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Organisation
Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies
Research Institute
Main organisation:interfaculty interdisciplinary centres, Faculty of Law
Lifecycle:1 Apr 2007 → Today
Organisation profile:
The Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies promotes pioneering projects in law, economics and political science and actively initiates and encourages interdisciplinary, cross-cutting research initiatives in pursuit of solutions to real world problems. The cross-cutting initiatives are thematic projects around which University researchers join forces across disciplines to forge responses to complex global challenges. The cross-cutting initiatives address critical issues in relation to globalization, governance processes and multilateralism, with a particular focus on the following areas, taking the many cross-cutting issues into account:
- the European Union and global governance
- Human rights, democracy and rule of law
- Trade and sustainable development
- Peace and security
- Emerging powers
- Federalism and multi-level governance
- Global commons and outer space
- Non-state actors
Keywords:governance
Disciplines:Law, Multilevel governance, International and comparative politics