Globalisation Studies Network
Programme of the Inaugural Conference
TABLE OF CONTENTS
GSN Mission Statement
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Conference in Brief
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Conference Programme
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Presentation Abstracts
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List of Members and Associates
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Member Profiles
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Associate Profiles
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Conference Participants
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GLOBALIZATION STUDIES NETWORK (GSN)
MISSION STATEMENT
Globalizing dynamics are unfolding at accelerating rates in every realm of human endeavour,
the cultural and the social, the economic and the political, the scientific and the artistic, the
technological and the environmental, tourism and terrorism, to mention only the more
conspicuous domains.
Reflecting this trend, the past decade has seen the creation of multiple research, education
and public policy programmes across the world that address questions of globalization. The
Globalization Studies Network (GSN) provides a framework of cooperation among these
endeavours, consolidating a critical mass of work worldwide.
The GSN is formed on an inclusive basis, encompassing diverse regions, disciplines, cultures,
perspectives, and substantive concerns. The GSN does not advocate any particular
intellectual or political approach, but rather fosters dialogue and debate –involving South,
North, East and West – about the nature, direction and possible redirection of globalization.
In terms of substantive concerns, the GSN addresses imaginings, dynamics, impacts,
governance and sustainability of globalization. It especially facilitates research that is
multidisciplinary, multilayered (global, regional, national, local), intercultural and
comparative.
The GSN endeavours to make distinctive contributions to excellence in globalization studies.
It promotes innovative research and teaching collaborations involving different world
regions, cultures and disciplines. It brings the results of its efforts to the public domain,
engaging policy circles and wider society to work towards greater human security, social
justice and democracy in globalization.
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CONFERENCE IN BRIEF
Background
The Globalization Studies Network (GSN) is a new worldwide association that links
programmes of research, education and public policy regarding globalization. The network is
formed on an inclusive basis, encompassing diverse regions , disciplines, cultures,
perspectives, and substantive concerns. The GSN does not advocate any particular
intellectual or political approach, but rather fosters dialogue and debate – involving South,
North, East and West – about the nature, direction and possible redirection of globalization.
Two exploratory meetings concerning the formation of a GSN were held during 2003 and
involved 35 institutes from Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia and Europe. A gathering in
Ottawa in September 2003 drafted a mission statement for the network (see preceding page)
and agreed to convene an inaugural conference at CSGR/Warwick in August 2004.
The GSN is open to three categories of participants. ‘Members’ are scholarly research centres
and programmes on globalization studies, mainly though not exclusively connected with
universities. ‘Associates’ are non-academic bodies interested in globalisation studies, such as
civil society groups, funders and official agencies. ‘Supporters’ are individual globalization
researchers who are not attached to an institute that specializes on globalization studies.
Conference Aims and Proceedings
The GSN inaugural conference has the following five principal objectives:
• to take stock of globalization studies across the world
• to encourage sites of globalization studies to become aware of and develop links with
each other
• to explore possibilities for collaborative research projects among members
• to share experiences in the organization and administration of centres and
programmes of globa lization studies
• to launch the GSN with an agreed constitutional document
In pursuit of these aims the inaugural conference at Warwick involves the following
activities:
• plenary sessions where academics and practitioners speak to major challenges of
globalization studies and practice
• exhibition space where prospective members display their publications and publicity
materials
• thematic panel sessions where prospective members showcase their projects and
programmes on globalization studies
• a ‘research commons’ where members and associates have opportunities to explore
potential collaborative projects
• a constituent assembly formally to found the GSN
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Exhibition
Prospective members of the GSN are invited to display brochures, posters, publications, etc.
concerning their centre or programme of globalization studies. Given the large number of
conference participants and limited space, the materials for each institute should fit on a small
tabletop.
Panels
As another way to make centres of globalization studies worldwide aware of each other’s
work, a good part of the GSN inaugural conference is dedicated to panels at which
prospective members have an opportunity to present some of their major research interests.
Four sessions spread across Thursday and Friday afternoons each involve six parallel panels.
The panels are thematic, bringing together different centres and programmes with similar
concerns (e.g. on trade, governance, security or civil society). Every 1.5-hour panel involves
3-4 presenters who will describe their past, current and future activities on the subject. The
presentations may address not only the academic content of the work, but also challenges of
organizing and funding the projects.
Each centre or programme attending the conference is making one panel presentation. Of
course many institutes have multiple research interests; however, it would be unwieldy to
have each of more than 80 centres give several presentations. Rather, every centre is speaking
on one theme of its choice. Delegates can then participate as members of the audience in
panel sessions that address other topics that concern their institute.
Presenters are urged to speak for no more than 15 minutes each, so that another 45 minutes of
the session are available for group discus sion with the audience. This wider exchange of
experiences should be helpful in identifying similar and contrasting approaches to research
questions, as well as various ways that different centres and programmes have tackled
administrative issues around pr ojects. The discussion might also begin to identify possible
collaborative projects on the theme in question.
Note takers from CSGR will attend each panel. These observers will draft a brief report that
summarizes the discussion in terms of: (a) intellectual issues; (b) administrative issues; and
(c) possibilities for future collaborations among GSN members. The various panel reports
will be assembled in a record of conference proceedings that will be distributed to all
delegates.
Research Commons
A key purpose of the GSN is to facilitate collaborative projects between members (and
between members and associates). To this end the conference is designed in part as a
‘research commons’ where members have opportunities to explore the development of joint
research initiatives.
In the second plenary session, several members of the GSN Steering Committee will lead a
discussion of ways that the network in general – as well as this conference in particular –
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might be used to forge research partnerships. Thereafter panel sessions will be devoted in part
to the consideration of possible research collaborations in relation to particular subjects.
Finally, several hours on the final afternoon have been specifically designated for delegates
further to explore possible partnerships that have been identified earlier in the conference.
Constituent Assembly
The final morning of the conference will include a plenary meeting to consider a constitution
of the GSN. This document will be prepared ahead of the conference by the Steering
Committee and circulated to all prospective members in attendance.
CSGR gratefully acknowledges financial support for this conference from
the Economic and Social Research Council, the Ford Foundation, and the
International Development Research Centre.
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CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
All venues in Radcliffe House unless otherwise indicated
SLT - Scarman House Lecture Theatre
CS5 – Case Study 5
CS6 – Case Study 6
LR11 – Lecture Room 11
LR1 - Lecture Room 1
LR2 – Lecture Room 2
LR4 – Lecture Room 4
DAY 1, WEDNESDAY, 18 A UGUST 2004
18.30
Opening Reception
Welcome from Stuart Palmer, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of
Warwick and Richard Higgott, Director of CSGR
19.30-21.30
Opening Dinner
Introduction to the Conference by Gordon Smith, Coordinator of the Interim
GSN Steering Committee
D AY 2, THURSDAY , 19 AUGUST 2004
9.00 -9.15
Welcome to the Conference
SLT
Jan Aart Scholte, Acting Director of CSGR
9.15 -10.45
Plenary Session 1
SLT
Globalizat ion Studies: Achievements and Challenges
James Rosenau, George Washington University, initiator of the GSN concept
10.45-11.15
Break
11.15-12.45
Plenary Session 2
SLT
Building a Research Commons
John Forrer, George Washington Center for the Study of Globalization
Diana Tussie, FLACSO Argentina
13.00-14.00
Lunch
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14.00-15.30
Panels Session 1
Panel 1.1 Global Studies Journals (1)
LR1
Bob Deacon, Global Social Policy
Barry Gills, Globalizations
John Groom, Global Society
Sirkku Hellsten, Journal of Global Ethics
Alisdair Rogers, Global Networks
Diane Stone, Global Governance
Daya Thussu, Global Media and Communication
Panel 1.2 General Globalization Studies Programmes
CS5
Rita Giacalone, GRUDIR, Universidad de los Andes, Me rida, Venezuela
Sergiu Miscoiu, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania
Huang Ping, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing
Brian Winchester, Center for the Study of Global Change, Indiana University
Panel 1.3 Globalization and Security
CS6
Lim Li Ching, Third World Network, Penang
Paul van Seters, Globus Institute for Globalization and Sustainable
Development, University of Tilburg
Ram Rattan Sharma, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nahru
University, New Delhi
Pang Zhongying, Institute of Global Issues, Nankai University, Tianjin
Panel 1.4 Global Governance (1)
LR4
Barry Carin, Centre for Global Studies, University of Victoria
Ann Florini, Brookings Institution, Washington, DC
Adebayo Olukoshi, Council for Development of Social Science Research in
Africa, Dakar
Jiro Yamaguchi and Ken Endo, Center for the Study of Globalization, Hokkaido
University, Sapporo
Panel 1.5 Global Trade (1)
LR2
Debapriya Bhattacharya, Centre for Policy Dialogue, Dhaka
Nicola Bullard, Focus on the Global South, Bangkok
Yao Graham, Third World Network-Africa, Accra
Meri Koivusalo, STAKES, Helsinki
Panel 1.6 Democratizing Globalization
LR11
Moema Miranda, Instituto Brasiliero de Análises Sociais e Econômicas,
Rio de Janeiro
Robert O’Brien, Institut e on Globalization and the Human Condition,
McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
Aldo Panfichi, Centro de Investigaciónes Sociales, Economicas y Politicas,
Universidad Catolica del Peru, Lima
Geoff Stokes, Institute for Citizenship and Globalization, D eakin University
15.30-16.00
Break
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16.00-17.30
Panels Session 2
Panel 2.1 Global Studies Degrees
CS5
Michael Conniff, Global Studies Initiative, San Jose State University
Richard Langhorne, Center for Global Change and Governance,
Rutgers University
Derek Mulenga, Globalization and Lifelong Learning Program, Penn State
University
Dominic Sachsenmaier, Global and International Studies Program,
University of California at Santa Barbara
Panel 2.2 Global Trade (2)
LR2
Sachin Chaturvedi, RIS, New Delhi
Josephat Kweka, Economic and Social Research Foundation, Dar es Salaam
Rogayah Hj Mat Zin, Institute of Malaysian and International Studies, Bangi
Richard Kozul-Wright, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Panel 2.3 Global Governance (2)
LR1
Simon Burall, One World Trust, London
Richard Crook, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London
George Thomas, School of Global Studies, Arizona State University
Yiwei Wang, Fudan Institute for International Studies, Fudan University,
Shanghai
Panel 2.4 Global Money and Finance
LR4
Tony Addison, United Nations University-World Institute for Development
Economics Research, Helsinki
Jorge Braga de Macedo, Institute for Tropical Scientific Research, Lisbon
Flemming Larsen, International Monetary Fund
Marek Wróblewski, Institute of International Studies, University of Wroclaw
Panel 2.5 Globalization Theory
LR11
Masoud Alamuti, Globalization Studies Group, IMPS, Tehran
Mathias Albert, Institute for World Society Studies, University of Bielefeld
Jessica Byron, Department of Government, University of the West Indies,
Kingston
Asuncion St. Clair, Global Dynamics Project, University of Bergen
Panel 2.6 Globalization, Gender, Knowledge
CS6
Helge Hveem, Centre on Technology, Innovation and Culture,
University of Oslo
Hideaki Shiroyama, Tokyo University and Ben Middleton, Ferris University
Karin Siegmann, Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Islamabad
19.30-21.30
Dinner
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DAY 3, F RIDAY, 20 AUGUST 2004
9.00 -10.30
Plenary Session 3
SLT
A Fair Globalization
Gerry Rodgers, International Labour Organization
Heba Handoussa, Economic Research Forum for the Arab Countries, Iran and
Turkey, Cairo
K.P. Kannan, Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum
Rolph van der Hoeven, International Labour Organization
10.30-11.00
Break
11.00-12.30
Plenary Session 4
SLT
Future Globalizations
David Held, Centre for the Study of Global Governance, London School of
Economics
13.00-14.00
Lunch
14.00-15.30
Panels Session 3
Panel 3.1 Globalization Centre Websites
LR11
Nayan Chanda, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, Yale University
Nikolay Saveliev, Centre for the History of Globalization, Moscow
Panel 3.2 Global Social Policy (1)
LR2
Bob Deacon, Globalism and Social Policy Programme, Helsinki/Sheffield
Huck-Ju Kwon, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
Simon Rutabajuka, Centre for Basic Research, Kampala
Felipe Balmaceda, Center of Applied Economics, University of Chile, Santiago
Panel 3.3 Global Civil Society and Social Movements (1)
CS6
Jules Duchastel, Canada Research Chair in Globalisation, Citizenship
and Democracy, University of Quebec at Montreal
John Gagain, FUNGLODE, Santo Domingo
Alla Glinchikova, Institute of Globalization Studies (IPROG), Moscow
Peg Hermann, Daniel Patrick Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs, Syracuse
University
Panel 3.4 Globalization and Regionalization (1)
LR4
Caner Bakir, Center on Globalization and Democracy, Koc University, Istanbul
Honor Fagan, NIRSA, National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Bjorn Hettne, Gothenburg School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg
Victor Kuvaldin, Gorbachev Foundation, Moscow
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Panel 3.5 Global Governance (3)
LR1
Andrew Cooper, Centre for International Governance Innovation,
University of Waterloo
Sirkku Hellsten, Centre for the Study of Global Ethics, University of Birmingham
Calum Miller, Global Economic Governance Programme, University of Oxford
Ilari Rantakari and Timo Voipio, Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Pierre Vercauteren, REGIMEN, Catholic University of Mons
Panel 3.6 Globalization and Culture
CS5
Petter Aaslestad, Norwegian University of Science & Technology, Trondheim
Roland Robertson, Centre for the Study of Globalization, University of Aberdeen
Thusitha Tennakoon, Bandarnaiake Centre of International Studies, Colombo
Saeid Zahed, Globalization and Iran Project, Tehran
15.30-16.00
Break
16.00-17.30
Panels Session 4
Panel 4.1 Global Studies Associations
CS5
John Groom, World International Studies Conference
Paul Kennedy, Global Studies Association of the UK
Panel 4.2 Global Social Policy (2)
LR11
Edward Tshidiso Maloka, Africa Institute of South Africa
Ronaldo Munck, Globalisation and Social Exclusion Unit, University
of Liverpool
Saied Ameli and Ali Saeidi, Centre of Globalization Studies,
Tehran University
Panel 4.3 Global Civil Society and Social Movements (2)
LR2
Shana Hofstetter, Initiative for Policy Dialogue, Columbia University
Robert Holton, Institute for International Integration Studies,
Trinity College Dublin
Peter Mandaville, Center for Global Studies, George Mason University
Heikki Patomaki, NIGD, Helsinki
Andrés Serbin, Centro de Estudios Globales y Regionales, Buenos Aires
Panel 4.4 Globalization and Regionalization (2)
LR4
Philippe de Lombaerde, United Nations University-Comparative Regional
Integration Studies, Bruges
Isidro Morales, School of Social Sciences, Universidad de las Américas Puebla
Robbie Robertson, Centre for Development Studies, University of the South
Pacific, Suva
Panel 4.5 Global Cities
CS6
Maria Crummett, Globalization Research Center, University of South Florida
Deane Neubauer, Globalization Research Network, University of Hawaii at
Manoa
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Panel 4.6 General Globalization Studies Programmes
LR1
Fiona Dove, Transnational Institute, Amsterdam
Omano Edigheji, Centre for Policy Studies, Johannesburg
Salim Nasr, Lebanese Center for Policy Studies, Beirut
Alfred Nehma, Organisation for Social Science Research in Eastern and
Southern Africa, Addis Ababa
Eduardo Tadem, Asian Center, University of the Philippines, Quezon City
Frank Welz, Global Studies Programme, Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg
19.30-21.30
Dinner
DAY 4, SATURDAY, 21 AUGUST 2004
9.00 -10.30
Plenary Session 5
LR1 & 2
Building Centres of Globalization Studies: Possibilities an d Challenges
Richard Higgott, CSGR, University of Warwick
Martin Khor, Third World Network, Penang
Paul James, Globalism Institute, RMIT University, Melbourne
James Mittelman, American University
10.30-11.00
Break
11.00-12.45
Plenary Session 6
GSN Constituent Assembly
Gordon Smith and Diana Tussie, Co-Chairs
13.00-14.00
Lunch
14.00-16.0
Research Commons
Exploring Collaborative Projects
16.00-16.30
Break
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PRESENTATION ABSTRACTS
Panel 1.1 Global Studies Journals
In this panel editors from seven global studies journals will discuss the aims of their
periodicals, their editorial policies, and various challenges (such as promoting
multidisciplinarity, attracting submissions from diverse world regions, blending
academic and policy concerns, etc.). The editors will be available throughout the
conference to discuss possible article submissions, special issues, and so on.
Panel 1.2 General Globalization Studies Programmes
Rita Giacalone, GRUDIR, Universidad de los Andes, Merida, Venezuela
On the one hand, this presentation sketches the research activities of the Grupo de
Integracin Regional (GRUDIR) - Universidad de Los Andes (ULA) since 1996,
emphasizing both its results in terms of publications and the premises and
methodological outlook from where they have been organized. Additionally present
as well as future areas of research are included. On the other hand, the second part of
the paper deals with the administrative problems involved in turning the group into a
center for global studies.
Sergiu Miscoiu, Babe s-Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania
This presentation covers globalisation studies taught within the Faculty of European
Studies in Cluj, Romania, as well as a general overview of the globalisation-related
researches conducted within several institutes and centers in Romania. The
presentation will include a description of the various types of course approaches and
of research preoccupations, focusing on the joint-projects and the need to develop
further international contacts with centers, faculties and institutions all over the world.
Supportive materials will allow a better understanding of the teaching processes and
research activities concerning globalisation within the University of Cluj.
Huang Ping, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing
Brian Winchester, Center for the Study of Global Change, Indiana University
The need for clear, innovative thinking about global issues has never been greater.
The globalization of economic and political forces, the impact of new information
technologies, and the approach to the limits of global environmental sustainability are
converging to produce extraordinary change on a global scale. The Center for the
Study of Global Change at Indiana University aims to stimulate critical thinking about
these and related issues through the comprehensive internationalization of precollegiate, undergraduate, and graduate teaching and research and through such
diverse projects as our Global Interactive Academic Network, the Cultures in Conflict
Digital Archive, the Global Ageing Initiative, our global database, Access
International Domains, etc.
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Panel 1.3 Globalization and Security
Paul van Seters, Globus Institute for Globalization and Sustainable Development,
University of Tilburg
Governance of Sustainable Development in a Globalizing World - Short Description
A. The concept of "globalization" in its core refers to the fading away of boundaries
of space and time. Worldwide this causes a growing mutual connectedness of
phenomena and the dispersion of networks of dependency across the globe. Typical of
the resulting interconnectedness is that consequences in one area lead to insecurities
in other areas.
B. Characteristic of the present era of globalization is the growing attention for
"sustainability", both in scientific and in societal- political circles. The so-called
"Nationale Verkenning Duurzame Ontwikkeling" (National Review Sustainable
Development), recently completed by the Dutch government, is constructed along five
themes: population, climate, water, biodiversity, and knowledge.9
C. The rise of globalization and these related sustainability issues have confronted
governments with the limits of a jurisdiction that is based on the sovereignty of
geographically defined, national states. Globalization therefore has cleared the way
for alternative, new forms of governance ("new governance"), mainly the result of a
new sort of combined, cooperative action of public, private and civil parties.
Ram Rattan Sharma, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nahru University,
New Delhi
The School of International Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University is currently
engaged in two research projects. These have been initiated during the last six
months. The projects are:
1. GLOBALIZATION AND DOMESTIC CONFLICTS. Globalization is re-mapping
the world system, ushering a new paradigm and rules of engagement between the
global and the national. The research project seeks to analyze the impact of
globalization at the following levels: (i) globalization as a source of domestic conflict;
(ii) globalization as sharpening the domestic contradictions thereby escalating
conflicts; (iii) globalization as moderating process on domestic conflicts; (iv)
globalization, transforming the nature of these conflicts
2. GLOBALIZATION AND ASIAN SECURITY: REGIONAL AND GLOBAL
CHALLENGES. The project seeks to find out the impact of globalization on the
changing international relations of Asian countries. The purpose is to find out how
the broad process of globalization has affected the regions politics and the security.
The issues, which invite special attention are: Democratic Governance, the Role of
Global Players in Asia, Wars and Conflicts in Asia, particularly in Afghanistan and
Iraq, Terrorism, Exacerbation of Regional Tensions and Conflicts, etc.
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Pang Zhongying, Institute of Global Issues, Nankai University, Tianjin
China and security: A globalisation perspective. China is a rising significant part of
globalisation. China’s involvement and the world’s engagement with China have been
accelerating the process of globalisation and security. What does China mean to the
study of globalisation and security? Traditionally, many have been viewing China as a
(nation-) state actor. In this project, I see China also as a market, society and region.
Particularly, I stress China as a region in Asia in terms of China’s domestic
governance structure and its some similarity to the EU-like region and its futureoriented development to re-organize its central- local relations. The idea of non-state
China is from a new perspective aims to understand China’s contribution, impact and
consequence to the ongoing transformation of security in this globalising world. How
to better develop the idea of non-state China is the first task of the project. The project
has been discussing and writing a changing Chinas role in contemporary
transformation of security concept. Many non-traditional security problems in the
world have their roots in China and the same time, China has to face growingly nontraditional problems originated from the other places in the world. Non-traditional
threats challenge Chinas traditional unified security structure. The Chinese state
cannot deal with such security challenges independently and effectively. In all, very
complex pattern of security issues exist in China and have vital implications for
security in the world. Therefore, China is a good case of the interconnectedness and
interdependence between globalisation and security. The case study of non-state
China would help better know the relationship between globalisation and security. At
the current stage, the project is conducting by a small group in China and just has a
very limited financial resource. I seek and welcome international collaborations (for
funding and conferencing) with other globalisation centres on this project.
Panel 1.4 Global Governance (1)
Barry Carin, Centre for Global Studies, University of Victoria
G20 at Leaders Level? The purpose is to stimulate debate on the future role of a G20
at Leaders' level in strengthening the capacity to manage global challenges. We will
explore the case that a G20 Leaders meeting can help resolve issues that are
intractable in existing multilateral Ministerial fora or Summits. We are organizing 7
regional meetings, each focused on an intractable global problem: agricultural
subsidies & the WTO; post Kyoto architecture; infectious diseases; water; terrorism &
WMD; financial crises; responsibility to protect. This is to explore the
architecture/design of an attractive win -win solution the G20 leaders could endorse or
pursue.
Ann Florini, Brookings Institution
The Brookings program on global governance examines three transformations in how
the world handles global problems. One is the rise of the "citizen sector," the panoply
of NGOs, church groups, informal associations, and transnational networks through
which groups of people who have no formal governmental authority are nonetheless
banding together to bring about far-reaching social change. A second transformation,
one that is in part both cause and consequence of the rise of the citizen sector, is the
emergence of transparency as a key tool of governance. Thanks in parts to the
demands of citizens, more and more governments and corporations are releasing
information that allows others to hold them accountable and even to have voice in
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their decisions. The third important transformation, much remarked upon but rarely
systematically analyzed, concerns the private sector. In the absence of an agreed
global social contract laying out the rights and responsibilities of business, and in the
absence of a global government able to negotiate such a contract, the world is making
do with a hodgepodge of corporate codes of conduct and highly controversial
corporate self-regulation. The Brookings progr am investigates why these
transformations are happening, how they relate to traditional global governance
mechanisms, and how they may provide new approaches to more successful ways of
addressing global issues.
Adebayo Olukoshi, Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa,
Dakar
Jiro Yamaguchi and Ken Endo, Center for the Study of Globalization, Hokkaido
University, Sapporo
The Center for the Study of Globalization at Hokkaido University is hosting a project
on `Comparative Research into Changes in Governance in an Age of Globalization.`
Opposed to all conceptions of globalization as Americanization, the project
investigates the possibilities of a countervailing globalization that respects the values
of fairness, equality and the dignity of the individual. Taking into account the limits of
the nation-state’s welfare-provision functions, we consider the concept of social
governance, based on an association of a plurality of political and social subjects
(actors), to be key to the formation of such countervailing globalization.
Panel 1.5 Global Trade (1)
Debapriya Bhattacharya, Centre for Policy Dialogue, Dhaka
Generating Trade Policy Inputs through Capacity Building of the Civil Society: The
Experience of CPD, Bangladesh. The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), Bangladesh
- a civil society think-tank - has been implementing a research programme on Trade
Policy Analysis (TPA) since 1999. The aim of the programme is, through traderelated research capacity building at CPD, to monitor the impact of the WTO on
Bangladesh economy with a view to contribute to the trade-related policy making in
the country. The programme also addresses trade issues related to the LDCs and
South Asia. The Programme has so far produced 14 research studies, organised 20
dialogues and 04 training workshops, and published 16 Policy Briefs, 26 Research
Reports, and 05 Monographs. A number of international and regional conferences
were organised as well. The outputs are regularly shared with various agencies of the
Government of Bangladesh for shaping trade policies and developing negotiating
positions. The programme also regularly provides policy inputs to various global and
regional civil society organisations. The programme has recently embarked on a new
phase of activities.
Nicola Bullard, Focus on the Global South, Bangkok
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Yao Graham, Third World Network -Africa, Accra
TWN-Africa, as part of the wider TWN network gives a central place to work on
global trade policy making, centred around the role of the WTO and some regional
fora such as under the Cotonou Convention linking the EU and ACP countries. TWNAfrica has done multi-country research on Gender, Trade and Investment in Africa
and is involved in research and advocacy on the WTO as well as the negotiations
under the Cotonou Agreement for free trade agreements between the EU and ACP
countries. My presentation will look at the experience of research and advocacy
around these issues by an African non-profit organisation.
Meri Koivusalo, STAKES, Helsinki
Trade creep - the impact of international trade agreement on national health policies.
The GASPP trade creep project is based on analysis of impact and potential future
impacts of trade agreements on national health policy options and choices and the role
of international health-related standard setting and governance from a health policy
perspective. While it is generally agreed that trade agreements and policies should not
and do not influence the national health policy aims, it is clear that these may
influence broadly through what kind of regulatory mechanisms these aims can be
achieved. The project thus combines analysis on existing knowledge and
understanding on commercialisation of health care and regulation of pharmaceutical
policies and pricing from a health policy perspective with the current international
legislative processes and trends in the context of trade, investments and intellectual
property rights. The interest of the project is also how trade policy-related interests
and approaches in the context of legal agreements in the fields of trade, investments
and intellectual property rights may inadvertently influence health systems and in
particular effective and comprehensive health policies as well as equity and public
health priorities decided at national and local level. Special attention is drawn to the
relationship of trade in services with regulation of health services and services such as
distribution, sale and advertisement of alcohol and tobacco as well as the relationship
between protection of intellectual property rights, pricing of pharmaceuticals and in
ensuring access to essential data and research and development priorities on health
policy priority areas. The project also explores to what extent different common
interests and policy priorities across countries can be seen in the context of health
policies in comparison to trade policies and to what extent the substantive interests in
the field of health policies may conflict with trade policy priorities at regional and
global level representing a more systematic concern over social impacts of
globalisation. The presentation will focus on analysis of especially on GA,TS and
TRIPS agreements with focus on current processes in the context of the World Trade
Organisation and especially in relation to European Community policies and
processes.
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Panel 1.6 Democratizing Globalization
Moema Miranda, Instituto Brasiliero de Análises Sociais e Econômicas, Rio de Janeiro
IBASE was founded in 1981 by the sociologist Herbert de Souza (Betinho). It is a
not-for -profit, civil society organization, registered as being of Federal and State
Public Utility by the National Social Assistance Board (Conselho Nacional de
Assistncia Social) and has been awarded the Philanthropic Organization Certificate
(Certificado de Entidade Filantrpica). Its mission is to act strategically in developing
democracy. Democracy, to IBASE, means acting in such a way that societies take as
their reference a humanist ethic grounded in freedom, equality, diversity, participation
and solidarity. All IBASE's work is directed to promoting citizenship and human
rights, protecting the environment and, most importantly, combating misery, hunger,
poverty and all forms of social exclusion. IBASE has chosen as its priorities the
following themes and fields of activity: World Social Forum process; democratic
alternatives to globalization; civil society participation in public affairs; monitoring
public policies; democratizing the city; food security; solidarity economy; social and
ethical responsibility in organizations.
Robert O'Brien, Institute on Globalization and the Human Condition, McMaster
University, Hamilton, Canada
Our session will be used to report on the MCRI Globalization and Autonomy project.
This will include a brief discuss ion of the relationship between globalization and
autonomy. The challenges posed for individuals and communities attempting to
strengthen autonomy will be reviewed. We will highlight the varied research agenda
and research tasks involved in the project, as well as development of the online
Globalization compendium. Finally, we will briefly mention the challenge of doing
interdisciplinary work and efforts at creating new graduate programs.
Aldo Panfichi, Centro de Investigaciones Sociales, Economicas y Politicas, Universidad
Catolica del Peru
One of the most promising developments within Latin America’s fragile democracies
is the creation of mechanisms for citizen participation and deliberation between
elections. These range from participatory budgetary processes, to fora for dialogue
among representatives of organized civil society and the state, to mechanisms for
revoking elected authorities. Although such measures may be longstanding in other
region, they are largely new in Latin America, where political cultures have largely
been elitist, centralized and authoritarian.
Nonetheless, the consolidation of such experiences has encountered difficulties, and
to date they have not produced significant improvements in the quality of life or the
perceived quality of politics for most Latin Americans. This presentation is based on
a comparative study in various countries, to examine the factors that prevent such
experiences from having a greater democratizing effect.
Geoff Stokes, Institute for Citizensh ip and Globalization, Deakin University
The ICG has tended to focus on the implications of globalisation for citizenship
theory and practice. Studies of cosmopolitanism have critically examined its
plausibility and applicability in a globalising world. Significant research has been
undertaken on the experience of refugee and asylum seekers in Australia. A major
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collaborative program of corporate citizenship has explored ways of promoting
corporate social responsibility among transnational firms. ICG researchers have also
investigated the problem of rights to culture and ways of protecting global cultural
heritage. Many of these interdisciplinary studies, as well as others on the globalisation
process, have an applied or policy orientation.
Panel 2.1 Global Studies Degrees
Michael Conniff, Global Studies Initiative, San Jose State University
A New Bachelor's Degree Program in Global Studies. In 2002 SJSU began planning
for a new BA in GS, which is being implemented in fall 2004. It calls for the
following elements: 1. 12 hours in core courses designed especially for the major; 2.
24 credit hours in breadth courses, 6 each from geography and environment, business
and economics, history and politics, and cultures and society; 3. 12 hours in an area of
emphasis/world region; 4. demonstrate intermediate competency in a second
language; 5. at least one semester abroad, in study, internship, service learning, or
research. This is a largely upper division program, and we expect significant number
of students transferring from community colleges.
Richard Langhorne, Center for Global Change and Governance, Rutgers University
I will briefly explain what the Center does and where its main interests lie. Then I'll
explain how the degree programs work. Everything is fully laid out on our website http://cgcg.rutgers.edu.
Derek Mulenga, Globalization and Lifelong Learning Program, Penn State University
Dominic Sachsenmaier, Global and International Studies Program, University of
California at Santa Barbara
The talk will provide an overview of the Global Studies Program at the University of
California, Santa Barbara. Founded 5 years ago, the Global & International Studies
has now more than 750 undergraduate majors and is one of the largest programs at
UCSB. The presentation will include a brief history of the program, an explanation of
its structure and a discussion of the plans for its future development. It will also share
some of the program's experiences with the challenges, constraints and opportunities
of establishing Global Studies as a program and field of research.
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Panel 2.2 Global Trade (2)
Sachin Chaturvedi, RIS, New Delhi
The Research and Information System for the Non-Aligned and Other Developing
Countries (RIS) is India's contribution to the fulfillment of the long-felt need of the
developing world for creating a 'Think Tank' on global issues in the field of
international economic relations and development cooperation. RIS has also been
envisioned as a forum for fostering effective intellectual dialogue among developing
countries. RIS is also mandated to function as an advisory body to the Government of
India on matters pertai]ning to multilateral economic and social issues, including
regional and sub-regional cooperation arrangements. RIS functions in close
association with various governmental bodies, research institutions, academicians,
policy-makers, business and industry circles in India and abroad.
Josephat Kweka, Economic and Social Research Foundation, Dar es Salaam
Globalisation and East Africa Economies Project (housed at ESRF, Tanzania) was
established in 2001 as a two-year project funded by the Ford Foundation to addresses
limited aspects of globalisation challenges for the East African Economies. In its first
phase (2001-2003), the project covered different and somewhat disperse aspects of
trade, investment and governance related to globalisation. In the current Phase, the
Ford Foundation agreed to extend the funding (but at a half the budget) for another
two years (2004-2006). The current Phase is more integrated into a particular theme:
trade and foreign direct investment in East Africa. However, the project is limited in
its ability to address various other issues on the impact of globalisation due to lack of
funds and necessary capacity.
Rogayah Hj Mat Zin, Institute of Malaysian and International Studies, Kuala Lumpur
The research thrust of IKMAS, since its establishment in 1995, deals with the impact
of globalisation on developing countries, especially Malaysia. In line with this theme,
the first research project in this area has already been published as a book, entitled
"Capturing Globalization" in 2001. Two professorial inaugural lectures have been
given on the impact of globalisation on poverty, development and the well-being of
society. One of the current research projects, entitled "Science, Technology and
Society" explores the impact of globalization on competitiveness and the need to
harness science and technology to meet this challenge. Future research includes a
proposed study on "Trade and Its Impact on Wage Inequality in the Manufacturing
Sector", given the importance of international trade as one of the key drivers of
globalization.
Richard Kozul-Wright, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
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Panel 2.3 Global Governance (2)
Simon Burall, One World Trust, London
The One World Trust is assessing the accountability of the most powerful
intergovernmental organisations, transnational corporations and international NGOs,
and promoting reform at the global level. At the heart of the project is a unique
framework which identifies four dimensions crucial to fostering greater
accountability: transparency, participation, complaints and redress, and evaluation.
We are developing indicators and have a number of outstanding issues to address: the
relationship between the impact and power and how to assess them; the relationship
between accountability and legitimacy; the effect of culture on accountability; the
discrepancies between accountability at global, regional and national levels; trade -offs
between positive and negative results of accountability.
Richard Crook, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London
The contemporary Commonwealth provides a unique focus for studying emerging
forms of new multilateralism, from its formal intergovernmental activities through
transnational coalitions of state and non-state actors to its rich world of civil] society
associations. ICS projects therefore include the Commonwealth as a global actor, in
fields such as democracy and good governance, or debt; human rights (including
religious and minority group rights); the emergence of state/ non-state advocacy
coalitions around regional security crises (Central and Southern Africa) and global
conflict problems (Ottawa process); and issues which involve global-local governance
linkages such as post- conflict justice, land reform, health and public services.
George Thomas, School of Global Studies, Arizona State University
Arizona State University is establishing a School of Global Studies to further Quality
of Life as elaborated in several directives: crossing borders, engaging cultural
differences, building effective institutions, deepening global communication, and
enabling sustainable development. ASU's contributions, and challenges , involve
pursuing purpose-driven research and instruction through transdiciplinary working
groups. One working group, Global Governance: Institutions and Participation,
studies how governance institutions and participatory forms such as civic engagement
and social movements are interconnected across local, national, and global contexts.
It studies transnational institutions and world citizenship and how they are contested.
Work includes democratic governance, rule of law, justice, authority,
participation/engagement, cultural differences, and inequalities.
Yiwei Wang, Fudan Institute for International Studies, Fudan University, Shanghai
Sovereignty, State and Global Governance in the Age of Globalization. Our
researches will cover the following subtopic s:
A. Global and regional governance in the age of globalization
1) Theoretical base of global and regional governance
2) The democratization in international relations
3) Constructing a global ethic community
4) Regional and local governance
5) Nonproliferation and anti- terrorism issues in governance
6) China’s civil society
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B. Global governance and Chinas strategy of international cooperation
1) Global governance and cooperation among great powers
2) Regime issue
3) Energy & environment
4) Export cont rol
5) Security of information
6) Port security
C. China’s state and local level governance under the global governance
1) Editing: Globalization & Chinas Reform: An IPE Approach
2) Relations between central and local governments
3) Taiwan’s internationa l space
4) Comparative studies on Chinese and American governance of their local
governments
Panel 2.4 Global Money and Finance
Tony Addison, UNU-WIDER, Helsinki
Most poor countries have very limited access to the finance necessary for
development. There are now proposals to expand private and official finance flows,
following the 2002 UN Financing for Development summit in Monterrey. These
include the use of Global Funds, the US Millennium Challenge Account, the UKs
International Finance Facility, proposals for global taxation, and ways to encourage
the flow of private finance (both foreign direct investment and portfolio flows). More
creative ways of increasing the flow of finance for development are needed, together
with the creation of a new financia l architecture to better govern the global financial
economy. Background: this topic arises from ongoing WIDER work on finance and
development issues, including a soon to be published book edited by Tony Atkinson
on new sources of development finance, a recently completed WIDER project on the
sustainability of development financing led by Matthew Odedokun, a just published
WIDER book on Debt Relief for Poor Countries, a new project on foreign aid led by
my colleagues George Mavrotas and Mark McGillivray, as well as other publications
in the WIDER pipeline on the new financial architecture and foreign direct
investment.
Jorge Braga de Macedo, Institute for Tropical Scientific Research (IICT), Lisbon
A ‘Eurocentric’ perspective on global money and finance
Developing countries need mechanisms of multilateral surveillance building on the
public good element of soft co-ordination and information sharing. The ‘Eurocentric’
perspective draws on the way in which former EU peripheries earned credibility
through the operation of a code of conduct which transformed the Exchange Rate
Mechanism from an exchange rate arrangement into a convergence instrument. The
areas chosen for peer reviews should be economically relevant without being too
sensitive politically – such as innovative forms of finance and cyclical indicators of
economic activity. These have been tested in the framework of OECD-NEPAD
collaboration, suggesting that public-private partnerships for development, allow
trust to build up among the various stakeholders. IICT is planning an application to
the Business Council of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP).
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Flemming Larsen, International Monetary Fund
Marek Wroblewski, Institute of International Studies, University of Wroclaw
Research pr ojects carried out in the IERD focus on the international capital flow,
direct foreign investments and role of the international economic organizations (IMF,
WB) in the global economic development and economic integration process in the
world. Moreover, research concerns competitiveness in the world economy and
economic transformation in Central and Eastern Europe. Project on the EU economic
co-operation with particular regions in the world and projects on the EU economic
effects after its enlargement in may 2004 are being carried out currently. Research
staff also plans to start a project on financial crisis in the world economy with special
respect to analysis of currency stability in Central and Eastern Europe.
