This is a selection of key globalization research centres around the world. The descriptions are the centres' own.
George Washington University (GW): Center for the Study of Globalization
The GW Center for the Study of Globalization (GWCSG) has been operating as a research center on campus since 2000. The GWCSG is part of a four-university consortium called the Globalization Research Network . Joining GW in the consortium are the University of Hawaii at Manoa, UCLA, and the University of South Florida. The four universities collaborate on research and on public education programs addressing globalization issues.
GSN: Globalization Studies Network
The first ideas for the creation of a network of globalization research centers were spawned at a lunch among colleagues back in fall 2002. The proposition was made that the topic of globalization and its multidisciplinary perspective was beyond the capacity of any one university to take on and address comprehensively. It was agreed that a coalition of university research centers from all over the world would be able to pool their expertise in globalization and make a more credible and persuasive case to funders about the merits of research proposals addressing the issues of globalization.
Yale University: Yale Center for the Study of Globalization (YCSG)
A key contribution of YCSG is to identify and support individuals and programs in all parts of the University who are engaged in some aspect of studying globalization. By providing resources, leadership and connections, the Center maximizes the contributions of current members of the University and builds on those contributions to enrich the ways in which we study globalization at Yale.
University of Aberdeen: Centre for the Study of Globalization
Over the last twenty years or so, research into globalization has become a thematic priority in the social sciences and the humanities. The University of Aberdeen has a wide range of researchers in several departments who are working in the field of globalization studies and the global context of particular regions, including Europe, China, Japan, Latin America (notably Brazil), Australia and the Indian Ocean.
The University of Warwich: Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation
Inaugurated in 1997, the Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation (CSGR) at the University of Warwick is the largest academic centre in Europe dealing with this subject area. CSGR is a designated research site of the UK Economic and Social Research Council, which has provided core funding in two five-year phases (1997-2002 and 2002-2007).
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA): Center for Globalization and Policy Research
The Center was established in the autumn of 2000 in response to the growing need for informed research and debate on all aspects of globalization, and, in particular, on the many difficult policy questions that are being raised as globalization runs its course.
RMIT University: The Globalism Institute
The Globalism Institute, founded in 2002, undertakes engaged research into globalisation, transnationalism, nationalism and cultural diversity. It seeks to understand and critically evaluate current directions of global change, with an emphasis on the cultural implications of political and economic transformation.
Sist oppdatert: 27.08.2006
