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UC BERKELEY Institute of
International Studies
The Institute of International Studies (IIS) promotes interdisciplinary research
in international, comparative, and policy studies on the Berkeley campus. Established
in 1955 and now approaching its 50th anniversary, the Institute focuses today
on the following intellectual themes:
- Peace and global security in the twenty-first
century
- Environment, demography, and sustainability
- Globalization, development, and human rights
- Technological change and and the transformation of the global economy
IIS has several major research programs, and provides support to
Berkeley faculty and fellowships to Berkeley graduate students. Ongoing research
colloquia bring together faculty, advanced graduate students, and visiting
scholars for discussions. IIS hosts distinguished visiting fellows
who participate in its programs while in residence at Berkeley. Its public
outreach programs include lectures, forums, conferences, and the Conversations
with History interview series.
IIS is led
by Director Steve
Weber and Executive
Director Harry
Kreisler.
UC DAVIS Institute
of Governmental Affairs
The Institute of Governmental Affairs (IGA) supports social science research,
graduate student training, public affairs programming, and outreach activities
at UC Davis. IGA houses a number of formal research programs and enjoys participation
from more than sixty faculty in ten campus departments. IGA also serves as
a campus home for visiting scholars from around the world. IGA staff members
provide specialized services in grant advising, preparation, and administration;
library and data services; social science computing, programming, and statistical
consulting; event coordination; and much more.
Professor Robert Huckfeldt of
the Department of Political Science is the director of IGA, which serves
as the UC Davis
liaison to two system-wide programs: IGCC, and the All-UC Group in Economic
History.
UC IRVINE Global Peace and Conflict Studies Program
The Program for Global Peace and Conflict Studies (GPACS)
is dedicated to research, teaching, and public service in the study of
international conflict and conflict resolution. Starting informally in 1983
with a handful of faculty and a modest appropriation from IGCC, GPACS has grown
into a working association of over 40 professors that sponsors an
interdisciplinary undergraduate minor, an Irvine campus research unit (IRU),
a
lively series of guest lecturers, and a variety of other activities. GPACS
draws faculty from the Schools of Social Sciences, Humanities, and Social
Ecology, as well as Engineering, Physical Sciences, Biological Sciences, and
the Graduate School of Management.
Professor Cecelia
Lynch of the Department of Political Science is the program's director.
UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations
The Burkle Center for International Relations (BCIR) is a unit within the
UCLA International Institute.
BCIR was formed in the mid 1970s to
analyze strategic problems of the deterrent relationship between the United
States and the Soviet Union. It later focused on the destabilizing consequences
of the spread of nuclear weapons. In the aftermath of the Cold War, the Center
began to include economic as well as security issues. The Center fosters research,
teaching, scholarships, public outreach and service on the contemporary world
and the role of the United States in global security, military, political,
social and economic affairs.
BCIR is led by Director Kal Raustiala, professor at both the UCLA School of
Law and the Program on Global Studies.
UC
MERCED Program on Global Peace and Security Issues
(GPSI)
The graduate program on Global Peace and Security Issues (GPSI, or Gypsy”)
is a uniquely multidisciplinary collaboration between UC Merced faculty in
the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities with experts doing unclassified
research into the traditional and non-traditional dimensions of national and
international security at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Beginning
in spring 2007, the program will offer a Masters in Global
Peace and Security Issues for students seeking academic expertise as well
as practical experience in the following fields:
- New elements of security in the post-Cold War world, including economic
competitiveness, energy self-sufficiency, cyberthreats and other disruptive
technologies, and the regional as well as national impact of population
growth and immigration.
- Biosecurity, including the threat of emerging pathogens and
infectious diseases resulting from global migration and climate change.
- Intelligence
history and policy decision-making in theory and practice.
- Risk and emergency
management, including the use of remote sensing technologies and computer
simulation in dealing with disaster.