Panel 2.5 Globalization Theory
Masoud Alamuti, Globalization Studies Group, IMPS, Tehran
At first, I should briefly argue on the groups mission and its programs. Then, I will
focus on my research project which is main ongoing research of the group. The
project focuses on the roles of conceptions of the international/global societies in an
analysis of the globalization process. It provides a critical review of major
globalization theories based on their approaches towards the meaning of
globalization. It has two parts: First part develops a cr itical review of the major
theories which could be categorized in international society approach to globalization.
Second part argues a critical appraisal of the major theories which should be included
in global society approach to globalization. Final cha pter of each part devotes to
policy outcomes of the approaches for development planning in Iran. In addition,
based on insights of the research, I will briefly argue about my idea on the
development a theory of global society which should be considered as one of the
important research programs for the future of the globalization studies especially
through "the Globalisation Studies Network."
Mathias Albert, Institute for World Society Studies, University of Bielefeld
Globalization studies in many disciplines have tended to either focus on the
globalization of specific economic, political, social etc. realms, or to note that
globalization impinges on the social world in numerous dimensions. Yet, while
notably a number of advances have been made to theorize the relationship between
dynamics of globalization and regionalisation and localisation on the one hand, and
the impact of globalization on political theories framed in terms of "methodological
nationalism", there is no "theory of globalization" in sight. We argue that this is due to
the fact that in the end it is not clear what the referent object of globalization is.
Against this background, it is argued the framing globalization studies in a theory of
world society provides a useful common theoretical frame of reference.
Jessica Byron, Department of Government, University of the West Indies, Kingston
Asuncion St. Clair, Global Dynamics Project, University of Bergen
Global Dynamics: Development, Migration, and Social Movements Global Dynamics
aims to produce research and classes investigating development, migration and social
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movements from an interrelated and supraterritorial perspective, shaped by and
shaping globalization. It addresses these interrelations through a series of sociological
themes such as gender, multiculturalism, power, resistance, political economy and the
re-structuring of capitalism, racism or global citizenship. The program aims to pay
special attention to 1) the re-configuration of the social space and challenges for a
new (global) sociology; and 2) ethical and value issues, in particular, to the role that
politics of solidarity, human rights and global justice may play in offering alternative
globalizations.
Panel 2.6 Globalization, Gender, Knowledge
Helge Hveem, Centre on Technology, Innovation and Culture, University of Oslo
The Centre on Technology, Innovation and Culture (TIK) at the University of Oslo
was given a grant of some 1 million USD by the Norwegian Research Council to
carry out a study on Globalisation as a trans formative force during 2002- 2005. It
looks at the driving forces behind globalisation; focuses the role of innovation in
particular in the relationship between state and corporate agency; relates these two
themes to weaknesses and potential of international institutions in regulating the
relationship; and deals with how globalisation affects the Nordic welfare state. The
programme links to several other projects including a multi-national comparative
study on national systems of innovation that compares 4 Asian and 6 European
countries, and a project that deals with FDI and technology transfer in North-South
relations. Preliminary conclusions are inter alia that the assumed convergence in
policies and dissemination of knowledge among nations across regional and cultural
divides is exaggerated, but that the potential is still there. Future research plans will
center on a deepening of studies on varieties of capitalism themes, and on the role of
knowledge (widely defined) in providing competitiveness to nations and corporations,
irrespective of scale.
Hideaki Shiroyama, Tokyo University and Ben Middleton, Ferris University
This decentralized project involving researchers at multiple universities throughout
Japan deals with transformations in governance in the age of globalization. It involves
three research groups: (1) contemporary-empirical, (2) historical-empirical, and (3)
conceptual. The first focuses on governance structures designed to tackle current
transnational issues such as communicable diseases and money-laundering. The
second investigates the historical examples of such structures, chiefly in East-Asia.
The third explores the conceptual implications of global governance. Closely
collaborating with a larger, sister project on globalization and governance at
Hokkaido University headed by Jiro Yamaguchi, we ground our research on the work
of practitioners and academics alike in order to reach a wide public audience.
Karin Siegmann, Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Islamabad
Textile workers ni the post -quota era: Gendered labour market implications of the
Agreement on Textiles and ClothingIn 2005, the Agreement on Textileqs and
Clothing (ATC) will give way to more liberalised global trade in textiles and clothing.
Accounting for more than two thirds of its exports, the textile industry is Pakistan's
major export engine. It also is a major employer of female workers. In the context of
the social seclusion of women in Pakistan, the strong representation of women in the
textile and clothing industry makes the ATC implementation a gender equality issue.
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So far, the labour market implications of the change in the trade regime in general and
its effects on gendered access to employment, in particular, have been neglected
completely. The panel presentation will highlight the potential impact of the phase out
of the textile quota regime on gendered employment in Pakistan.
Plenary Session 3 A Fair Globalization
Gerry Rodgers, International Labour Organization
Heba Handoussa, Economic Research Forum for the Arab Countries, Iran and Turkey
K.P. Kannan, Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum
Rolph van der Hoeven, International Labour Organization
At this session, first the findings and conclusions of the World Commission on the
Social Dimension of Globalization established by the ILO in 2002 and presented in its
report: A fair globalization, Creating Opportunities for all, published in February
2004, will be discussed. Then some of the specific recommendations of the report will
be highlighted, especially that global governance and the economic and political space
for developing countries needs to be strengthened as well that concern for the social
dimension of globalization and decent work needs to begin at home. Another
important recommendation of the report is the need for an increased dialogue in order
to avoid sterile and isolated debates on globalization. How research and research
networks can play a role in this, will be the last item for discussion at this session.
Panel 3.1 Globalization Centre Websites
Nayan Chanda, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, Yale University
Globalization: Using the Web of Education. Globalization has emerged as one of the
most contentious words of our times. Some have seen as the inevitable march of
technology to a modern nirvana while others view it as a source of evil. There are not
many nouns about which passions flare so often. While scholars can debate over the
phenomenon in books and academic papers the general public is left confused Yet
one of the tools of globalization the Internet offers an attractive teaching device.
The multimedia possibilities available on the Web can and should be used to deepen
the public understanding of the issues raised by the debate over globalization.
Nikolay Saveliev, Centre for the History of Globalization, Moscow
The site www.chg-info.com is a museum for the history of globalization and civil
society. It is an open public program for the knowledge about history of globalization.
From crises to stability is an analysis of modern world development. It is an
exploratory and information program for senior managers of companies and banks.
Development of Russian legislation is an exploratory and information program for
managers of companies and banks. The site www.nbk-info.com is the National
Balance Congress, an organization for negotiation between investors, companies,
banks and government on the most important problems of economic and finance
policy.
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Panel 3.2 Global Social Policy (1)
Bob Deacon, Globalism and Social Policy Programme, Helsinki / Sheffield
The globalisation and social policy research agenda. This presentation will outline the
work of the Globalism and Social Policy Programme (GASPP) (www.gaspp.org).
This includes overviews of the impact of globalisation upon national social policy and
social development together with studies of the emerging supra-national social
policies of redistribution, regulation and rights at both global and regional level. A
new five-year (2005-2010) UNRISD supported project on global and regional social
policy and social governance will be outlined and partners invited from the Global
South to help shape and execute this work (which is subject to funding).
Huck-Ju Kwon, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
Social Policy in a Development Context: UNRISD current research and future
agenda. UNRISD has carried out a research programme on 'Social Policy in a
Development Context', which explores a state-society nexus that is developmental,
democratic and socially inclusive. In this research UNRISD places social policy at the
centre of analysis while maintaining the interdisciplinary approach. What has
emerged from the research, although preliminary, is that social policy can be integral
part of economic development as an instrument while fulfilling its intrinsic goals of
social protection. The research also shows that economic development without
adequate social policy is unlikely to be sustained. Drawing on such research outcome,
UNRISD will continue social policy research in two strands: financing social
protection and global social policy. The first strand is concerned with the financial
aspect of social policy in developing countries. In contrast to previous studies in this
topic, which tend to emphasis the financial burden of social policy, this research aims
to study the ways in which social protection can play an important role in economic
development. The second strand will examine the possibility of global social policy at
the global and regional levels. Through the UNRISD research and others, it has
become clear that social policy arrangement at the national level alone cannot achieve
social policy goals in the wake of increasing globalization. UNRISD will explore a
range of possibility and options for global social policy.
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Simon Rutabajuka, Centre for Basic Research, Kampala
Centre for Basic Research presentation is an attempt to understand the interface
between globalization, development and social policy at regional and lower levels.
Broadly speakin g, neo-liberal (adjustment) policies are the main vehicles for the
present forms of globalization in Africa. While there is need for focused empirical
studies of the impact of globalization on social policy and development, the available
literature suggests severely aggravated economic conditions in Africa at both
regional, sub-regional and national levels as a result of emphasis on short term
financial and fiscal adjustment concerns rather than long term balanced development,
culminating into deteriorated social outcomes.
Panel 3.3 Global Civil Society and Social Movements (1)
Jules Duchastel, Canada Research Chair in Globalisation, Citizenship and Democracy,
University of Quebec at Montreal
John Gagain, FUNGLODE, Santo Domingo
This intervention would address challenges and opportunities before the United
Nations and multilateral organizations, including mechanisms and initiatives (i.e.
U.N. World Summit on the Information Societys Civil Society Bureau) to harness
new capacities and diverse experiences of a global civil society that are increasingly
responsive to new demands of the 21st century. Intervention will focus on two recent
articles: "The United Nations and Civil Society: A New Step in the Right Direction"
U.N. Chronicle magazine, June 2003; and "Bold and Pragmatic: An Evaluation of
Civil Society as Global Governance Evolves" (to be published).
Alla Glinchikova, Institute of Globalization Studies (IPROG), Moscow
The Way to Global Civil Society: Variety or Unification? Civil activity becomes more
and more crucial on the global stage of neoliberal development as far as globalization
destroys all traditional forms of civil influence on politics. So, the globalization brings
two important challenges to civil society: the challenge of activity and the challenge
of diversity. The first is connected with the development of new, more immediate
types of civil activity, such as participative democracy, able to overcome the crisis of
traditional representative institutions of civil influence in politics. The second
concerns the future mood of development of global civil society - weather it will take
the form of unification of civil activity process all over the world (in accordance with
western model), when all countries and regions would follow the same steps sooner or
later, or weather it will develop through the growing interconnection between more
and more variable types and forms of civil activity in different regions. The
presentation is devoted to the description of two possible models of civil activity individual and communal, and two types of civil society, based on these models.
Cooperation and integration of civil activity within these two models opens the new
way to global civil society.
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Peg Hermann, Daniel Patrick Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs, Syracuse University
The Transnational NGO Initiative. Globalization, global market integration,
migration, and democratization have unleashed a plethora of cross -national challenges
and opportunities unimaginable a few decades ago. These forces have contributed to
change, uncertainty, and disruption in the world. Transnational non-governmental
organizations (NGOs) are an increasingly important "organizational resource" for
helping people manage these concerns focusing as they do on such global issues as
poverty alleviation, human rights, fair trade, environmental degradation, and
broadening the participation of underrepresented citizens such as women and the
disabled. We are involved in the early stages of a large-scale, systematic interview
study of the leadership of such NGOs focusing on how these organizations and
networks are evolving, the nature of their leadership, how they perceive issues of
transparency and accountability, the ways in which they evaluate their organizations'
impacts, the challenges they experience in working alongside governments and
international organizations, and the effects that they believe governments and
international organizations have on the nature of their activities. This project is
intended to further not only research but education and practice. One focus is on the
development of a set of materials that can be used in building a curriculum for
professional and doctoral students interested in international public management.
Analyses of the interviews pr ovides the basis for a set of training modules that can be
explored by leaders from transnational NGOs who are returning for further training or
re-tooling and as grist for discussion among such leaders on ways of dealing with the
particular challenges they face. All who are involved in the project are intent on
building a consortium across universities and centers with others interested in how
transnational NGOs operate and the increasing role that they appear to be playing in
global governance and the construction of a global civil society.
Panel 3.4 Globalization and Regionalization (1)
Caner Bakir, Center on Globalization and Democracy, Koc University, Istanbul
One of the major objectives of the centre is to conduct and foster comparative
research on globalization and regionalization with particular emphasis on the complex
relationships between international norms and domestic policy changes.
Europeanization and Domestic Political Change in Turkey: The Dynamics of the
Post-Helsinki Era looks systematically at the various components of the spectacular
political transformation that Turkey has been experiencing in recent years.
Europeanization and Domestic Change in Poland and Turkey: Diverse but
Converging Paths on the Road to EU Membership engages a select group of scholars
from Turkey and Poland in outlining a variety of themes linked with the
Europeanization process of both countries on a series of issues ranging from
migration to religion, the role of civil society organization, the role of various key
external actors and their interrelationships to economic reforms. Globalization and
Economic Governance addresses how international norms are causally important in
domestic policy reversals in economic governance.
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Honor Fagan, NIRSA, National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Globalisation and regionalism. NIRSA is a collaborative venture involving just under
100 scholars drawn from ten disciplines across five sites (National University of
Ireland Maynooth; Waterford Institute of Technology; Institute of Technology Sligo;
Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology; Mary Immaculate College, University of
Limerick). One of NIRSA's prime foci of analyses is the impact of global economic
and social processes on local and regional development on the island of Ireland. This
includes analysis of cross -border and transnational linkages and flows, particularly
with Europe and North America. NIRSA has recently becoming a founding
constituent partner (along with Harvard University, University of Ulster, Athlone
Institute of Technology, and the Centre for Cross Border Studies, Armagh) of the new
International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD) to be located in
Armagh and Athlone which will provide capacity building and professional education
courses to politicians, public servants and the private sector.
Bjorn Hettne, Gothenburg School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg
Victor Kuvaldin, Gorbachev Foundation, Moscow
This topic has at least two aspects. First. The role of regions as subnational units
implementing globalization. This set of problems is carried out by "globalization",
"global cities" studies. It is highlighted also by the researches on impact of
globalization at regional and local levels. Second. This is the main issue of my
presentation. The development of supranational regional organizations which are
becoming the pillars of the new world order. Such as European Union, NAFTA,
MERCOSUR, ASEAN, etc. They have been established as economic integration
projects. Gradually they are evolving in something more complex with political and to some extent - cultural overtones. The question arises. "Is the regionalization the
first and necessary step on the long road of building global Commonwealth?"
Panel 3.5 Global Governance (3)
Andrew Cooper, Centre for International Governance Innovation, University of Waterloo
Reforming Governance from the Top: A G20 Leaders' Summit. Credibility in the
pattern of global governance has waned both in terms of concerns about who sets the
rules of the game and why these rules are in place. Our research program - conducted
in collaboration with Gordon Smith and Barry Carin, CFGS, University of Victoria has as its main proposal an extension of the current G20 forum of Finance Ministers
into a Summit of Lea ders. The focus is on a top-down reform directed to reforms in
the architecture of governance. Still, if bounded by intent, the proposal is far from
modest in either form or function. The proposal of a G20 Summit, in stylistic terms, is
grounded on the need to overcome the sense of sluggishness in the international
system and to do so quickly. Once in place we suggest the G20 summit could act as a
trigger for a broader range of issue -specific activity of a more expansive nature.
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Sirkku Hellsten, Centre for the Study of Global Ethics, University of Birmingham
Global ethics and human rights. In the era of globalization there is a need to find a
coherent approach to the issues of global ethics and to the global promotion of human
rights. This study looks for 1) alternative and innovative approaches to development
and to global distributive justice, 2) it critically analyzes the various philosophical,
political and legal approaches to human rights (Western human rights doctrine and
international law; Islamic, African, Asian conceptions of human rights and the
problems and prospects of their national and international implementation, feminist
critique of the universal human rights) in the context of universalism-relativism,
individualism-collectivism frameworks .
Calum Miller, Global Economic Governance Programme, University of Oxford
The GEG is committed to research and analysis aimed at ensuring global economic
governance works better for people in developing countries: in finance, trade, and in
the governanc e of foreign aid. Pathways through financial crises is a recently
completed comparative study involving researchers and officials from seven
countries, examining whether economic choices `shrink' under long-term IMF
tutelage. From this work we are analysing what kinds of networks are likely
effectively to enhance developing country voice in global financial governance including within and outside of existing international organizations.
Ilari Rantakari and Timo Voipio, Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Helsinki Process on Globalisation and Democracy promotes solution-oriented cooperation between governments, international organisations, civil society and the
corporate sector, aiming at bringing about initiatives that are practical can
demonstrably improve the quality of life of those in the most vulnerable position. The
task of the Helsinki Process is to show that realising the ambitious targets of the world
community is possible.
The Helsinki Process was created at the initiative of the Finnish and Tanzanian
Governments in December 2002. The brainwork and mobilisation of the Process takes
place in the high-level Helsinki Group and three thematic groups, Tracks (New
Approaches to Global Problem Solving; Global Economic Agenda; and Human
Security).The work of the Process culminates in the Helsinki Conference to be held
7–9 September 2005.
More
information
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http://www.helsinkiprocess.fi
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Helsinki
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Pierre Vercauteren, REGIMEN, Catholic University of Mons
Not satisfie d with the gradual exhaustion of the cognitive efficiency of analytic
frameworks on the "act to govern" (sovereignty, power, *) and on institutions or
regimes which are organising them: (State, government, *), and considering the limits
of the new concepts presented to replace the old ones, REGIMEN network articulates
its investigation on three basic notions: Globalization, Governance and State. In this
presentation , after an introduction on the intellectual rationale of REGIMEN, the
methodological perspectives (deconstruction, comparative, reconstruction) shall be
explained. Then, a few words on the activities (conferences, publications) and the
structure of the network shall conclude the presentation.
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Panel 3.6 Globalization and Culture
Petter Aaslestads, NTNU Globalization Programme, Trondheim
The Globalization Programme at NTNU focuses on two main research areas. The
social and cultural expression of globalization: How globalization affects cultural and
social conditions and thus causes changes to patterns of thinking and interaction.
Production systems in a globalised world: How nations and national actors in the
production of goods and services can find roles and positions that are competitive and
sustainable. Crosscutting perspectives are historical processes, political and economic
conditions and ethical dilemmas. Most important and interesting is interdisciplinary
research in the interface between the focus areas, the exploration of how culture,
society and technology interact in the context of globalization.
Roland Robertson, Centre for the Study of Globalization, University of Aberdeen
Thusitha Tennakoon, Bandarnayake Centre of International Studies, Colombo
Globalization, as it is understood, is about an increasing interconnectedness of the
world through technology and flows of capital, commodities, people and culture.
Although there are some criticisms in academic discussions that globalization is no
more than a continuing homogenization of the world according to the western model
or models, the BCIS attitude to it is that it is not necessarily good or bad. The Centre
recognizes that globalization has come to stay in all parts of the world as a current
phenomenon. Globalization provides opportunities to new learning, enable people to
be more aware of their total surroundings and open up new experiences. In fact, it
provides opportunities for us to learn more about ourselves and our cultures as about
others and their cultures. It is only through an understanding of different cultures that
we can understand ours. Since culture is a continuously evolving dynamic system, this
ease of access to distinctive cultures, forces a faster evolutionary path. Media seems
to be the biggest agent that has a hearing on culture in a global context. Through the
rapid development of mass media, which literally spans the globe instantaneously, it
is 'creating a mass culture.' The driving force behind the media is the so-called market
forces. The media has moved away from its original role of providers of information
to a global business. This significant shift of role also defines what we receive as
content. Information in fact, is not value free. One of the biggest dangers that comes
with globalization and the possible shift to a 'common culture' is the loss of identity of
particulars social-cultural entities. The evolution of a society which is confused of its
own identity creates its own set of problems. Within the increase of homogeneity,
man needs to hold on to something that makes him apart and distinguishable. Even
within the Nation states, the allegiance to distinct sub-cultures plays a large role than
to allegiance to the nation. Preserving the important aspects of culture in each Nation
State or each sub group within a nation, until a mass civilization or global village
claim it back, is indeed a challenge. Here, globalization provides us with opportunities
to learn from each other, on how to preserve what's ours for next generations.
Saeid Zahed, Globalization and Iran Project, Tehran
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Panel 4.1 Global Studies Associations
John Groom, World International Studies Conference
Paul Kennedy, Global Studies Association of the UK
Panel 4.2 Global Social Policy (2)
Edward Tshidiso Maloka, Africa Institute of South Africa, Pretoria
Ronaldo Munck, GSEU, University of Liverpool
The Globalisation and Social Exclusion Unit (www.gseu.org.uk) was set up in 1999 at
the University of Liverpool as a network of researchers with overlapping interests in
these two areas. We are committed to an interdisciplinary approach to the social,
spatial and political aspects of globalisation and social exclusion. We also feel it is
necessary to critically draw out the policy implications of research in this area. The
GSEU has a variable configuration which allows us to put together research teams on
different topics as necessity demands. Globalisation debates have moved beyond the
first generation of somewhat starry-eyed studies, amazed by its manifestations and
unthinking critiques which amounted to a denial of transfor mations taking place.
There is today a general feeling that debates on globalisation need to be more
grounded. Furthermore, it is no longer possible to simply see globalisation as
something which happens 'out there' without understanding how it impacts 'in here' in
Liverpool or wherever. This out there/in here dialectic informs much of our research.
The other topic included in our title is Social Exclusion, once the preserve of a fairly
rarified debate in the Brussels corridors of the EU. Today it is understood that
globalisation is increasing the level of social exclusion between nation-states and
within nation-states. We seek to critically examine the impact of social exclusion in
terms of class, region, gender, ethnicity and other criteria. The use of the term 'social
exclusion' has now also been taken up in many developing countries as a means to
counter the ravages of globalisation.
Saeid Ameli and Ali Saeidi, Centre of Globalization Studies, Tehran University
Globalization and the Making of Social Policy in Iran. The aim of this discussion is to
have a general analysis of the impact of globalization upon the making a social policy
in the developing countries by emphasizing on Iran. By establishing a new Ministry of
Welfare and Social Security in Iran recently the state more than anytime insists
focusing on key issues in social policy and welfare in different part of country which
have already implemented diversely by various para-governmental organizations and
to bring social policy to be higher up the agenda to ensure the well-being of all of
their citizens. At the same time in the context of increasing globalization, many of the
countries such as Iran face pressures to decrease their social expenditures and to target
scarce resources on those most in need. The challenges facing the Iranian government
in terms of social policy choices, and the role of a range of global and international
organizations in influencing these choices, is the subject to study and discussion in the
CGS. The research tries to bring together some researchers, theoreticians and policy
makers from different organizations to discuss the subject matter within focus groups
and workshops. In this research we will try to focus on the role of various paragovernmental organizations in soc ial policy, a focus on the strengths and weaknesses
of Poverty Reduction schemes in those para -governmental organizations. We suppose
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that we have to learn lessons by classical welfare states and their recent crisis which
led to the argument of end of welfare state but we need a comprehensive program in
order to make a welfare state within a welfare society agenda.
The Globalization Message: Paradoxical Approach in the Global Order: Self-centred
Nation Statism or Global Humanism. Globalization is a reflection of structural
changes in hard power and soft power. Hard power explains technological changes.
Soft power is about the message of globalization; it is more about the cultural and
political outcomes of globalization. It seems that the 'new global order' in the postcold war era is highly dependant on these two structural changes. One of theW
concerns of the 'Centre for Globalization Studies in the Faculty of Social Sciences at
the University of Tehran' is to focus on the 'Globalization Message' as a soft power of
globalization. Although there are many globalizations at work, there are 'global
superpower messages' that overwhelm all political and cultural trends in the world.
My argument here is that globalization simultaneously creates fertile ground and a
wider possibility for global domination of a superpower. From this angle, one can
predict more destruction of human resources, human values and more and more
animosity in the world and my major question is how and when this 'cycle of
destruction' will end.
Panel 4.3 Global Civil Society and Social Movements (2)
Shana Hofstetter, Initiative for Policy Dialogue, Columbia University
The Initiative for Policy Dialogue (IPD), based at Columbia University, was founded
in July 2000 by Nobel laureate economist Joseph Stiglitz. IPD helps developing
countries explore policy alternatives and encourages wider civic participation in
economic policymaking.
The failure of economic policies to consistently help developing countries achieve
sustainable, equitable growth has inspired widespread international concern, and at
times, even protest. Yet instead of exploring the full range of economic solutions, the
international debate has often centered on a narrow range of options. IPD represents a
positive response t o these concerns.
The network explores policy alternatives and informs civil society through four main
activities: task forces, country dialogues, journalism, and research. Task Forces bring
together international experts to study complex, controversial economic issues,
including globalization, trade, macroeconomics, transparency and environmental
economics; Country Dialogues improve the quality of official decision-making in
developing countries, and open the discussion to a broad array of economic
stakeholders; Journalism Training helps journalists bring a wide range of ideas on
economic policy into the public sphere. IPD's aim is to enhance the quality of
dialogue by broadening the debate, while leaving the selection of policy to the
political process.
Robert Holton, Institute for International Integration Studies, Trinity College Dublin
The study of global networks represents an important dimension to understandings of
global civil society, which are not co-terminous with the more conventional empha sis
on social movements. Professor Holton will speak on a new i8nter -disciplinary project
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on Global Networks recently launched by the Institute for International Integration
Studies at Trinity College.
Peter Mandaville, Center for Global Studies, George Mason University
The Center for Global Studies (CGS) at George Mason University has a particular
interest in understanding how, where, and to what extent the enabling technologies of
globalization have permitted nascent grassroots communities --"quasi-NGOs"--to
appropriate and remold components of larger scale processes at the (trans)local level.
As a group of scholar-practitioners, we have been developing a project called 'The
Globalization Dialogues' which brings together intellectuals and activists from the
Global Justice Movement, grassroots entrepreneurs from the developing world, and a
select group of representatives from those sectors (corporate world, the state, IFIs)
usually understood to be the macro-level drivers of globalization. Through this
proc ess, we hope to foster innovative perspectives on and shared solutions to some of
the key dilemmas of globalization.
Heikki Patomaki, Network Institute for Global Democratization, Helsinki
Global democracy: A possible world. NIGD launched the North-South D ialoguesprocess in spring 2001. The process was set (i) to develop new ideas about
democratizing globalization and (ii) to evaluate these ideas and a number of other
prominent political initiatives. The basic aim has been to develop a map for concrete
actions. It is important to distinguish between the desire and the possibility to carry
out reforms; and between political possibilities for and feasibility of the proposed
arrangement. While certain reforms are clearly more desirable than others, not all
reforms are equally realisable or feasible. The work done thus far has generated a
general strategy of how to best further world democratization. In the first phase of the
North-South dialogues project, NIGD organised a brainstorm- session among political
decision makers, representatives of civil society and academia from both North and
South. The June 2001 meeting focused on identifying initiatives on global democracy.
In the second phase, NIGD contracted experts from the global South to conduct
unique reports of evaluations and rankings of the five most prominent initiatives. In
addition, and as a complement to the North-South Dialogues process, NIGD has
conducted its own mapping and evaluation of initiatives on global democracy.
Andres Serbin, Centro de Estudios Globales y Regionales, Buenos Aires
Civil Society in Latin America. There has been a doubtless proliferation of civil
society networks and organizations in Latin America over the past two decades. This
phenomenon is linked, on the one hand, to the globalization and regionalization
processes underway, and on the other hand, to the consolidation and deepening of
democratic regimes in the region. Although these actors are increasingly affecting
national and regional processes in matters related to the promotion of development,
gender equity, human rights, the establishment of free-trade agreements , among
others, there are challenges and barriers they must overcome in order to marry their
former agendas and strategies with the issues and threats that are emerging in the
international and regional arenas, specially after S-11, 2001.
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Panel 4.4 Globalization and Regionalization (2)
Philippe de Lombaerde, UNU-CRIS, Bruges
UNU-CRIS is a research centre of United Nations University, based in Bruges
(Belgium). It is dedicated to comparative, interdisciplinary and policy-relevant
research on regional integration, serving the UN system and the developing world in
general. In addition, related capacity building programmes are developed. An
important cluster of projects and activities at UNU-CRIS is related to the current and
future role of macro-regions in global governance. These include topics such as: (i)
Regional Security and Global Governance: Interaction between Regional
Organisations and the UN Security Council, (ii) Regional Public Goods, (iii)
Interaction between Regional and Other Levels of Governance in the International
Trading System, (iv) Federalism and Global Governance.
Isidro Morales, School of Social Sciences, Universidad de las Americas Puebla
Robbie Robertson, Centre for Development Studies, University of the South Pacific
The Centre's teaching and research focuses on issues associated with globalization
and regionalization in order to emphasize the dynamics of internal change and the
universality of the human condition. By this means we hope to avoid the postcolonial
fixation on victimhood and powerlessness and move forward. Development theories
are situated within the context of globalization. Civil society and ngo roles in
development ar e stressed as a corrective to conventional top-down approaches.
Courses on regionalization and globalization are designed to skill national and civil
society policy makers. Internships skill our students in institutional project work and
foster stronger re lationships with community and development agencies.
Panel 4.5 Global Cities
Maria Crummett, Globalization Research Center, University of South Florida
Phase I of the USF GRCs globalizing cities project involved support for comparative
(eight cities) research on cities peripheral to the burgeoning global cities literature.
These findings are currently under review as an edited volume. After consultations
with several leading scholars, Phase II involves setting new theoretical and
methodological directions by conducting an in -depth study of the real social economy
of globalizing cities. The Tampa Bay MSA is the subject of the pilot study.
Parameters of the study include analysis of existing (and the creation of new)
measures of economic, cultural, and political activities that reflect the extent to which
cities are impacted by and impacting globalization. The Center is seeking partnerships
with other centers and researchers interested in conducting comparative studies of
globalizing cities across all regions of the world
Deane Neubauer, Globalization Research Network, University of Hawaii at Manoa
The Globalization Research Network (composed of globalization research centers at
UCLA, the University of South Florida, George Washington University, and the
University of Hawaii at Manoa) is undertaking a new project focused on globalization
and urbanization. A central feature of this initiative is a series of six "dialogic"
conferences to be held throughout 2005. Discrete elements of urbanization, especially
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those associated with the dynamics and effects of migration, serve as the bases for
these mini-conferences. Working titles are: Global cities as engines of the global
economy; Global cities in the production of culture; Global cities infrastructure and
environment;
the
production
and
consumption
of
public
goods;
Migration/demographics associated with global cities and issues of citizenship;
Managing the urban/global interface and questions of democracy; issues of
governance; Policy making in globa lizing cities: emerging institutions and practices.
Each of these small conferences will consist of 15-18 participants and produce a
volume of original papers devoted to the subject matter.
Panel 4.6 General Globalization Studies Programmes
Fiona Dove, Transnational Institute, Amsterdam
Omano Edigheji, Centre for Policy Studies, Johannesburg
Africa has since the1980s, embraced policy of market fundamentalism, coupled with
political liberalisation, as panacea to its governance and developmental problems.
Proponents of market fundamentalism as the overriding policy thrust of globalisation
argued that economic liberalism and democratic governance are mutually reinforcing.
In this paper, I will argue with specific reference to Africa that the embrace of the
“good governance” paradigm, has not translated into substantive improvement in the
living conditions of majority of its people. Also, that market fundamentalism breeds
undemocratic practices because of the professionalisation of decision-making, the
consumerisation of citizen-government relationship, and major economic policies
being ruled out a prior from the purview of consensus and consultative structures and
processes. These call for a “different kind of politics’ that will put citizens at the heart
of development policy.
Salim Nasr, Lebanese Center for Policy Studies, Beirut
Alfred Nehma, Organisation for Social Science research in Eastern and Southern Africa,
Addis Ababa
Eduardo C Tadem, Asian Center, University of the Philippines, Manila
1. Social movements and civil society
Since the famous Battle of Seattle, a global civil society movement has emerged to
challenge the dominance of the developed states and multilateral financial institutions
over the global economy. Apart from disrupting WB-IMF and WTO meetings, what
have been the overall and specific impact of social movements on the globalization
process? Have they been able to retard or redirect its development? What are the
alternatives that social movements offer and how feasible are they? What about the
movements themselves – how united are they in their goals and aspirations?
2. Information technology – SMS/cellphones; call centers
The phenomenal growth and rapid advances in information technology are what
probably best represent the globalization process. In the Philippines, short messaging
services (also known as text messages, or texting) attached to mobile phones has
become so popular that tens of millions of text messages are transmitted daily making
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the country the SMS capital of the world. This has had profound cultural, social and
political impacts. How has society changed as a result and what have been the positive
as well as negative consequences?
On the labor front, the proliferation of call centers as part of outsourcing activities by
foreign corporations also result in alterations in the cultural landscape of the host
country. Are such cultural changes desirable? The other question is: do these types of
investments contribute to development goals or do they merely exacerbate dependent
relations between rich and poor countries?
3. Diaspora – migrant workers; women
The recent hostage crisis involving a Filipino truck driver captured in Iraq by Islamic
militants and later released brought home the stark reality behind the conditions of
migrant workers. Many overseas workers are women and are often in service -oriented
work (i.e., domestic helpers or entertainers) that make them vulnerable to abuse from
employers and customers. Is there no end in sight for the continuing diaspora? What
realistic policies and programs can governments initiate to stem the drain of labor
from their countries?
4. Reconceptualizing “terrorism”
There is a need for a different perspective and reinterpretation of “terrorism.” The
point is not to take at face value Western (primarily American) notions of “terrorism”
especially as they are being imposed on the rest of the world. One has to look at the
geo-political, historical, social, and economic roots of “terrorism” in order to
understand the broader context of the phenomenon. The notion of "empire building"
as well as cultural issues are also relevant here.
Frank Welz, Global Studies Programme, Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg
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LIST OF MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES
PARTICIPANTS IN THE INAUGURAL CONFERENCE
Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA), Pretoria
Asian Center, University of the Philippines, Quezon City
Bandarnaiake Centre for International Studies (BCIS), Colombo
Brookings Institution, Washington, DC
Canada Research Chair in Globalisation, Citizenship and Democracy (MCD), University of
Quebec at Montreal
Center for Global Change and Governance (CGCG), Rutgers University
Center for Global Studies (CGS), George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
Center for the Study of Global Change, Indiana University
Center of Applied Economics, University of Chile, Santiago
Center on Globalization and Democracy (CGDG), Koc University, Istanbul
Centre for Basic Research (CBR), Kampala
Centre for Development Studies (CDS), Trivandrum
Centre for Development Studies, University of the South Pacific, Suva
Centre for Global Studies (CFGS), University of Victoria
Centre for Globalization Studies, University of Tehran
Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), University of Waterloo
Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), Dhaka
Centre for Policy Studies (CPS), Johannesburg
Centre for the History of Globalization (CHG), Moscow
Centre for the Study of Global Ethics (CSGE), University of Birmingham
Centre for the Study of Global Governance, London School of Economics
Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation (CSGR), University of Warwick
Centre for the Study of Globalization, University of Aberdeen
Centre for the Study of Globalization and China, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
(CASS), Beijing
Centre for the Study of Globalization, Advanced Institute for Law and Politics, Hokkaido
University, Sapporo
Centro de Estudios Globales y Regionales (CEGRE), Buenos Aires
Centro de Investigaciónes Sociales, Economicas y Politicas (CISEPA), Universidad Catolica
del Peru, Lima
Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), Dakar
Daniel Patrick Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs, Syracuse University
Department of Government, University of the West Indies, Kingston
Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF), Dar es Salaam
Economic Research Forum for the Arab Countries, Iran and Turkey (ERF), Cairo
Faculty of European Studies, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj
Focus on the Global South, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok
Fudan Institute for International Studies, Fudan University, Shanghai
George Washington Center for the Study of Globalization, George Washington University
Global and International Studies Program, University of California at Santa Barbara
Global Dynamics Research Project, University of Bergen
Global Economic Governance Programme, University of Oxford
Global Studies Initiative (GSI), San José State University
Global Studies Programme, Albert-Ludwigs University, Freiburg
Globalisation and Social Exclusion Unit (GSEU), University of Liverpool
Globalism and Social Policy Programme (GASPP), Helsinki
Globalism Institute, RMIT University, Melbourne
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Globalization and Iran Project, Humanities and Cultural Studies Research University, Tehran
Globalization and Lifelong Learning Program (GLL), Penn State University
Globalization Programme, Centre on Technology, Innovation and Culture (TIK), University
of Oslo
Globalization Programme, Gorbachev Foundation, Moscow
Globalization Programme, Norwegian University of Science and T echnology, Trondheim
Globalization Research Center (GRC), University of South Florida
Globalization Research Network (GRN), University of Hawaii at Manoa
Globalization Studies Group, Institute for Management and Planning Studies (IMPS), Tehran
Globus, Institute for Globalization and Sustainable Development, Tilburg University
Gothenburg School of Global Studies (GSGS), University of Gothenburg
Grupo de Integracion Regional (GRUDIR), Universidad de los Andes, Merida, Venezuela
Initiative for Policy Dialogue (IPD), Columbia University
Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation (ICG), Deakin University
Institute for World Society Studies, University of Bielefeld
Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS), Trinity College Dublin
Institute for Tropic al Scientific Research (IICT), Lisbon
Institute of Commonwealth Studies (ICS), London
Institute of Global Issues, Nankai University, Tianjin
Institute of Globalization Studies (IPROG), Moscow
Institute of International Studies (IIS), Wroclaw University
Institute of Malaysian and International Studies (IKMAS), National University of Malaysia,
Bangi
Institute on Globalization and the Human Condition (IGHC), McMaster University, Hamilton
Instituto Brasiliero de Análises Sociais e Econômicas (IBASE), Rio de Janeiro
Lebanese Center for Policy Studies (LCPS), Beirut
National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis (NIRSA), National University of Ireland,
Maynooth
Organisation for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA), Addis
Ababa
Program on International Economic Institutions, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias
Sociales (PIEI, FLACSO), Buenos Aires
Reconfiguring Knowledge in the Age of Global Governance Project, Japan
Réseau d’Etude sur la Globalisation et la Gouvernance Internationale et les Mutations des
Etats-Nations (REGIMEN), Catholic University of Mons
Research and Information System for the Non Aligned and Other Developing Countries
(RIS), New Delhi
School of Global Studies, Arizona State University
School of International Studies (SIS), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
School of Social Sciences, Universidad de las Américas Puebla
Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), Islamabad
Third World Network-Africa (TWN-Africa), Accra
Third World Network (TWN), Penang
Transnational Institute, Amsterdam
United Nations University, Comparative Regional Integration Studies (CRIS), Bruges
United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER),
Helsinki
Yale Center for the Study of Globalization (YCSG), Yale University
OTHER P ROSPECTIVE M EMBERS OF THE GSN
African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), Nairobi
Center for Critical Theory and Transnational Studies, University of Oregon
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Center for Global Accountabilities, Virginia Tech
Center for Global Development, Washington
Centre for Global Political Economy, Simon Fraser University
Centre for Global Political Economy, University of Sussex
Centre for Global Relations, Governance and Policy, Wilfrid Laurier University
Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económica (CIDE), Mexico City
Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO), Buenos Aires
Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES), Cairo
Global Economy Group, Center for Economic Studies/Institute for Economic Research
(CESifo), University of Munich
Global Policy Innovations Project, Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs
Globalization and World Cities Research Group and Network, Loughborough University
Globalization Research Center, National Taiwan University
Globalization Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Globalization Research Center-Africa, University of California Los Angeles
Institute for Global Learning, California State University, Monterey Bay
Institute for International Business, Economics and Law, University of Adelaide
Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences
Korean Institute for International Economic Policy, Seoul
Lahore University of Management Sciences
Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy, University of
Nottingham
Liu Institute for Global Issues, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Monash Institute for the Study of Global Movements, Melbourne
Overseas Development Institute, London
Tbilisi Globalization Institute
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
ASSOCIATES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ATTENDING THE INAUGURAL CONFERENCE
Australian High Commission, London
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Flint
Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (FUNGLODE), Santo Domingo
Global Governance
Global Inclusion, Rockefeller Foundation, New York
Global Media and Communication
Global Networks
Global Social Policy
Global Society
Global Studies Association-UK
Globalizations
Helsinki Process on Globalisation and Democracy
Human Development Report Office, United Nations Development Programme
International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Ottawa
International Labour Organization (ILO)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Iran’s National Globalisation Studies Programme (GSP), Tehran
Journal of Global Ethnics
Network Institute for Global Democratization (NIGD), Helsinki
One World Trust (OWT), London
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
United Nations Foundation
United Nations Research I nstitute for Social Development (UNRISD)
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MEMBER PROFILES
Africa Institute of South Africa
Full name and acronym: Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA)
Founding date: 1960
Objectives: The Africa Institute was established in 1960 as an independent, non-profit
research organisation. Our focus is primarily on political, socio economic, international and
development issues in contemporary Africa.
