UNU Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies

Regional Solutions for Global and Local Problems

Researching and improving cooperation within and between different levels of governance.

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Essays on Global Regionalism

Essays on Global Regionalism is an open-access, two-volume collection of ~100 essays exploring how regions shape world politics and governance.
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Events

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Digital Readiness for the 2030 Agenda in an Era of Climate Extremes

UNU-CRIS is co-organising a side event at the 11th annual UN Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the SDGs (STI Forum)

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CONCERT: Gents Universitair Symfonisch Orkest (GUSO) and UNU-CRIS Welcome Nikola Meeuwsen

The Ghent University Symphony Orchestra (GUSO) and UNU-CRIS invite you to celebrate their respective 20th and 25th anniversaries on Monday, 4 May.

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Global Governance Author Information Session & Book Talk

Global Governance invites scholars to a publishing info session and Q&A, featuring a book presentation by Editor-in-Chief Inken von Borzyskowski.

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How to Implement the Community-of-Communities?

IWLA Webinar Series - Exploring the ‘Community-of-Communities’ Within and Beyond Transboundary Waters Through a Normative Lens

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Padmi Ranasinghe is Presenting Paper at the City College of New York

Padmi Ranasinghe is presenting at the Climate Change, Biodiversity and the Political Process, an urban city programme at the City College of New York.

09 Jul 2026

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Vijay Kumar Chattu was selected for the ACUNS Annual Workshop

Dr. Vijay Kumar Chattu participated in the regional ACUNS Workshop.

06 Jul 2026

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Padmi Ranasinghe, UNU-CRIS Research Fellow, is presenting Paper at the ACUNS39 Annual Meeting

This annual meeting on "Multilateralism under Challenge and the Future of the Pact" takes place in Lisbon from 1 until 3 July.

30 Jun 2026

13DS Quito 2

14th Doctoral School on Latin American, European and Comparative Regionalism

Learn from leading academics and develop your research projects at this week-long programme, held in Quito, Ecuador.
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UNU-CRIS Explains

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Policy Brief

80 Years of Structural Crisis in Multilateralism With Deep Contradictions Still Unresolved

This policy brief warns that UN power imbalances and nationalism threaten its legitimacy, and argues for UNSC reform and systemic modernisation.

31 Jan 2026