The GPSI Masters program is designed
for students who intend to make a career with state or federal agencies,
or in any private sector,
non-government,
or non-profit organization concerned with ongoing risk assessment
and mitigation.
GPSI is led by Gregg
Herken, professor of history and one of UC Merced's founding faculty
members.
UC
RIVERSIDE Program on Global Studies
The Program
on Global Studies (PoGS) was founded in 2001. PoGS is an interdisciplinary research
and education initiative,
co-directed by Juliann
Allison (Department of Political
Science) and Christopher
Chase-Dunn (Department of Sociology).
PoGS involves humanists as well as biological,
social and physical scientists at UC Riverside in research and education
on global issues. PoGS is organizing a speaker
series and colloquium seminar on “Global Institutions and Transnational
Social Movements.”
In addition, POGS intends to support graduate and undergraduate research through
providing funding for research
assistantships and student conference participation. PoGS is participating
in an effort to establish an undergraduate major in Global Studies
chaired by Professor of History (and IGCC Steering Committee Member) Lynda
Bell.
UC SAN
DIEGO Institute for International, Comparative,
and Area Studies
The Institute for International, Comparative, and Area Studies (IICAS)
was created in 2001 to promote research on international, comparative, and
cross-regional topics. Building on the substantial existing strengths of UCSD
in international studies, IICAS coordinates and supports the research of
faculty
in departments, area studies programs, and the Graduate School of International
Relations and Pacific Studies. It is closely associated with undergraduate and
graduate education in international studies, including Eleanor Roosevelt
College and the international studies major, whose program offices are housed
with the Institute.
IICAS has three principal roles. First, it serves
as a research catalyst, fostering and incubating cross-area research groups
and projects. Second, IICAS coordinates and provides services for existing
and new international and area studies programs in development and events planning
and coordination. Third, the IICAS Director and Advisory Committee advise the
Senior Vice Chancellor on campus priorities and appointments in international
studies.
Professor Gershon
Shafir is
the director of IICAS.
UC SAN
FRANCISCO Global Health Sciences
Diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis,
and AIDS compromise the health and tax the resources of millions of people
in developing countries. UCSF Global Health
Sciences strives to lift this burden. Working in partnership with institutions
around the world, it focuses its expertise in the health, biological, social,
and policy sciences on a range of diseases that threaten this and future generations.
Collaborative training and research programs to build infrastructure and develop
a trained workforce including leaders in science and medicine are the initial
programs through which the mission is being implemented.
Professor Vincanne
Adams serves as project director for the UC San Francisco Program on
Global Health Diplomacy. She is a professor of medical anthropology in the
Department of Anthropology, History, and Social Medicine.
UC SANTA BARBARA Global
Peace and Security Program
The Global Peace and Security (GPS) Program was established at UCSB in 1982
as part of a system-wide effort to develop peace and security studies. Its
programs are supported in part by IGCC. With IGCC funds allocated yearly,
it provides speakers and administrative, program, and classroom support. Matching
funds from
the College of Letters and Science have allowed GPS to offer courses on
global conflict and cooperation.
GPS is under the leadership of
Professor Mark
Juergensmeyer, director of Global
and International Studies and professor of sociology.
UC SANTA
CRUZ Center for Global,
International, and Regional Studies
The end of the Cold War has called into question many of the assumptions underlying
the national security and foreign policies of countries, societies and communities.
Issues never before considered
relevant to security are now seen as critical policy problems; others have declined
in political salience but remain important. The IGCC-UCSC Campus Program, established
in 1982 as the Nuclear Policy Program, is the UCSC
campus program of IGCC.
The IGCC-UCSC Campus Program is dedicated to the fostering of scholarly research
and public education on both old and new aspects of security, in a broadly-defined
sense. The program tries to foster an intellectual
atmosphere in which new projects and creative approaches to global problems and
issues can be explored.
The Center for Global,
International, and Regional Studies is directed by
Professor Kent Eaton of the Politics Department.
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