Staff numbers: 9
Director: Prof. S. Vil-Nkomo
Street address: Nipilar House, Corner of Hamilton and Vermeulen Streets, Arcadia, Pretoria
Postal address: PO Box 630, Pretoria 0001, South Africa
tel: ++27 (012) 328 6970
fax: ++27 (012) 323 8153
email: ai@ai.org.za
website: http://www.ai.org.za
Asian Center, University of th e Philippines
Full name and acronym: Asian Center, University of the Philippines
Founding date: 1968
Objectives: (1) to offer interdisciplinary programs leading to the following degrees: Master of
Arts in Asian Studies, Master of Arts in Philippine Studies, Master in Philippine Studies,
Doctor of Philosophy in Philippine Studies; (2) to conduct research, publications, training,
and extension projects focusing on Asia and the role of the Philippines in Asia; (3) to
maintain a library on Asian studies and Philippine studies, as well as a museum collection of
Philippine archeological, ethnographic, historical and other cultural materials.
Main projects in globalisation studies: (1) 2002 publication entitled Going Global: Asian
Societies on the Cusp of Chang e; (2) 2003 Asia -Europe Conference on "Computer-mediated
Interactive Communication Technologies"; (3) August 2004 joint conference with the Korean
Association for Asian Studies on "Global Changes and their Impact on Asia"; (4) research
program in the inception stage identifying the following focal areas set against the general
framework of Globalization in Asia: Social Movements, Philippine Diaspora, Information
Technology, and Reconceptualizing "Terrorism"
Outputs: conferences; seminars; publications including own journal titled Asian Studies;
forthcoming: short courses for mixed clientele incl. government, NGOs, media, and foreign
and local business community.
Staff numbers: 16 full-time faculty; 16 administrative and library staff
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Director: Aileen San Pablo -Baviera, Ph.D.
Funding: National government as the source of core funding for the entire University;
external sources for specific programs and projects
Street address: Magsaysay corner Guerrero Streets, University of the Philippines, Diliman,
Que zon City 1101, Philippines
tel: ++632 927-0909
fax: ++632 927-0909
email: asiancenter.upd@up.edu.ph
website: http://www.up.edu.ph/~ac
Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies
Full name and acronym: Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies (BCIS)
Founding date: 1974
Objectives: creating awareness on international relations & foreign policy issues in
international, regional and developing countries perspectives.
Main projects in globalisation studies: (a) impact of globalisation on culture; (b) aspects of
globalisation and Trade, Media and Global village; (c) globalisation and Tourism; (d)
globalisation and environmental issues.
Outputs: regular Certificate, Diploma, Higher Diploma/Post -Graduate Diploma Courses;
semester courses, public lectures, seminars, workshops; international visitors programme;
research monographs, conference proceedings, books, occasional papers; Journal
International Relations in a Globalizing World , to be launched in April, 2005 through Sage
Publishers, India.
Staff numbers: 16 Administrative Staff (incl. 2 Academic/Research Consultants, 3 Senior
Executives); 18 visiting faculty
Director: Dr. Thusitha Tennakoon
Funding: core-activists self-funded (on non-profit and service-oriented basis), project grants
from USAID, AED, Ford Foundation, etc.
Street address: BMICH, Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka
tel: ++ 94 11 2698019, + 94 11 2687124
fax: ++ 94 11 2691176
email: dir_bcis@sltnt.lk and info@bcis.edu.lk
website: www.bcis.edu.lk (to be launched in September 2004)
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Brookings Institution
Full name and acronym: The Brookings Institution
Founding date: 1916
Objectives: The Brookings Institution, one of Washington's oldest think tanks, is an
independent, non-partisan organisation devoted to research, analysis, and public education
with an emphasis on economics, foreign policy, governance, and metropolitan policy.
Main projects: (a) research topics: business; cities and suburbs; defence; economics global;
economics, U.S.; education; environment and energy; governance; politics, global; politics,
U.S.; science and technology; social policy; (b) research programmes: economic studies,
foreign policy studies, government studies, metropolitan policy.
Outputs: the scholars of the Institution research issues; write books, papers, articles, and
opinion pieces; testify before congressional committees; and participate in dozens of public
events each year. Research assistants and support staff contribute to the Institution's research,
publishing, event management, media relations, fundraising, and information technology
operations.
Staff numbers: More than 140 resident and non-resident scholars. Over 200 research
assistants and support staff.
President: Strobe Talbott,
Funding: Brookings is financed by gifts and grants, its endowment, revenue from executive
education and publications, and other sources
Street address: 1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20036-2188, USA
tel.: ++1 202-797-6000
fax: ++1 202-797-6004
email: brookinfo@brookings.edu
website: http://www.brookings.edu/index/about.htm
Canada Research Chair on Globalization, Citizenship and Democracy
Full name and acronym: Canada Research Chair on Globalization, Citizenship and
Democracy (MCD Chair) / Chaire de recherche du Canada en Mondialisation, Citoyenneté et
Démocratie (Chaire MCD)
Founding date: 2001
Objectives: The MCD Chair seeks participation in scientific production on its topics of
interest within its areas of expertise. It seeks to stimulate training in research through the
integration of students in its projects and by offering a meeting place for researchers from
different origins, backgrounds and perspectives.
Main projects in globalisation studies: Adopting a comparative perspective at the
international level, our reflection is structured around four topics: Market and democracy in
the Americas, Ethics and politics in pluralist societies, the state and new forms of political
regulation, financialisation and capitalism’s mutations.
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Outputs: Integration into research; reception of visiting scholars; organisation of scientific
events; diffusion of research findings; books (with Athena editions); working papers;
website; postdoctor al scholarship program.
Staff numbers: 1 Chair holder, 4 directors, 10 core staff (9 researchers and 1 support), 2
postdoctoral scholar, 10 associates.
Director: Professor Jules Duchastel
Funding: Core grant from Canada Research Chairs Program; Social Sciences and Humanities
Research Council of Canada (SSHRC); Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)
Street address: Chaire MCD, Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P. 8888, Succ. Centre-ville,
Montréal (Québec) H3C 3P8 Canada
tel: ++1 514-987-3000 ext. 3366
fax: ++1 514-987-7870
email: chaire.mcd@uqam.ca
website: www.chaire-mcd.ca
Center for Global Change and Governance, Rutgers University
Full name and acronym: Center for Global Change and Governance (CGCG), Rutgers
University; subset: Center for the Study of Public Security
Founding date: 1996
Objectives: Research, outreach, administering two graduate programs.
Main projects in globalisation studies: political legitimacy and nationalism, political violence
and political stability, social movements, financial institutions, global markets, economic
inequality, migration, security with particular reference to IT and border control, diplomacy
and non-state entities.
Outputs: MS and Ph.D degrees in Global Affairs, seminars, workshops, conferences, TV and
radio work in the New York City area, advice to State and Federal governments
Staff numbers: c. 25; Student numbers: 210
Directors: Richard Langhorne, Yale Ferguson
Funding: University, Carnegie Corp of New York, Ford, Unisys Corp.
Street address: Rutgers University, 123 Washington Street, Newark, NJ 07102, USA
tel: ++1-973-353 5585
fax: ++1-973-353 5074
email: cgcg@andromeda.rutgers.edu
website: http//:cgcg.rutgers.edu
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Center for Global Studies, George Mason University
Full name and acronym: Center for Global Studies (CGS)
Founding date: 2004
Objectives: To produce and promote multidisciplinary research on globalization for academic
and policy-making audiences.
Main projects in globalisation studies: The Globalization Dialogues (2004-2007).
Outputs: Global Studies Bulletin (quarterly); ad-hoc research papers & policy briefs; Global
Experts @ GMU Online Database
Staff numbers: 4
Director: Dr. Peter Mandaville
Funding: university and private foundations
Street address: 4400 University Drive, MS 1B9, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA
tel: ++1 703 993-4625
fax: ++1 703 993-1399
email: cgs@gmu.edu
website: http://cgs.gmu.edu/
Center for the Study of Global Change, Indiana University
Full name and acronym: The Center for the Study of Global Change, Indiana University
Founding date: 1996
Objectives: The Center is engaged in a systematic and sustained effort at infusing a global
perspective in undergraduate and graduate teaching, in research, and outreach which broadly
cuts across academic disciplines and world regions. The center aims to stimulate fresh
thinking by linking scholars and programs that have been historically separated by boundaries
of discipline, regional specialization, methodological tradition, and dista nce through the
innovative use of interactive technologies to bring distant communities of scholars and
students from around the world into dynamic contact in a Global Interactive Academic
NeTwork (GIANT).
Outputs: the members of staff organize conferences, direct a summer International Studies
Institute, develop curriculum, engage in a wide variety of projects (instructional technology,
Global Ageing Initiative, Cultures in Conflict Digital Archive project International Studies
for Indiana Schools), etc.
Staff numbers: The Director, Associate Director, Outreach Coordinator and supporting staff
and more than 50 associate faculty.
Director: N. Brian Winchester
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Founding: In addition to a generous grant from the US Department of Education and support
from Indiana University, the Center has received grants from the Macarthur Foundation and
the Ford Foundation among others.
Address: 201 N. Indiana Ave., Bloomington, Indiana, 47408-4001, USA
tel: ++1 812-856-5523
fax: ++1 812-855-6271
website: www.indiana.edu/~global
Center of Applied Economics, University of Chile
Full name and acronym: Center of Applied Economics (CEA), University of Chile
Founding date: 1993
Objectives: the production and dissemination of high-quality research on applied and
theoretical economics and the development and implementation of public policies.
Main projects in globalisation studies: The benefits and Costs of Globalization, A small
Country Perspective: The Case of Chile
Output s: seminars, workshops, conferences; external presentations to academic and
practitioner groups; articles and books; working paper series; website; media communication.
Staff numbers: 15 core staff (12 researchers and 3 support); 3 associated researchers; c. 12
visiting fellows per annum.1 post-doc; 2 visiting fellows per annum.
Director: Ronald Fisher
Funding: Currently: University of Chile, Hewlett Packard Foundation, IADB and in the past
Mellon Foundation.
Street address: República 701, Santiago Zip Code 6521122, Chile
tel: ++56-2-678-4026
fax: ++56-2-689-7895
email: cea@dii.uchile.cl
website: http://www.dii.uchile.cl/~cea/
Center on Globalization and Democratic Governance, Koc University
Full name and acronym: Center on Globalization and Democratic Governance (CGDG), Koc
University
Founding date: This centre is going to be launched in September 2004.
Address: Department of International Relations, College of Administrative Sciences and
Economics, Koc University, Rumeli Feneri Yolu, Sariyer, 34450 Istanbul, Turkey
Contact: Prof. Caner Bakir, caner_bakir@yahoo.com
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Centre for Basic Research
Full name: Centre for Basic Research, CBR
Founding date: 1987
Objectives: research on issues of basic social significance; document materials on these
issues; publish research results; organise training for interested groups; liase with institutions
which broadly share similar objectives.
Outputs: seminars, workshops, publications working papers, books, CBR Bulletin.
Main Projects on globalisation: Civil society, State and Democratisation; Monitoring Good
Governance; Human Rights; Social Policy; Poverty and Inequality.
Executive Director: Simon Peter Rutabajuuka (PhD)
Staff numbers: 32 researchers
Funding: Main donor- Ford Foundation; Danida, IDRC, Aga Khan Foundation,
SIDA/SAREC
Street Address: 15 Baskerville Avenue, Kololo P.O. Box 9863, Kampala, Uganda
tel: ++256 (041) 342 987, (41) 231 338,
fax: ++256 (041) 235 413
email: cbr@cbr-ug.org; for Exec. Director: srutabajuka@cbr-ug.org
website: www.cbr-ug.org
Centre for Development Studies
Full name and acronym: Centre for Development Studies (CDS)
Founding date: 1971
Objectives: (a) research on economic and social aspects of development at the regional,
national and international levels; (b) theoretically informed empirical research; (c)
dissemination of research findings; (d) academic training programmes at the MPhil and PhD
levels.
Main projects in globalisation studies: (a) social protection in rural India and China; (b)
international labour migration.
Outputs: Working papers, books, articles, seminars, workshops, website.
Staff numbers: 28 faculty (research) members plus supporting staff; more than 10 active
Honorary Fellows plus Visiting Fellows (around 2 a year).
Director: Professor K.P. Kannan
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Funding: core grants from the Indian Council of Social Science Research and the
Government of Kerala; other grants from funding organisations. Endowment Units sponsored
by the Indian Planning Commission and the Reserve Bank of India.
Street address: Prashant Nagar, Ulloor, Trivandrum 695011, Kerala, India.
tel: ++91-471-2448881
fax: ++91-471-2448942
email: kpk@cds.ac.in
website:www.cds.edu
Centre for Development Studies, University of the South Pacific
Full name: Centre for Development Studies
Founding date : 1991
Objectives: (a) a postgraduate programme including diplomas, MAs & PhDs; (b) research;
and (c) consultancies on development issues, particularly as they impact on the Pacific
region.
Main projects in globalisation studies: (a) globalization and social policy; (b) globalization
and civil society; and (c) globalization and regionalization in development strategies.
Outputs: seminars, workshops, consultations, conferences, consultancies, articles.
Staff numbers: 5 core staff (3 academic and 2 support).
Director: Professor Robbie Robertson
Funding: core teaching funds are from the University of the South Pacific, with scholarships
from 12 member countries, the Sasakawa Foundation. Research funds come from the EU,
AusAid, NZAid and UNDP.
Street address: PIAS-DG, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji.
tel: ++679-330 7869
fax: ++679-330 3040
email: developmentstudies@usp.ac.fj
web: www.usp.ac.fj
Centre for Global Studies, University of Victoria
Full name and acronym: Centre for Global Studies, University of Victoria (CFGS)
Founding date: 1998 (became a research centre in 2000).
Objectives: (a) bring together academics, policy-makers, the private sector and civil society;
(b) engage the public by promoting awareness of global issues; (c) propose appropriate policy
responses; (d) develop a “centre of centres” model for supporting innovative globalization
research.
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Main projects in globalisation studies:
(a) Governance: (i) Enhancing Accountability in the IMF G20 at Leaders’ Level; (ii) Canada
and New American Empire; (iii) Best Practices; (iv) Child Rights Development
(v) International Women’s Rights Project;
(b) Sustainability : (i) Climate Change Scenarios; (ii) G20 at Leaders’ Level; (iii) Mariculture
Capacity building;
(c) Security: (i) G20 at Leaders’ Level; (ii) Canada and New American Empire; (iii) UN
Rapid Deployment Capabilities.
Outputs: seminars, workshops, conferences; external presentations to academic and
practitioner groups; articles and books; journal editing (Global Governance beginning 2006);
website; networks.
Staff num bers: 12 core staff (10 researchers and 2 support); 6 UVic based associates; 1
visiting fellow per annum.
Director: Dr. Gordon Smith (Executive) and Dr. Barry Carin (Associate).
Funding: Core Endowment, current and past project grants from the Charles Stewart Mott
Foundation, Ford Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation, Government of Canada, David
and Lucile Packard Foundation, Markle Foundation, Macarthur Foundation, International
Development Research Centre, Canadian International Development Agency and project
partners including the Centre for International Governance Innovation and UN University
Street address: Sedgwick Building, C Wing, 3800 Finnerty Road, Victoria, BC
Mailing Address: PO Box 1700 STN CSC, Victoria, BC, Canada V8W 2Y2
tel: ++1- 250- 472-4990
fax: ++1-250-472-4830
email: cfgs@uvic.ca
website: www.globalcentres.org
Centre for Globalization Studies at the Faculty of Social Science, Tehran University
Full name and acronym: Centre for Globalization Studies at the Faculty of Social Science
(CGSTU), Tehran University
Founding date: 2003
Objectives: to study globalization by bringing accurate and well-researched information on
the related topics.
Main projects in globalization studies: (a) dual globalization; (b) Virtual City Planning; (c)
global social policy.
Outputs: seminars, workshops and joint research and workshop, and publishing book reviews
and papers.
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Staff numbers: 4 core staff (2 researchers and 2 supports); 5 Faculty of Social Science
associates (mainly from Communication and Cultural Studies Department)
Director of the Faculty of Social Science: Professor Taghi Azad Armaki;
Assistant Professors: Saeid Ameli and Ali A. Saeidi (acting in the CGS)
Funding: current and past project grants from Tehran University
Street address: The Faculty of Social Science, Jalal Al Ahmad Highway, Pol-e-Gisha,
Tehran, Iran
email: cgs@ut.ac.ir
website: http://shariati.ut.ac.ir
Centre for International Governance Innovation, University of Waterloo
Full name and acronym: Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
Founding date: 2002
Objectives: The Centre for International Governance Innovation addresses the need for an
institution to study, advise, and educate scholars, practitioners and governments on the
character and desired reforms of the system of multilateral governance, particularly within
the economic and financial area. The purpose of the Centre is also to raise Canadian domestic
capacity, to create a research institute of international significance, and to strengthen the
intellectual resources supporting public policy in Canada
Outputs: conferences, speakers, newsletters as well as local and international collaborations.
Staff numbers: CIGI is under the direction of an Operational Board of Directors, and under
the advisement of an International Board of Governors. The personnel of CIGI include senior
research fellows, special fellows and an accompanying staff responsible for the management
and operations of the Centre.
Director: John English (Executive Director of the CIGI)
Funding: Initial funding for CIGI was provided through the generosity of Jim Balsillie and
Mike Lazaridis, co-CEOs of Research in Motion (RIM), together with matching support from
the federal government. To maintain its independence, CIGI keeps this initial funding in a
professionally managed endowment
Street address: 57 Erb Street West, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 6C2, Canada.
tel: ++1 (519) 885-2444
fax: ++1 (519) 885-5450
email: cigi@cigionline.ca
website: http://www.cigionline.ca
Centre for Policy Dialogue
Full name and acronym: Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), Bangladesh
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Founding Date: 1993
Objectives: The major objectives of CPD’s are to (a) monitor the implications of
globalisation on the economies of Bangladesh, South Asia and the Least Developed
Countries (LDCs), (b) provide research-based policy inputs in the areas of global and
regional flow of investment, commodities and services, (c) raise awareness from the civil
society’s perspectives about impact of globalisation, (d) building capacity through dialogue,
workshop, training and internship, (e) publish and disseminate research and dialogue outputs,
and (f) develop and maintain globalisation related data and knowledge base.
Main projects in globalisation studies: (a) Trade Policy Analysis and Monitoring the Impact
of the Uruguay Round (WTO) on Bangladesh; (b) Trade Related Research and Policy
Development (TRRPD) in the context of the Doha Development Round; (c) Regional
Cooperation in South Asia (Trade, Investment, Energy, Transport); (d) Market Access
Initiative in EU, USA, Canada and Japan through the GSP Facilities and other Preferential
Treatment for the LDCs; (e) Opportunities and Risks of Liberalising Trade in Services:
Country Study on Bangladesh.
Outputs: Dialogue, Seminars, International Workshop and Young Scholar Seminar Series;
Publication of books, monographs, Occasional Papers, Policy Briefs journal, articles,
Dialogue Reports and Quarterly Newsletter; Participation in var ious policy-making bodies
and policy advocacy.
Staff Numbers: Core Staff: 33, Programme Associates: 10; Interns: 7; Consultants: 15
Director: Dr. Debapriya Bhattacharya (Executive Director).
Funding: Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), IDRC, Like Minded Group
(LMG) of the Development Partners (i.e. Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway and
Sweden); DFID, UNEP, EU and Ford Foundation.
Street address: House 40/C, Road 11 (New), Dhanmondi R/A, Dhaka 1209, Bangladesh
tel: ++8802 - 9141655, 9141703, 9141734
fax: ++8802 - 8130951
email: debpriya@bdonline.com, cpd@bdonline.com
website: www.cpd-bangladesh.org
Centre for Policy Studies
Full name and acronym: The Centre for Policy Studies (CPS)
Founding date: 1987
Objectives: CPS was formed to inform the transition from apartheid to a democratic South
Africa. This black-led research organisation started as a unit at the University of the
Witwatersrand but has, for the last nine years, become the leading independent policy
research institution in South Africa.
Against the background of the transition from apartheid to multi-party democracy, CPS in its
formative years focussed its work on democracy and developmental challenges in South
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Africa. More recently however, its work centered on how to consolidate democracy in South
Africa. At the same time, the scope of its work has been broadened to the rest of the African
continent. It has consequently established collaborative relationship with number of
organisations through the continent.
Main projects: currently our focus under the two programmes is as follows:
(a) Governance Programme: Local, provincial and national government, including the
relations between them; the role of the state, particularly in the African setting; the African
Union and the New partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD); poverty and inequality;
Resourcing the state (including work on taxation and democracy); and the intersections,
complementarities, contradictions between globalisation and governance.
(b) Democracy: Civil society, including state/civil society relations and the role of
civil society as a countervailing force; Elections and electoral systems; race relations; the
consolidation of democracy; democratic participation; service delivery; and citizenship and
identity, especially in the era of globalisation.
Our external partners currently include those in other African countries such as Uganda
(Centre for Basic Research), while our overseas partners include the Institute for
Development Studies (Sussex University).
Outputs: Beside these activities CPS host a series of policy-oriented seminars and workshops
and conducts policy training for legislators and other policy makers.
CPS consciously strives to reflect the makeup of the South African Society in its structure, an
important facet, given the country's racial and gender discriminatory background. To this end,
we take pride in nurturing talented black researchers, many of whom now hold important
positions in government, civil society and the private sector.
Staff members: It currently has 21 staff members.
Founding: CPS has received funding from number of national and international donor
organisations including the Ford Foundation, Open Society Institute, the Mott Foundation
and the Foundation in for Human Rights.
Street address: First Floor, No 9 Wellington Road, Parktown 2193, South Africa
Postal address: P.O. Box 16488 Doornfontein 2028, South Africa
tel.: ++27 (11) 642 9820
fax: ++27 (11) 643 4654
website: http://www.cps.org.za/index.html
Centre for the History of Globalization
Full name and acronym: Centre for the History of Globalization (CHG)
Founding da te: 2000
Objectives: shaping the public fund of the knowledges about history and modern problems of
globalisation
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Main projects in globalization studies: (a) Museum for the history of globalisation and civil
society (open public program for the knowledge about history of globalization); (b) From
crises to stability (analysis of modern world development - exploratory and information
program for main -managers of the companies and banks); (c) Development of Russian
legislation (exploratory and information pr ogram for main-managers of the companies and
banks); (d) National Balance Congress (organization for negotiation between investors,
companies, banks and government on the most important problems of economic and finance
policy).
Outputs: analytical studies , lectures, seminars, conferences, external presentations to
academic and practitioner groups, work with experts in Parliament, consultations for banks,
companies and foreign investors, organization to activity National Balan?e Congress,
websites, networks .
Staff numbers: 10 core staff; 16 visiting fellows per annum; more than 100 enterprises,
organizations and institutes, which are participants in the National Balance Congress
President: Nickolay N. Savel`ev
Director for information: Nadejda Fomenko
Funding: agreements with participants of projects
Street address: of. 12, 36\11, Shodnenskaya st., Moscow, 125363, Russian Federation
tel: ++7 903 119 4604
fax: ++7 (095) 493 1540
email: ch-global@yandex.ru
websites: www.chg -info.com, www.nbk-info.com
Centre for the Study of Global Ethics, University of Birmingham
Full name and acronym: Centre for the Study of Global Ethics (CSGE)
Founding date: 2001
Objectives: to teac h ethical issues involved in globalization on the post-graduate level, to
produce and disseminate high-quality, multidisciplinary and policy-relevant scholarly
research on related issues particularly in the fields of global ethics, development ethics,
global bioethics.
Main projects in globalisation studies: (a) human rights in a global context (particularly the
relationship between Western and non-Western concepts of human rights, as well as
women’s rights as human rights); (b) global distributive justice; (c) releasing indigenous
multiculturalism and combating racism in Europe; (d) corporate social responsibility; (d)
human trafficking.
Outputs: lectures, seminars, workshops, conferences; external presentations to academic as
well as NGO groups; articles and books (including four books series on women’s rights in
Europe with Palgrave); launching of Journal of Global Ethics (2005 with Taylor and
Francis); research seminar series; website; networks, NGO cooperation projects
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Staff numbers: 4 core academic staff (1 professor, 1 reader, 2 lecturers), Centre administrator,
1, 5 support staff; three project officers and an outreach officer (part-time)
Director: Prof. Donna Dickenson (on leave); Dr. Sirkku Hellsten (acting)
Funding: Endowment in the name of John Ferguson; current and past project grants for
instance from EU and the Welcome Trust.
Street address: 13 Pritchatts Road, Edgbaston, University of Birmingham, B15 2QU, UK
tel: ++44 (0) 121 4143953
fax: ++44 (0) 121 4144989
email: globalethics@bham.ac.uk
website: www.globalethics.bham.ac.uk
Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation, University of Warwick
Full name and acronym: Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation (CSGR)
Founding date: 1997
Objectives: the production and dissemination of high-quality, multidisciplinary, policyrelevant scholarly research on globalisation and regionalisation
Main projects in globalisation studies: (a) the measurement of globalisation; (b) governance
of global and regional economies; (c) globalisation, regionalisation and security; (d) social
dimensions of globalisation and regionalisation; and (e) the relationship of regionalisation to
globalisation.
Outputs: articles and books (including series with Routledge); seminars, workshops,
conferences; external presentations to academic and practitioner groups; encyclopedia of
globalization; journal editing (Global Governance, Pacific Review); working paper series;
biannual newsletter; website; networks.
Staff numbers: 12 core staff (10 researchers and 2 support); 36 Warwick-based associates; c.
12 visiting fellows per annum.
Director: Professor Richard Higgott (on leave); Professor Jan Aart Scholte (acting).
Funding: core grant from the UK Economic and Social Research Council with supplement
from the University of Warwick; current and past project grants from inter alia the British
Academy, European Union, Ford Foundation, Leverhulme Trust, MacArthur Foundation,
Nuffield Foundation, UK Department for International Development, United Nations
University
Street address: Social Studies Building, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
tel: ++44-24-7657 2533
fax: ++44-24-7657 2548
email: csgr@warwick.ac.uk
website: www.csgr.org
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Centre for the Study of Globalization, University of Aberdeen
Full name and acronym: Centre for the Study of Globalization, University of Aberdeen
Founding date: 1999
Objectives: the production and dissemination of cross-disciplinary research on globalization
and glocalization in multidimensional and long-term historical perspectives
Current projects include: democratization and globalization, the glocalization of football, and
the ancient inheritance of the study of global change.
Principal activities: conferences, seminars, linkages with scholars around the world, and
others.
Staff numbers: under reconstruction for the coming academic year
Director: Professor Roland Robertson
Funding: current grants include a Leverhulme grant for global coordination of studies of
global change and an UK ESRC grant for the study of the glocalization of football in relation
to transnational corporations.
Street address: Department of Sociology, School of Social Science, Wright Building,
Aberdeen AB24 3QY, Scotland, UK
tel: + 44 (0) 1224 273429
fax: + 44 (0) 1224 273442
email: kwhite1998@aol.com
website: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/csg/flash.html
Centre for the Study of Globalization and China, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Full name and acronym: Centre for the Study of Globalization and China, Chinese Academy
of Social Sciences (CASS)
Founding date: July 2004
Objectives: a multi-disciplinary approach to the globalization and its impacts on China, and
also the China's role in a globalizing world
Main projects in globalisation studies: Analysis of (1) the effects of globalization on China’s
economy; and (2) of the impacts of globalization on China’s urban and rural societies, from
the social, legal, cultural perspectives; and (3) the possible contributions of China to the
increasingly globalizing world.
Outputs: network building of the globalization study in China; network linking with
colleague institutions in the world; international or regional workshops and conferences;
joint publications, in Chinese or English, including a working-paper serie s for the study;
linking the gap between policy-making and academic research.
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Staff numbers: 30 leading researchers as core members, plus younger fellows and PhD
candidates, in the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), and 40 in local academies.
Director: Professor Wang Luolin, Economist, Executive President, CASS; (Co-ordinator:
Prof. Huang Ping)
Funding: CASS as well as Ford Foundation, plus some contributions from local academies
Address: International Exchange Bureau, CASS, 5 Jianguomen Nei Da Jie Beijing, 100732,
China
tel: ++86 -10- 8519 5133
fax: ++86 -10- 8519 6320
email: huangping@cass.org.cn (Prof. Huang Ping)
Center for the Study of Globalization, Hokkaido University
Full name and acronym: Hokkaido University Center for the Study of Globalization
Founding date: 2002
Objectives: to formulate an interdisciplinary approach to structural changes in political
economy caused by globalization, to analyze the various policy problems that accompa ny
these changes, and from this basis to construct appropriate policy models.
Main projects in globalisation studies: how international institutions, states, and local
governments cope with the various policy problems that accompany globalization; how
governments and civil societies attempt to solve them; and how the structure of selfgovernment is being transformed across policy fields.
Outputs: symposia, workshops, colloquia, framework seminars, articles and books; booklet
series, newsletters; website; external presentations to academic and practitioner groups.
Staff numbers: 19 researchers and 4 support staff
Director: Professor Jiro Yamaguchi
Funding: Creative Scientific Research Grant from the Japanese Ministry of Education,
Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
Street address: Graduate School of Law, Hokkaido University, N9W7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 0600809, Japan
tel: ++81-11-706-3798
fax: ++81-11-706-3798
email: globalg@juris.hokudai.ac.jp
English website: http://www.global- g.jp/en/
Japanese website: http://www.global-g.jp/
Centro de Estudios Globales y Regionales
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Full name: Centro de Estudios Globales y Regionales (CEGRE), Centre for Global and
Regional Studies
Founding date: 2001
Objectives: (a) to develop research projects in the areas of peace and security, civil-military
relations, regional integration processes, foreign policy and complex multilateralism; (b) to
achieve a profound knowledge of regional and global dynamics; (c) to produce inputs useful
to policy-makers, governmental and inter-governmental agencies, experts, academics and
practitioners.
Main projects in globalisation studies: the role of civil society in the prevention of armed
conflict
Outputs: conferences, workshops, articles, research documents, website, external
presentations to academics, publication of the journal Pensamiento Propio and a collection of
books on global and regional studies co-published with a well reputed social science
publishing house, Siglo XXI Editores.
Staff numbers: 9 core staff (5 researchers and 4 support)
Director: Dr. Andrés Serbin
Funding: Ford Foundation, IDRC (Canada), United Nations Unive rsity and the European
Centre for Conflict Prevention (ECCP)
Street address: Lavalle 1619 9° A (1048) Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires - Argentina
tel: (54 11) 43 72 83 51
fax: (54 11) 43 72 83 51
email: info@cegre.org / sanrafaelsrl@fibertel.com.ar / cronzano@hotmail.com /
anabourse@yahoo.com.ar
website: www.cegre.org
Centro de Inve stigaciones Sociales, Economicas y Politicas, Universidad Catolica del
Peru
Full name and acronym: Centro de Investigaciones Sociales, Economicas y Politicas
(CISEPA), Centre of Social, Economic and Political Research, Catholic University of Peru
Founding date: 1967
Objectives: The production and dissemination of high-quality, multidisciplinary scholarly and
applied research, on issues related to development, poverty, regionalization and
democratization.
Main projects in globalisation studies: We do not have explicit research on globalization yet,
but we are adding global perspectives to the comparative studies of the region. Our main
projects in this line are:
(a) Inequality, Ethnicity and Human Security (Peru, Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador);
University of Oxford- PUCP; (b) Intercultural Citizen Education for Indigenous Peoples in
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Latin America (Peru, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Mexico); (c) Education and Gender in Latin
America (Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Peru); (d) Poverty, Well-Being and Development
(Peru, Ethiopia, Thailand, Bangladesh) by University of Bath and PUCP; (d) Civil Society
and Democratization in Latin America (Peru, Chile and Argentina)
Outputs: Seminars, workshops, conferences, consultancy reports: our own academic journals,
articles, books , and working paper series.
Staff numbers: 36 professors and researchers from the Department of Social Science
(Anthropology, Sociology, and Political Science) and the Department of Economics.
Director: Professor Juan-Marie Ansion Mallet
Funding: Ford Foundation, FAO, United Nations, AVINA, Education Office, Health Office,
Research Funds of the PUCP.
Street address: Av. Universitaria Cdra. 18 s/n San Miguel, Lima, Peru
tel: ++51 -1- 626 2000
fax: ++51 -1- 2610670
email: apanfic@pucp.edu.pe (Prof. Aldo Panfichi – Social Sciences Dept.)
website www.pucp.edu.pe
Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa
Full name and acronym: Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa
(CODESRIA)
Founding date: 1973
Objectives: Promote and facilitate research and knowledge production in Africa using a
holistic, multi-disciplinary approach; Promote and defend the principle of independent
thought and the academic freedom of researchers in the production and dissemination of
knowledge; Promote and defend the principle of independent thought and the academic
freedom of researchers in the production and dissemination of knowledge; Promote the
publication and dissemination of the results of research undertaken by African scholars;
Strengthen the institutional basis of knowledge production in Africa; Encourage intergenerational and gender-sensitive dialogues in the African academy as a further investment of
effort in the promotion of awareness of and capacity in the use of different perspectives for
knowledge production; Promote contacts and dialogue between African researchers and
researcher on Africa elsewhere in the world, as well as interaction between the Council and
similar internationalorganisations.
Outputs: research, publications, training programmes, conferences.
President: Zenebeworke Tadesse
Street address: Avenue Cheikh Anta Diop x Canal IV, BP 3304, Dakar, Senegal
tel: ++221 824 03 74
fax: ++221 824 57 95
email: executive.secretary@codesria.sn
website: http://www.codesria.org
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Daniel Patrick Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs, Syracuse University
Full Name: Daniel Patrick Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs, called Moynihan Institute
Founding Date: 1993 as Global Affa irs Institute; spring 2004 as Moynihan Institute
Objectives: To focus the activities of the Maxwell School in the international and global
domains and to demonstrate the School's increased awareness of and research on the
challenges to the quality of governance globally.
Main projects in globalization studies: The Transnational NGO Initiative which involves (1) a
large-scale, systematic study of the leadership of transnational NGOs in four regions and
across six issue areas including gender, conflict res olution, trade, environment, development,
and human rights; (2) a certificate program for professional and doctoral students interested
in learning more about these organizations and their impact on the development of civil
society; and (3) mid -career training opportunities as well as issues forums and focused
workshops around the concerns and challenges facing such organizations.
Outputs: seminars, workshops, conferences, research-oriented working groups, development
and sharing of information in the form of data banks, journal editing (International Studies
Review, student-run journal on development), articles and books, building of national and
international consortia around areas of interest, summer and year-long research fellowships
for professional and doctoral students, website.
Staff Numbers: Constituents are 73 faculty and 200 professional/doctoral students in the
Maxwell School who are engaged in research on international and global topics. Have 4
regional centers and 12 topical working groups. 6 support staff
Director: Margaret (Peg) Hermann
Current Funding: US Congress endowment grant in honor of Daniel Patrick Moynihan, US
Institute of Peace, US Department of Education, USAID, European Commission, Carnegie
Corporation, Gerald Cramer Endowment for International Programs, Strategic Partnerships in
Research and Education fund; Goekjian Summer Fellowship Program, deSardon-Glass
Professional Fellowship Fund.
Street address: Maxwell School, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
tel: ++1 315-443-4022
fax: ++1 315-443-9085
website: www.maxwell.syr.edu/gai
Department of Government, University of West Indies
Full name and acronym: University of West Indies, Department of Government
Founding date: the department was founded in 1960.
Objectives: to assist Caribbean society in the process of analysis and self-criticism that
encourages the development of policy prescriptions for social and economic improvement.
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Outputs: undergraduate and gra duate courses, conferences, research.
Staff numbers: faculty and staff: 31; part-time staff: 7.
Director: Professor Stephen Vasciannie
Street address: The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Kingston 7, Jamaica, West
Indies
tel.: ++1 (876) 977-5935
fax: ++1 (876) 977-1809
website: http://mona.uwi.edu/government/
Economic and Social Research Foundation
Full name and acronym: Globalisation and East African Economies Programme, Economic
and Social Research Foundation (ESRF)
Founding date: 2001
Objectives: Undertake Scholarly Research and Policy Analysis on the Implication of
Globalisation on East African Economies
Main projects in globalisation studies: Globalisation Challenges in East Africa, Evolution of
East African Trade, Technology Transfer and South African Investment in Tanzania,
Implications of WTO TRIPS Agreement in East Africa, Development of Local Entrepreneurs
in East Africa, Globalisation and Legal Aspects of Labour Migration in East Africa,
Economic Reform in Tanzania and Vietnam: A Comparative Study, Globalisation and
Welfare in Tanzania.
