector reform. One of the overarching dilemmas researchers confront is the evolving and constantly shifting definition of security. Researchers analyze and assess its core themes through both a human and traditional security lens.
Read MoreHealth and Social Governance
The Health and Social Governance program seeks to develop innovative policy options that address global health and other social issues and that transcend borders and disciplines. Through a number of targeted initiatives, researchers are studying how governments and institutions can collaborate on finding substantive and lasting responses to complex challenges such as climate-induced pandemics, the brain drain of health practitioners from developing regions, and the role of the private sector in post-conflict reconstruction.
Read MoreInternational Economic Governance
The International Economic Governance program examines a broad array of factors that affect the global economy, the international financial architecture and the multilateral trading system. Experts analyze how governments and international institutions respond to current financial dilemmas and propose policy solutions to improve systemic responses to these pressing problems. Specific focus is given to regional trade and investment arrangements, in addition to multilateral institutions.
Read MoreInternational Law, Institutions and Diplomacy
The International Law, Institutions and Diplomacy program seeks to examine and understand the changing nature of international cooperation through research on the roles and effectiveness of international actors, institutions, and legal frameworks within the current and evolving global architecture. The research agenda of the group focuses on the changing nature of governance at the international level beyond traditional state-based diplomacy, with special emphasis on new and emerging forms of cooperation and diplomacy.
Read MoreShifting Global Order
The Shifting Global Order program studies the sources and implications of global power shifts in international governance. One stream of scholarly activity within the group is devoted to relationships between economic strength, innovation and political influence in the evolving global order. Another core group of researchers studies the economic development of the emerging economies and the impact of global financial and economic events on the growth paths of these nations.
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