"The Carnegie Council's mission is to be the voice for ethics in international policy. It convenes agenda-setting forums and creates educational opportunities and information resources for a worldwide audience of teachers and students, journalists, international affairs professionals, and concerned citizens."
Center for Global Development
"CGD is an independent, not-for-profit think tank that works to reduce global poverty and inequality by encouraging policy change in the U.S. and other rich countries through rigorous research and active engagement with the policy community."
Center for Global Studies
University of Victoria
"The Centre for Global Studies was created in 1998 with a mandate to conduct collaborative, policy-oriented inquiry into the impacts of globalization on a broad spectrum of inter-related issues encompassing international governance and finance, the environment, security, and sustainable development."
The Centre for International Governance Innovation
University of Waterloo, Canada
"CIGI is an independent, nonpartisan think tank that addresses international governance challenges. Led by a group of experienced practitioners and distinguished academics, CIGI supports research, forms networks, advances policy debate, builds capacity, and generates ideas for multilateral governance improvements. Conducting an active agenda of research, events and publications, CIGI's interdisciplinary work includes collaboration with policy, business and academic communities around the world."
Center for Sustainable Development and International Peace
University of Denver
"The Center for Sustainable Development and International Peace at the Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver, is dedicated to research and education to promote cooperative andmultilateral approaches to the pressing “twin” challenges and opportunities of development and peace that the 21st Century poses. Its mission is to understand the vicious cycles of decline and the virtuous cycles of progress, and to educate and disseminate knowledge gained."
Centre for the Study of Global Governance
London School of Economics
"The Centre for the Study of Global Governance is a leading international institution dedicated to research, analysis and dissemination about global governance. Based at the London School of Economics, the Centre aims to increase understanding and knowledge of global issues, to encourage interaction between academics, policy makers, journalists and activists, and to propose solutions."
The Centre of Excellence in Global Governance Research
University of Helsinki
"There is much debate today in all sectors of society about globalisation, which is seen as both a threat and an opportunity. Based at the University of Helsinki , the Centre of Excellence in Global Governance Research takes a broad view on globalisation and questions of global governance so as not to be overly constrained by the methods and approaches of individual disciplines. Researchers at the CoE include scholars from as diverse fields as international politics, international law and social anthropology. Aiming innovatively to integrate the perspectives of different disciplines, the CoE is working to research global governance and its organisation for purposes of political decision-making."
The Collaborative Research Center 597, "Transformations of the State"
"The collective object of the research in the subprojects is to ascertain whether and in which way the classical liberal national state has changed in the past 30 years under the pressure of globalisation and liberalisation. The first research phase (2003-2006) has clearly shown that there have been a large number of changes. The notion however, of the disintegration of the state, even the end of politics and the power succession by multi-national companies, seems exaggerated on closer inspection. The state has withdrawn itself from the supply of its own services (postal service, telecommunication, electricity supply). The final political responsibility, however, still rests on the state. In the second phase of research (2007 - 2010) the Collaborative Research Centre shall aim primarily at determining the causes of the change which can be observed. A third phase shall clarify how these processes of change influence the supply of the normative goods of modern statehood (security, welfare, legitimacy)."
Crimes of War Project
"The Crimes of War Project is a collaboration of journalists, lawyers and scholars dedicated to raising public awareness of the laws of war and their application to situations of conflict. Our goal is to promote understanding of international humanitarian law among journalists, policymakers, and the general public, in the belief that a wider knowledge of the legal framework governing armed conflict will lead to greater pressure to prevent breaches of the law, and to punish those who commit them."
Global Governance Initiative
World Economic Forum
"The Global Governance Initiative monitors the efforts of governments, the private sector, international organizations and civil society towards achieving the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. These objectives relate to poverty, conflict, health, education, the environment, human rights and hunger."
The Global Governance Project
"The Global Governance Project (Glogov.org) is a joint research programme of twelve European research institutions that seeks to advance understanding of the new actors, institutions and mechanisms of global governance. While we address the phenomenon of global governance in general, most of our research projects focus on global environmental change and governance for sustainable development."
Institute for Global Ethics
“Our mission is to promote ethical behavior in Individuals, Educators, and Organizations through research, public discourse, and practical action”
“Founded in 1990, the Institute for Global Ethics (IGE) is an independent, nonsectarian, nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting ethical action in a global context. Our challenge is to explore the global common ground of values, elevate awareness of ethics, provide practical tools for making ethical decisions, and encourage moral actions based on those decisions.”
Interdisciplinary Center for the Scientific Study of Ethics and Morality (UC Irvine)
“Exploring this quintessential question at the heart of ethics is the goal of the UCI Interdisciplinary Center for the Scientific Study of Ethics and Morality. The Center was established in 2003 by a group of scholars interested in recent scientific research that yields insight on the origins and causes of morality. In creating the Center, UCI faculty both address a topic that is becoming one of the new frontiers in science and reflect critically on the moral implications of this new frontier.”
“The UCI Center for the Scientific Study of Ethics and Morality focuses on the etiology of ethical behavior and differs in several important ways from existing centers dedicated to the discussion of ethics.
Traditional academic approaches tend to originate in philosophical, foundational, or religious discussions of ethics. They tend to be humanistic in orientation and emphasize abstract, theoretical considerations of what constitutes ethics and morality. The UCI Center complements this traditional approach and explores the scientific and/or the empirically verifiable factors that influence morality, using a variety of methodologies that examine factors contributing to and driving moral action in a variety of social, psychological and biological contexts.