Outputs: Over 15 scholarly research papers, a number of seminars and workshops, provision
of internships and policy dialogue.
Staff numbers: 4 (currently 3)
Director: Formerly Prof. Brain van Arkadie, currently Dr. Josaphat Kweka
Funding: Ford Foundation
Street address: Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF), 51 Uporoto Street, Ursino
Estates. P.O Box 31226, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
tel: ++255 22-2760260
fax: ++255 22-2760260
Economic Research Forum
Full name and acronym: Economic Research Forum for the Arab Countries, Iran and Turkey
(ERF)
Founding date: 1993
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Objectives: The three main objectives of ERF, production of quality research, informing the
policy debate, and building capacity for front-line research - have as their ultimate goal the
creation of a strong MENA research community that interacts with the policy communities of
the region and the international community of researchers and development agents. The aim
is to foster economic growth with equity and the effective integration of the region into the
world economy.
Main projects in globalisation studies: see website for more details.
Outputs: conferences, publications a nd dissemination, library/databank
Staff numbers: 16
Director: Samir Radwan (Managing Director)
Funding: Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, the European Commission, the
Ford Foundation, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the World
Bank, subsequently followed by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC),
Canada
Street address: 7 Boulos Hanna Street, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt
tel: ++20 202-3370810, ++20 202-7485553, ++20 202-7602882
fax: ++20 202-7616042
email: erf@erf.org.eg
website: http://www.erf.org.eg
Egyptian Center for Economic Studies
Full name and acronym: The Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES)
Founding date: 1992
Objectives: The mission of the Center is to promote economic development in Egypt by
conducting and disseminating applied policy research. The aim is to develop viable policy
options for Egypt in light of international experience.
Outputs: Books, Distinguished lecture series, working paper series, policy viewpoint series,
the Business Barometer, seminars, workshops, round table discussions and conferences.
Staff numbers: 20
Director: Dr. Ahmed Galal
Funding: USAID endowment funding (main)
Street address: Nile City Building – Corniche El Nil, Ramlet Boulaq, North Tower, 8th floor,
Cairo, Egypt
tel: ++202 461 9037
fax: ++202 461 9044
email: eces@eces.org.eg
website: www.eces.org.eg
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Faculty of European Studies, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj
Full name and acronym: Faculty of European Studies (FSE), Babes-Bolyai University
Founding date: 1 October 1994
Objectives: to promote the European integration process by offering BA, MA, PhD and postPhD degree diplomas in that field and by offering an adequate framework for the research in
the European and global studies.
Main projects in globalisation studies: 1996 – Conference – Towards a European or a Global
Europe?, 2004 – Conference Globalism, Globality, Globalisation.
Outputs: seminars, workshops, conferences, research groups and debate groups, publications.
Staff numbers: 70
Director: Dean Professor Ladislau Gyemant
Funding: state budget, service taxes, grants, donations
Street address: 1, Emmanuel de Martonne Street, Cluj-Napoca City, Cluj, Romania
tel: ++40 264 590 251
fax: ++40 264 590 251
email: euro@euro.ubbcluj.ro
website: www.euro.ubbcluj.ro
Focus on the Global South
Full name and acronym: Focus on the Global South (Focus)
Founding date: 1995
Objectives: Research, policy analysis and advocacy on the political economy of globalisation
and the impacts of neo-liberalism on the Global South, providing analysis and information to
social movements, activists and networks.
Main projects in globalisation studies: The global trading system: especia lly WTO, FTAs,
agriculture; The global financial system: especially international financial institutions and
development financing; China and globalization; Globalisation, militarism and neoliberalism.
Outputs: Monthly newsletters, articles and dossiers, books, seminars, conferences
Staff numbers: 20 full and part-time
Director: Walden Bello
Funding: Diverse, about 15 different NGOs, foundations, etc. (details on our website).
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Address: c/o CUSRI, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
tel: ++662 218 7363/7364/7365/7383
fax: ++662 255 9976
email: N.Bullard@focusweb.org
website : http://www.focusweb.org
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Fudan Institute for International Studies, Fudan University
Full name and acronym: Fudan Institute for International Studies (including 7 centres: Centre
for American Studies, EU Studies, Japanese Studies, Russian Studies, Korean Studies, Latin
American Studies, Nordic Studies).
Founding date: 2000
Objectives: the production and dissemination of high-quality, multidisciplinary, policyrelevant scholarly research on Sovereignty State and Global Governance in the Age of
Globalization.
Main projects in globalisation studies: (a) Global and regional governance in the age of
globalization; (b) Global governance and China’s strategy of international cooperation; (c)
China’s state and local level governance under the global governance.
Outputs: seminars, workshops, conferences; external presentations to academic and
practitioner groups; articles and books (including series with Shishi Press); journal editing
(American Studies, Journal of Japan Studies, Studies on European In tegration); working
paper series; biannual newsletters; website; networks.
Staff numbers: 35 core staff (30 researchers and 5 support); 10 Fudan-based associates; c. 12
visiting fellows per annum.
Director: Long Yongtu (on leave, secretary general of Boao Forum); Professor Shen Dingli
(acting)
Funding: core grant from Ministry of Education of China with supplement from Fudan
University; current and past project grants from Ford Foundation, ASHA-Fudan Foundation,
Korea Foundation, Japan Foundation, etc
Street address: 220 Handan Road, Shanghai, 200433, China
tel: ++86-21-6564 2269
fax: ++86-21-6511 9567
email: dlshen@fudan.ac.cn
website: http://www.sirpa.fudan.edu.cn/
George Washington Center for the Study of Globalization
Full Name and acronym: The George Washington Center for the Study of Globalization
(GWCSG)
Founding date: 2001
Objectives: To combine research and outreach to foster a greater understanding of the
dynamics of globalization and to assess its impacts. To meet this mission, GWCSG funds
research at GW and promotes public education on the various forces that are driving
globalization, the implications of globalization for business strategy and government policy,
globalization and global governance, and the effects of globalization on people's day-to-day
lives. The GWCSG also works on collaborative research initiatives with the Globalization
Research Network, a consortium of globalization research centers located at the University of
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South Florida, UCLA, and UH-Manoa, to develop new areas of research expertise on
globalization.
Main projects in globalization studies: Global Governance, Global Finance and Investment,
and Globalization and Information Technology.
Outputs: conferences, seminars, publications, website <gwcsg.gwu.edu>, and an online
student forum, the Global E-Zine.
Staff numbers: Director: Professor John Forrer; Program Manager: Rita Maximilian
Funding: Congressional directed grants administered by the Fund for the Improvement of
Post Secondary Education and the U.S. Department of State.
Street Address: 2033 K Street, NW, Suite 230, Washington, DC, 20052, USA
tel: ++1 202 994-5248
fax: ++1 202 994 -5284
email: jforrer@gwu.edu
website: http://gwcsg.gwu.edu
Global and International Studies Program, University of California at Santa Barbara
Full name and acronym: Global and International Studies Program, University of Califor nia
at Santa Barbara
Founding date: 1996
Objectives: To support teaching programs (both undergraduate and graduate) and research
projects in global, international and area studies.
Main projects in globalisation studies: An undergraduate B.A. in Global Studies and a minor
in Global Peace and Security Studies, a graduate Ph.D. emphasis in global studies, and plans
for a new M.A. professional degree in global studies; Research projects in Middle Eastern
studies and South Asian studies, women and development, global history, global literature,
global conflict and conflict resolution.
Outputs: Enrolls 800 undergraduate students in the BA degree program, 40 in the
Global Peace and Security minor, 12 graduate students in PhD emphasis; holds research
conferenc es and seminars, provides field research and publication support, publishes
International Journal of Punjab Studies.
Staff numbers: Permanent faculty include Richard Appelbaum (global labour practices),
Mark Juergensmeyer (global conflict), Giles Gunn (global literature), Gurinder Singh Mann
(global diasporas), and Dominic Sachsenmaier (global history). 12 affiliate faculty, including
Benjamin J. Cohen (global economics), Richard Hecht (global religion), Kum Kum Bhavnani
(women culture and development), and Nancy Gallagher (global history). Six visiting faculty,
including Richard Falk (global law) and Hilal Elver (global law and environment); Other
visiting faculty teach global business, global ethics, global journalism and media, global
political economy, and development.
Director: Mark Juergensmeyer
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Funding: University funding for academic programs; research and programmatic funds from
University research funds, federal research funds, private foundations, and individual gifts
and endowments
Street address: University of California, Santa Barbara Global and International Studies,
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-7065, USA
tel: ++1 805 893-4718
fax: ++1 805 893-8003
email: mcclintock@global.ucsb.edu
website: www.global.ucsb.edu
Global Dynamics Research Project, University of Bergen
Full name: Global Dynamics: Development, Migrations, and Social Movements, University
of Bergen
Acronym: Global Dynamics
Founding date: 2004
Objectives: The production or new sociological and interdisciplinary research addressing
questions about development, migration and social movements as interrelated and from a
global perspective.
Main projects in globalisation studies: Will be defined within the next months.
Outputs: undergraduate and graduate classes, research seminars, eventually international
collaborations and publications.
Staff numbers: in the process of final decisions. A tentative working group of 1 full time, 5
part time staff members, 2 part time researchers
Director: To be decided within the next two months
Funding: Department and Faculty Sources. Eventual alternative sources of financing
Street address: Rosenbergsgate 39, Bergen 5007, Norway
tel: ++47- 55 58 91 84
fax: ++47- 55 58 91 99
email: olav.korsnes@sos.uib.no asun.st.claire@sos.uib.no
website: under construction in http://ugle.svf.uib.no/sosio/
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Global Studies Initiative, San José State University
Full name and acronym: Global Studies Initiative (GSI), San José State University
Founding date: 2002
Objectives: BA degree in global studies; faculty & staff development; exchanges with foreign
universities; research; globalization dialogue with Northern California publics.
Main projects in globalisation studies: on social and economic impact of high tech industry;
immigrant experience in high tech society.
Outputs: lectures, panel discussions, occasional papers, study-abroad programs.
Staff numbers: senior fellow, graduate assistant, 10 fellows per year.
Director: Michael Conniff
Funding: San José State University core budget
Street address: Global Studies, San José State University, San José CA 95192-0135, USA
tel: ++1 408-924-7196
fax: ++1 408-924-7203
mobile: ++1 408-761-1705
email: Michael.Conniff@sjsu.edu
website: http://www.gs.sjsu.edu
Global Studies Programme, Albert-Ludwigs University
Full name and acronym: Albert-Ludwigs University, Global Studies Programme
Objectives: The aim of the programme is to impart to the students a profound knowledge and
understanding of social, political, economic and cultural issues as seen from a global
perspective. Therefore the GSP provides the students with the pertinent framework for
professional job, for doing research and for decision-making processes at their future place of
work and life.
Outputs: research, education (MA in Social Sciences)
Director: Dr. Frank Welz
Street address: Albert-Ludwigs -Universität Freiburg, Global Studies Programme
Institut für Soziologie, Rempartstr. 15 D-79085 Freiburg, Germany
tel: +49.761.203-9388 -9389 (sec.), -9391
fax: +49.761.203-9390
email: info@global-studies.de
website: http://www.global-studies.de
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Globalisation and Social Exclusion Unit, University of Liverpool
Full name and acronym: Globalisation and Social Exclusion Unit (GSEU), University of
Liverpool
Founding date: 2000
Objectives: To bridge the divide between local and global studies in the belief that the two
processes clearly are inseparable in their genesis and effects; to generate policy -relevant
research; to include the subjects of research in the research process.
Main projects: They are mainly local projects within a globalisation perspective. Others have
studies the impact of globalisation on labour and on child labour in particular.
Outputs: Mainly research reports although several books on labour and globalisation and one
on Liverpool in comparative perspective have also been published. See website for details.
Staff numbers: Twelve academics in sociology, geography and civic design departments.
Two part -time researc h coordinators for local and international work respectively.
Director: Pro tem: Professor Ronaldo Munck (leaving September 2004)
Funding: This consists entirely of research grants generated by particular projects from
Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Leverhulme Trust and ESRC for example as well as local
authorities. No core funding yet.
Street address: Dept. of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work Studies, University of
Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK
tel: ++ 44 151 794 5000
fax: ++ 44 151 794 2997
email: ruth1@liv.ac.uk
website: www.gseu.org.uk
Globalism and Social Policy Programme
Full name and acronym: Globalism and Social Policy Programme (GASPP)
Founding date: 1997
Objectives: GASPP is an international research and policy advocacy network focussed on (a)
the impact of globalisation upon national social policy and social development and (b)
on supranational mechanisms of social redistribution, regulation and rights. It is also
concerned to articulate and theorise a progressive alternative to neo-liberal globalisation.
It is currently based upon four centres in UK, Finland, Canada and India and welcomes new
partners.
Main projects in globalisation studies: Global Social Policy and Global Social Governance
Reform; Trade and Health Policy: The global market in health and welfare; Ethnography of
AID: INGOs and social policy/social development; Role of International Consulting
Companies; The Social Dimension of Regionalism: Regional Social Policy; Global Public-
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Private Partnerships. Projected: UNRISD -GASPP 2005-2010 collaboration on global social
policy research and policy dialogue
Outputs: books, Journal: Global Social Policy, Policy Briefs, Occasional Papers, Annual
international seminar, Global Social Policy Digest on web site (www.gaspp.org), Conference
presentations and advisory work for INGOs and IOs.
Staff numbers: 7 plus global network of collaborators
Director: Bob Deacon. Professor of International Social Policy, University of Sheffie ld, UK
Funding: STAKES: Core funding (Finnish National Research Centre for Health and Social
Welfare), University of Sheffield, UKDFID, Finnish Foreign Ministry, Research Grants.
Street address: GASPP/Sheffield, Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield, Sheffield,
S102TU, UK
tel: ++44 1142226407
fax: ++44 11427618125
email: gsp@sheffield.ac.uk
website: www.gaspp.org
GASPP/STAKES, PO Box 220, FIN-0053 Helsinki, Finland
tel: ++358 (0) 9 3967 2482
fax: ++358 (0) 9 3967 2007
email gsp@stakes.fi
website: www.gaspp.org
Globalism Institute, RMIT University
Full name and acronym: The Globalism Institute, RMIT University
Founding date: 2002
Objectives: At a time of acute sensitivity to questions of social dislocation, economic ine quity
and political upheaval, the Globalism Institute is committed to rethinking the relationship
between the global and the local. The Institute's primary intellectual task is to understand the
processes of change and continuity in order to think through cultural-political questions about
sustainable living in a globalizing world. In particular, it is concerned to facilitate and
enhance activities of cultural dialogue across the continuing and positive boundaries of
cultural diversity in the world today.
Main projects in globalisation studies: (a) Globalism, Nationalism and the Sources of
Insecurity; (b) Community Sustainability; (c) Transnational Movement; (d) Global Media; (e)
Global Education and Border Knowledges.
Outputs: We annually run 5 international conferences across different places in the globe; we
maintain a seminar and forum series in Australia; supervise PhD students; conduct research
that results in published books and research articles; we consult with a number of
governments; and we edit journals.
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Staff numbers: 12 Globalism Institute research and administrative staff, 23 core RMIT
researchers involved in Globalism projects, and numerous associate personnel, fellows and
adjuncts.
Director: Paul James
Funding: Australian Research Council, RMIT University, VicHealth, British Academy,
UNESCO
Street address: Building 37, level 5, RMIT University, Swanston Street, Melbourne, Australia
Postal address: Globalism Institute, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476 VIC 3001 Melbourne,
Australia
tel: +61 3 9925 2500
fax: +61 3 9925 4404
email: globalism@rmit.edu.au
website: www.rmit.edu.au/globalism
Globalization and Lifelong Learning, Penn State University
Full name and acronym: PhD in Globalization and Lifelong Learning (GLL), Penn State
University
Founding date: 2004
Objectives: prepare highly-qualified researchers who will lead in the study, research and
teaching of globalization and lifelong learning, by serving as faculty in higher education
institutions, leaders in research and development organizations, and leaders in the various
organizational contexts in which adult education takes place.
Main projects in globalisation studies:
1. To learn how identity, culture, and language diversity affect access, provision, and
structure of adult education.
2. To study how political and social processes shape access, provision, and structure of adult
education.
3. To examine how adult and family literacy is framed by issues of global economic
competitiveness.
4. To learn how distance education and other applications of technology are shaping the
education of adults.
5. To examine how learning in work and communities is affected by processes of
globalization.
Outputs: 9 core courses, research publications, highly trained researchers
Staff numbers: 7 core staff
Director: Professor Ian Baptiste
Funding: Penn State University
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Street address: 314 Keller Building, University Park PA 16802, USA
tel: ++1 814-863-3781
fax: ++1 814-865-0128
email: cgw2@psu.edu
website: http://www.ed.psu.edu/adulted/index.htm
Globalization Programme, Centre on Technology, Innovation and Culture, University
of Oslo
Full name and acronym: Centre on Technology, Innovation and Culture (TIK), University of
Oslo
Founding date: 1999
Objectives: To study the relationships between science, technology and innovation on the one
hand and society, culture and nature on the other, all on the basis of inter- and crossdisciplinary perspectives and methods. The centre is also offering a PhD programme and
degrees under the Faculty of Social Sciences, one MA programme under the European
Science Society and Technology (ESST) cooperation, and one BA course. While the basis of
research staff is social sciences, all of which are represented at the centre, it also has a
number of staff members from the humanities and from technology.
Main projects in globalisation studies: Globalisation as a transformative force; National
systems of innovation: a cross-cultural and cross-regional comparative study; Innovation and
growth; Foreign direct investments in North-South relations.
Outputs: Books and articles, seminars and workshops, research training courses, a working
paper series; for a list see www.tik.uio.no
Staff numbers: 50, of which 20+ PhD students and 6 postdocs.
Director: Professor Helge Hveem
Funding: 40 percent University of Oslo, 50 percent Norwegian Research council and EU; 10
percent commissioned research
Street address: Gaustadalléen 21, 0317 Oslo, Norway
tel: +47 22840600
fax: +47 22840601
email: tik@tik.uio.no
website: www.tik.uio.no
Globalization Programme, Gorbachev Foundation
Full name and acronym: The International Non-Governmental Foundation for SocioEconomic and Political Studies (The Gorbachev Foundation)
Founding date: 1992
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Objectives: to provide in-depth analysis of the evolving social, economic and political
situation in Russia and in the world. The Foundation's aim is to help assert democratic values
and moral, humanistic principles in the life of society. In a globalizing world, the search for
guidelines in building a new, more equitable international order is increasingly important.
The overall motto of the Gorbachev Foundation is Toward a New Civilization.
Main projects in globalisation studies: global problems; problems of economic and social
development in the world, Russia and CIS countries; cultural and spiritual development; the
process of European integration; global security and disarmament; and the history of
perestroika in the U SSR.
Outputs: the Foundation has held numerous international conferences, seminars, and round
tables and published studies and papers on the results of its research. The Foundation submits
reports to the United Nations and other international organizations as well as heads of states
and governments and major corporations, and political, spiritual and opinion leaders
Director: Mikhail Gorbachev
Street address: 39 Leningradsky Prospect, bdg. 14, Moscow 125167, Russia
tel/fax: ++ 7 (095) 945-74-01
e-mail: gf@gorby.ru
website: http://www.gorby.ru
Globalization Programme, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Full name and acronym: Globalization Programme, Norwegian University of Science and
Technology (NTNU)
Founding date: March 2004
Objectives: (a) High-quality research results: Long term basic research and research relevant
for society and industry; (b) Interdisciplinary approach: Understand the interaction between
culture, society and technology. Pose new theoretical and methodological challenges for the
individual disciplines. Utilize NTNU’s broad interdisciplinary basis; (c) Academic originality
and innovation.
Main projects in globalisation studies:
The programme has two focus research areas and three crosscutting perspectives.
The focus area Production systems in a globalised world aims at developing knowledge that
will contribute to a better understanding of how nations and national actors in the production
of goods and services can find roles and pos itions that are competitive and sustainable in the
interaction with other nations and actors. Four main research themes: Global value chains,
Information technology - new organisational forms and work methods, Culture and
knowledge - the global and the loc al, Environmental and social responsibility.
The focus area The social and cultural expression of globalisation aims at increasing the
understanding of how globalisation affects cultural and social conditions and thus causes
changes to patterns of thinking and interaction, significant both to individuals and to the
micro- and macro-levels of society. Six main research themes: Cultural translation,
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Marginalisation, Values and attitudes, Artistic expression, Media and consumer culture,
Children, family and gender.
Crosscutting perspective: Historical processes, Political and economic conditions, Ethical
dilemmas
Outputs: (a) Research results: Publications and doctoral dissertations; (b) Project
establishment, interdisciplinary and through external funding; (c) International cooperation;
(d) Cooperation with society at large, industry and cultural institutions; (e)
Networking: Seminars, workshops, conferences.
Staff numbers: The programme gathers 140 researchers and 150 research fellows from a
variety of departments at NTNU.
Director: Petter Aaslestad, Professor, Dean, Faculty of Arts
Funding: (a) Basic funding from Norwegian University of Science and Technology; (b)
Programme and project funding from Norwegian Research Council, European Commission
and a wide range of industrial partners
Street address: Dragvoll campus, Building 3, Level 5, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
tel: ++ 47 73 59 80 17
fax: ++ 47 73 59 10 30
email: global@hf.ntnu.no
website: http://www.ntnu.no/global/
Globalization Research Center, University of South Florida
Full name and acronym: University of South Florida Globalization Research Center (USF
GRC)
Founding date: 2001
Objectives: the production and dissemination of high-quality, multidisciplinary, policyrelevant scholarly research on globalization with a focus on Latin America and the Caribbean
(and in collaboration with Globalization Research Network members whose geographic foci
include other areas); the development of globalization-related curricula at the high school
through post-secondary education levels.
Main projects in globalization studies: (a) globalizing cities on the periphery; (b)
development (e.g., migration, ecotourism); (c) health (e.g., HIV/AIDS, nutrition, obesity,
aging care); (d) environment (e.g., urban water policy problems, sustainable development);
(e) high school curriculum; (f) graduate level certificates and doctoral program proposal
Outputs: seed grants for faculty research; administration support for faculty external grant
submissions, conferences, public forums, globalization speakers series, occasional papers
series (12 per year), website, curriculum development, research partnerships, networking
through the Globalization Research Network (e.g., development of Globalization Portal
project)
Staff numbers: funded positions – 4 full-time; 1 visiting senior research fellow (TBA:
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January 2005); graduate student assistantships (1-2); 1 part-time; unfunded positions – 1 halftime and undergraduate/graduate student internships (1 to 6 per year)
Director: Mark Amen, Ph.D.
Funding: U.S. Department of Education (Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary
Education) with supplement from the University of South Florida, external grant awards from
public sector and from private foundations, endowments from private sector donors (e.g.,
corporate and individual).
Street address: University of South Florida, SOC 102, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa,
Florida 33620, USA
tel: ++1 813-974-2954 (center’s central number)
++ 1 813-974-6912 (director’s number)
fax: ++1 813-974-2522
email: amen@cas.usf.edu
website: http://www.cas.usf.edu/GlobalResearch/
Globalization Research Network
Full Name and acronym: Globalization Research Network (GRN)
Founding date: 2001
Objectives: To combine the resources of four linked globalization research centers to identify
the dynamics of globalization and assess its impacts. Each center has global regional
responsibility, while sharing with the network itself the interest in broader theoretical and
empirical explorations. GRN undertakes projects that utilize the resources of all four centers.
Constituent centers are located at the University of South Florida (Latin America and the
Caribbean), George Washington University (Europe and the Middle East), UCLA (Africa),
and UH, Manoa (Asia and the Pacific).
Main projects in globalization studies: (a) a globalization portal data projects; (b) dialogic
conferences based on issues associated with globalization, urbanization, migration and
governance; (c) human security issues.
Outputs: conferences, seminars, publications, a website, and a journal.
Staff numbers: One executive director, one part-time staff person. (Most of the staff are
located in the constituent globalization centers).
Director: Professor Deane Neubauer
Funding: Congressional directed grants administered by the Fund for the Improvement of
Post Secondary Education and the U.S. Department of State
Street Address: University of Hawaii, 1859 East West Road, TP 1, Room 115, Honolulu, HI
96822, USA
tel: ++1 808-956-4609
fax: ++1 808-956-9431
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email: deanen@hawaii.edu
www.hawaii.edu/global
Globalization Studies Group, Institute for Management and Planning Studies
Full Name and acronym: Globalization Studies Group, Institute for Management and
Planning Studies (IMPS)
Founding date: 1992
Objectives: the production of high-quality policy-research on management and planning for
development in I.R. Iran.
Main project in globalization studies: Concept of Global Society and Analysis of
Globalization Process.
Outputs: seminars, workshops, article, books, journal (Plan and Development), research
projects reports, development policy document, policy advices, website, networks.
Academic Staff numbers: 44 academic staff, (the Globalization Study Group: two academic
staff).
Director: Dr. Khalil Araqi
Funding: core funds from the Management and Planning Organization (MPO)
Street address: No 10, Moktar Asgari St. Gamal Abad, North Part of Neavaran Museum,
Neavaran, Tehran, Iran.
tel: ++9821 2290066
fax: ++9821 2284148
email: info@imps.ac.ir
website: www.imps.ac.ir
Globus, Institute for Globalization and Sustainable Development
Name: Globus, Institute for Globalization and Sustainable Development
Founded: 1998
Objectives: Globus, an inter-faculty institute at Tilburg University, is an expertise center for
multidisciplinary research in the areas of globalization and sustainable development. Globus
aims to be a platform for critical debate among researchers, policy makers, decision makers,
and other interested parties.
Projects: Global civil society; partnerships; corporate social responsibility; environmental
policy; measuring sustainability; governance
Output: Globus initiates and organizes research projects, conferences, seminars, workshops,
training programs, and debates. Research results are published in international scientific
journals, in books and as reports in a special Globus series.
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Staff: 12 core staff (9 researchers (mostly part-time), 3 support; various forms of cooperation
with faculties of Tilburg University
Director: Professor Paul van Seters
Funding: core grant from Tilburg University; current and past project grants from inter alia
Ministry of Environmental Affairs, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Province of Noord-Brabant, Sustainability Challenge Foundation, private sector.
Street address: Tilburg University, PO Box 90153, 5000 LE Tilburg, Netherlands
tel: ++31 13 466 8015
fax: ++31 13 466 8018
email: globus@uvt.nl
website: www.tilburguniversity.nl/globus
Gothenburg School of Global Studies
Full name and acronym: Gothenburg School of Global Studies (GSGS)
Founding date: 2005
Objectives: Research and Training
Main projects in globalisation studies: The New Regionalism, Post Conflict Reconstruction.
Outputs: seminars, workshops, conferences; articles and books.
Staff numbers: Collaboration between a number of departments and Centres: Peace and
Development Research, Social Anthropology, Human Ecology, Area Studies (various),
Gender Studies and Human Rights Studies
Director: Björn Hettne (contact person)
Funding: University Faculty and Research Foundations
Street address: Gothenburg University, Brogatan 4, Göteborg, Sweden
tel: ++46-(0)31-773 1426
fax: ++46-(0)31 773 4910
email: b.hettne@padrigu.gu.se
website: www.padrigu.gu.se
Grupo de Integracion Regional (GRUDIR), Universidad de los Andes
Full name and acronym: Grupo de Integracion Regional (GRUDIR), Group of Regional
Integration Studies, University of the Andes
Founding date: September 1996
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Objectives: To undertake research and publication as well as extension activities in order to
improve the quality of knowledge and discussion about regional integration in Latin America
and the Caribbean.
Main projects in globalisation studies: (a) interplay between South American integration and
globalisation (current); (b) the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) and globalisation
(future); (c) business regionalisation in Latin America and globalisation (current).
Outputs: 7 books and diverse articles; organisation of one international seminar (1999) and
presentations in national and international congresses and seminars; web page in preparation;
cooperation with Latin American and European centres via Alfa Programme network and
joint publications.
Staff numbers: 7 researchers from the University of the Andes plus 2 from other Venezuelan
universities and 2 research assistants.
Director: Professor Rita Giacalone.
Funding: Salaries of university staff by their respective universities; research assistants and
other research related expenses by Scientific and Humanistic Development Council (CDCH)
of the University of the Andes and additional money from ADG Programme of the same
university. Exchange programme of post-graduate students funded by ALFA Programme.
Street address: Universidad de Los Andes, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Sociales,
Centro de Investigaciones Agroalimentarias (CIAAL), Núcleo La Liria, Edificio G, Nivel II,
Mérida 5101, Venezuela
tel: ++58 274 240 1031; 274 2660668
fax: ++58 274 240 1031; 274 2660668
email: ritagiacalone@hotmail.com; ritagiacalone@yahoo.com
website: in preparation
Initiative for Policy Dialogue
Full name and acronym: Initiative for Policy Dialogue (IPD)
Founding date: July 2000
Objectives: IPD helps developing countries explore policy alternatives and encourages wider
civic participation in economic policymaking.
Main projects in globalisation studies: IPD explores policy alternatives and informs civil
society through four main activities: task forces, country dialogues, journalism, and research.
Task Forces bring together international experts to study complex, controversial economic
issues, including globalization, trade, macroeconomics, transparency and environmental
economics; Country Dialogues improve the quality of official decision-making in developing
countries, and open the discussion to a broad array of economic stakeholders; Journalism
Training helps journalists bring a wide range of ideas on economic policy into the public
sphere. IPD’s aim is to enhance the quality of dialogue by broadening the debate, while
leaving the selection of policy to the political process.
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Outputs: seminars, workshops, conferences; external presentations to academic and
practitioner groups; articles and books (IPD book series published by Oxford University
Press); working paper series; biannual newsletters; website;
Staff numbers: 4
Director: Joseph Stiglitz
Funding: Ford Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, UNDP, Open Society Institute, Mott
Foundation, Swedish International Development Agency, Canadian International
Development Agency, US Embassy in Vietnam
Street address: 819 International and Public Affairs Building, Columbia University, 420 West
118th Street. New York, NY 10027, USA
tel: ++1 212-854-9809
fax: ++1 212-854-2774
email: ipolicydialogue@yahoo.com
website: www.policydialogue.org
Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
Full name and acronym: Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation (ICG), Deakin University
Founding date: 2001
The ICG brings together two pre-existing research centres and a research unit – Centre for
Citizenship and Human Rights (CCHR), Cultural Heritage Centre for the Asia Pacific
(CHCAP), Corporate Citizenship Research Unit (CCRU) – as well as various joint projects.
Objectives: to enlarge our knowledge and understanding of the problems associated with
citizenship and globalisation, and to communicate them to a wider audience. A key focus is
on issues arising from the research spheres of state and society, culture and heritage,
economy and society, and the international system.
Main projects in globalisation studies: cultural citizenship, corporate citizenship, refugee
studies, UNESCO as an agent of globalisation, capacity-building in Indonesian Islamic
NGOs, global risk and security, transnational political thought.
Outputs: articles and books; seminars, workshops, conferences; presentations to practitioner
groups; website; networks.
Staff numbers: There are 4 core staff – the chair and three research directors, 2 ICG research
fellows and 6 research fellows attached to constituent centres, 4 support staff, 60 Deakin
research associates.
Director: Chair of the ICG is Professor Geoffrey Stokes (on leave) Associate Professor
Wenche Ommundsen (deputy)
Funding: core funding for two research fellows from Deakin University, project funding from
a variety of government, business and philanthropic sources including the Australian
Research Council, Commonwealth Department of the Environment and Heritage,
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Commonwealth Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, State
Government of Victoria, Brencorp Foundation, Myer Foundation, Japan Foundation,
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, Rio Tinto, Transfield Services, World Vision,
UNESCO.
Street address: Building D, Faculty of Arts, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway,
Burwood VIC 3125, Australia
tel: ++61-3-9244 3873
fax: ++61-3-9244 6755
email: citglob@deakin.edu.au
website: www.deakin.edu.au/icg/
Institute for World
Weltgesellschaft)
Society
Studies,
University
of
Bielefeld
(Institut
für
Full na me and acronym: Institute for World Society Studies (Institut für Weltgesellschaft,
IW)
Founding date: Spring 2000
Objectives: conduct empirical research on globalisation informed by a world society theory;
postgraduate training (graduate college “World Concepts and Global Structural Patterns”);
organise conferences and lectures.
Main projects in globalisation studies: (a) international relations, international conflicts and
global governance; (b) social policy and the global proliferation of welfare states; (c) social
anthropology, ethnicity and democratisation; (d) European Union; (e) patterns of
globalisation in different societal spheres such as top sports, sciences, religion, medicine,
development policy; (f) theoretical work in world society theory, especially reconceptualisation of core concepts of the social sciences with regard to the micro-macro-link
and the structure-semantics-relationship.
Outputs: research projects; conferences and workshops; articles and books (including a series
with Velbrück Wissenschaft); working papers series; research co-operations.
Staff numbers: 17 core staff (15 researchers, 2 managerial staff), staff in projects: currently
13; 16 doctoral students with grants in the graduate college
Directors/ Executive Board: Prof. Dr. Joanna Pfaff-Czarnecka, Prof. Dr. Mathias Albert,
Prof. Lutz Leisering PhD
Funding: Core grant from the Faculty for Sociology, the University of Bielefeld and the
Ministry for Science and Research of North Rhine-Westphalia; Research projects funded by
the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft), Volkswagen
Foundation (VolkswagenStiftung), European Union, the Federal Ministry for Education and
Research, Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung, Deutsche Gesellschaft für
Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH
Street address: Institute for World Society Studies, Faculty for Sociology, University of
Bielefeld, P.O.Box 100131, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany
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tel: ++49 (0)521 106 4225
fax: ++49 (0)521 106 6448
email: iw.geschaeftsstelle@uni-bielefeld.de
website: www.uni-bielefeld.de/soz/iw
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Institute for International Integration Studies, Trinity College Dublin
Full name and acronym: Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS)
Founding date: 2001
Objectives: The IIIS is dedicated to the promotion of research and learning about the myriad
dimensions of global and regional integration. Achieving a broad understanding of the
implications of international integration for economic and social development plus the
challenges it poses for decision makers in the public and private sectors requires a
multidisciplinary approach. In pursuit of this goal, the IIIS brings together researchers from a
large number of academic departments. These initially include business, economics, history,
law, political science and sociology. In addition to supporting basic research that furthers the
state of knowledge on international integration, the IIIS will also seek to widely disseminate
its research findings in policymaking, business and general media circles.
Main projects in globalisation studies: The IIIS is active in multi-disciplinary research, which
was until Oct 04 organised into three separate programmes on World Economy,
Globalization and the Nation State and International Regulation. From October 2004, IIIS
projects will be as follows: (a) Business as a Conduit for Globalisatio n; (b) International
Financial Integration (INFINITI); (c) Global Networks; (d) Globalisation of Party
Competition; (e) Evaluating the Impact of Globalisation using Micro-Data; (f) Historical
Antecedents of Contemporary Globalisation; (g) Interreligious Ethics in the Cultural
Dynamics of Globalisation; (h) Public Policies and Multi-Level Regulatory Structures in a
Global Economy; (i) Science Culture and International Civil Society: Ireland in the World of
the Sciences.
Outputs: conferences, seminars, external presentations, working paper series, weekly
newsletter, website, articles and books, project related software, special guest lectures.
Staff numbers: 3 core staff (Director, Manager, Executive Officer), 36 researchers (predocs &
postdocs), Long-term (c. 3 per annum.)& short term (c. 10 per annum) visiting academics, 40
TCD based research associates.
Director: Prof. Philip Lane
Funding: core grant under the Irish Government's Programme for Research in Third Level
Institutions (PRTLI) which is funded under the National Development Plan 2002-2006 with
assistance from the European Regional Development Fund, Cylce 3.
Through the Trinity Foundation, the IIIS has also recently received a substantial donation
from DepFA bank. Generous support has also been received from Atlantic Philantrophies.
The IIIS is housed in the Sutherland Centre, which is part of the new Level 6 ('penthouse
floor') on the Arts block. It is named in honour of Dr. Peter Sutherland, Chairperson BP PLC,
Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International and former Director-General of the
World Trade Organization, formerly GATT (1993-1995). Dr. Sutherland actively supported
the foundation of the IIIS in many ways, including a generous donation to the building
programme.
Street address: Level 6, Block c Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin, College Green,
Dublin 2, Ireland
tel.: ++353 1 6083888
fax: ++353 1 6083900
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email: iiis@tcd.ie
website: www.tcd.ie/iiis
contact: Adrienne Harten, Manager
Institute for Tropical Scientific Research
Full name and acronym: Institute for Tropical Scientific Research (IICT)
Founding date: origins in 1883.
Objectives: IICT aims to promote and undertake scientific and technological research for
tropical areas. It includes 23 specialised research centres, integrated in 6 scientific
departments which embrace areas such as: Agrarian Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geographic
Engineering, Biological Sciences, Historical, Economical and Sociological Sciences and
Ethnological and Ethno-Museological Sciences. It also possesses a Documentation and
Information Centre. (This structure is under restructuring at the moment).
Outputs: 120 project of R&D; 14 programmes of research in cooperation with 40 tropical
countries in four continents; cooperation with the UE and diverse scientific European
institutions and from tropical regions in Community Programmes.
Staff numbers: 250 people, approximately 90 of these future researchers and a dozen of
professors.
President: Prof. Doutor Jorge Braga de Macedo
Street address: Rua da Junqueira, nº. 86 - 1º, 1300-344 Lisboa, Portugal
tel.: ++351 21 361 63 40
fax: ++351 21 363 14 60
email: iict@iict.pt
website: www.iict.pt
Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
Full name and acronym: Institute of Commonwealth Studies (ICS)
Founding date: 1949
Objectives: The ICS is the UK's national centre and library for the promotion and
coordination of social science and humanities research and postgraduate teaching on the
Commonwealth.
Main projects in globalisation studies: (1) Post graduate teaching programme: MSc in Globalization and
Development (Policy Issues in Human Development and Human Security); MA in Understanding and Securing
Human Rights; doctoral programme currently 15 students;(2) Visiting Fellows programme; (3) Research:
Professor Shaw: new regionalisms, particularly southern/ eastern Africa, new forms of multilateralism as
responses to conflict and security issues; Dr. P. Gready: post conflict transitional justice, transnational civil
society and human rights advocacy; Dr Nazila Ghanea-Hercock: human rights and religious minorities; UN
Human Rights machinery particularly issues of minority rights; Professor Crook: development policy and public
service provision in the South, particularly new forms of partnership and North-South non-state actors; access to
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justice and land rights in the Commonwealth. Commonwealth Policy Studies Unit (Director, Richard Bourne):
Indigenous Peoples' rights in the Commonwealth; Commonwealth civil society; election monitoring studies.
