Division of Global Affairs

 

DGA professors conduct research and write on global affairs issues such as:

• Business
  Corporate Innovation
  Economics
  Environmental Regimes
  Genocide
  Global Cities
  Globalization and Regionalization
  Institutions of Diplomacy
  Global Finance
  Indigenous People and Culture
  Information and Communications Technology
  Media and Propaganda
  Migration, Immigration and Integration
  Nationalism
  Political Violence
  Sustainable Development
  Social Movements
  Transnational Crime
  Conflict and Security

 

To address issues affecting civilization in the 21st Century through providing opportunities for examining the large-scale transformations of political, economic and cultural relations that structure and are structured by the changing roles of states, multi-lateral, regional and non-state actors.  At the core of the DGA’s concerns is the relationship between globalization and the dynamic role of governments, multilateral institutions, NGOs and corporations.

The DGA’s approach to facilitating learning is theoretical and practical, drawing on the expertise and teaching excellence of a distinguished faculty from fields of study that include:

1. 
   Anthropology
2. Business Management
   Criminal Justice
   Economics
   Global Political Economy
   History
   Law
   Philosophy
   Political Science
   Public Administration
   Sociology

 

In the classrooms and at its research centers, the DGA explores issues and themes in a wide range of policy topics that include:

 

1. Civil Liberty, the Rule of Law and Human Rights
   Sustainable Development, Trade and Technology
   Public Health
   Energy and the Environment
2. Cyberspace Policy
   Global, National and Human Security
   Migration and Labor

		Center for the Study of Emergent Threats in the 21st Century (ET21)   An interdisciplinary center of excellence designed to research a variety of emergent threats to civilians and offer policy prescriptions that generate suitable responses to these threats through three component programs focused on: Global Security, Nonviolent resistance, and (Im)migration
		Center for the Study of Public Security (CSPS)   CSPS's primary objectives include the academic study of the ways in which democratic societies can effectively address and cope with crime, terrorism and other threats to public security. The Center has included in its mandate an outreach component, coordinating discussions and consultations across academic, professional, corporate and governmental agencies.

		Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights   The Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights seeks to enhance our understanding of mass human rights violations and the principles and mechanisms meant to prevent them, protect the vulnerable, and help victims recover. To this end, the Center promotes cutting-edge research and scholarship, educational initiatives, workshops and seminars, outreach and commemorative programs, and international collaborations related to genocide and human rights.

		Rutgers Institute on Corruption Studies   RICS will conduct research on public corruption and devise ways to reduce it. It will train Rutgers graduate students to do research on corruption and will apply this research to real-world conditions. It will work internationally with agencies, companies, NGOs and nations seeking to strengthen their economic and governance infrastructure.