The UCI center encourages ties between scholars interested in ethics in humanities and the sciences -- including social science, social ecology, biological sciences and medicine -- building on the interdisciplinary tradition at UCI, complementing, rather than duplicating, existing efforts.”
Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
"The Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies is an interdisciplinary research centre of the Humanities and Social Sciences. It carries out and supports interdisciplinary research on topics related to globalization, governance processes and multilateralism, with a particular focus on the following areas, taking the many cross-cutting issues into account : (i) trade and sustainable development, (ii) peace and security, (iii) human rights, democracy and rule of law, and (iv) the European Union and global multilateral governance."
Markkula Center for Applied Ethics (Santa Clara University)
“A forum for research and discussion in all areas of applied ethics”
“The Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University is one of the preeminent centers for research and dialogue on ethical issues in critical areas of American life. The center works with faculty, staff, students, community leaders, and the public to address ethical issues more effectively in teaching, research, and action.”
The Oxford Leverhulme Programme on the Changing Character of War
“In 2003, as the result of a nation-wide competition, the University of Oxford was awarded a grant by the Leverhulme Trust to fund a five-year programme on the ‘Changing Character of War’ (CCW). Located in the Centre for International Studies in the Department of Politics and International Relations, the Programme is a cooperative effort with the Faculty of Modern History and the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics in the Faculty of Philosophy. It also has links with and support from members of other Oxford disciplines, particularly the Faculty of Law.”
UNDP Oslo Governance Centre
"The Oslo Governance Centre [OGC] was established in 2002 as part of UNDP's global policy network for democratic governance. The overarching purpose of the work of the OGC is to position UNDP as a champion of democratic governance, both as an end in itself, and as a means to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. This is done through knowledge networking and multi-disciplinary team work, to provide policy guidance and technical support to the more than 130 UNDP Country Offices around the world. It also involves close partnerships with leading policy and research institutions in different parts of the world."
Pacific Islands Governance Portal
"The Pacific Governance Portal provides timely and relevant information about all aspects of governance in the Pacific Islands region. In time it will become the first point of reference for Governance practitioners who seek accurate and detailed information about the region. Whereas there are numerous information networks in and about the Pacific, the Pacific Governance Portal seeks to bring diverse sources of information into one workspace. On the Governance Portal one will find information on governance issues in the Pacific; collections and links to Pacific policy documents; academic papers and reports; information and links to development projects, research projects and conferences; and a collection of topical news."
Peace and Collaborative Development Network
“Building Bridges, Networks and Expertise Across Sectors”
This is a free professional networking site (with over 5550 members from around the world) to foster dialogue and sharing of resources in international development, conflict resolution, gender mainstreaming, human rights, social entrepreneurship and related fields.
Project on International Courts and Tribunals
"More than one hundred years ago, in 1899, the Hague Convention on the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes established the Permanent Court of Arbitration: the first standing institution intended to settle disputes between sovereign States through binding decisions based on international law. Since then the international rule of law has advanced significantly. There now are more than 20 international courts and tribunals that is to say permanent institutions, composed of independent judges, that adjudicate disputes between two or more entities (at least one of which is either a State or an International Organization); operate on the basis of predetermined rules of procedure; and render decisions that are binding on the parties. Beside these international courts and tribunals, there are at least 70 other international institutions, which exercise judicial or quasi-judicial functions.
PICT is an unprecedented endeavor. It is the only internationally based effort to address, with a comprehensive and holistic approach, all existing international courts and tribunals. It couples academic research with concrete action aimed at facilitating the work of international courts and tribunals at developing the lawyering skills of potential actors, in particular, in developing countries and economies-in-transition."
Project on International Courts and Tribunals, African International Courts and Tribunals
"The recent exponential growth of international courts and tribunals is a well-known and well-studied phenomenon. The African continent leads the way in innovations in international courts and tribunals, with the first hybrid court and the first referrals to the International Criminal Court. Africa is also unique in the sheer number of regional courts and tribunals applying not only regional but, in some cases, international law. These experiments in regional and other international courts and tribunals in Africa are innovations that should be watched and studied by all for the lessons they can provide on the success and failure of international courts. Yet there is no central source for information on those courts and tribunals and it is often difficult to find information on them.
This website provides a centralized source for scholars, practitioners and laypersons working in or on the Continent and a reference to the work of these courts and tribunals for others studying the global phenomenon."
RAND Frederick S. Pardee Center for Longer Range Global Policy and the Future Human Condition
"The RAND Pardee Center pursues ambitious objectives: to improve our ability to think about the longer-range future--from 35 to as far as 200 years ahead--and to develop new methods of analyzing potential long-range, global effects of today's policy options in order to design sound policies that are sensitive to those effects."
The Research Centre for Global Governance
The Stanley Foundation
"The Stanley Foundation brings fresh voices and original ideas to debates on global and regional problems. The foundation seeks a secure peace with freedom and justice, built on world citizenship and effective global governance. It is a nonpartisan, private operating foundation focusing primarily on peace and security issues and advocating principled multilateralism. The foundation's concept of principled multilateralism means working respectfully across differences to create fair, just, and lasting solutions."
The Toda Institute
“For Global Peace and Policy Research: Dialogue of Civilizations for Global Citizenship”
“The Toda Institute is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization committed to the pursuit of peace through peaceful means and a complete abolition of war. In cooperation with other peace organizations that resist injustice and resolve conflict, the Institute aims to maximize the efforts of people of peace of all colors and creeds everywhere.”