Outputs: books, refereed articles, theses, ICS Discussion Papers, workshops at ICS, regular seminar
programmes at ICS; Palgrave IPE series and Ashgate IPE of New Regionalisms series edited by Professor
Shaw.
Staff numbers: around 20 including administration and library; full time faculty, 6
Director: Timothy M. Shaw
Funding: HEFCE through central University of London; tuition fees; research grants (DFID, EU, FCO, ESCR,
Leverhulme).
Street address: 28 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DS, UK
tel: +44 20- 7862 8844/8826
fax: +44 20- 7862 8820/8813
email: ics@sas.ac.uk/tim.shaw@sas.ac.uk
website: www.sas.ac.uk/commonwealthstudies
Institute of Global Issues, Nankai University
Full name and acronym: Institute of Global Issues
Founding date: 1998-1999
Objectives: individual research in globalisation studies; scholarly and public policy-oriented
writings produced; pressing global and regional issues focused; alternative theories or
paradigms on globalisation encouraged.
Main projects in globalisation studies: (a) global civil society; (b) NGOs in international
politics; (c) International and global studies in China (d) Globalisation and major crises
(financial, social and security) in East Asia; and (e) China and the transformation of security
in a globalised world (f) China’s values relations with the world.
Outputs: lectures, seminars and conferences; papers, books and media comments (mainly in
Chinese and some in English); courses as well as consultant works.
Staff numbers: 5 core staff (researchers); 8 China -based associates; 3 advisory or visiting
professors.
Director: Professor PANG Zhongying (Visiting Fellow at the CSGR from 2002 to 2003)
Funding: fully support from the Nankai University for the daily operation; past and present
projects and conferences were partially supported by Nankai University, China National
Foundation for Social Sciences, China Reform Forum as well as Ford Foundation.
Street address: 1. Social Studies Building, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
2. 36-1505, North Zone, No. 2 Jintaixi Road, Beijing 100733, China
tel and fax: ++86 10 65366642, 22 23500327
email: zypang@peoplemail.com.cn, pang_zhongying@yahoo.com.cn
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Institute of Globalization Studies
Full name and acronym: Institute of Globalization Studies (IPROG / ? ? ? ? ? ), Moscow
Objectives: (a) developing and articulating progressive democratic principles of justice
equality to issues of globalization in periphery relation ship and international sec urity; (b)
building and facilitating communication and the flow agents of progressive democratic
change in Russia, as their co-thinkers abroad; (c) ensuring domestic and international
publicity for progressive initiatives in Russia, internationalizing of Russia’s politics; (d)
conducting a systematic evaluation and critique of Russian legislation and government
policies at home and abroad and progressive stand point; (e) developing democratic solutions
for Russia’s cultural, religious conflicts within a broader international context, opposing
racism, ethnic and religious hatred, and violation of civil rights.
Founding date: since 2002 the Institute has been going through a period of transition to a
progressive internationalist team of democratic left in Russia’s political spectrum.
Main projects in globalization studies: (a) Social forums “Future of Russian Left” (every
year); (b) International East-West European left journal (together with Tni, Transform Italy,
Roza Luxemburg Foundation); (c) International project on privatization of public goods; (d)
Civil society under globalization.
Outputs: seminars, workshops, conferences: external presentations; articles and books;
working papers; newsletters; website.
Stuff numbers and structure: 12 core staff. (a) publications (including website, bulletin, as
well as booklets); (b) reseach and analysis (including policy papers, round seminars); (c)
media and communication (including press conferences); (d) education and training; (e)
youth program.
Director: Dr Boris Kagarlitsky
Funding: grants of international foundations, personal investments
Steet address: Russia, Moscow, Gazetny per.5
tel\fax: ++7 095 5105771/72
email: info@ iprog.ru
website: www.aglob.ru
Institute of International Studies, University of Wroclaw
Full name: The Institute of International Studies (IIS), University of Wroclaw
Founding date: 1995
Objectives: multidisciplinary research on globalization, European integration, international
economic relations, international communication, Central and Eastern Europe.
Main projects in globalization studies: global problems, regional economic integration, global
capital flows, global media, Eastern Europe in the process of globalization and
regionalisation, global security.
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Outputs: seminars, conferences, external presentations, articles and books, website, network,
joint research projects with Ukrainian and Byelorussian academic units.
Staff numbers: 41 core staff (38 researchers and 3 support), 4 IIS-based associates, visiting
fellows
Director: Professor Marian Wolanski
Funding: Ministry of Scientific Research and Information Technology, Dialogue Foundation,
Batory Foundation, The Foundation for Polish Science, European Union.
Street address: Koszarowa 3/21 51-149 Wroclaw, Poland
tel: ++48 71 375 51 36
fax: ++48 71 375 51 36
email: sekretariat@ism.uni.wroc.pl
website: www.ism.uni.wroc.pl
Institute of Malaysian and International Studies, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Full name and acronym: Institute of Malaysian and International Studies (IKMAS),
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Founding date: 1995
Objectives: to become a leading regional social science research centre in the field of
Malaysian and international studies relating to globalisation and social transformation.
Main projects in globalisation studies:
(a) Research-cum book projects: (i) J.H. Mittelman and Norani Othman (eds.), 2001:
Capturing Globalization . London & New York: Routledge; Science, technology and society;
(ii) Norani Othman & Sumit K. Mandal (eds.), 2000: Malaysia's Engagement with
Globalisation, Bangi: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Press; (iii) Abdul Rahman Embong
(ed.), 2004: Globalisation, Culture and Inequalities, Bangi: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Press; (iv) Ragayah Haji Mat Zin (ed.): Globalisation of the Malaysian Economy, Bangi:
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Press (forthcoming); (v) Lee Poh Ping and Kunio Yoshihara
(eds.): Japanese Response to Globalisation and its Implications for Malaysia, Bangi:
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Press (forthcoming)
(b) On-going projects: (i) Science, technology and society; (ii) Income distribution, poverty
and the social safety net; (iii) Trade liberalisation, governance and competitiveness; (iv)
Regionalisation and regionalism in relation to Northeast and Southeast Asia; (v) Citizenship,
choice and participation: The electoral system and democracy in Malaysia; (vi) Islam, human
rights and gender; (vii) Ethnicity, identity and the nation-state; (viii) Class and social
transformation; (ix) Transmigration, labour and cross-border trade.
Outputs: seminars, workshops, conferences; external presentations to academic and
practitioner groups; articles and books (in particular The Malaysian and International Studies
series); working paper series; research notes; biannual newsletters; website; networks.
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Staff numbers: 13 core staff (8 senior researchers, 2 junior fellows and 3 support); 5
international vis iting associates, 10 visiting fellows per annum.
Director: Prof. Dr. Ragayah Haji Mat Zin
Funding: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and Malaysian Government, plus a number of
international bodies
Street address: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
tel: ++60 3 8921 3949
fax: ++60 3 8926 1022
email: ikmas@pkrisc.cc.ukm.my
website: www.ikmas.ukm.my
Institute on Globalization and the Human Condition, McMaster University
Full name and acronym: Institute on Globalization and the Human Condition (IGHC),
McMaster University
Founding date: 1998
Objectives: 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. Act as a facilitator of research and interdisciplinary discussion and a centre
for dialogue between the university and the community on globalization issues.
Main projects in globalisation studies: (a) globalization and autonomy; (b) global civil
society, labour and globalization; (c) cultural studies (d) World of News: Global Coverage of
International Events.
Outputs: seminars, lectures, conferences, global arts week; refereed working paper series;
website; interdisciplinary MA in Globalization Studies; graduate research seminars and
scholarships; global video facility; books and online Compendium (2005).
Staff numbers: 3 executive, 4 steering committee members and 2 support staff; 40 McMaster
based associates, 3 postdoctorates, and 1 visiting professor annually.
Director: Imre Szeman; Robert O’Brien, Associate Director; William Coleman, Founding
Director
Funding: core funding from McMaster University until 2007; current and past project grants
from SSHRC, Fulbright program, and IDRC
Street address: McMaster University 1280 Main Street West Hamilton, ON, L8S 4M4,
Canada
tel: ++1 905- 525-9140 ext.27556
fax: ++1 905- 527-3071
email: globalhc@mcmaster.ca
website: http://globalization.mcmaster.ca/
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Instituto Brasileiro de Análises Sociais e Econômicas
Full name and acronym: Inst ituto Brasileiro de Análises Sociais e Econômicas (IBASE),
Brazilian Institute of Social and Economic Analyses
Founding date: 1981
Objectives: Strategic actions to develop a fully democratic society, free of misery, poverty,
inequality, negation of human rights, or any other form of social exclusion.
Main projects in globalisation studies: (a) Social Watch, network which follows the
implementation of the UN social agreements; (b) World Social Forum process; (c) UN
Conference Cycle and civil society participation, to account for the results of the UN Rio 92
Conference; (d) International Forum on Globalisation.
Outputs: seminars, workshops, books, newspaper, magazine, website.
Staff numbers: 51
Director: Dr. Candido Grzybowski
Funding: Novib (Netherlands), EED (Germany), Ford Foundation (USA), Action Aid (USA).
Street address: Avenida Rio Branco 124, 8o andar – Centro, Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil
tel: ++55 -21 2509-0660
fax: ++55 -21 3852-3517
email: ibase@ibase.br
website: www.ibase.br
Lebanese Center for Policy Studies
Full name and acronym: The Lebanese Center for Policy Studies (LCPS)
Founding date: 1989
Objectives: The Lebanese Center for Policy Studies (LCPS) is an independent, non-profit
research institute based in Beirut. It is concerned with issues of political, social, and
economic development in Lebanon, the Arab region and the world.
Main projects: subjects on political, economic, and social development issues. Topics of
concern: (a) Democracy and Governance; (b) Civil Society; (c) Economic Policy; (d)
International Relations; (e) Education; (f) Environment.
Outputs: Publications (books, periodicals, series, commissioned studies), conferences,
workshops, seminars, research
Staff numbers: 6 executive and research staff; 4 administrative staff.
Director: Salim Nasr
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Funding: LCPS funds its activities through research grants from international and Lebanese
philanthropic organizations, the sale of its publications, consulting contracts with United
Nations specialized agencies and other international public organizations, and unrestricted
contributions from individuals
Street address: Lebanese Center for Policy Studies (LCPS), Tayyar Center Sin el-Fil, Box
55215, Beirut, Lebanon
tel: 961 1 490 561/6
fax: 961 1 490375
email:info@lcps -lebanon.org
website: http://www.lcps-lebanon.org
National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis, National University of Ireland
Full name and acronym: National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis (NIRSA),
National University of Ireland
Founding date: 2001
Objectives: To undertake interdisciplinary and comparative analysis of global processes as
they impact on regional and spatial development in Ireland.
Main projects in globalisation studies: relationship of globalisation to local and regional
development (in its various forms - economic, infrastructure, health, welfare, etc).
Outputs: seminars, workshops, conferences; external presentations to academic and
practitioner groups; articles and books; journal editing; working paper series; website;
networks.
Staff numbers: Core staff consists of the Director, a Spatial Information Systems Coordinator and administrator. The Institute consists of 44 associates and 45 postgrads and
postdocs spread across ten disciplines and throughout five higher educational institutions
(NUI Maynooth; Galway-Mayo IT; Sligo IT, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick; Waterford
IT). It has also supported 35 student interns and twelve visiting fellowships.
Director: Dr. Rob Kitchin
Funding: Funded under Cycle 2 of the Programme for Research in Third Level Institutions
(PRTLI2) as part of the National Development Plan, 2000-2006. Subsequent funding for
projects has come from Science Foundation Ireland, the Irish research Council of Humanities
and Social Sciences, EU INTERREG, HEA North South program, and various government
agencies and departments.
Street address: John Hume Building, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Co. Kildare,
Ireland
tel: ++353-1-7083350
fax: ++353-1-7086456
email: nirsa@may.ie
website: www.may.ie/nirsa
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Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa
Full name and acronym: Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern
Africa (OSSREA)
Founding date: 1980
Objectives: (i) promoting the development of an African research tradition, (ii) enhancing
policy and research interface, (iii) building capacity, (iv) undertaking collaborative research
and creating facilities for the exchange of scholarly ideas, (v) disseminating research outputs,
(vi) promoting co-operation between scientists in Africa and African development
institutions, and (vii) facilitating dialogue, cooperation and collaboration between
researchers, other scholars and policy-makers in Africa.
Main projects in globalisation studies: African Conflic ts Projects
Outputs: Several workshops, seminars and conferences are organised each year. Participants
include academics, researchers, policy-makers, and NGO representatives. Also, network
national chapters organise their seminars and workshops. Articles and books, bi-annual
OSSREA Journal: (Eastern African Social Science Research Review - EASSRR), tri-annual
newsletter (OSSREA Bulletin), Social Science Research and Gender Issues Research Report
Series, etc.
Staff numbers: 20 (19 full-time permanent employees) 1 part-time Regional Project
Coordinator:
Director: Dr. Alfred G. Nhema
Funding: international donors: SIDA, NORAD, The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
ADB
Street address: Sidist Kilo Campus, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box 31971, Ethio pia
tel: ++251-1-239484/239717
fax: ++251-1-223921
email: ossrea@telecom.net.et
website: http://www.ossrea.net
Programme on International Economic Institutions, Latin American School of Social
Sciences
Full name and acronym: Research Programme on International Economic Institutions (PIEI),
Latin American School of Social Sciences (FLACSO/Argentina)
Founding date: 1998
Main projects in globalisation studies:
1. International Coordination of the Latin American Trade Network (LATN) –
www.latn.org.ar
2. The Influence of Think Tanks on Policy in MERCOSUR
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3. The Influence of Civil Society in the FTAA with Country case Studies and Issues Studies
on the environment, labor, gender and Justice
4. Labor Standards in the FTAA. Resistance and Compliance
5. The Legislation of Regionalism: A role of the WTO
6. The Cost of Implementing Uruguay Round Agreement: Case Studies in Argentina, Costa
Rica and Peru
7. Trade Policy Making in Federal States: Mexico, Brazil, Argentina.
Outputs:
- Lengyel, Miguel and Vivianne Ventura-Dias (eds.), Trade Policy Reform in Latin America.
Multilateral Rules and Domestic Institutions, Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan Ltd,
2003
- Tussie, Diana (Eds.), Trade Negotiations in Latin America. Problems and Prospects.
Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan Ltd
- Delich, Valentina and Diana Tussie, The political economy of dispute settlement,
- Tussie, Diana and Mercedes Botto (comp.) El ALCA y las Cumbres de las Amércias ¿una
nueva relación público-provada?, Buenos Aires: Editorial Blblios, 2003.
- da Motta Veiga, Pedro and Miguel Lengyel, International Trends On Labor Standards:
Where Does MERCOSUR Fit In?, Working Paper LATN, junio 2003
- Narlikar, Amrita and Diana Tussie, The G20 at the Cancun Ministerial: Developing
Countries and their Evolving Coalitions in the WTO, Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2004
- Tussie, Diana, La política comercial en un contexto de federalismo. El caso de Argentina,
documento a ser presentado al Taller de Trabajo CARI-BID-INTAL 30 y 31 de agosto
2004.
Staff numbers: 9 researches
Director: Diana Tussie
Funding: Development Research Centre, Ford Foundation, Inter – American Development
Bank, Global Development Network
Street address: Ayacucho 551 (CP 1026), Buenos Aires, Argentina
tel: ++54 11 43.75.24.35
fax: ++54 11 43.75.13.73
email: piei@flacso.org.ar; latn@latn.org.ar
website: www.flacso.org.ar/piei ; www.latn.org.ar
Reconfiguring Knowledge in the Age of Global Governance Project
Full name and acronym: Reconfiguring Knowledge in the Age of Global Governance Project
Founding date: 2003
Objectives: this trans -university project involving multiple researchers at various institutions
throughout Japan is designed to develop and provide contemporary-empirical, historicalempirical, as well as conceptual knowledge about transformations in governance in the age of
globalization to academics and practitioner groups.
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Main projects in globalisation studies: (a) governance structures designed to tackle current
transnational issues such as communicable diseases and money-laundering; (b) historical
research into such structures, chiefly in East-Asia; (b) the conceptual implications of global
governance.
Outputs: symposia, conferences, seminars, workshops; external presentations to academic
and practitioner groups; articles and books; networks.
Staff numbers: 8 core project members expanding +a on individual projects
Director: Assoc. Prof. Ken Endo
Funding: a Grant-in-Aid for Research Project for the Promotion of Humanities and Social
Sciences 2004 by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [JSPS]
Street address: Graduate School of Law, Hokkaido University, N9W7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 0600809, Japan
tel: +81-11-706-3798
fax: +81-11-706-3798
email: endo@juris.hokudai.ac.jp
Réseau d’Etudes sur la Globalisation et la Gouvernance Internationale et les Mutations
de l’Etat et des Nations
Full name and acronym: Réseau d’Etudes sur la Globalisation et la Gouvernance
Internationale et les Mutations de l’Etat et des Nations (REGIMEN), Research Network on
International Governance, Globalization, and the Transformations of the State
Founding date: 2003
Objectives: the production and dissemination of multidisciplinary, scholarly research on
globalisations, international governances and transformation of the State.
Main projects in globalisation studies: (a) globalisation as a plural process; (b) the hypothesis
of international governance; (c) governance and power; (d) the European integration as a new
kind of governance; and (e) evaluation on the transformation crisis of the State and its
interaction with globalisation.
Outputs: seminars, workshops, conferences; external presentations to academic and
practitioner groups; articles and books; working paper series; biannual newsletters; website;
networks
Membership: REGIMEN has about 40 members located in 12 countries.
Secretary General: Professor Pierre Vercauteren: Catholic University of Mons - FUCaM,
Belgium; Secretary: Professor Yves Palau, University of Paris XII – Créteil, France
Street address:
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Prof. Pierre Vercauteren
Secretary general of REGIMEN
Catholic University of Mons
Department of Political Sciences
151 chaussée de Binche
7000 Mons, Belgium
Tel : ++ 32/(0) 65.32.33.61
E-mail: pierre.vercauteren@fucam.ac.be
Prof. Yves Palau
Secretary of REGIMEN
Université Paris XII - Créteil
Faculté d’Administration
et des échanges
18 rue Saint Nicolas,
75012 Paris, France.
Tel. ++ 33/(1) 44 87 01 89
E-mail: ypalau@club-internet.fr
website: http://www.univ-paris12.fr/fae/regimen/
Research and Information System for the Non Aligned and Other Developing Countries
Full name and acronym: Research and Information System for the Non Aligned and Other
Developing Countries (RIS)
Founding date: 1984
Objectives: One of the major mandates of RIS has been to provide analytical inputs to policy
makers in India and in other developing countries on contemporary issues of development
policy and international negotiations. In order to fulfil this mandate, RIS has, over the years,
consciously attempted to build analytical capability in key areas of development policy and
global trading system.
Main projects in globalization studies: There are several research projects on global trading
system, south-south cooperation and global technology order, for details please visit RIS web
site.
Outputs: RIS disseminates its research findings by bringing out various publications, such as
Reports, Books, Discussion Papers, Occasional Paper s, etc. RIS also brings out journals, viz.
South Asia Economic Journal (jointly with the Institute of Policy Studies, Sri Lanka) and
Asian Biotechnology and Development Review , and a newsletter RIS Diary quarterly. RIS has
published a number of Books, Policy Briefs, Discussion Papers, Occasional Papers; lectures
under the India -ASEAN Eminent Persons Lecture Series. Apart from these, members of RIS
Research Faculty have also published books and also make contributions to other
publications.
Staff numbers: 19 Research; 25 Support Staff
Director: Dr. Nagesh Kumar, Director General
Funding: It is largely project based funding but core grant comes from the Government of
India.
Street address: Core IV B India Habitat Centre, Lodi Road, New Delhi 110003, India
tel: ++91-11-24682177 to 80
fax: ++91-11-24682173/74
email: dgoffice@ris.org.in
website: www.ris.org.in
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School of Global Studies, Arizona State University
Full name and acronym: Arizona State University School of Global Studies (SGS)
Founding date: Scheduled to be formally established July 1, 2005 and to begin undergraduate
classes Fall 2005
Objectives: The School of Global Studies at Arizona State University will examine global
issues from the pe rspective of an overarching theme, Quality of Life, with working groups
organized around key research and teaching themes. These themes will be evaluated
periodically for their relevance and utility. These working groups, composed of core Global
Studies faculty as well as affiliated faculty from throughout the University, are the heart of
the School’s design. The working groups will integrate research and teaching, breaking down
barriers between academics and non-academics, and creating an atmosphere rich in
intellectual vibrancy. In addition to its undergraduate degree, the School will offer a Master
of Advanced Study degree in Global Studies, providing professional training to future
decision-makers in government, business, non-governmental organizations and policy bodies.
Main projects in globalisation studies: The School examines global issues through working
groups organized around key research and teaching themes. These working groups,
motivated by a concern for quality of life, and a sense of academic entrepreneurship and
stewardship, are at the heart of the School’s design. They are organized around the following
themes:
• Migration, Borders and Identities
• Violence: Diffusion and Intervention
• Natural Resources, Urban Systems, and Development
• Gover nance: Institutions and Participation
• Information Technologies, Markets, and Global Communication
• Health and Well-Being
• Culture, Art and Intellectual Property.
Outputs: Undergraduate and Masters level degrees; International Exchange Programs;
Global Studies Laboratory; Global Studies Office of Entrepreneurship; Visiting Scholars and
Practitioners Program; Global Fellowships; Global Forums and Education and Policy
Networking; Seminars, workshops, conferences; external presentations to academic and
practitioner groups; articles and books; journal editing; working paper series; biannual
newsletters; website.
Staff numbers: Expected: 45 faculty over 5 years
Director: Professor David Jacobson, Acting Director, Executive Committee
Funding: University
Street address: P.O. Box 874602 Tempe, AZ 85257-4602, USA
tel: ++1 -480- 965-2640 or (480) 965-8682
fax: ++1 -480- 965-0064
email: david.jacobson@asu.edu or erin.mote@asu.edu
website: under construction
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School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Full name and acronym: The School of International Studies (SIS)
Founding date: it was established in 1995. It was a deemed University until the year 1970. It
was merged with the newly established Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in 1970.
The only Institution in the country for the study of global area studies, and international
relations; It has an interdisciplinary perspective. The teaching/research is carried out in seven
centres of the School covering all geographical regions of the world as well as functional
facets of international relations. It has thus developed expertise on various countries, regions
and issues of global importance.
Teaching/faculties: 105 teachers; Ten Research Assistants
Dean: Prof. R.R. Sharma
Funding: Core funding from the University, which is supplemented by the University Grants
Commission of India, Indian Social Science Council, Indian Council of Historical Research
and other foundations such as Ford Foundation.
Address: School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110067,
India
tel: ++91 11-26717592
fax: ++91 11-26717592
email: ramrsharma@rediffmail.com
website: rrsharmadean_sis@mail.jnu.ac.in
School of Social Sciences, Universidad de las Américas, Puebla
Full name and acronym: School of Social Sciences, Universidad de las Américas, Puebla.
Founding date: 1940
Objectives: undergraduate and graduate education; research.
Main projects in globalisation studies: Integration and regionalization in North America;
comparative integration; migration and gender issues related to regionalization.
Outputs: The development of a research network on a national and international basis. The
goal is to found a Center for global and regional studies in the years to come.
Staff numbers: Not available (NA)
Director: NA
Funding: NA
Street address: Sta. Catarina Mártir. 72820, Puebla, Mexico
tel: ++52 222-229 2051
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fax: ++52 222-2292635
email: imorales@mail.udlap.mx
website: http://www.udlap.mx/
Sustainable Development Policy Institute
Full name and acronym: Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI)
Founding date: August 1992
Objectives: To catalyse the transition towards sustainable development, defined as the
enhancement of peace, social justice and well-being, within and across generations. The
Sustainable Development Policy Institute provides the global sustainable development
community with representation from Pakistan as well as South Asia as a whole.
Main projects in globalisation studies: Impact of various agreements under the WTO on (a)
the sustainability of agriculture and food security, (b) on environmental sustainability and
poverty, and (c) on gender equality. Besides, work has been going on the effects of (d)
agreements with International Financial Institutions on poverty, environmental sustainability,
and gender equality.
Outputs: SDPI produces (a) research reports which are published under its Policy Paper,
Working Paper, Policy Brief, and Monograph Series. Besides, it publishes (b) a news bulletin
in English, Urdu, and various regional languages. (c) Its training unit provides training on
issues related to sustainable development. (d) SDPI's advocacy unit prepares weekly seminars
on current political themes and is involved in various networks lobbying for sustainable
agriculture, women's rights, the environment, and other topics related to sustainable
development. (e) It entertains a website, a resource centre and a development monitor
database.
Staff numbers: about 50 core staff, about 25 visiting associates
Director: Dr. Saba Gul Khattak
Funding: major donors include: Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA),
Regional & International Networking Group (RING), Swiss Federal Office for Foreign
Economic Affairs (FOFEA), The Ford Foundation, The Asia Foundation
Street address: Sustainable Development Policy Institute, # 3 UN Boulevard, Diplomatic
Enclave-1, G-5, Islamabad, Pakistan
tel: ++92-51-2278134
fax: ++92-51-2278135
email: main@sdpi.org, karin@sdpi.org (contact Karin Astrid Siegmann)
website: www.sdpi.org
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Third World Network – Africa
Full name and acronym: Third World Network – Africa (TWN-Africa)
Founding date: April 1994
Objectives: Research and advocacy on Research and Advocacy on North-South development
issues, especially the role of international economic institutions and agreements in Africa’s
development.
Main projects in globalisation studies: research and advocacy on: (a) gender, trade and
investment; (b) WTO and Africa’s development; (c) Cotonou Agreement and African
integration; (d) extractive industries and African development.
Outputs: Research papers, books, magazine (African Agenda), newsletters (GERALinks and
African Trade Agenda), policy briefs, seminars, conferences.
Staff numbers: 20
Director: Dr. Yao Graham
Funding: From mix of non-profit organisations and foundations in North America
(Development and Peace, Inter Pares, Kairos in Canada and ford Foundation in US) and nonprofit organisations in UK and Netherlands (Oxfam GB and Netherlands <Novib>, Hivos)
and bilateral funding bodies in Netherlands and Scandinavia.
Street address: 9 Ollennu Street, East Legon, Accra, Ghana (Box AN 19452 Accra Ghana)
te l: ++233 -21- 511189/503669/500419
fax: ++233 -21-511188
email: twnafrica@twnafrica.org
website: www.twnafrica.org
Third World Network
Full name and acronym: Third World Network (TWN)
Founding date: 1985
Objectives: Its objectives are to conduct research on economic, social and environmental
issues pertaining to the South; to publish books and magazines; to organize and participate in
seminars; and to provide a platfosrm representing broadly Southern interests and perspectives
at international fora such as the UN conferences and processes.
Main projects in globalisation studies:
Outputs: Its recent and current activities include: the publication of the daily SUNS (South North Develoment Monitor) bulletin from Geneva, Switzerland, the fortnightly Third World
Economics and the monthly Third World Resurgence; the publication of Third World
Network Features; the publication of books on environment and economic issues; the
organizing of various seminars and workshops; and participation in international processes
such as UNCED and the World Bank - NGO Committee.
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The TWN's international secretariat is based in Penang, Malaysia. It has offices in Delhi,
India; Montevideo, Uruguay (for South America); Geneva; and Accra, Ghana. The Third
World Network has affiliated organizations in several Third World countries, including India,
the Philippines, Thailand, Brazil, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Peru, Ethiopia, Uruguay, Mexico,
Ghana, South Africa and Senegal. It also cooperates with several organizations in the North.
Street address: 121-S, Jalan Utama, 10450 Penang, Malaysia
tel: ++60-4- 2266728 / 2266159
fax: ++60-4-2264505
email: twnet@po.jaring.my
website: http://www.twnside.org.sg
United Nations University – Comparative Regional Integration Studies
Full name and acronym: United Nations University – Comparative Regional Integration
Studies, UNU-CRIS
Founding date: 2001
Objectives: the production and dissemination of comparative, inter-disciplinary and policyrelevant research and the organization of capacity building on regional integration
Main projects in globalisation studies: (a) role of macro-regions in global governance; (b)
role of macro-regions in the UN system; (c) regional integration and regional security,
economic development, culture and identity; (d) linkages between micro-regionalism and
macro-regionalism; and (e) monitoring regional integration.
Outputs: seminars, workshops, conferences; external presentations to academic and
practitioner groups; articles and books; e-working paper and occasional paper series;
electronic newsletters; website; networks
Staff numbers: 9 core staff; 3 associate research fellows; 6 visiting researchers; 4 Ph.D.
interns.
Director: Professor Luk Van Langenhove
Funding: core grant from the government of Flanders and support from the Province of West
Flanders; current and past project grants from inter alia King Baudoin Foundation, Flemish
Government, Belgian Federal Government, European Commission
Street address: P otterierei, 72, B -8000 Brugge, Belgium
tel: ++32.50.47.11.00
fax: ++32.50.47.13.09
email: pvantorre@cris.unu.edu
website: www.cris.unu.edu
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United Nations University – World Institute for Development Economics Research
Full name and acronym: United Nations University, World Institute for Development
Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
Funding date: UNU-WIDER is a research and training centre of the United Nations
Univer sity, established in Helsinki, Finland, in 1985.
Objectives: The mission of the United Nations University is "to contribute, through research
and capacity building, to efforts to resolve the pressing global problems that are the concern
of the United Nations, its Peoples and Member States". Through its activities UNU-WIDER
seeks to raise unconventional and frontier issues and to provide insights and policy advice
aimed at improving economic development, particularly in the poorest nations.
Main projects in globalisation studies: UNU-WIDER projects include: Millennium
Development Goals; Building African Capacity for Policy Simulation; Development Aid;
Hunger and Food Security; Global Trends in Inequality and Poverty; Inequality and Poverty
in China; Recons truction in Conflict and Post-Conflict Societies; The Impact of Globalization
on the World’s Poor; Institutions for Economic Development; Financial Sector Development
for Growth and Poverty Reduction.
Outputs: The United Nations University Web site is: www.unu.edu. UNU-WIDER research
output is published in its working paper and discussion paper series, policy briefs (available
on the UNU-WIDER web site at www.wider.unu.edu), books published by Oxford
University Press, Palgrave Macmillan and UNU press, and special issues of academic
journals.
Director: UNU Rector: Professor Hans J. A. van Ginkel. UNU-WIDER Director: Professor
Anthony Shorrocks
Street address: Katajanokanlaituri 6B FIN -00160 Helsinki, Finland.
tel: ++358-9-615-9911
fax: ++358-9 615 99 333
email: wider@wider.unu.edu
website: www.wider.unu.edu
Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, Yale University
Full name and acronym: Yale Center for the Study of Globalization (YCSG), Yale University
Founding Date: September 1, 2001
Mission: The Yale Center for the Study of Globalization is devoted to examining the impact
of our increasingly integrated world on individuals, communities, and nations.
Globalization presents challenges and opportunities. The Center’s purpose is to support the
creation and dissemination of ideas for seizing the opportunities and overcoming the
challenges. It shall be particularly focused on practical policies to enable the world’s poorest
and weakest citizens to share in the benefits brought by globalization. It will also explore
solutions to problems that, even if they do not result directly from integration, are global in
nature, and can therefore be effectively addressed only through international cooperation.
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The Center will draw on the rich intellectual resources of the Yale community, scholars from
other universities, and experts from around the world. On campus, it will support teaching
and research on the many facets of globalization. It will help enrich debate on globalization
through workshops, conferences, and publications. Also to this end, the Center will publish
the YaleGlobal online magazine. Off campus, the Center will further its mission through
collaboration with a variety of institutions across the globe.
Projects and Collaborations:
(a) International Task Force on Trade and Finance
The Center spearheads an international Task Force on Trade and Financ e, one of the
components of the Millennium Development Project chaired by Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the
Earth Institute at Columbia University, and carried out under the overall guidance of
Secretary-General Kofi Annan and United Nations Development Programme Administrator,
Mark Malloch Brown. The Project is tasked to devise the best strategies for meeting the
Millennium Development Goals (MDG) set out in 2000 and adopted by all 189 members of
the United Nations. The Trade and Finance Task Force’s mandate is to study further
development of an open, rule-based predictable, non-discriminatory international trading and
financial system. The Task Force produced an Interim Report in the spring of 2004 and a
Final Report in December of 2004.
(b) Commission on the Private Sector and Development
This commission was launched by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and convened by the
United Nations Development Programme Administrator, Mark Malloch Brown. Mr. Zedillo
co-chaired the Commission with Mr. Paul Martin, Prime Minister of Canada. The high-level
Commission was created to develop strategic recommendations on how to promote strong
domestic private sectors in the developing world. The Commission report, presented to the
Secretary-General on March 1, analyzed the domestic and international factors handicapping
domestic enterprises and the development of small and medium -sized enterprises – the main
engine of job wealth and creation in the developing world.
The Commission’s
recommendations are to be followed by pilo t programs in a number of countries.
(c) International Task Force on Global Public Goods
This Task Force was convened by the governments of Sweden and France. The members of
the Task Force are charged with reviewing how shared global concerns can be addr essed
more effectively. A Secretariat in Stockholm supports the group. The purpose of the Task
Force is to broaden the understanding of global public goods and their significance, and to
provide recommendations that address gaps in their provision as well as opportunities for
enhanced provision. The target areas being addressed by the Task Force are peace and
security, trade regimes, financial stability, control of communicable diseases, knowledge, and
sustainable management of natural commons.
(d) The YCSG plans to focus on the following core issues over the next few years:
• Global governance for peace and security
• Foreign policy role of key international players
• Global economic governance
• International cooperation for development
• Strengthening the multilateral trading system
• International cooperation for protecting shared environmental resources
• Global health issues
• Key factors for inclusion in globalization
• Extracting lessons from national or regional experiences
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Outputs:
The
Center’s
most
significant
output
is
YaleGlobal
Online
(www.yaleglobal.yale.edu), YCSG’s flagship publication by which we multiply the effects of
the internal and external dimensions of our program and bridge the gap between the academy
and the world of public policy. This global multimedia instrument disseminates information
about globalization to an audience much wider than that of the specialist. It is through
YaleGlobal that we contribute to the general intellectual enterprise of understanding
globalization.
YaleGlobal publishes three original articles every week, authored by world leaders, major
foreign policy figures, first-rate scholars and well-known writers, as well as Yale faculty.
Articles written by individuals living in other parts of the world and by those whose primary
language is not English are also frequent. YaleGlobal also republishes five or six articles
from other publications every working day of the week. These articles are selected from
newspapers around the world. Archived permanently on the YaleGlobal site, the searchable
articles and analytical blurbs (already totalling over 1,000), constitute a valuable source for
researchers.
In its first year, YaleGlobal received over 7,000,000 hits from over 120 countries around the
world. Pageview totals reached almost 1,000,000. YaleGlobal articles have been reprinted in
newspapers and online magazines nearly 300 times over the past year, sometimes in
translation. As an educational tool, the site has been used in classrooms of universities and
secondary schools, and has been linked as an educational resource to over a dozen university
sites in the U.S. and Europe. Its essays and PowerPoint presentations are used in syllabi in
universities around the world.
Staff: The YCSG staff numbers six full-time professionals and 10 to 14 student interns.
Director: Ernesto Zedillo.
Funding: The YCSG currently has grants from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, receives funding from the UNDP
for the Trade project, and has received some generous gifts from Yale University alumni.
Street Address: Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, Betts House, 393 Prospect Street,
New Haven, CT 06511, USA
tel: ++1 203 432-1900
fax: ++1 203 432-1200
email: globalization@yale.edu
website: www.ycsg.yale.edu
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ASSOCIATE PROFILES
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Full name and acronym: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation (Mott Foundation)
Objectives: The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation is an endowed, non-profit, private grant
making foundation based in Flint, Michigan, U.S.A. Charles Stewart Mott, who was an
automotive pioneer in the General Motors Corporation, established the Foundation in 1926.
The mission of the Foundation is to support efforts to promote a just, equitable and
sustainable society. The Foundation has five program areas: Civil Society, Environment, Flint
Area, Pathways out of Poverty, and Exploratory and Special Projects.
Main projects in globalisation studies: No current focus on globalization studies.
Outputs: The Foundation is a grant making Foundation. We do not operate any programs. In
2003, the Foundation awarded 501 grants, totalling $99,979,943. The Foundation’s assets
totalled $2,373,230,912 at the end of 2003.
Staff numbers: The Foundation has approximately 30 program staff.
Director: William S. White, President
Funding: Endowed
Street address: 503 South Saginaw St., Ste 1200, Flint, MI USA 48502-1851
tel: ++1-810 238 5651
fax: ++1-810 766 1753
email: info@mott.org
website: www.mott.org
Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (FUNGLODE) - Center for the
Study of Globalization
Full name and acronym: Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (FUNGLODE)
- Center for the Study of Globalization
Founding date: July 18, 2000
Objectives: dedicated to addressing vital global, regional, and local issues including:
economic, social, and sustainable huma n development; inter alia globalization.
Main projects in globalisation studies: regionalization, global governance, global civil
society, corporate social responsibility.
Outputs: seminars, workshops, conferences; external presentations to academic and
practitioner groups; articles and books; website; networks.
Staff numbers: 30 core staff (2 researchers and 2 support)
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Director: John R. Gagain Jr.
Funding: private sector
Street address: Calle Capitán Eugenio de Marchena, No. 26; Ensanche La Esperilla ; Santo
Domingo, República Dominicana
tel: ++1 809 685-9966 ext. 2201
fax: ++1 809 685-9926
email: j.gagain@funglode.org
website: http://www.funglode.org
Global Inclusion Program, Rockefeller Foundation
Full name and acronym: The Rockefeller Foundation
Founding Date: 1913
Objective: The Rockefeller Foundation is committed to achieving lasting improvements in
the lives of poor and excluded people.
We create and fund projects that fall within four themes: Food Security, Health Equity,
Culture and Creativity and Working Communities. The Global Inclusion unit, is a crossthematic program that addresses global issues that create particular opportunities and barriers
in our work in agriculture, food security, health, education, employment and culture. While
the Foundation takes a global perspective, we work intensively in Eastern and Southern
Africa, Southeast Asia and North America.
