Centre for the Study of
Globalisation and Regionalisation (CSGR)
- Inaugurated on 1
October 1997, the Centre for the Study of
Globalisation and Regionalisation (CSGR)--with
initial baseline funding of £2.5 million for the
first five years by the Economic and Social
Research Council of the UK--is the largest
research centre dealing with the study of
globalisation and regionalisation in Europe. It
has become an international site for research in
this area.
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- The staff members
are: the full time Executive Director, Professor
Richard Higgott, from the Department of Politics
and International Studies, two Co-Directors,
Professors John Whalley and Marcus Miller from
the Department of Economics, Associate Director (Research)
Professor Ben Lockwood who is half time in CSGR
and the Department of Economics, Senior Research
Fellows Drs. Ted To and Shaun Breslin and
Research Fellow Dr.Chris Hughes.
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- Other senior staff
involved in the work of the Centre include Wyn
Grant (Politics) and Robin Cohen (Sociology).
There are a number of members of Warwick faculty
seconded to the Centre from their home
departments (Politics and International Studies,
Economics , Law and Sociology). CSGR is also
supported by an Administrative Secretary and an
Assistant Secretary. In addition, the Centre
hosts an Annual Visiting Fellowship scheme.
Visiting Fellowhips will be drawn from scholars
and practitioners (from the public and the
private sector) working on projects relevant to
the Centre's research agenda.
- The Centre's
International Advisory Board is chaired by Sir
Shridath Ramphal, Chancellor of the University,
former Secretary General of the Commonwealth and
Chairman of the Commission on Global Governance.
Members of the board include senior academics
from major universities; senior policy makers
from the WTO, the OECD and the UK Foreign and
Commonwealth Office; members of the European
Parliament and the British House of Lords and
senior office holders of international companies
such as British Airways, Shell and AT&T.
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- The Centre is in
the process of establishing collaborative links
with major centres in Europe, Asia and the
Americas.
- The research agenda
of the Centre deals with the definition of
globalisation, its impact and the policy
implications.
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