Staff numbers: 137 program and support staff. The Global Inclusion program has te n staff
and a budget of $9 million.
Address: Our headquarters is located in New York City, and we have field offices in
Bangkok, Nairobi and San Francisco. 420 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10018, USA
tel: ++1 (212) 869.8500
fax ++1 (212) 852-8461
email : global@rockfound.org,
website : http://www.rockfound.org/
Global Networks: a Journal of Transnational Affairs
Full name: Global Networks: a Journal of Transnational Affairs
Founding date: 2000
Objectives: to publish a high quality, peer-reviewed jour nal on global networks, transnational
affairs and practices and their relation to wider theories of globalization.
Main projects in globalisation studies: (a) 'globalization from below'; (b) network and related
theories, including global commodity chains, production networks; (c) transnational, cross102
border, cosmopolitan relations; (d) interface between social, cultural and economic accounts
of globalisation
Outputs: a journal, 4 issues per year
Staff numbers: editor, 2 co-editors, regional and advisor y editors, and editorial board
Editor: Ali Rogers, Oxford University
Funding: Blackwell Publishing, Oxford
Street Address: COMPAS, 58 Banbury Road, Oxford, OX2 6QS
tel: ++44 1865 272713
fax: ++44 1865 274718
email: global.networks@keb.ox.ac.uk
website: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/glob
Helsinki Process on Globalisation and Democracy
Full name and acronym: The Helsinki Process on Globalisation and Democracy
Founding date: Is a process created at the initiative of the Finnish and Tanzanian
Governments in December 2002.
Objectives: promotes solution-oriented co-operation between governments, international
organisations, civil society and the corporate sector, aiming at bringing about initiatives that
are practical and can demonstrably improve the quality of life of those in the most vulnerable
positio n. The task of the Helsinki Process is to show that realising the ambitious targets of the
world community is possible.
Organisation: The brainwork and mobilisation of the Process takes place in the high-level
Helsinki Group and three thematic groups, Tracks (New Approaches to Global Problem
Solving; Global Economic Agenda; and Human Security). The work of the Process
culminates in the Helsinki Conference to be held 7–9 September 2005.
More information about the Helsinki Process is available at http://www.helsinkiprocess.fi
International Development Research Centre
Full name and acronym: International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Founding date: 1970
Objectives: IDRC's mandate, as stated in the International Development Research Centre
Act, is: To initiate, encourage, support, and conduct research into the problems of the
developing regions of the world and into the means for applying and adapting scientific,
technical, and other knowledge to the economic and social advancement of those regions.
In doing so, the Centre helps developing countries use science and knowledge to find
practical, long-term solutions to the social, economic, and environmental problems they face.
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Main projects in globalisation studies: Research on globalization is undertaken by several
program initiatives in IDRC, notably those which fall under the Social and Economic Equity
program area. For example, the Trade, Employment and Competitiveness (TEC) program
initiative has emphasized projects on emerging issues in international trade relations (such as
trade and the environment, investment codes, and trade in services), and domestic or regional
policy responses to globalization. IDRC's Peacebuilding and Reconstruction program
initiative is currently undergoing an exploration on Globalization, Violent Conflict and
Peacebuilding with a research competition in this area soon to be launched.
Staff numbers: approximately 335 (including regional offices)
President: Ms. Maureen O'Neil
Funding: a Canadian Crown Corporation which receives funding by Canadian annual
parliamentary grant.
Street address: IDRC Headquarters: 250 Albert St., PO Box 8500, Ottawa, Ontario Canada
K1G 3H9
tel: ++1 (613) 236-6163
fax: ++1 (613) 567-7748
email: gschonwalder@idrc.ca
website: www.idrc.ca
International Labour Organization
Full name and acronym: International Labour Organization (ILO)
Founding date: 1919
Objectives: Promoting Decent Work for All
Main projects in globalization studies: (a) Setting and monitoring of International Labour
Standards, of the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and of the
Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policies;
(b) Stimulating tripartite social dialogue on various issues related to globalization including
labour standards; (c) various programmes and studies on employment, social and income
distribution aspects of structural adjustment, privatization, trade liberalization, investment
and globalization; (d) Convenor of the World Commission on the Social Dimension of
Globalization which published in February 2004 its report: a Fair Globalization, Creating
Opportunities for All, (e) follow up to (d).
Outputs: research papers, articles, books, seminars, policy advice, technical cooperation,
international conferences, interagency consultations
Staff numbers: over 1000 professionals and experts in Geneva and all parts of the
world working on work, working conditions and employment related issues.
Director: Juan Somavia
Funding: Member states
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Street address: 4 Rte de Morillons, CH1211 Geneva 22, Switzerland
tel: ++41 22 7996111
fax: ++41 22 7998044
email: integration@ ilo.org
website: www.ilo.org
Iran’s National Globalisation Studies Programme
Full name and acronym: Iran’s national Globalization Studies Programme (GSP)
Founding date: 2003
Objectives: formulation of the grand national strategy and the economic, political and cultural
policies on globalisation based on a cohesive and coordinated study of the multifaceted
nature of globalisation and comparative studies of the alternative policies and practices.
Main projects in globalisation studies: (a) globalisation and our culture: The cultural impacts
of globalisation and policy guidelines to promote cultural identity; (b) globalisation and our
economy: orchestrating the national development with forces of globalisation and
regiona lism; (c) globalisation and our politics; (d) global ethics; (e) globalisation of
education; (f) global governance and global democracy; (g) globalisation and the Islamic
Common Market; (h) globalisation and the interfaith dialogue.
Outputs: drafts of policy guidelines, bi-weekly conferences, workshops, working papers,
monthly globalisation bulletin, website, national and international seminars
Staff numbers: 14 core staff (9 researchers and 5 staff), 40 associate faculty members from
different universities and institutes as research project managers
Director: Dr. Mohammad A. Nahavandian
Funding: supporting grants from the office of the President, the research project of Iran’s
Management and Planning Organisation, Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies and
the High Council for ICT.
Street address: Globalisation Studies Programme, IHCS building, 64th Ave. Kordestan Hwy.,
Tehran 14374, Islamic Republic of Iran
tel: ++98-21-806 6055
fax: ++98-21-8048036
email: info@gsp.ir or nahavandian@ihcs.ac.ir
website: www.gsp.ir
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Network Institute for Global Democratization
Full name and acronym: Network Institute for Global Democratization (NIGD)
Founding date: 24 March 1998 (registered)
Objectives: NIGD aims at promoting global democratization by producing and developing
emancipatory knowledge for democratic movements, organizations and states. NIGD's work
is based on the conviction that globalization as coming-together-of-humanity must be based
on cross-cultural dialogue concerning both philosophical fundamentals and concrete reform
proposals. NIGD projects are usually joint endeavours with a number of partners from the
global south.
NIGD operates from Helsinki, Finland, and Nottingham, UK, in Europe and Lima, Peru.
NIGD was founded in Helsinki in 1997, according to the Finnish law on public associations.
It emerged from the Finnish follow-up process (1995-1997) to the UN Secretary-General’s
annual reports on democratization.
Main projects in globalisation studies: NIGD has been involved in transnational campaigns,
for instance for a currency transactions tax and, more generally, for global democratization.
NIGD aims at strengthening global civil society and is also a founding member of the
International Council of the World Social Forum.
See also: North-South Dialogues; The World Social Forum ; Democratic debt arbitration;
Global Democracy Initiatives; Tobin tax research; Tobin tax campaign; Latin American civil
society;
Russian
civil
society;
New
or
Restored
Democracies
Outputs: NIGD conducts research, publishes Discussion and Working Papers and organises
workshops, seminars, and conferences. Consultancy work is also among NIGD's activities.
NIGD has been involved in transnational campaigns, for instance for a currency transactions
tax and, more generally, for global democratization. NIGD aims at strengthening global civil
society and is also a founding member of the International Council of the World Social
Forum.
Staff numbers: 2 working full-time, plus some ten people actively involved in projects and
activities.
Director: Chair: Thomas Wallgren; Research Director: Heikki Patomäki; Executive
Secretary: Katarina Sehm
Funding: In 1998-2002, NIGD received annual funding from the Nottingham Trent
University, UK, which has also been the site for many of NIGD's activities. Otherwise,
NIGD's activities have been and are funded project wise.
Street address: Otavantie 14 B 27, 00200 Helsinki, Finland
tel: ++358 (0)40 – 508 40 26
fax: ++358 (0)9 – 6820216
email: nigd@nigd.org
website: www.nigd.org
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One World Trust
Full name and acronym: One World Trust (OWT)
Founding date: 1951
Objectives: To make changes in global organisations so that they are answerable to the
people they affect, and international laws are strengthened and applied equally to all.
Main projects in globalisation studies: research on indicators of accountability for intergovernmental organisations, non-government organisations and transnational corporations,
global governance of climate change issues/reduction of emissions, peace and security
(International Criminal Court).
Outputs: Parliamentary lectures, various publications, workshops
accountability, climate change and peace and security.
and
forums
on
Staff numbers: 5 full-time staff members (including Director), 1 part-time staff member, and
1 intern.
Director: Simon Burall
Funding: Ford Foundation, Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, donations from supporters,
bequests
Street address: Houses of Parliament, London SW1A 0AA, UK
tel: ++44 (0) 207 219 4879
fax: ++44 (0) 207 219 4879
email: owt@parliament.uk
website: www.oneworldtrust.org
United Nations Foundation
Full name and acronym: United Nations Foundation
Founding date: 1998
Objectives: The United Nations Foundation promotes a more peaceful, prosperous, and just
world through the support of the United Nations and its Charter. Through our grantmaking
and by building new and innovative public -private partnerships, the United Nations
Foundation acts to meet the most pressing health, humanitarian, socioeconomic, and
environmental challenges of the 21st century.
Main projects in globalisation studies: (a) the measurement of globalisation; (b) governance
of global and regional economies; (c) globalisation, regionalisation and security; (d) social
dimensions of globalisation and regionalisation; and (e) the relationship of regionalisation to
globalisation.
Outputs: field-based studies; joint-publications with UN Agencies and other NGOs.
Staff numbers: 60 core staff (Senior Staff, Project Managers, Support Staff and Interns)
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Director: Timothy Wirth, President; Kathy Bushkin, Executive Vice President
Funding: Core funding from Ted Turner $1Billion dollar gift to the UN and numerous thirdparty funders including Hewlett Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Gates Foundation,
DFID, DFAIT, SIDA, CIDA, UNA-USA, Reebok Foundation, Ford Foundation, etc.
Street address : 1225 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20036, USA
tel: ++1 (202) 887-9040
fax:++ 1 (202) 887-9021
email: sjones@unfoundation.org
website: www.unfoundation.org
United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
Full name and acronym: The United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
(UNRISD)
Founding Date: 1963
Objective: engaging in multidisciplinary research on the social development, and informing
policy making at the international and national levels with the research outcomes.
Main projects in globalization studies: Social Policy in a Development Context;
Globalization and Civil Society Movements
Outputs: International conferences, workshops, articles, and books (including
UNRISD/Palgrave series Social Policy in a Development Context), UNRISD website,
UNRISD Conference News, Flagship Reports (including Visible Hands).
Director: Thandika Mkandawire
Staff numbers: 7 Research Coordinators, 20 External Research Coordinators, 12 Research
Assistants, 12 Administrative and Support Staffs
Funding: Core funding from the governments of Denmark, Finland, Mexico, the Netherlands,
Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom.
Street address: Palais des Nations, 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
tel.: ++41 22-917 3020
fax: ++41 22 –917 0650
e-mail: infor@unrisd.org
website: www.unirsd.org
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CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS
Petter Aaslestad (1953) is Professor of Scandinavian literature at the Norwegian University
of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim. He is the Dean of the Faculty of Arts
since 1999. Before coming to Trondheim Aaslestad was Assistant Professor at the University
of Amsterdam (1979-1992). Modernism and modern literary theory are his main research
interests. He has published books on Samuel Beckett, narratology, Norwegian modernism,
literature and medicine. NTNU established globalisation as a strategic research area in 2004
under the leadership of Professor Aaslestad. He is preparing the conference "Navigating
Globalization: Stability, Fluidity and Friction" for 2005. Contact information:
email petter.aaslestad@hf.ntnu.no; tel **47-73596593; fax *004773591030.
Tony Addison is Deputy Director of the United Nations University's World Institute for
Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) located in Helsinki, Finland. Prior to
UNU-WIDER he held positions at the University of Warwick, the School of Oriental and
African Studies (London University), and the Overseas Development Institute (London). His
publications include From Conflict to Recovery in Africa (Oxford University Press), Debt
Relief for Poor Countries (Palgrave Macmillan), and Fiscal Policy for Development
(Palgrave Macmillan), as well as papers in the Journal of African Economies, the Journal of
Development Economics, and the Journal of Peace Research . He is currently working on
post-conflict reconstruction and macro-economic policy in poor countries. Contact
information: email addison@wider.unu.edu; UNU-WIDER web site www.wider.unu.edu.
Masoud Mohammadi Alamuti is member of the Globalization Study Group at the Institute
for Management and Planning Studies (IMPS) in Iran as well as member of the academic
board of the Institute. Before coming to the IMPS in 2001, he held positions at the Bureau of
International Cooperation at the Management and Planning Organization (1996-2000). His
principal interests in globalization studies concern globalization theory, global sociology,
methodology of globalization studies and global knowledge. He was principle coordinator of
the first human development report of Iran in 1999 (published by Iran’s United Nations
Development Program). Since 2004 he is Director of a Research Project (Concept of Global
Society and Analysis of Globalization Process) for the Globalization Study Group. He
recently has written two papers on globalization including: “Globalization and Brain Drain
In Iran” (2003, IMPS) and “Education for Globalization” (Journal of Iranian Association of
Education, forthcoming). Contact information: emails masoud_m_alamuti@yahoo.com,
m.alamouti@imps.ac.ir; tel +9821 2244943 (work), +9821 8768810 (home); fax 98212244942.
Mathias Albert is Professor of Political Science and Co-Director of the Institute of World
Society Studies at the University of Bielefeld. Main research interests include theories of
international relations and world society, systems theories, and processes and issues of
regionalisation. The two most recent books are "Observing International Relations. Niklas
Luhmann and World Politics" (ed. with L. Hilkermeier, London: Routledge 2004) and "Die
Entgrenzung der Politik. Internationale Beziehungen und Friedensforschung" (F rankfurt/M.:
Campus 2004). Contact information: email mathias.albert@uni-bielefeld.de.
Saied R. Ameli is one of the directors of the Center for Globalization Studies in University
of Tehran as well a s Assistant Professor of Sociology in the Department of Communications.
He completed a PhD at Royal Holloway University of London at September 2001. His latest
book is ‘Globalization, Americanization and British Muslim Identity’ (2002). His latest paper
was on ‘Glocal Culture: Power and Powerlessness of Cultures’ (2004). He now teaches
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sociology of globalization, communication and culture as well as inter-communication
cultural studies in University of Tehran, Department of Communications. Contact
information: email ssameli@ut.ac.ir.
Barrie Axford is Professor of Politics and Head of Department of Politics and International
Relations at Oxford Brookes University, UK. He has held posts at Stanford University and
the University of Southampton and been Visiting Professor at Stanford University and the
University of Genoa. Publications include: 'The Global System: Economics, Politics and
Culture' (1996); 'Politics: an Introduction' (joint author -1997 and 2002); 'Unity and Diversity
in the New Europe' (joint editor), (2000) and 'The New Media and Politics' (joint editor)
(2001). He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Global Studies Association,
where he is responsible for international outreach and also a member of the International
Editorial Board of the Elsevier journal “Telematics and Informatics”. Currently he is
working on ‘Theorising Globalization’ (forthcoming, Polity, 2006) and on the organisation of
an ESRC seminar on ‘Networks, Mobilities and Borders in the Global System’, to run at
Oxford in January 2005. His interests in globalization studies include: globalization and
democracy including issues of global civil society; networks and globalization, including
communications networks and theories of globalization. Contact information: email
baxford@brookes.ac.uk; tel 00-44-(0)1865-483934; fax 00-44-(0)1865-483934.
Caner Bakir is an assistant professor of International Political Economy in the Department
of International Relations at Koc University. Prior to Koc, he has taught as an assistant
lecturer at graduate and undergraduate levels in the Accounting and Finance Department at
Monash University (1999-2004). His earlier academic research concentrated on the politics of
banking policy in Australia, whilst his current research is on financial regulatory governance
in an age of corporate collapses, the political economy of Australian and Canadian mega
bank merger policies, and the politics and markets of Turkish financial system. His most
recent refereed journal publications include Australian Journal of Political Science
(November 2003) and Australian Journal of Politics and History (forthcoming). Caner is a
member of the Editorial Board of International Encyclopedia of Public Policy: Governance
in a Global Age (Routledge, forthcoming). Contact information: email cbakir@ku.edu.tr; tel
++90-212-338 1674; fax ++90-212-338 1642.
Felipe Balmaceda is Assistant Professor of the Centre of Applied Economics (CEA) at the
University of Chile. Before coming to the University of Chile in 2002 he held positio ns at
Ilades-Georgetown University M.A. Program, Santiago (2000-2) and Dartmouth College,
Hannover (1998-99). His principal interests are social network formation, industrial
organization and labour economics. His main recent publications include Firm-Sponosred
General Training (Journal of Labor Economics, forthcoming) and Infraestructure and Urban
Development in Santiago-Chile (Centre of Public Studies, edited by Alex Galetovic
forthcoming). Contact information: email fbalmace@dii.uchile.cl; tel 56-2-678-4913; fax 562-689-7895.
Debapriya Bhattacharya is the Executive Director of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD),
Bangladesh – a civil society think tank. He was earlier Senior Research Fellow at the
Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS). He regularly sits in high-level policymaking bodies of the Government of Bangladesh and has represented the country in trade
negotiations at the WTO and under SAARC. His major interest in the area of globalisation is
global economic governance, international trading regime, trade -investment nexus His recent
books in the area of globalisation are (1) Phasing Out of the Apparel Quota: Addressing
Livelihood Concerns in Bangladesh , CPD-University Press Ltd. (UPL), Dhaka, 2003; (2)
Globalisation and the LDCs: Perspectives from the Asia -Pacific Region , CPD-Pathak
Shamabesh, Dhaka, 2004; (3) Survival in a Quota Free World: Prospect of Textile and
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Clothing Industry in Bangladesh (forthcoming). He is a Regional Editor of the Oxford
Development Studies and Member of the Editorial Board, South Asian Studies, Colombo. He
plays an active part in a number of civil society networks and is currently the Chairperson of
the EU-LDC Network . Contact information: email farah@cpd-bangladesh.org.
M. Martin Bosman is a Research Fellow at the USF Globalization Research Center and cofounder of the Center's signature project on "Globalizing Cities". He is an Assistant Professor
of Geography at USF. He received his M.A. (Geography) from the University of NatalDurban in the Republic of South Africa and his Ph.D. (Geography) from the University of
Kentucky-Lexington in 1999. He has published widely on the geography of the digital divide
and his current research is on globalization and newly emerging city regions. Contact
information: email mbosman@cas.usf.edu; tel 813-974-4770.
Jorge Braga de Macedo is President of the Tropical Research Institute and Professor at the
Faculty of Economics of Nova University, both in Lisbon and was Minister of Finance and
President of Parliamentary Committee for European Affairs. He is also Special Advisor to the
Secretary General of the OECD and Associate Professor, Institut d’Études Politiques, both in
Paris and was President of the OECD Development Centre and Director for National
Economies at the European Commission. He is Research Associate of the National Bureau of
Economic Research, Cambridge, Mass; Research Fellow of the Center for Economic Policy
Research, London, England and Corresponding Member of the Academy of Science in
Lisbon. He was educated in France, Portugal and the US, where he obtained a PhD in
Economics from Yale University and taught at Yale and Princeton. A list of publications can
be found at http://prof.fe.unl.pt/~jbmacedo. Contact information: email Jorge.BRAGA-DEMACEDO@ oecd.org.
Stuart Brown is Professor of Economics and International Relations and Senior Research
Associate of the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs in the Maxwell School of Syracuse
University. He is research director for the University's new Transnational NGO Initiative and
director of the dual masters degree program in international relations and economics. Before
coming to Syracuse in 2002 he was head of emerging market research for Bank of America
and BNP-Paribas (1995-2002) and desk economist for Bulgaria and Macedonia at the
International Monetary Fund (1993-95). He previously held academic positions at Smith
College (1983-87) and Georgetown University (1987-93), where he directed the Pew
Economic Freedom Fellows Program for emerging market leaders. His principal interests in
globalization studies include financial crisis, remittances and the organizational effectiveness
of transnational NGOs. His current research concerns the global power projection and
vulnerabilities of the United States. Contact information: email ssbrown@maxwell.syr.edu;
tel 001-315-443-7097.
Tosca Bruno -van Vijfeijken works as Program Administrator of the Transnational NGO
Initiative at the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs, part of the Maxwell School of Public
Administration and Citizenship, Syracuse University, USA. Before coming to the Maxwell
School, she worked as a 'practitioner' for 15 years on international development and poverty
issues with the World Bank (Vietnam and Headqua rters), United Nations (Cambodia), NGOs
(Cambodia) and with the European Center for Development Policy Management (The
Netherlands). She focused particularly on civil society and public participation issues
throughout her career. She was recruited by the T ransnational NGO Initiative to help 'ground'
it in operational realities, and to contribute to application of its findings and outputs to the
practical needs of transnational NGOs. Contact information: home email
tbrunovv@twcny.rr.com; work email tmbruno@maxwell.syr.edu.
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Jessica Byron-Reid is based at the Department of Government, University of West Indies at
Mona, Jamaica. She studied at the UWI Cave Hill and St. Augustine campuses before doing
her Ph.D. in International Relations at the Institut Universitaire de Hautes Etudes
Internationales, University of Geneva, Switzerland. Before coming to the Department of
Government in 1994, she had lectured in The Hague and in Geneva, and had worked as a
Foreign Service Officer for the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis, and for the Organisation
of Eastern Caribbean States. Her research interests and publications are in the areas of
Caribbean - European relations, Caribbean - Latin American relations, Small States in the
Multilateral System and Gender and International Relations. She currently lectures GT34A
International Relations of the Caribbean; GT35H Latin American Politics and Development;
part of GT37M Contemporary Issues in International Relations; GT62A International
Political Theories and Issues; GT62E Gover nment and Politics in Latin America; GT62H
Regionalism
in
a
Globalized
Age .
Contact
information:
email
jessica.byron@uwimona.edu.jm.
Nicola Bullard is the Coordinator of the Trends and Analysis Programme Focus on the
Global South (formerly deputy director), Bangkok, Thailand. Current research/writing
interests include: China and globalisation, multilateralism, political economy of trade and
financial liberalisation WTO, IMF, social movements and World Social Forum. Bullard has
published articles in various newsletters and journals. Contact information: email
n.bullard@focusweb.org; tel +66 2 219 7363; fax +66 2 255 9976.
Simon Burall is Executive Director of the One World Trust. Before joining
the Trust in 1999 he worked for AFS, an organisation based in Leeds co-ordinating
intercultural exchange visits for students around the world. Prior to this he completed
Development Studies MSc at the School of Oriental and African Studies in the University of
London. He taught science in a rural school in Zimbabwe for two years and English in
Namibia for one. He was an election monitor in Bosnia -Herzegovina after the Dayton
Agreement. He is a trustee of VSO, the biggest UK volunteer sending organisation and is
chair of the Lango Community Trust. He was elected onto the Council of the World
Federalist Movement in 2002. His major publication has been as a co-author on The Global
Accountability Report 1: Power without accountability? (One World Trust, 2003). Contact
information: email buralls@parliament.uk; tel ++44-20-7219 3825; fax +44-20-7219 4879.
Barry Carin is Associate Director of the Centre for Global Studies at the University of
Victoria. Previously was High Commissioner of Canada to Singapore between 1996 and
2000. He has been Assistant Deputy Minister (Trade and Economic Policy) with Canada's
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. He was Sous-Sherpa for four G7
Summits, leader of the branch responsible for the conduct of international trade and
investments negotiations, including disputes settlement, and member of the Executive
Committee of the OECD. His primary interest is the reform of the international
institutional architecture. Current research is on the prospects for a G20 Leaders mechanism.
He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Brown University and Honours BA in Political Science
and Economics from McGill University. Contact information: email bcarin@uvic.ca; tel 1
(250) 4724520; fax 1 (250) 472 4830.
Nayan Chanda is the Director of publications at the Yale Center for the Study of
Globalization and editor of YaleGlobal Online. Before coming to Yale he has been with the
Hong Kong-based magazine the Far Eastern Economic Review as its correspondent and
editor. In 1989-90 Chanda was a Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace in Washington. From 1990-1992 Chanda was editor of the Asian Wall Street Journal
Weekly, published from New York. He is the author of Brother Enemy: The War After the
War and co-author of over a dozen books on Asian politics, security and foreign policy
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including Soldiers and Stability in Southeast Asia and The Political Economy of Foreign
Policy In Southeast Asia. He co-edited with Strobe Talbott Age of Terror: America and the
World After September 11. Contact information: email nayan.chanda@yale.edu; et l (203)
432-1903; fax (203) 432-1200.
Sachin Chaturvedi is Fellow at RIS and has been working on Intellectual Property Regime;
SPS/TBT & Trade and Environment related issues in WTO. His areas of specialization
include economics of biotechnology and biodiversity. He is author of 4 books and has
published several research articles in various prestigious journals. His experience/assignment
include working at University of Amsterdam under a project supported by Dutch Ministry of
External Affairs on International Development Cooperation and Biotechnology for
Developing Countries and has been member of IGSAC Committee of Experts to evolve a
framework of Cooperation for conservation of biodiversity in the SAARC region; Editorial
Board of Biotechnology Development Monitor, The Netherlands and Asian Biotechnology
Development Review, New Delhi. He has also been working on National Innovation System
and possible linkages with frontier technology like biotechnology. RIS has launched a detail
programme to study National Innovation System for biotechnology for South-east Asian and
South Asian countries. Contact information: email sachin@ris.org.in; tel 00-91-11-24682177
to 80; fax 00-91-11-24682173/74.
Michael L. Conniff directs the Global Studies program at San José State University, helping
to prepare students to succeed as citizens and professionals in the world at large. The program
also fosters faculty and staff development and exchanges with foreign universities. Conniff
earned degrees at UC-Berkeley and Stanford a nd has published a number of books on modern
history, most recently A History of Modern Latin America (2004, with Lawrence Clayton),
Africans in the Americas (2002, with T. J. Davis), and Populism in Latin America (1999). He
has lived overseas for a dozen years, has held several post-doc appointments (including three
Fulbright tours), and served in the U.S. Peace Corps. He lectures often in Portuguese and
Spanish. Before joining SJSU, he taught history at the University of New Mexico and created
Latin American studies programs at Auburn University and the University of South
Florida. Contact information: email Michael.Conniff@sjsu.edu; tel ( 408) 924-7196; fax (408)
924-7203.
Andrew F. Cooper is Associate Director of the Centre for International Governance
Innovation (CIGI) and a Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of
Waterloo, Waterloo Ontario, Canada. N2L 6C2. Possessing a DPhil from Oxford, he was a
Fulbright Scholar at the Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins
University, Washington, DC in 2000 and an editor of the Canadian Journal of Political
Science (1999-2001). His books include Tests of Global Governance: Canadian Diplomacy
and United Nations World Conferences (United Nations University Press, 2004); as editor,
Niche Diplomacy: Middle Powers After the Cold War (Macmillan, 1997); and co-editor,
Enhancing Global Governance: Towards a New Diplomacy? (United Nations University
Press, 2002) and International Commissions and the Power of Ideas (United Nations
University Press, forthcoming). He has authored/co-authored articles on comparative foreign
policy, multilateral diplomacy, and global/regional governance in International Organization,
Journal of Democracy, Washington Quarterly, Political Science Quarterly, Global Society,
International Studies Perspectives, and Third World Quarterly among other journals. Contact
information: email Acooper@cigionline.ca; tel 011 1 519 885-2444 ext 231; fax 519 885
5450.
Richard Crook is the first Emeka Anyaoku Professor of Commonwealth Studies at the
Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London and Convenor of the MSc in
Globalization and Development. He took his PhD at the LSE and previously taught at the
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University of Birmingham (Centre of West Africa n Studies), Glasgow University and IDS,
Sussex. Recent publications include (with J Manor) Democracy & Decentralization in South
Asia & West Africa. CUP, 1998, and articles in Public Administration and Development,
Democratization , and IDS Bulletin . Areas of special interest: access to justice and land rights
in the Commonwealth, the performance of public services in developing countries and
decentralisation, particularly in West Africa and South Asia. Contact information: email
richard.crook@sas.ac.uk; tel. 00 44 (0) 207 862 8841.
María Crummett serves on the Executive Committee for the USF Globalization Research
Center and is the Director of the Center for International Business within the College of
Business Administration at USF. She has served as Inte rim Director of USF’s Latin
American and Caribbean Studies Program. She received her Ph.D. in economics from the
New School for Social Research. Her areas of specialization are macroeconomics, Latin
American economic development, and international business. She teaches courses in these
areas and has written widely on issues related to economic development, international
migration, and protective legislation. Her current research focuses on regional trade
agreements in the Americas and Mexico-U.S. migration. Her recent publications include:
“The Impact of the U.S. Farm Bill on Canadian Agriculture” (Estey Centre Review of
International Law and Trade Policy, September 2002) and “Growth, Markets, and
Competitive Strategies: Successes and Challenges in Latin America” (Thunderbird
International Business Review, Jan-Feb. 2004). Contact information: email
mcrummet@coba.usf.edu; tel 813-974-4684.
Bruce Dayton (Ph.D., Syracuse) is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and the
Assistant Director of the Moynihan Institute for Global Affairs at the Maxwell School of
Syracuse University. Dayton specializes in global environmental politics, crisis management,
and dispute resolution. He has been active in community-based environmental advocacy
work and has been a practitioner of environmental dispute resolution with the Boston-based
NGO the Center for Policy Negotiation. Dayton currently heads a multidisciplinary project to
evaluate the impact of third-party interventions on intractable identity-based conflicts as well
as an initiative to train Maxwell graduate students in a comparative case-study methodology
focusing on crisis management. Contact information: email bwdayton@maxwell.syr.edu; tel
315/443-2199.
Bob Deacon is Professor of International Social Policy at the University of Sheffield, UK. He
is Director of the Globalism and Social Policy Programme (GASPP), and founding editor of
the journal Global Social Policy (2000-2005). His main interests are in global social and
public policy and global social governance. He has authored with others Global Social
Policy:International Organisations and the Future of Welfare (Sage) and Global Social
Governance:Themes and Prospects (Finnish Foreign Ministry). He has acted as advisor or
consultant to the ILO, WHO, UNDP, UNDESA, UNRISD, EU, Council of Europe, ICSW,
and World Bank on aspects of globalisation and social policy. Contact information: email
B.Deacon@sheffield.ac.uk; tel 44 (0) 1142226446.
Jules Duchastel holds the Canada Research Chair on Globalization, Citizenship and
Democracy, specializing in the transformations of citizenship and democracy in the context
of globalization and fragmentation of modern societies. Full Professor at the Department of
Sociology at the University of Quebec at Montreal, Jules Duchastel’s work focuses on the
emergent forms of political regulation accompanying the increasing influence of international
governmental organizations (IGOs) and global social movements. His current research is in
line with his prior work on the transformations of Canadian and Quebec national political
institutions since the 1940s. These political discourse analyses resulted in many publications
(works, chapters, articles) and lectures given at national and international conferences. Jules
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Duchastel has also ma de an important contribution to the field of computer assisted discourse
analysis, both through his numerous methodological publications and by founding the Centre
ATO (Analyse de texte par ordinateur or Computer assisted text analysis) in 1983. Contact
information: email duchastel.jules@uqam.ca; tel 514 987-3000 ext. 4386; fax 514 987-7870.
Omano Edigheji is a Political Economist and Senior Researcher at the Centre for Policy
Studies (CPS), Johannesburg, South Africa. He was previously a Senior Researcher at
Graduate School of Public and Development Management, University of the Witwatersrand,
where he was also Co-Director of the Governance and Globalisation Project. Prior to this, he
was Research Coodinator of the South African National Economic Developme nt and Labour
Council (Nedlac), where he held responsibility for the management of Nedlac research. His
main research interests are the political economy of globalisation, governance,
democratisation, state and economic transformation, civil society and Africa’s development
in the context of globalisation. Edigheji has published several books and articles, including
Governance in the New South Africa: The Challenges of Globalisation (co-editor, UCT Press,
Cape Town, 2003), and The IMF, the World Bank and the Destruction of Africa (co-author,
Athens, 1996). He also has extensive work experience in civil society organisations. Contact
information: email omano.edigheji@svt.ntnu.no.
Ken Endo D.Phil. (Oxon.) is the Director of a trans-university project in Japan on
`Reconfiguring Knowledge in the Age of Global Governance`, as well as Associate Professor
in the Department of Politics at Hokkaido University in Sapporo. He has been an Emiel Noel
Fellow at Harvard Law School (2001-2) and a Jean Monnet Fellow at the Robert Schumann
Centre, European University Institute (2000-1). His principal research interests concern the
politics of global standard setting (including accounting, insurance, etc), the empirical and
theoretical status of state under globalization, and subsidiarity as a post-national political
ideology. His main recent publications include The Presidency of the European Commission
under Jacques Delors (Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1999), as well as many articles and edited
books in Japanese. Contact information: email endo@juris.hokudai.ac.jp; tel +81-11-7063796; fax +81-11-706-4948.
G. Honor Fagan is Theme Leader and Research Associate at the National Institute for
Regional and Spatial Analysis (NIRSA) at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth as
well as senior lecturer in the Department of Sociology at that institution. She also serves as a
member of the Higher Education Authority (HEA) of Ireland. Before coming to NUI,
Maynooth in 1997 she held positions at the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, University
of Durban-Westville, South Africa and at University of Leeds, UK. Her principal interests in
globalisation studies concern globalisation and culture, multi-scalar governance, and
sustainable development. Her recent publications include: on sustainable development ‘Waste
Management and its Contestation in the Republic of Ireland’ in Capitalism, Nature,
Socialism, 2003; on globalisation and culture ‘Globalisation and Culture: Ireland in the
Frame’ in The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, May 2002;
and on citizenship “Globalization, Identity and 'Ireland'” in Danks and Kennedy (Eds.)
Globalization and Identities: Reconstructing the Local, Palgrave Publishers: UK, 2001.) She
is currently engaged in field research on a EU Peace and Reconciliation funded project titled
‘E-Consultation: Evaluating Appropriate Technologies and Processes for Citizen’s
Participation in Public Policy’. The aim of this project is to assess consultation techniques
currently in operation in Ireland, North and South with a view to strengthening democracy
through engaging citizens in governance and improving consultation processes. Contact
information: email honor.fagan@may.ie; tel 353-1-7083691; fax 353-1-7083529.
Ann Florini is Senior Fellow in t he Governance Studies Program at the Brookings Institution
and director of the World Economic Forum’s Global Governance Initiative. From 1997 to
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2002, she was Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. She
received her Ph.D. in political science from UCLA and a Master’s in Public Affairs from
Princeton University. She has previously been associated with UCLA, the Rockefeller
Brothers Fund, and the United Nations Association of the USA. She is the author of The
Coming Democracy: New Rules for Running a New World (Island Press, 2003). Her edited
volume, The Third Force: The Rise of Transnational Civil Society, was published in October
2000 by the Japan Center for International Exchange and the Carnegie Endowment. She is
co-author of the monograph Secrets for Sale: How Commercial Satellite Imagery Will
Change the World . Her articles have appeared in such journals as Brookings Review , Foreign
Policy, Harvard International Review, International Studies Quarterly , New Perspectives
Quarterly, WorldLink , and International Security. Contact information: email
aflorini@brookings.edu; tel 202 797-6087; fax 202 797-6144.
John Forrer is Director of the GW Center for the Study of Globalization <gwcsg.gwu.edu>;
Director, International Programs GW School of Business; Assistant Adjunct Professor of
International Business; and, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Public Policy and Public
Administration. Prof. Forrer teaches and manages several administrative activities, including
international university partnerships, study abroad, international training raising external
funding for research and educational programs. Prof. Forrer is on the editorial board of
Globalizations (Taylor & Francis) and co-founder of two organizations dedicated to
advanc ing understanding of globalization: The Globalization Research Network
<www.globalgrn.net>; - a university consortium of UCLA, University of Hawaii at Manoa,
and University of South Florida - funded by the U.S. Congress; The Global Studies Network
<www.gstudynet.org>; - a consortium of worldwide globalization research centers committed
to collaborative research and educational activities. Professor Forrer has taught courses at
GW on public finance theory and practice, public revenue and expenditure analys is,
privatization and global governance. He has consulted extensively on domestic and
international energy and environmental issues. Professor Forrer received his dual Bachelor's
degree in Political Science and Public Administration from Miami University, his Master in
Public Administration from Syracuse University and his Doctoral degree in Public
Administration from The George Washington University. Professor Forrer's current research
activities include the economic consequences of U.S. economic sanctions economic
sanctions, privatization and public-private partnerships and global governance. Recent
publications include: "Public Servant as Contract Manager." (with Jed Kee), Public Contract
Law Journal. Vol. 33:2 (Winter 2004). Case Studies of U.S. Economic Sanctions: The
Chinese, Cuban and Iranian Experience (with Hossein Askari, Hildy Teegen and Jiawen
Yang). Westport, CN: Praeger, Vol. 2, (2003). Contact information: email jforrer@gwu.edu.
John R. Gagain is the Director of the Center for the Study of Globalization and
Representative to International Organizations at the Global Foundation for Democracy and
Development (FUNGLODE), an international research-based non-governmental organization
based in the Dominican Republic, which was founded by the President Elect of the country,
Dr. Leonel Fernández after his first term as President, which was 1996-2000. Mr. Gagain is
responsible for the Foundation’s projects, courses, and literature on Globalization as well as
its relations with multilateral institutions. He is currently serving as advisor to the President
Fernández on issues related to the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs) and sustainable development. Mr. Gagain has served as Executive Vice-President of
the United Nations Association of the Dominican Republic (UNA-DR) for over 3 years and
was Coordinator at the United Nations Association of USA (UNA-USA) from 1998-2001. He
served as a consultant to the International Institute of Sustainable Development (IISD) Earth
Negotiations Bulletin (ENB). He attended Columbia University’s School of International and
Public Affairs (SIPA). Mr. Gagain speaks English and Spanish fluently and has a working
knowledge of French. Contact information: email gagain@funglode.org.
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Rita Giacalone is a Professor in the Economics Department of University of the Andes
(Mérida, Venezuela) and the Coordinator of the Group of Regional Integration Studies
(GRUDIR) of that university. She has coordinated an exchange project for the ALFA
Program of the European Community with the Universities of Paris I, Stockholm, Aix-enProvence, La Plata (Argentina) and Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia). Her publications
deal with regionalization in the Caribbean and Latin America and its interplay with
globalization, both as a phenomenon and an ideology. Her latest books are “CanMERCOSUR a la sombra del ALCA” (2003) and “La regionalización del acero en América
Latina” (2004). Contact information: email ritagiacalone@hotmail.com; tel 00 58 274
2660668; fax 00 58 274 240 1136.
Barry Gills is currently Reader in International Politics in the School of Geography, Politics
and Sociology at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. He is the founding Editor of
Globalizations, a new multidisciplinary journal, sponsored by the Globalization Research
Network, and series editor for the new 'Rethinking Globalization' series, both published by
Routledge. He was recently Director of the Globalization Research Center at the University
of Hawaii and a visiting research professor at the Department of Political Science of the
University of Hawaii. He is currently on the governing council of the International Political
Economy Group of the British International Studies Association and of the Global Studies
Association (North America) and was recently programme chair for the International Political
Economy section of the International Studies Association. He is a fellow of the World
Academy of Arts and Sciences and on the international advisory board of the TODA institute
for the study of global peace and policy. His recent publications include a special issue of the
Annals of American Political Science on ‘Globalization and Democracy' in 2002, co-edited
with R. Munck and a forthcoming edited volume (with William R. Thompson) on
'Globalization and Global History', published by Routledge. His research interests include
global economic and political history, the political economy of development, the political
economy of Korea and East Asia, and the politics of transnational social movements in the
context of globalization. Contact information: email B.K.Gills@newcastle.ac.uk.
Alla G. Glinchikova is Deputy Director of the Institute for Globalization Studies (Moscow)
and Professor, Department of Political Studies of Moscow State Linguistic University. Before
coming to the Institute for Globalization Studies (in 2003) and Moscow State Linguistic
University (in 1996) she held positions at the Gorbachev Foundation, State Technical
University (Phylosophy Department), and Moscow State University (Department of
Humanities). Her principal interests in globalization studies concern globalization theory,
international public goods problems, the impact of globalization on c ivil society, international
aspects of civil activity, influence of globalization on post-totalitarian states of Eastern
Europe. Her main recent publications include: "Two ways to the epoch of modernity: Russia
and Europe" (Moscow, forthcoming), “Russia and Europe: two ways of evolution of
humanism and their socio-economic consequences" (Moscow, 2004), “Crisis of forms of
social integration, control and governance under globalization" (Moscow 2002), "Can an
intellectual and product of his work be commodity"(Moscow, 1997). Contact information:
email aglinchikova@yandex.ru; tel 007 095 433-04-03; fax 007 095 5105771.
A.J.R. Groom is Professor of International Relations at the University of Kent. Editor of
Global Society. Executive Secretary of World International Studies Committee (WISC).
Organiser of the First Global International Studies Conference, Istanbul 24-27 August 2005
www.ecprnet.org/events/wisc/ Founder of the European Standing Group for International
Relations. Author/Editor of 16 monographs and 150 articles and chapters. Contact
information: email A.J.R.Groom@kent.ac.uk; tel +44 (0)1227 823439; fax +44 (0)1227
827033.
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Ragayah Haji Mat Zin is Professor of Development Economics and Director of the Institute
of Malaysian and International Studie s (IKMAS), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. She is
also the Vice President of the Malaysian Economic Association, Director of the Malaysian
APEC Study Centre and Malaysian Country Coordinator for the East Asian Development
Network (EADN). Dr. Ragayah earned her B. Econs from La Trobe University, Australia,
her MA from Essex University, United Kingdom and her Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University,
USA. Her main interests in globalisation studies include the impact of globalisation on
poverty and income distribution and the issue of social safety nets, and problems related to
globalisation and competitiveness of Malaysian small- and medium-scale industries. Her
recent publications include (with Rahmah Ismail) “Earnings Differentials Determinants
Between Skills in the Malaysian Manufacturing Sector”, Asian Economic Journal, Vol. 17,
No. 4, pp. 325-340; “The Impact of the Financial Crisis on Poverty and Inequality in
Malaysia”, in Shahid Khandker (ed.), Impact of the East Asian Financial Crisis Revisited,
The World Bank Institute and the Philippine Institute for Development Studies; (with Hwok
Aun Lee and Saaidah Abdul Rahman) “Social Protection in Malaysia”, in Erfried Adam,
Michael von Hauff and Marei John (eds.), Social Protection in Southeast and East Asia.
Singapore: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, pp. 119-169. Currently, she is co-editing a book on the
Globalisation of the Malaysian Economy (in Malay). Contact information: email
rogayah@pkrisc.cc.ukm.my; tel (603) 8921 3949; fax (603) 8926 1022.
Heba Handoussa is currently advisor to the Economic Research Forum for the Arab
Countries, Iran and Turkey (ERF). For the past 10 years she was the managing director of
ERF, a non-government, non-profit institution established in 1993 to promote policy-relevant
research on the MENA region. She is also the director and lead author of the Egypt Human
Development Report 2004 on Decentralization & Promoting Local Governance in Egypt.
Professor Handoussa obtained her Ph.D. in economics from the University of London in 1974
and taught at the American University in Cairo where she was twice elected as chairperson of
the Economics and Political Science Department and was subsequently appointed as Vice
Provost. She has also consistently served as advisor to the Egyptian government and as
consultant to the World Bank. Prof. Handoussa is currently a member of the Shura Council,
Egypt's Upper House of Parliament. She is also a member of Egypt's National Specialized
Councils, which report directly to the President. She is also a member on the Board of the
Central Bank of Egypt. She has served on the Board of international and regional researchrelated institutions including CEDEJ, IFPRI, UNRISD and currently sits on the WBI External
Advisory Board of the World Bank. She is also a commissioner of the “World Commission
on the Social Dimension of Globalization” of the ILO. Her numerous publications cover the
areas of structural adjustment, industrial policy, productivity growth, foreign aid, institutional
reform
and
comparative
development
models. Contact
information:
email
hhandoussa@erf.org.eg.
David Held was born in 1951 in Britain where he spent most of his childhood. He was
educated in Britain, France, Germany and the United States. He is Graham Wallas Professor
of Political Science, London School of Economics. He has held numerous Visiting
Appointments in the United States, Australia, Canada and Spain, among other places. In the
last five years he has lectured regularly on questions of democracy, international justice and
globalization to audiences in many countries. David Held's main research interests include
rethinking democracy at transnational and international levels and the study of globalization
and global governance. He has strong interests both in political theory and in the more
empirical dimensions of political analysis. Among his authored books are: Global
Transformations: Politics, Economics and Culture, co-author, Polity and Stanford University
Press, 1999; Globalization/Anti-Globalization , co-author, Polity, 2002; Global Covenant,
Polity, 2004. Among his edited books are: Governing Globalization: Power, Authority and
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Global Governance, with A. McGrew, Polity, 2002; The Global Transformations Reader,
second edition, with A. McGrew, Polity, 2003. Recent articles include: ‘Globalization,
Cosmopolitanism and Democracy’. Constellations 8, no. 4 (2001), pp. 427-41;
‘Globalization, Corporate Practice and Cosmopolitan Social Standards’. Contemporary
Political Theory 1, no. 1 (2002), pp. 59-78; ‘Violence, Law and Justice in a Global Age’.
Constellations 9, no. 1 (2002), pp. 74-88; ‘Law of States, Law of Peoples’. Legal Theory 8
(2002), pp. 1-44; ‘Globalisation: The Argument of Our Time’. www.opendemocracy.net
(2002) . Eighteen years ago David Held co-founded Polity, which is now a major presence in
social science and humanities publishing.
Contact information: email David.held@polity.co.uk.
Sirkku Hellsten is Reader in Development Ethics and the Acting Director of the Centre for
the Study of Global Ethics. Before coming to Birmingham in 2003 she was the Coordinator
for the Philosophy Programme and the Head of the Philosophy Unit at the University of Dar
es Salaam whilst also conducting research as Senior Research Fellow in an international
development ethics project funde d by the Academy of Finland. She also holds the title of
Docent of Social and Moral Philosophy at the University of Helsinki, Finland. Dr. Hellsten
has undertaken numerous research projects in the fields of bioethics, social justice,
development ethics and human rights in the USA, New Zealand, Finland, Germany and
Tanzania (and elsewhere in East Africa). In addition to her academic activities she is the
manager of an NGO-led outreach project that plans and teaches civic education in Tanzania
from the point of view of professional and civic ethics as well as ethics in public
administration and governance. Her recent publications include: 'Distributive Justice,
Theories of', entry in Ruth Chadwick (ed.) Encyclopedia of Politics and the Media, San
Diego: Academic Press, 2001; 'From Human Wrongs to Universal Rights: Communitarian
and Feminist Challenges to Global Bioethics', Developing World Bioethics, 2001:3;
'Tanzanian Constitutional Development and African Communitarianism', Rättfaerd, Nordic
Journal of Jurisprudence, 2001; 'Autonomy and Responsibility in Reproductive Genetics',
entry in Encyclopedia of the Human Genome, London: Nature Publishing Group, Macmillan
Publishers, 2003; 'Trust Me! My Hands are Dirty also': Institutionalized Corruption and the
Vicious Circle of the Competing Codes of Public and Private Ethics, Journal of Business and
Professional Ethics, Vol. 11, No. 11, 2003:55-81. Contact information: email
s.k.hellsten@bham.ac.uk.
Margaret (Peg) Hermann is Director of the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Institute of Global
Affairs in the Maxwell School at Syracuse University (USA) and Cramer Professor of Global
Affairs in the Department of Political Science at that institution. She is a past president of the
International Society of Political Psychology and the International Studies Association. Her
research interests focus on political leadership and the formation of foreign policy; in the
globalization arena these interests are centered around better understanding the leadership
and governance of non-state actors and how they participate in the foreign policymaking
process. Among her writings is Leaders, Groups, and Coalitions: Understanding the People
and Processes in Foreign Policymaking. She has developed a way of assessing leadership
style at a distance and has data on a wide array of different types of leaders. Contact
information: email mgherman@maxwell.syr.edu; tel 315-443-4022; fax 315-443-9085.
Björn Hettne is Professor in Peace and Development Studies, Department of Peace and
Development Research (PADRIGU), at the University of Göteborg, Sweden, where he has
been the Dean of the Social Science Faculty and now serves as advisor to the Vice Chancellor
on international relations. He has a background in Economic History and has written books
and articles in the field of Indian history, Development Theory, European Studies, and
Studies in the New Regionalism. Some publications are Development Theory and the Three
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Worlds (1995) and the five volume work Studies in the New Regionalism (1999 – 2001, with
Osvaldo Sunkel and Andras Inotai). Contact information: email b.hettne@padrigu.gu.se.
Richard Higgott is the Director of the Centre for the Study of Globalisation and
Regionalisation and Professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of
Warwick. He has previously held chair level appointments at the University of Manchester
and the Australian National University. He is Senior Scientist and Director -elect of a multi
institution, multi- million euro EU Framework 6 Network of Excellence on 'Global
Governance and Regulation'. His last volume (with Morten Ougaard) was Towards a Global
Polity? (2002). In 2003 he held the inaugural 'Chaire Asie' at the Fondation Nationale des
Sciences Politiques and is currently on sabbatical as a Fellow of the Hungarian Institute of
Advanced Study where he is completing books entitled 'From Colonialism to Global
Governance: Order and Accountability in the Theory and Practice of Extra-Territorial
Politics' and (with Heribert Dieter) 'Crisis and Reform: the Governance of the Global
Economy in an Era on Non Cooperation'. He edits The Pacific Review. He is committed to
the study of things global but resists the idea of 'globalisation theory '. Contact information:
email Richard.Higgott@warwick.ac.uk; tel + 44 (0) 2476572533; fax +44 (0) 2476572548.
Brian Hocking is Professor of International Relations at Coventry University, UK. He has
taught and held visiting fellowships at universities in Australia, the USA and Europe. In
terms of research interests, he is particularly concerned with the interaction between domestic
and international forces in the conduct of foreign and foreign economic policy and the impact
of globalisation on the nature and organisation of diplomacy. Publications include:
Localizing Foreign Policy: Non-Central Governments and Multilayered Diplomacy,
Macmillan, 1993; Beyond Foreign Economic Policy: the United States and the Single
European Market, (with M H Smith), London, Cassell/Pinter, 1997; Foreign Ministries:
Change and Adaptation , (contributor and editor), London, Macmillan, 1999; Trade Politics
(editor, with S.M. McGuire), London, Routledge, 2004, and: Foreign Ministries in the
European Union Integrating Diplomats (editor, with D. Spence), London, Palgrave, 2002.
Current projects relate to innovation in diplomacy, including multistakeholder models, global
governance and the interaction between business, NGOs and governmental agencies civil
society in trade diplomacy. Contact information: email b.hocking@coventry.ac.uk.
Rolph Van der Hoeven is Manager, Technical Secretariat, World Commission on the Social
Dimension of Globalization. Holds a Ph.D in Development Economics from the Free
University and a M.Sc. in Econometrics from the Municipal University, both in Amsterdam.
Previous positions include Chief of the Macroeconomic and Development Policy Group, and
other positions in the Employment Department at the ILO, Geneva, Chief Economist of
UNICEF in New York and Senior Economist at ILO’s World Employment Programme in
Geneva and member of ILO’s Employment Teams in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Lusaka,
Zambia. Has also has been teaching at the Centre for Development Planning at the Erasmus
University in Rotterdam and serves on a number of advisory boards of international
institutions and journals. His work is mainly concentrated on issues of employment,
inequality and economic reform, and focussing inter alia on problems related to basic needs,
structural adjustment and poverty alleviation and he is widely published in these areas. His
latest books include “Perspectives on Growth and Poverty” (UNU Press, 2003) and “Growth,
Inequality, and Poverty - Prospects for Pro-poor Economic Development” (Oxford University
Press, 2004). Contact information: email Hoeven@ilo.org.
Shana Hofstetteris a Program Coordinator at the Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia
University. She joined IPD with over two years of experience in non-profit organizations
dealing with human rights. She received her BA, cum laude, from Smith College and earned
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a Certificat from the Institut des études politiques de Paris. Contact information: e-mail
sh2162@columbia.edu; tel +1 212.854.0637; fax +1 212-854-2774.
Robert Holton is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Policy Institute at Trinity
College, Dublin. He is also a foundation member of the Institute for International Integration
Studies. He previously held positions at Flinders University of South Australia (1979-2000)
and the University of Glasgow (1972-1978). His research interests include the historical
sociology of globalization, global networks, and globalization and social theory. He
published Globalization and the Nation-State (Palgrave), and has just finished a new book
entitled Making Globalization. Contact details: email holtonr@tcd.ie; tel ++353-1-6082702
fax ++353-1-677-1300.
Helge Hveem Centre on Technology, Innovation and Culture, University of Oslo. Contact
information: email Helge.hveem@tik.uio.no.
James Hyles Australian High Commission. Contact information: email
James.Hyles@dfat.gov.au.
Minna Ilva Information Officer Globalism and Social Policy Programme
(GASPP)/STAKES. Contact information: email Minna.Ilva@stakes.fi.
David Jacobson is Acting Director for the School of Global Studies executive committee at
Arizona State University. His research is in political sociology from a global and legal
perspective, with a particular focus on international and regional institutions, international
law and human rights issues. In this regard he also works in the area of immigration and
citizenship. Jacobson, who was born in South Africa, was educated at the Hebrew University
(B.A), the London School of Economics (M.Sc.), and Princeton University (Ph.D.). He is an
academy member of the Cycladic Academy for Europe in Athens and Tinos, Greece, and has
been a Visiting Fellow at the Copenhagen Peace Research Institute, and the Leonard Davis
Institute of International Relations. He is currently looking at “judicial globalization,”
concerning the growing role of law and judicial bodies across borders, including international
courts; the democratization of “transitional societies”; and the role of gender in social and
political change. He is the author of Rights Across Borders: Immigration and the Decline of
Citizenship (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996) and Place and Belonging in America
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002), and is editor of Identities, Borders and Orders: New
Perspectives in International Relations (University of Minnesota Press, 2001, with Mathias
Albert and Yosef Lapid); The Immigration Reader: America in Multidisciplinary Perspective
(Blackwell, 1998); and Old Nations, New World: Conceptions of the World Order (Westview
Press,
1994),
among
other
publications.
Contact
information:
email david.jacobson@asu.edu; tel 1-480-965-3546; fax 1-480-965-0064.
Paul James is currently an editor of Arena Journal and Professor of Globalism at RMIT,
Melbourne. He is Director of the Globalism Institute (RMIT) and on the Council of the
Institute of Postcolonial Studies. His central research areas include, firstly, the nation-state
and the effects of an emergent level of global integration; secondly, social theory with a
concentration on theories of culture and social formation; thirdly, politics with an emphasis
on contemporary debates and issues in the areas of cultural and technological change. He has
received a number of awards including the Japan-Australia Foundation Fellowship, an
Australian Research Council Fellowship, and the Crisp Medal by the Australasian Political
Studies Association for the best Australian book in the field of political studies. He is author
or editor of 7 books including, Nation Formation (1996), Work of the Future: Global
Perspectives (1997), and Tour of Duty: Winning Hearts and Minds in East Timor (with
photographs by Matthew Sleeth, 2002). His latest book with Tom Nairn (Global Matrix:
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Nationalism, Globalism and State-Terror) will be published by Pluto in October. Contact
information: e mail paul.james@rmit.edu.au.
Stacey Jones is the Program Officer for Strategic Activities at the United Nations Foundation
located in Washington, DC. Before coming to the United Nations Foundation she worked
with the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs and Council on EgyptianAmerican Relations. She received a Masters degree in National Security Studies,
with an emphasis on migration and the Arab World, from Georgetown University (2000) and
a Bachelors degree in History and Political Science from the University of California San
Diego (1996). Contact information: email sjones@unfoundation.or; tel ++1-202-887-9040.
K.P. Kannan is Fellow and Director of the Centre for Development Studies,
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. He also holds the Indian Planning Commission Chair in
Development Economics at the Centre. His areas of specialisation are: human development
and deprivation including poverty, vulnerability and social security, labour studies with
special reference to the informal/unorganised economy and development policies and
perspectives. He is author of several articles on a wide range of development issues and has
authored, co-authored and edited eight books dealing with the above subject areas. He has
served in various national and international bodies. He was elected as the Vice President of
the Indian Society of Labour Economics in January 2004. During 2002-03 he worked as an
Expert Member in the Technical Secretariat of the World Commission on Social Dimension
of Globalisation constituted by the International Labour Organisation, Geneva. He served as
a Member of the Expert Group on Human Resource Development for Asia and Pacific
constituted by the UN/ESCAP, Bangkok during 1997-99. He was a member of the High
Level Committee on Unorganised Labour constituted by the Government of Madhya Pradesh
in 2001. His book publications are: Towards a Food Secure India (edited along with S.
Mahendra Dev and Neera Ramachandran), Institute of Human Development (2003), Plight of
the Power Sector in India (along with N. Vijayamohanan Pillai), Centre for Development
Studies (2002), and Kerala’s Gulf Connection: CDS Studies on International Labour
Migration, Centre for Development Studies (2002), Economics of Child Labour (edited),
Deep and Deep Publications, New Delhi (2001), Health and Development in Rural Kerala,
Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad (1991), Urban Labour Market Structure and Job Access in
India (along with John Harriss and Gerry Rodgers), International Institute for Labour Studies,
Geneva (1990), Of Rural Proletarian Struggles: Mobilization and Organization of Rural
Workers in South West India, Oxford University Press, New Delhi (1988), and Cashew
Development in India, Agricole Publishe rs, Delhi (1983). Contact information: emails
kpk@cds.ac.in, kpkannan@vsnl.com; fax 91-471-2448942 or 2447137.
Martin Khor is the Director of the International Secretariat of the Third World Network. He
was also a Member of the Board of the South Centre (1996-2002) and formerly a Vice
Chairman of the Expert Group on the Right to Development of the UN Commission on
Human Rights. He is a member of and Consultant to the Consultative Group on
Globalisation established under the National Economic Action Council in the Prime
Minister’s Department in Malaysia. He has also been a Consultant to UNCTAD, UNDP,
UNEP and the UN University, and has conducted studies and written papers for these
agencies. Recently he coordinated a report of the Third World Network for UNDP on The
Multilateral Trading System: A Development Perspective which was published by UNDP in
January 2002. He is the author of the book, Globalisation and the South, which was a report
he wrote for UNCTAD and distributed at the South Summit in Havana in 2000, and has
written several other books and papers on trade and WTO issues, and on environment and
development issues, including the book on Intellectual Property, Biodiversity and
Sustainable Development. An economist trained at Cambridge University, UK, he has
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lectured in Economics at the Science University of Malaysia. Contact information: email
twnet@po.jaring.my; tel ++60-4-2266159; fax ++60-4-2264505.
Meri Koivusalo is a senior researcher in Globalism and Social Policy Programme at the
National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health in Helsinki, Finland. Her
research interests cover issues of global health policies, implications of international traderelated agreements on health policies, European health policies and the relationship between
globalisation and health policies. She has authored or co-authored journal articles for
academic and policy audiences in Science, Int J Health Services, British Medical Journal and
Eurohealth. She has edited and co-authored several books and reports in Finnish and in
English and in the field of international health policies co-authored Making a Healthy World
(Zed 1997). She has served in the WHO scientific expert group on globalisation and other
expert panels for international agencies. She has provided advice and served in advisory role
for the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Social Affairs and Health in Finland,
including participation in national committee work. She has served in expert and research
panels for the European Community on international health research -related matters. She has
co-edited the Global Social Policy -journal Digest and served as part of the editorial team of
the Journal. Contact information: email Me ri.Koivusalo@stakes.fi.
Olav Korsnes is Professor at the Department of Sociology, University of Bergen, Norway
and board member of the Stein Rokkan Centre for Multidisciplinary Social Studies and the
Centre de Cooperation Franco-Norvégienne en Sciences Sociales et Humaines, MSH/Paris,
from 1999. He is the Norwegian Director of the Norwegian-French cooperative project
Comparative Investigations of French and Norwegian Social Space, a Franco-Norwegian
Research Project. He is currently Director (with Stein Kuhnle) of the Norwegian Research
Council Project Strategic University Program (SUP) on globalisation and internationalisation:
Working life, competence and welfare under globalisation. Professor Korsnes has published
widely in the field of sociology of work. Recent English publications include: Towards A
Relational Approach to the Study of Variety in the Situated Creativity of Economic
Actors, in Marc Maurice and Arndt Sorge (eds.) Embedding Organizations. Societal Analysis
of Actors, Organizations and Socio-Economic Context, Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John
Benjamins, 2000; Educational Mobility Trajectories and Mobility Barriers in the Norwegian
Social Space. With Johs Hjellbrekke, International Journal of Contemporary Sociology
(forthcoming). Contact information: email Olav.korsnes @sos.uib.no.
Richard Kozul-Wright UNCTAD, Geneva. Contact information: email Richard.KozulWright@unctad.org.
Victor Kuvaldin
kuvaldin@gorby.ru
The
Gorbachev
Foundation.
Contact
information:
email
Josaphat P. Kweka has a PhD in economics from the University of Nottingham (2002) and
an MA (1995) and BA (1993) in economics both from the University of Dar es Salaam. Dr.
Kweka is currently a Research Fellow and Director of the Globalisation project both at ESRF
where he coordinates research on trade and regional integration. He has also published a
couple of papers locally and internationally on different aspects of economic development.
One of his recent Journal publication is 'Economic Potential of Tourism in Tanzania', Journal
of International Development, 15, 335-351, 2003. He has also contributed a chapter in a book
on ‘The Form and Role of Industrial Innovativeness in Enhancing Firms' Productivity in
Tanzania’. He has also reviewed several books for the Journal of International Development
and worked on several consultancy projects for various national and international
organisations. His recent assignment is the Investment Climate Assessment survey for
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Tanzania for the World Bank’s and a ‘Trade and Poverty Linkage Study on Tanzania’
for DfID’s Trade and Poverty Programme. Contact information: email jkweka@esrf.or.tz.
Richard Langhorne has been Director of the Center for Global Change and Governance at
Rutgers University since its foundatio n in 1996. Previously he taught at the University of
Kent (1966 - 1975), was a Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge (1975 - 1993), Director,
Centre of International Studies, Cambridge (1987 - 1993), and Director of Wilton Park (FCO)
(1993 - 1996). His principal current research is in the field of global institutions, particularly
the changing patterns of diplomacy. His books include "The Collapse of the Concert of
Europe", "Essays in the Diplomacy and Intelligence of the Second World War" ed. (1985),
"The Practice of Diplomacy" with Keith Hamilton (1994), "The Coming of Globalization"
(2001), "Guide to International Relations and Diplomacy" ed. (2002), "Diplomacy" 3
volumes, ed. with C. Jonsson, (2004), "Diplomacy and Governance" (2004). "The Essentials
of World Politics" will follow in 2005. Contact: email langhorn@andromeda.rutgers.edu; tel
+1 973 353 5585; fax +1 973 353 5074.
Flemming Larsen is Director of the IMF’s three European Offices in Paris, Brussels, and
Geneva, and has been the Fund’s senior representative in Europe since 2000. The European
Offices represent the IMF in a number of international organizations based in Europe,
including the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the World
Trade Organization (WTO), and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), as well as visà-vis the institutions of the European Union. The European Offices are also closely involved
in the Fund’s dialogue with the civil society in Europe. Mr. Larsen was previously Deputy
Director of the Research Department. From 1992-2000, he had the senior responsibility for
the IMF’s World Economic Outlook, the Fund’s flagship publication and one of the most
authoritative surveys of global economic trends and policy issues. In addition, he directed an
extensive program of research on global economic, monetary, and financial questions. In
1990-92 (on leave from the IMF) Mr. Larsen was Division Chief in the European
Commission, with responsibility for international monetary affairs. Before joining the IM F in
1985, he was Director of Forecasting at Wharton Econometrics in Philadelphia (1984-85),
and held various positions in the Economics Department of the OECD (1974-84) in Paris.
Originally trained as a banker, Mr. Larsen holds degrees from the University of Aarhus,
Denmark, and the College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium. Mr. Larsen is a national of Denmark
and is married to Birte. They have two children. Recent speeches and articles by Mr. Larsen
can be found on the IMF's website: www.imf.org. Contact information: email
FLARSEN@imf.org.
Lutz Leisering is Director at the Institute for World Society Studies and Professor of Social
Policy, University of Bielefeld, Germany. He was a fellow at the Hanse Institute for
Advance d Study, North Germany (2003/2004), visiting professor at the Free University,
Berlin (1996), reader and researcher in sociology and social policy, University of Bremen
(1989-99); Ph.D. at LSE (1989). His research interests include European and international
social policy; old age; poverty and social exclusion; life-course research; and global social
policy and 'new welfare states' in East Asia. Publications include Time and Poverty in
Western Welfare States (CUP 1999, with S. Leibfried), The Dynamics of Modern Society
(1998, ed. with R. Walker), Government and the Life Course (in Handbook of the Life
Course, 2003), Nation State and Welfare State (JESP 2003), Old-Age Pensions for Rural
China? (ADB, 2002, with S. Gong). He acts as a national and international policy adviser.
Contact information: email lutz.leisering@uni-bielefeld.de; tel ++49-521-106-3994; fax 6474.
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Hans Lofgren is lecturer in politics and public policy at Deakin University, Melbourne,
Australia, and is affiliated with its Institute of Citizenship and Globalisation. Before
commencing at Deakin in 2001 he was at the University of Tasmania. His principal interest is
in political economy, particularly the globalisation of the pharmaceutical and biotechnology
sectors. His writings on this topic include articles in Social Science and Medicine, Australian
Journal of Political Science, Australian Health Review, Labour and Industry and the section
on the pharmaceutical industry in Globalization: Encyclopedia of Trade, Labor, and Politics
(forthcoming). Contact information: email hans.lofgren@deakin.edu.au.
Philippe De Lombaerde is a Research Fellow at United Nations University - Comparative
Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS) in Bruges since 2002. Previously he was an
associate professor of international economics at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia
(Bogotá) since 1997, and a researcher and lecturer at the University of Antwerp since 1985.
His principal research interests include: RTAs, monetary integration, cross-border microregions, indicators of regional integration, Andean region. For recent papers and publications,
see: www.cris.unu.edu. Contact information: email pdelombaerde@cris.unu.edu; tel
++32.50.47.11.04; fax ++32.50.47.13.09.
Edward Tshidiso Maloka Africa Institute for South Africa. Contact information: email
eddy@ai.org.za.
Peter Mandaville is Director of the Center for Global Studies (CGS) at George Mason
University (GMU) outside Washington DC, and also holds a faculty appointment in the
Department of Public and International Affairs at the same institution. Before coming to
GMU in 2000 he was a Lecturer at the University of Kent. Other affiliations have included
the Center for Strategic and International Studies and the School of International Service
at American University. His research interests lie in globalization and the transformation of
political community, with a particular focus on the Muslim world. His main recent
publications include Transnational Muslim Politics: Reimagining the Umma (Routledge, new
in paperback 2003) and two co-edited volumes, the Zen of International Relations (Palgrave,
2001) and Meaning and International Relations (Routledge, 2003). Contact information:
email pmandavi@gmu.edu; tel +1 703 993-1054; fax +1 703 993-1399.
Janet Maughan is Deputy Director of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Global Inclusion
program which has two primary functions: to enhance the Foundation’s understanding of,
and responsiveness to, global trends and developments; and to influence select global and
regional debates so that they are more responsive to the needs and interests of poor and
excluded people. At present, the Global Inclusion program focuses on intellectual property
issues, biotechnology, trade and agriculture, reducing conflict, and global philanthropy. Prior
to joining The Rockefeller Foundation, she was a consultant for foundations,
nongovernmental organizations and corporations on strategic, organizational and sustainable
development issues. From 1984 to 1994, she was a program officer at the Ford Foundation
with responsibility for its environment and sustainable development grant making. Contact
information: email JMaughan@rockfound.org; tel 212-852-8215.
Ben Middleton is Associate Professor of Sociology in the Department of Global Studies at
Ferris University in Yokohama. Before moving to Ferris, he was lecturer in the Department
of Politics at Hokkaido University, Sapporo (2002-4). His principal research interests include
the intellectual and social aspects of globalization, especially in sociological theory and
discourses of imperialism, as well as recent transformations in modes of governance in Japan
and the Asia -Pacific region in the era of globalization. His has published articles on these
topics in Japanese. Contact information: email ben@ferris.ac.jp; tel +81-45-812-8974; fax
+81-45-812-8312.
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Moema Maria Marques de Miranda is Coordinator of the programs Democratic
Alternatives to Globalisation, Civil Society Participation in the Public Sphere and World
Social Forum at the Brazilian Institute of Social and Economic Analysis (IBASE). Her
previous work at IBASE dealt mainly with social questions concerning the city of Rio de
Janeiro, like habitation, citizenship, environment and violence. Her most recent publications
include contributions in the books "Rio, a democracia vista de baixo" (IBASE, 2004);
"Sindicalismo e Justiça Ambiental" (IBASE, 2001, 3 volumes) and "Com a palavra, os
moradores: pesquisa qualitativa em comunidades e bairros da Grande Tijuca " (IBASE, 2000).
Contact information: email moema@ibase.br; tel +55-21-2509-0660; fax +55-21-3852-3517.
Sergiu Miscoiu is the Secretary of the Chair of International Relations and Community Law
within the Faculty of European Studies of “Babes-Bolyai” University of Cluj-Napoca,
Romania. He is teaching Theory of International Relations, Conflict Theory and Negotiation
and The Nation-State in the Globalisation Era. Sergiu Miscoiu is also a PhD student, having
as principle research topic the future of the nation-state. He graduated at the Faculty of
European Studies, as well as completed the MA programme in European Compared Studies
of the Babes-Bolyai University and the DEA programme of the University of Marne-laVallee (Paris). His main research fields are international relations theories, nationalism
theories and the effects of globalisation upon political and cultural structures and systems.
His latest publications are: in Nicolae Paun (ed.), Institutiile Uniunii Europene. Evolutie si
proiecte de reforma, the chapters "Consiliul European" and "Consiliul de Ministri", Cluj,
EFES, 2004; with Howard Loewen, co-editor of Issues of Democratic Consolidation in
Romania , Cluj, Efes, 2004; in Studia Europaea 1/2004, the article “Le nouveau flot
d’extremisme politque – le Front national”; in Studia Europaea 1/2003, the article "Le
concept de la haine de soi chez François Furet dans Le passé d'une illusion"; in Studia
Europaea 2/2003, the article "Les mécanismes politiques de la restalinisation brejnevienne";
“The False Assumption of the Opposition Between the National and the European SelfIdentifications” (article), in Grigore Vasilescu (ed.), Philosophy of European Unification,
Chisinau, Jean Monnet Project, 2004; in Romanian Journal of European Studies “Sur les
avancé es timides et les promesses risquées de la révision constitutionnelle roumaine”
(forthcoming Fall 2004). Contact information: email: miscoiu@yahoo.com; mobile tel (+4)
0723 033 290; e-site: www.miscoiu.as.ro.
Jame s H. Mittelman is Professor in the School of International Service at American
University, Washington, DC. Previously, he served as Professor and Dean of the Graduate
School of International Studies, University of Denver; held the Pok Rafeah Chair at the
National University of Malaysia; and was awarded a fellowship at the Institute for Advanced
Study in Princeton. He also had teaching and research appointments at Eduardo Mondlane
University (Mozambique), Makerere University (Uganda), Ritsumeikan University (Japan),
and the University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa). Mittelman’s books include a series
of companion volumes on globalization: Globalization: Critical Reflections (editor, Lynne
Rienner Publishers, 1996); The Globalization Syndrome: Transformation and Resistance
(Princeton University Press, 2000); Capturing Globalization (co-editor with Norani Othman,
Routledge, 2001); and Whither Globalization? The Vortex of Knowledge and Ideology
(Routledge, 2004). Currently, he is Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Helsinki Collegium
for Advanced Studies. Contact information: email jmittel@american.edu; tel 202-885-1600;
fax 202-885-2494.
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Isidro Morales received his Ph.D. in France (1984), from the Paris -based Institut d'Etudes
Politiques. He worked as a researcher at El Colegio de México and other Mexican
universities. He was a lecturer at the University of Copenhagen and guest researcher at the
Danish Center for Development Research, the Watson Institute of the University of Brown
and the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress, in Washington D.C. He is currently
Dean of the School of Social Sciences at the Universidad de las Américas -Puebla, in Mexico.
Dr. Morales has co-authored two books and published several articles in specialized journals,
dealing mainly with integration and trade -related topics. Dr. Morales' main research areas are
the following: the geopolitics and geo-economics of trade and investment markets; the
political economy of regional integration; Mexico-U.S. trade relations; and U.S.-Latin
American relations. His last two publications are: “The governance of global issues through
regionalism. NAFTA as an interface between multilateral and North-South policies.” The
Journal of Social Science, University of Tokyo, Vol. 55, No. 1, December 2003, pp. 27-52,
and “Post-sovereign Governance in a Globalizing and Fragmenting World: The Case of
Mexico”, Review of Policy Research, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, Vol. 21, No. 1,
January 2004, pp. 107-127. He is currently writing a book about the present and future of
regionalism in North America. Dr. Morales is member of Mexico’s National Research
System, the Academic Council for the United Nations System (ACUNS), and the Mexican
Council for Foreign Affairs. Contact information: e-mail imorales@mail.udlap.mx; tel 52222-229-2051; fax 52-222-229-2635.
Derek C. Mulenga is Assistant Professor in the Department of Learning and Performance
Systems as well as the International and Comparative Education Graduate Program at the
Pennsylvania State University, USA. Before joining Penn State University in 1999 he held
positions at Buffalo State College (1997-1999), University of Swaziland (1986-1990) and
University of Zambia (1980-1986). His main interests in globalization studies include
globalizatio n theory, lifelong education and postcolonial theory. His main recent publications
include Globalization and Lifelong Education: Critical Perspectives (Lawrence and Erlbaum,
forthcoming) and Postcolonialism and Education: Challenging Traditions and Disrupting
Boundaries
(Palgrave/MacMillan,
forthcoming).
Contact
information:
email
dcm10@psu.edu; tel 814-863-3492.
Ronaldo Munck is Professor of Political Sociology at the University of Liverpool having
previously worked in Ireland, South Africa and Latin America. His work has mainly focused
on labour and development issues. His recent work includes Labour and Globalisation: The
new ‘Great Transformation’ (London: Zed Books, 2002) and a special issue of the Annals of
the American Academy of Social and Political Sciences on Globalisation and Democracy
(No. 581) co-edited with Barry Gills. He is on the editorial boards of Labor History,
Globalizations, Latin American Perspectives and Journal of Southern African Studies. As of
September he will be at: President’s Office, Dublin City University where he will be leading
the university’s strategic plan on internationalisation and social development. Contact
information: email r.p.munck@liv.ac.uk.
Mohammad Nahavandian is Director of Iran’s national Globalization Studies Programme
(GSP) as well as the vice president for research and international cooperation at the Institute
for Humanities and Cultural Studies. His previous position was the Deputy Minister of
Commerce and President of the Institute for Trade Studies and Research (1994-2002). He
also directed the WTO studies and affairs as Trade Envoy Plenipotentiary of Iran (19962002). He has served in the President’s Economic Advisory Council and as Advisor to the
Center for Strategic Studies, as well as some UN and other international commissions. He has
taught courses and directed research projects in international economics, industrial
organization, energy economics, economic planning and digital economy. His principal
interests with regard to globalization are globalization and development strategy, global
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ethics, global governance, global public goods, cultural identity and the study of Islamic view
on globalization. He has recently edited “Globalization and us” (GSP, Tehran, 2003) and
authored “New Horizons in Trade Policymaking”(Commerce Publishing Co., Tehran, 2002).
Contact information: emails nahavandian@ihcs.ac.ir/ nahavandian@yahoo.com; tel +98-21806 6055; fax +98-21-8048036.
Salim Nasr The Lebanese Center for Policy Studies. Contact information: email snasr@lcpslebanon.org.
Deane Neubauer is Executive Director of the Globalization Research Network and Professor
of Political Science Emeritus at the University of Hawaii, Manoa. He taught at UHM for 34
years in political science, sociology, public health and urban and regional planning. During
the period 1980-88 he was the founding dean of the social sciences. Over the past three years
he has served as interim chancellor for the UH Manoa campus (2001-2) and as interim Vice
President for Academic Affairs for the ten campus UH system (2001-04). He founded the
Globalization Research Center in 2000 at UHM. His interests include a range of globalization
related subjects with a primary focus on health and health policy. Contact information: email
deanen@hawaii.edu; tel 1-808-956-2840; fax 1-808-956-9431.
Alfred G. Nhema is the Executive Secretary of the Organization for Social Science Research
in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA). Currently, he is the Chairperson of the Executive
Committee of the International Human Rights Exchange project, a consortium of 14 Southern
African and United States universities. He also serves on the advisory boards for the Institute
of Commonwealth Studies, University of London and the United Nations University’s Centre
for Regional Integration Studies in Bruges, Belgium. He is the author of Democracy in
Zimbabwe: From Liberation to Liberalization. He is also editor of a book entitled The Quest
for Peace in Africa: Transformations, Democracy and Public Policy. In addition he is the
current editor of the OSSREA Journal Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review –
EASSRR and is also on the editorial board of Foreign Policy Analysis. Contact information:
email ossrea@telecom.net.et; tel 251-1-223922; fax 251-1-223921.
Robert O’Brien is LIUNA/Enrico Henry Mancinelli Professor of Global Labour Issues
and Associate Director of the Institute on Globalization and the Human Condition at
McMaster University in Canada. Robert moved to McMaster following a position as
Lecturer in Internationa l Relations at the University of Sussex from 1992-98. His research
and teaching interests are in the fields of international political economy, global civil society
(especially labour) and global governance. Robert is co-author (with Marc Williams) of
Global Political Economy: Evolution and Dynamics (Palgrave 2003), co-editor (with Jeffrey
Harrod) of Global Unions? Theory and Strategies of Organized Labour in the Global Political
Economy (Routledge 2002), co-author (with AM Goetz, JA Scholte and Marc Williams) of
Contesting Global Governance: Multilateral Economic Institutions and Global Social
Movements (CUP, 2000) and author of Subsidy Regulation and State Transformation
(Macmillan 1997). Robert is the North American regional editor for the journal Globa l Social
Policy. Contact information: email obrienr@mcmaster.ca; tel 001-905-525-9140 ext. 23705;
fax 001-905-527-3071.
Adebayo Olukoshi Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa.
Contact information: email adebayo.olukoshi@codesria.sn.
Aldo Panfichi is Associate Professor of Sociology and Political Science and senior
researcher at the Center for Social, Economic and Political Research (CISEPA) at the
Catholic University of Peru. He has been Research Coordinator for projects on Civil Society
and Democracy in the Andes and Southern Cone (1998-2001) and Civil Society and
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Democracy in Latin America, Phase II: Social Networks and Local Leadership (2001-2004),
the latter in collaboration with the University of Campinas in Brazil and the Veracruzana
Univeristy in Mexico. Both projects were supported by the Ford Foundation. He has also
been a Visiting Scholar at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies of
Harvard University (2001-2003) and the National School of Anthropology and History of
Mexico (1997), and he is currently a member of the AVINA Network of Civic Leaders in
Peru. His areas of interest include civil society and democracy, urban poverty, sports and
popular culture. His most recent publications include Sociedad Civil, Espacios Publicos y
Democratization en America Latina: Andes y Cono Sur (edited volume), De la confrontacion
a la concertacion en provincias indigenas del Peru , Building Barrios: Community
Development in Latin America and The Authoritarian Alternative: Antipolitics Among the
Popular Sectors of Lima, Peru. Dr. Panfichi has a PhD in Sociology from the New School for
Social
Research.
Contact
information:
emails
apanfic@pucp.edu.pe
/
apanfichi@telefonica.net.pe.
Heikki Patomäki is a Professor of International Relations at the University of Helsinki and
also the Research Director of NIGD, the Network Institute for Global Democratisation. Until
Summer 2003 he was a Professor of World Politics and Economy at the Nottingham Trent
University, UK. His research interests include critical realism as a philosophy of social
sciences; theories and issues of peace research and global political economy; and global
democratisation. Patomäki’s papers have appeared in Alternatives, Cooperation and Conflict,
European Journal of International Relations, International Studies Quarterly, Journal for the
Theory of Social Behaviour, Journal of Peace Research, Millennium, Review of International
Political Economy, Theory, Culture and Society and many other journals and
anthologies. H is most recent books include Democratising Globalisation: The Leverage of
the Tobin Tax (Zed Books, 2001); After International Relations: Critical Realism and the
(Re)Construction of World Politics (Routledge, 2002); and A Possible World: Democratic
Transformation of Global Institutions (with T.Teivainen, Zed Books, forthcoming in October
2004; a Finnish version was published as Globaali demokratia by Gaudeamus in June 2003).
Currently Patomäki is working (i) on a book which attempts to explain the waning of global
economic growth and its consequences from a critical realist political economy perspective
and (ii) on a book analysing the theoretical underpinnings and puzzles of global democracy as
an emancipatory process. He is also involved in projects dealing with the role of neoclassical
economics in global governance; the development of NATO from a global perspective; and
the methodologies of studying possible futures. Contact information: email
heikki.patomaki@helsinki.fi; tel +358 - (0)9 - 191 24818, +358 - (0)40 - 558 2916 ; fax +358
- (0)9 - 191 24832.
Huang Ping got his Ph.D. at the London School of Economics in 1991. He has been
Director-General at the Bureau for International Exchange Programmes, Chinese Academy of
Social Sciences (CASS) since 2003, and Research Professor of Sociology, Graduate School,
CASS, since 1997, Associate Professor since 1992. He was a lecturer in Sociology at Nankai
University and Sichuan University in 1980s, and was a visiting fellow at Duke University in
1997, and visiting professor at the Johns Hopkins University in 2002. Prof. Huang's main
research interests in globalization include how and why development, poverty, migration are
problematic in the age of globalization, and how globalization itself can be a challenge to
national societies as well as social sciences. His recent publications include: "Migration
against and for Agriculture", with E. Croll, in China Quarterly, London, March 1995;
"When young farmers leave the land: what will happen to rural development in China?”, in
Globalization and its Impact, edited by Cecilia Lindqvist, FRN, Stockholm, 1999:56-67;
"Environment and the Problem of Ecology", Imagining Tomorrow: Rethinking the Global
Challenge, Washington, Merrill Corporation, 2000:123-130; "Talking about Gender,
Globalization, and Labor in a Chinese Context", Signs, Summer, Vol. 26, No. 4, 2001;
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"Beyond Boundaries: Imagining Impossibilities,” in Asian Leadership Program, 2001 Tokyo:
International House of Japan, The Japan Foundation, 2002; "Sociology and social problem
research", a keynote speech at the Presidential Session, the 15th World Congress,
International Sociological Association (ISA), Brisbane, Australia, July, 2002; Canadian
Journal of Sociology, Vol. 27, No.4, Fall, 2002; "China Migration Country Study , with
Frank Pieke, A Report to DIFID, London, 2003; and Together with Migrants, with G.
Domenach Chich, et al, UNESCO, 2004. Contact information: email huangping@cass.org.cn
tel ++86-10-8519 5133; fax ++86-10-8519-6320.
Mustafizur Rahman is Research Director at the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), a leading
civil society think tank in Bangladesh. He also teaches economics at the Faculty of Business
Studies, University of Dhaka where he is a Professor. Dr. Rahman did his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in
Development Economics from Moscow State University. Later on he did research at the
University of Oxford, UK where he was a Post-doctoral Visiting Fellow and Yale University,
USA where he was a Senior Fulbright Fellow. Dr. Rahman has research interest in the area of
international economics, regional cooperation and trade. He has carried out extensive
research on issues related to trade and investment policies and incentives in Bangladesh,
impact of trade reforms on Bangladesh's external sector performance, impact of phase -out of
MFA, and opportunities and challenges originating from global integration of the LDCs. Dr.
Rahman has to his credit a number of publications in both local and foreign journals of
repute, and is co-author of a number of books and monographs. Dr. Rahman is a member of a
number of committees set up to provide trade related policy inputs to the Government. He has
been involved in research works initiated by international agencies including UNCTAD,
UNEP, World Bank, ADB, ILO and the Commonwealth Secretariat. Contact information:
email mustafiz@cpd-bangladesh.org; tel (880 2) 9134438, 8124770; fax: (880 2) 8130951.
Ilari Rantakari is Ambassador for the Helsinki Process on Globalisation and Democracy at
the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland (MFAF). His previous posts over the last two
decades at the MFAF include Ambassador of Finland to Tanzania and Zambia, prior to which
he was Advisor for the Lutheran World Federation in Calcutta, India. He has been actively
involved in Development Co-operation at the civil society as well as government levels since
the 1960s, and has also published various articles and essays on Development Finance and
Co-operation. Contact information: email: ilari.rantakari@formin.fi; tel: +358-9-16056192.
Robbie Robertson is Professor and Director of Development Studies at the Institute for
Advanced Studies in Development and Governance (PIAS-DG) in the University of the
South Pacific (USP), Suva. He is also a development historian at La Trobe University,
Melbourne. His principal interests in globalization studies concern the historical context of
globalization, and the impact of globalization on nationalism and identity. His recent
publications include: The Three Waves of Globalization (Zed Books 2003) and Government
by the Gun: The Unfinished Business of Fiji's 2000 Coup (Pluto 2002). Contact information:
email robertson_r@usp.ac.fj; tel ++679-330 7869; fax ++679-330 3040.
Roland Robertson is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Centre for the Study of
Globalization at the University of Aberdeen. Prior to arriving in Aberdeen in 1999 he was
Distinguished Professor of Sociology, University of Pittsburgh, USA. He has held other
appointments in the UK and a number of visiting positions in other countries, notably Brazil,
Turkey, Japan, China, Sweden, Austria, and Germany. His principle interests are
Globalization and Glocalization Theory, Culture and Globalization, Religion and
Globalization, National Identity and Globalization, and Globalization and Global History. In
the latter respect he is presently working with David Inglis on ancient philosophical
precursors of modern thinking about globalization, which will result in a book to be
published in 2005. He has also recently co-edited with Kathleen E. White the six volume
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collection, Globalization: Critical Concepts, Routledge 2003. He is a Senior Editorial
Consultant to the new journal Globalizations as well as being on the editorial boards of a
number of journals devoted to international or global issues. He has been on the editorial
board of the journal Theory, Culture and Society which has promoted the study of
globalization since the early 1980s. He is presently editing (with Jan Aart Scholte) the
Encyclopedia of Globalization, Routledge, forthcoming. His earlier work on globalization
has included, (with J.P. Nettl) International Systems and the Modernization of Societies
(Basic Books) and Globalization:
Social Theory and Global Culture (Sage). His work has been translated into a considerable
number of languages. Contact information: email r.robertson@abdn.ac.uk; tel ++ 44
(0)1224 634809; fax ++ 44 (0)1224 273442.
Alisdair ('Ali') Rogers is Editor of Global Networks: a Journal of Transnational Studies. He
is a Fellow of Keble College, Oxford University, and a member of the School of Geography
and the Environment. In recent years his main research interests have been in transnational
studies, and he was a consultant for the ESRC Transnational Communities Programme 19972003. Ali edited the programme's working papers series and produced the quarterly news
digest Traces. He has also written widely on the history and philosophy of Geography.
Contac t information: email ali.rogers@geog.ox.ac.uk; tel ++44-1865-272713; fax ++ 441865-271929.
James N. Rosenau is University Professor of International Affairs at The George
Washington University. He has just finished his 55th year of university teaching, having
previously taught at Rutgers University, Ohio State University, and the University of
Southern California. Recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a former president of the
International Studies Association, he has authored some forty books and 200 articles. His
recent
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DYNAMICS
BEYOND
GLOBALIZATION (2003), ALONG THE DOMESTIC-FOREIGN FRONTIER:
EXPLORING GOVERNANCE IN A TURBULENT WORLD (1997), and TURBULENCE
IN WORLD POLITICS: A THEORY OF CHANGE AND CONTINUITY (1990). He is coauthor of THINKING THEORY THOROUGHLY: COHERENT APPROACHES TO AN
INCOHERENT WORLD (2000) and co-editor of GOVERNANCE WITHOUT
GOVERNMENT (1992). Contact information: email jnr@gwu.edu.
Simon Peter Rutabajuka Centre for Basic Research. Contact information: email
srutabajuka@cbr -ug.org.
Dominic Sachsenmaier since October 2003 is an assistant professor at the University of
California, Santa Barbara. Teaching Global History, he is a full-time faculty member at the
Global & International Studies Program. Between 2001 and 2003 Sachsenmaier was a
research scholar at Harvard University. His award-winning PhD-thesis (University of
Freiburg/Germany), which was later published as a book in Germany, focused on a 17thcentur y Chinese Christian who tried to create a synthesis between Christianity and
Confucianism. He is also he main editor of the 2002 book Reflections on Multiple
Modernities: European, Chinese, and Other Perspectives. Sachsenmaier’s current research
focuses on theories of global history in the United States, Germany, and the Three Chinas.
Furthermore he is working in the field of global political movements during the Interwar
Period. Sachsenmaier is also the co-head of two international research projects on “Multiple
Modernities” and “Conceptions of World Order – A Global Historical Perspective”.
Furthermore Sachsenmaier has been active in several scholarly associations – among them
the “Global History Initiative. Contact information: email sachsenmaier@global.ucsb.edu.
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Ali A. Saeidi is Acting Director of the Centre for Globalization studies at the Faculty of
Social Science, Tehran University as well as Assistant Professor of sociology in the
Department of Social Planning and welfare at the Faculty of Social Science, Tehran
University. Before coming to Tehran University he was research fellow of Middle Eastern
Center at SOAS, University of London (2001-2003). His principal interests in globalization
issues concern social policy and welfare studies. His main recent publications include
'Dislocation of the State and Emergence of the Political Factionalism in Post-Revolutionary
Iran', Political Geography, Vol. 21, No. 4, 2002, pp 525-546; 'Charismatic Political Authority
and Populist Economics in the post-Revolutionary Iran', Third World Quarterly, Vol.22,
No.2, 2001, pp 219-36; 'Accountability of para-governmental organizations: case of Iranian
Foundations', Journal of Iranian Studies, (forthcoming in 2004) and 'Socio-Economic aspects
of viticulture in South-west Asia and Iran', with Tim Unwin, (forthcoming in 2004), Journal
of Wine Research. He translated several books in Farsi including 'Runway world' by Anthony
Giddens. Contact information: emails saeidi@ut.ac.ir or cgs@ut.ac.ir; tel ++98-218020076/80 ex 3288; mobile ++98-912-216-4390; fax ++98-21-8012524.
Nickolay N. Savel`ev is President of the Centre for the History of Globalization (CHG). He
was the Deputy Chairman of the Budget Control Committee of the Supreme Soviet Russian
Federation (1992-4), Deputy of the State Duma, member of the Legislation commission of
Russian Federation (1995-9), adviser of the Chairman of the State Duma (2001-3). He is
author of many laws in the area of taxes, budget and economy. His principal interest in
globalisation studies concern globalisation history, modern processes to integration and
regionalisation, the influence of global financial crises on development in democracies and
civil society. He has published the book "River of Time" on the history of globalisation
(2002). He is an author of the international internet-project "Museum for the history of
globalisation and civil society". He is chairman of the organizing committee of the National
Balance Congress in Russia. Contact information: email ch-global@yandex.ru; tel
++7 903 119 4604; fax ++ 7 095 493 1540.
Christopher Scanlon is a researcher at the Globalism Institute, RMIT University, Melbourne
Australia. Before joining the Globalism Institute he taught in the criminology program at
Monash University, Melbourne. His research interests include community sustainability,
Third Way politics and current debates around social democracy, and declining language
diversity. He is currently working on a project examining the relationship between social
connectedness through arts and culture and community wellbeing. He is a co-editor and
online editor of Arena Magazine, a magazine of left political, social and cultural commentary
(www.arena.org.au). Contact information: email chris.scanlon@rmit.edu.au; tel +61 3 925
9769; fax +61 3 925 3049.
Jan Aart Scholte is Acting Director of the Centre for the Study of Globalisation and
Regionalisation (CSGR) at the University of Warwick as well as professor in the Department
of Politics and International Studies at that institution. Before coming to Warwick in 1999 he
held positions at the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague (1997-8) and the University of
Sussex, Brighton (1985-96). His principal interests in globalisation studies concern
globalisation theory, governance of global relations, and civil society engagement of global
economic issues. His main recent publications include Globalization: A Critical Introduction
(Palgrave, 2nd edn forthcoming) and Civil Society and Democracy in the Global Economy
(Polity, forthcoming). He edits (with Roland Robertson) the Encyclopaedia of Globalization
(Routledge, forthcoming) and is an incoming editor of the journal Global Governance for the
period 2005-2010. Contact information: email scholte@warwick.ac.uk; tel ++44-24-7657
2939; fax ++44-24-7657 2548.
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Gerd Schönwälder is a senior program specialist at the International Development Research
Centre (IDRC) in Ottawa, Canada, where he divides his time between the Peacebuilding and
Reconstruction (PBR) and the Trade and Economic Competitiveness (TEC) program
initiatives. Before joining IDRC, he was the deputy director of the Canadian Foundation for
the Americas (F OCAL), supervising a small team of policy analysts. He also spent several
years in Brussels as a European Union official, overseeing a diversified cooperation portfolio
as well as working on trade issues and the enlargement of the European Union to the east.
Gerd Schönwälder holds a PhD in political science from McGill University and has published
on local government, social movements, and grassroots democracy in Latin America. His
current research interests revolve around globalization and conflict, democratization and
governance, as well as the role of civil society in regional and multilateral integration
processes. Contact information: email gschonwalder@idrc.ca; tel (+1-613) 236-6163 x2141;
fax (+1-613) 567-7748.
Andrés Serbin is currently the Director of the Centre for Global and Regional Studies
(CEGRE), Argentina. He is also the President of CRIES, a Latin American and Caribbean
network of 70 NGOs and university research centers, and a Full Professor at the Central
University of Venezuela. He has bee n a visiting professor and fellow at several universities in
the United States, United Kingdom, Latin America and France, and has been recently
awarded with the Simon Bolivar Chair at La Sorbonne University. He also served as Adviser
to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Venezuela; Special Adviser for Caribbean Affairs to the
Latin America Economic System; and as a consultant to various Latin American and
multilateral organizations. His current main research interests are related to regionalization,
globalization and civil society, and regional security, peace building and civil society. His
most recent books are, in Spanish, Regional Integration and Citizen´s Diplomacy (Buenos
Aires: Siglo XXI, 2003) and, in English, Sunset over the islands. The Caribbean in the Age of
Global and Regional Changes (London: Macmillan, 1998), and (co-edited with Jorge
Dominguez) From Pirates to Drug Lords. The Post-Cold War Caribbean Security
Environment (New York: State University of New York Press, 1998). Since 1997 he is the
Director of the trilingual journal of Social Sciences Pensamiento Propio . Contact
information: email sanrafaelsrl@fibertel.com.ar.
Paul van Seters (1948) studied law at Utrecht University (LL.M. 1972) and sociology at the
University of California, Berkeley (M.A. 1974, Ph.D. 1988). From 1973 to 1977, he was
Research Associate at the Center for the Study of Law and Society (U.C. Berkeley). Since
1978, he has been working at the Faculty of Law, Tilburg University, initially as Lecturer,
subsequently as Professor of Legal Sociology. From 1992 to 1999, he was Director of the
Institute for Jurisprudence and Comparative Law (Schoordijk Institute), the research institute
and graduate school of the Tilburg Faculty of Law. Since 1 April 1999, he has been
Executive Director of Globus, Institute for Globalization and Sustainable Development. He
was President of the Dutch Law and Society Association from 1993 to 1998. Currently, he is
on the editorial board of the Electronic Journal of Comparative Law and editor-in-chief of
Sociale Wetenschappen. Since January 2003, he has been a regular commentator for IS
(Internationale Samenwerking), the monthly magazine published by the Dutch Ministry of
Foreign Affairs. He has published articles and books on socio -legal theory, public
administration and cultural sociology. His current research interests include law and
communitarianism, corporate social responsibility and the global civil society. Recently he
co-edited (together with Bas de Gaay Fortman and Arie de Ruijter) Globalization and Its New
Divides: Malcontents, Recipes, and Reform (Amsterdam: Dutch University Press, 2003).
Contact information: email P.C.M.vSeters@uvt.nl.
Ram Rattan Sharma is the Dean of the School of International Studies (SIS) as well as
Professor in the Centre of Russian, Central Asian & East European Studies at the Jawaharlal
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Nehru University, New Delhi. He became Professor and Chairman of the Centre of Russian,
East European and Central Asian Studies in 1986. In addition to Russia and Central Asia, the
other principle interests are Globalization and International Relations, Globalization and
Asian Security, Globalization and Domestic Conflicts, Peace and Conflict Resolution. He
authored/edited seven books and published over forty research papers. His forthcoming book
is India & the Emerging Asia (Sage). He was the Vice-Chancellor of the University of
Jammu (Jammu & Kashmir State) 1996-2002. Contact information: email
ramrsharma@rediffmail.com; tel 91-11-26185486 (Res.), 91-11-26717592 (Office).
Hideaki Shiroyama is Associate Professor of Public Administration in the Tokyo University
Faculty of Law and a director of several multi-university, trans-disciplinary programs,
including a project on “Reconfiguring Knowledge in the Age of Global Governance.” His
research concerns the processes and implementation of international administration, including
international telecommunication and environmental/safety policy. He is especially interested
in the inte rface between international and domestic administrative practices. His recent
publications include: “Technology Innovation and Diffusion for Environmental Protection—
the Roles of Public Policies, Corporate Strategies and Civic Actions from an Interaction
Perspective,” Martha Hariss (ed.), Energy Market Restructuring and the Environment:
Governance and Public Goods in Global Integrated Market. University Press of America,
2002; “Clean and Efficient Coal Use in China and Political Economy of International Aid,”
Social Science Japan , August 1999; as well as many articles and books in Japanese. Contact
information: email siroyama@j.u-tokyo.ac.jp; tel +81-3-5841-3131; fax +81-3-5841-3174.
Karin Astrid Siegmann holds the position of a Junior Research Fellow at the Sustainable
Development Policy Institute (SDPI) in Islamabad/Pakistan. She is heading SDPI's
programme on gender and globalisation. Previous to joining SDPI, she conducted research at
the Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research (CCSR), University of
Manchester/UK (2003-2004), the Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of
Bonn/Germany (2000-2003), and at the Suedwind Institute for Economics and Ecumenism,
Siegburg/Germany (1998-2000). She has published articles on gender (in-)equality in
Southeast Asian labour markets. Her Ph.D. thesis on "Gender employment and equity effects of foreign direct investment on rural Indonesia is forthcoming. Her main research
interests are in the fields of gender and globalisation (in particular related to the WTO),
development, labour markets, and economic methodology. Contact information: email
karin@sdpi.org; tel 0092-51-2278134 ext. 208.
Gordon Smith is the Executive Director of the Centre for Global Studies, and Adjunct
Professor of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of Victoria. Dr.
Smith had a career with the Canadian Government, which included posts as Deputy Minister
of Foreign Affairs from 1994-1997, Ambassador to the European Union in Brussels from
1991-1994, and Ambassador to the Canadian Delegation to NATO, from 1985-1990. He is
the author of numerous books, book chapters and articles on global challenges and
governance. Dr. Smith is Chairman of Canada’s International Development Research Centre
and Co-Chair of the Canada Corps. He currently holds positions as Executive Director of the
Canadian Institute for Climate Studies, Visiting Professor at the Diplomatic Academy of the
University of Westminster (London and Paris), Member of the Advisory Committee for the
Conflict Analysis and Management Program at Royal Roads University and Associate
Faculty, Member of the Canadian Group of the Trilateral Commission, and Co-Chair,
Advisory Board, Consortium for Economic Policy and Research in Russia. He holds a Ph.D.
in Politic al Science from M.I.T. Contact information: email gssmith@uvic.ca; tel +1 (250)
472-4726.
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Annabelle Sreberny is Visiting Professor of Global Media and Communications at SOAS,
University of London, where she is working to establish a programme in Media and Film
Studies focussed on the global South. She directed the Centre for Mass Communication
Research at the University of Leicester between 1992-7, and taught in the US and Iran before
that. Her interests in globalization centre around the dynamics of international
communication as carrier and exemplar of transnational processes; on issues related to global
governance of the Information Society as manifest in the WSIS process, with specific
attention to gender; and media and democratization in the Middle East. Her most recent
publication is International News for the Twenty-First Century (co-edited w. C. Paterson,
John Libbey, 2004); and she is currently completing a book on global communications for
Polity Press. Contact information: email as98@soas.ac.uk.
Asuncion St. Clair is Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology, University of
Bergen, Norway, and Secretary of the International Development Ethics Association (IDEA).
St.Clair’s work focuses on the ethical and value aspects of global dynamics; the role that
values have and may have in building scientific knowledge on poverty; in particular the
knowledge proposed and defended by major transnational agencies and the ways in which
this is linked to complex glo bal processes shaping global governance. A specific concern is
the tensions arising between economic neoliberal globalization and the globalization of
human rights. Her publications include Poverty Conceptions in the United Nations
Development Programme and the World Bank: Knowledge, Poverty and Ethics (PhD.
Thesis); “The Role of Ideas in the United Nations Development Programme” in Global
Institutions and Development: Framing the World , Bøas, Morten and Desmond McNeill
(eds.), London: Routledge, 2003. Contact information: email Asun.st.claire@sos.uib.no; tel
47-55 58 94 81; fax 47-55 58 99 91.
Geoffrey Stokes is Professor of Politics at Deakin University and Chair of the Institute for
Citizenship and Globalisation. He worked previously at the University of Queensland (19892001) and Griffith University (1985-88). His main interests are in political theory (citizenship
and democratic theory) and Australian politics (Australian political thought, indigenous
politics). His current research has focused upon the problems of transnational political
thought, including cosmopolitanism and global citizenship. With April Carter he has coedited Democratic Theory Today (Polity 2002) and Liberal Democracy and its Critics
(Polity, 1998). He has also edited Australian Political Ideas (UNSW Press, 1994) and The
Politics of Identity in Australia (Cambridge University Press, 1997). Professor Stokes is the
author of Popper: Philosophy, Politics and Scientific Method (Polity, 1998). Contact
information: email gmstokes@deakin.edu.au; tel 61-3-9244 3873; fax 61-3-9244 6755.
Diane Stone is Reader in Politics and International Studies. She has also taught at the
Australian National University where she gained her Masters (1989) and PhD (1993) degrees
in Political Science and International Relations, Murdoch University in Western Australia
(BA, 1987) and Manchester Metropolitan University. For the past decade, Diane Stone has
researched the role of think tanks and research institutes in public policy making. A recent
research interest concerns the World Bank, especially in its guise as the ‘knowledge bank’.
Currently, she is working on a single-authored book which addresses the transnationalisation
of knowledge elites – think tanks, consultants, foundations, academics – especially their
interactions with international organisations. Other research interests include the influence of
ideas and expertise on policy, the political economy of higher education; the role of non-state
actors in domestic, regional and global affairs; conceptual developments in the study of
policy networks; and the political process of lesson-drawing and policy transfer. Contact
information: email diane.stone@warwick.ac.uk.
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Eduardo C. Tadem is Associate Professor of Asian Studies at the University of the
Philipp ines Asian Center in Quezon City. He was previously Coordinator of the Hongkongbased Asian Regional Exchange for New Alternatives (ARENA). His principal interests in
globalisation studies include the role of social movements in anti-globalisation movements
and the impact on rural societies and the peasantry. His most recent publications are
“Official Development Assistance to the Philippines: Can it be Reformed?,” Public Policy
(7:1) 2003; “L’Asie Sud-Est” (with Teresa S. Encarnacion Tadem), in Samir Amin and
Francois Houtart (eds), Mondialisation des Resistances: L’Etat des Luttes 2002 (Paris:
L’Harmatton) 2002; and “Land Reforms and Rural Productive Systems in China and
Vietnam: Collective vs. Individual Ownership,” in Armando Malay, Jr. (editor), Going
Global: Asian Societies in the Cusp of Change (Quezon City: Asian Center) 2001. Contact
information: email edtadem@surfshop.net.ph; tel (632) 372-9684; fax (632) 371-31.
Thusitha Tennakoon is the Chief Executive Officer and the Director of Studies of the
Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies (BCIS), Colombo, Sri Lanka. He is also the exofficio Secretary to the Council of Management of the BCIS. Before coming to the BCIS in
2000, held the position of Senior Lecturer at the Physics Department of University of
Peradeniya, Sri Lanka and also spent 2 ½ years at the Royal Institute of Technology,
Stockholm Sweden as a Researcher in Material Science. Thusitha Tennakoon is also a
member of the Management Committee of the Sri Lanka One-Text Initiative and a member
of the Board of Directors of the Info-Share (Guarantee) Ltd. He is a member of the Editorial
Board of the Journal of the BCIS, titled “International Relations in a Globalising World” to
be launched in April, 2005. Contact information: emails dir_bcis@sltnet.lk &
director@bcis.edu.lk; tel +94 11 2687124; fax +94 11 2691176.
George M. Thomas is Professor of Sociology at Arizona State University and a member of
the School of Global Studies Executive Committee. His interests within global studies focus
on world cultural structures and their constitutive effects on authority and identity. His recent
research includes (a) international nongovernmental organizations, world culture, and
governance institutions, (b) conflicts over religious rights and the emergence of global civil
society, and (c) religious engagements of global processes including a project with Carolyn
Warner at ASU on Muslim organizing in Europe and its impact on boundaries between the
sacred and secular. His publications include Constructing World Culture: International
Nongovernmental Organizations Since 1875 (co-ed with John Boli, Stanford University Press
1999) and articles in the American Journal of Sociology, the American Sociological Review,
and the Journal of Human Rights. Contact information: email gmthomas@asu.edu; tel 1480-965-3546; fax 1-480-965-0064.
Diana Tussie is a Senior Research Fellow in International Relations at FLACSO Argentina
(Latin American School of Social Sciences) and at CONICET (National Council for
Technical and Scientific Research). She directs the Research Programme on International
Economic Institutions as well as the Latin American Trade Network. She also has policy
experience: in 2000 she was member of the Board of Directions of the International Trade
Commission in the Argentine government; and in 2001 she was Undersecretary for
International Trade Policy. Her principal interests concern the political economy of trade
negotiations. Selected work from her most recent publications include El ALCA y las
Cumbres de las Américas: ¿Una nueva relación público-privada? (Biblos, Bs. As., 2003),
Trade Negotiations in Latin America: Problems and Prospects (Macmillan, UK, 2003) , The
Environment and International Trade Negotiations: Developing Country Stakes, (Macmillan,
UK, 2000). She was guest editor of Global Governance Special Issue (vol.6 no.4 2000).
Contact information: email dtussie@flacso.org.ar; tel (54-11) 43.75.24.35; fax (54-11)
43.75.13.73; www.flacso.org.ar/piei/dianatussie.
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Walter Veirs is a Program Officer in the Civil Society Program of the Charles Stewart Mott
Foundation. He is responsible for the Foundation's grantmaking activities in the Western
Balkans and Bulgaria. He is based in the Foundation's office in London. Contact
information: email wveirs@mott.org; tel ++44 207 031 0222.
Pierre Vercauteren is Secretary General of REGIMEN network (Research Network on
Globalizations, International Governance and the Transformation of the State). He is
professor of international relations at the Catholic University of Mons (FUCaM) in Belgium.
He also teaches at the Free University of Brussels. His principal interests in globalization
studies concerns the rearticulation of the transforming State facing multiple challenges from
new influential actor s on the global arena and the shift from the concept of government to
governance. Recent development in the European integration process is one aspect
investigated in this perspective. He also took part in a recent survey on globalization: « On
the cutting edge: Transnational Elites in a Globalizing World », 2003, in collaboration with
Professor James N. Rosenau (George Washington University, USA), Professor Yale H.
Ferguson (Rutgers University, USA), Professor Ole R. Holsti (Duke University, USA). H is
most recent publication is «L’Etat dans les relations internationales: entre chaos et ordre,
entre indépendance et interdépendance », in Olivier Paye (ed.): Que reste-t-il de
l’État ?Érosion ou renaissance, Academia Bruylant, 2004. Contact information: email
pierre.vercauteren@fucam.ac.be ; tel ++ 32/65.32.33.61; fax ++32/65.32.33.63.
Timo Voipio is Adviser on Social Development and Social Protection at the Ministry for
Foreign Affairs of Finland (MFAF). He has worked in and on Africa (esp. Tanzania),
especially on multi-institutions and Global Governance, for over two decades, combining
donor agency work with civil society engagement and academic research (economic and
social history) on four principal themes: (a) Global Social Policy; (b) Poverty in the His tory
of Economic Thought (forthcoming); (c) Donor Approaches to Poverty Reduction (with ODI
1998-2001); and (d) Global Commodity Chains of Coffee, Tea and Cocoa. Contact
information: email timo.voipio@formin.fi; tel +358-40-7782954.
Yiwei Wang is Assistant to the Dean of Institute of International Studies, Fudan University
as well as Assistant Professor of the Center for American Studies at that institution. Before
working at the center from 2001 he was a Fox Fellow of Yale Center for International & Area
Studies (2000-2001). His principal interests in globalisation studies concern globalisation and
International Relations theory, Women and Environmental issues in globalisation, Global
governance and cooperation among great powers, East Asia integration and Chinese foreign
policy. His main recent publications include The International Relations in the Age of
Globalization, (co-author, Fudan Univ. Press, 2003, fourth edition) and Surpass Balance of
Power: Global Governance and Cooperation among Great Powers (Shanghai, forthcoming).
Contact information: email yiweiwang@fudan.edu.cn; tel ++86-21-6564 2589; fax ++86-216511 9567.
Carolyn M. Warner is Associate Professor of Political Science, and member of the
Executive Committee of the School of Global Studies, Arizona State University. Warner’s
research interests range from religion and politics to patronage and corruption, and she has
written extensively on imperialism and state building in Africa. With George Thomas of
ASU she is conducting research on the changing boundaries of the sacred and the secular in
Europe, exploring the impact and interaction of Muslim immigrants on and with European
societies and states. She has been a Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute,
a National Fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University, and a Fellow at the Center
on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, Stanford University. Her research on
corruption is forthcoming in Corruption in the European Union (Cornell). She has published
Confessions of an Interest Group: the Catholic Church and Political Parties in Europe,
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(Princeton), and has contributed articles to Review of International Studies, Review of
International Political Economy, Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Party Politics , and
Political Theory. Contact information: email cwarner@asu.edu; tel 1-480-965-5201; fax 1480-965-3929.
N. Brian Winchester is the Director of the Center for the Study of Global Change at Indiana
University and was formerly the Director of Indiana University’s National Resource Center
for the study of Africa. He was previously on the faculty (political science) at Iowa State
University and the University of Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada and has been a Fulbright
Scholar in Ghana, West Africa. In the fall of 2000 he was a visiting faculty member at the
American University in Kyrgyzstan and was a visiting scholar in residence at Taraz State
University in Kazakhstan in May-June 2001. He has conducted research in Africa, the U.S.,
and Canada, the results of which he has presented at more than two-dozen professional
conferences and subsequently published in books, reference works, and journals. He is a
contributing author to Microsoft’s Encarta Encyclopedia on CD-Rom, is co-author of a CDRom on Africa published by Indiana University Press in 2000 and is currently working on a
co-edited volume on the Nuclearization of Indiana ocean states. Contact information: email
winchest@indiana.edu.
Marek Wróblewski is currently Deputy Director for International Co-operation (Institute of
International Studies, Wroclaw Univeristy, Poland), lecturer and fellow researcher (since
2000). Before, he worked for Marshal Office of Lower Silesia Voivodship (Department of
International Co-operation and Regional Development 1999 - 2002). His main areas of
expertise concentrate on: international economics relationships, international finance,
economic aspects of globalisation, European economic integration, economic co-operation
and transformation in Central and Eastern Europe. His main recent publications include:
Articles: Russian economic crisis and implications for the Polish economy, (Wroclaw
University 2000); Lower Silesia in globalisation of the Polish economy, (Wroclaw Academy
of Economics 2001); Financial crises in a global economy, (Arboretum 2003); Economic
transformation in Russia, (Wroclw University 2003). Books: International economic
relationship - Paper for exercise, (with M. Niemiec) (Wroclaw University 2003); European
Union. Encyclopaedic Dictionary, E. Stadmuler (ed.), (Wydawnictwo Europa, Wroclaw
2003). Contact information: email marek.wroblewski@ism.uni.wroc.pl; tel ++48 71 3755
136; fax ++48 71 326 10 04.
Jiro Yamaguchi is Director of a collaborative research project called “Comparative
Research into Changes in Governance in an Age of Globalization” at the Hokkaido
University Center for the Study of Globalization, as well as professor of public administration
in the Department of Politics at that institution. His principal interests in globalization studies
concern the impact of globalization upon Japanese politics and the possibility of social
democracy in the age of globalization. His main recent publications include “Political Reform
in Japan”, Japan Review of Internationa l Affairs, Fall 2002, and Sengo seiji no hokai (The
Collapse of Postwar Japanese Politics), Iwanami, 2004. Contact information: email
jyam@juris.hokudai.ac.jp; tel and fax +81-11-706-3140.
Pang Zhongying is a Professor of International Studies at Nankai University and Director of
the Institute of Global Issues in China. He was fellow at the Institute of World Economics
and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in the early of 1990s. He joined the China
Institute of International Studies and was posted as a political diplomat with China Embassy
in Indonesia. He has many years at Beijing-based universities including Peking University
and Tsinghua University. His teaching and research interests include globalisation as
paradigms, global governance or ungovernance, non-traditional security, regional trends and
China. Among his most recent books and papers are Economic Nationalism: A Globalisation
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Perspective (2002 in Chinese), Globalization and China: China’s Response to Asian
Financial Crisis (2001 in English), Asia and China: Progresses, Problems and Prospects (in
Chinese, forthcoming) and China and Regional Institutions in Asia (in English, forthcoming)
as well as Globalization, Resistance to Globalization and China (ed., 2002 in Chinese). He
also writes extensively on international affairs for prominent media as a columnist. Contact
information: email zypang@peoplemail.com.cn; tel/fax (Beijing): +86 10 65366642 and
(Tianjin): +86 22 23500327; mobile tel 13501080725.
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