Center for Global Governance at Shanghai University

Center for Global Governance

Shanghai University

2018-19

In a world in which all problems are global, there is no way countries can handle issues by themselves; we need global responses.

António Guterres, UN Secretary-General

Founded and Affiliation

Established under the College of Liberal Arts and Institute for Global Studies at Shanghai University in 2018.

  

Location

East Campus – 4^th Floor, Graduate School, Shanghai University

Objectives

Since the beginning of the 20th century, we see the increasing trend of social, political, and economic connectedness among people, states, social movements, and parties in a process of transformation that can be called globalization. According to many scholars and policy makers, this is a result of new technological innovations, such as car manufacturing through assembly lines in the early 20th century, internet and IT revolution in the 1990s, and emergence of global commodity chains. However, we see negative trends in the global political economy related with economic inequality, poverty, climate change, wars, ethnic and religious conflicts, corruption, and many other issues. The world is changing; so is global governance, as a result of political economy. Most of the global institutions and international organizations were established under the conditions of WWI, WWII, and the Cold War era. Today we have a different world and we need to have a post-Cold War era of global governance and institutions that will be beneficial to peace, security, and economic equality.

This new center is intended to bring together scholars to exchange ideas of global governance and political economy. We organize seminars, workshops, and conferences; invite visiting scholars for a semester or a year; publish academic articles, books, and newsletters; support MA theses and PhD dissertations; and collaborate with other academic centers on global governance and political economy.

We welcome new ideas and different perspectives, because we are all different and coming from diverse ethnic, religious, social, political, and economic backgrounds. But we have to live together in this world with peace and security; therefore, global governance is an important aspect or milestone for a better world. However, in the last two decades, global governance has been in crisis to deal with certain social, political, and economic problems. As a result, we see a widening gap between rich and poor in the global south as well as in the industrialized countries, with chaotic urbanization, infrastructure problems, terrorism, ethnic and religious conflicts, climate change, clean drinking water issues, migration, and many other problems that we are facing today. Therefore, we believe that communication among scholars is a vital element to create a theoretical and practical paradigm for a more manageable world and eliminate miscommunication among institutions, people, and states in the global era.    

Projects:

Publications:

Events:

Conferences:

Courses:

Visiting Scholars:

Study Abroad to Middle East: (Turkey, Qatar, Israel, Iran, Egypt)

Advisory Board:

Professor Guo Changgang, Shanghai University, China

Professor William Robinson, University of California, SantaBarbara, USA

Professor Yang Guang, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences andShanghai University, China

Professor Hasan Ali Karasar, Cappadocia University, Turkey

Professor Merthan Dundar, Ankara University, Turkey

Professor David Fasenfest, Wayne State University-USA andShanghai University, China.  

Associate Professor Mojtaba Mahdavi, University of Alberta,Canada. 

Professor Guenter Meyer, Director of the Centre for Researchon the Arab World (CERAW), University of Mainz, Germany 

Professor Seriye Sezen, Public Administration Institute for Turkey and Middle East, Turkey

ProfessorOnwubiko Agozino, Virginia Tech University, USA 

Professor Mehran Kamrava Georgetown University in Qatar,Qatar 

ProfessorTim Luke, Virginia Tech University, USA

Professor Ajay Patnaik, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India

Assistant Professor Gokhan Bozbas, Necmettin Erbakan University 

Assistant Professor Osamah Khalil, The Maxwell School ofCitizenship and Public Affairs is Syracuse University

Professor Joel Peters, Director SPIA, Virginia Tech University, USA 

Professor Gerard Toal, VirginiaTech University, USA

Academic Team:

Professor Tugrul Keskin

Professor Zeng Guie 

Professor Tang Qingye

Professor Jiang Shixue / 江时学  

Assistant Professor Rajiv Ranjan

Assistant Professor Yang Chen 

Research Assistants:

David Perez, Graduate Student (PhD), Canada

Esra Sarioglu, Graduate Student (PhD), Turkey 

Beril Yolaçan, Graduate Student (PhD), Turkey 

Selim Han Yeniacun, Graduate Student (PhD), Turkey 

Cengiz Mert Bulut, Graduate Student (PhD), Turkey 

Abdurrahim Sagir, Graduate Student (MA), Turkey

Andrew Alexander, Graduate Student (MA), USA 

Loeun Chhany, Gradaute Student (MA), Cambodia

Olga Goryunova, Graduate Student (MA), Cyprus 

Miras Tolepbergen, Graduate Student (MA), Kazahsktan 

Tatiana Matias, Graduate Student (MA), Portugal 

Ibrahim Uzgur, Graduate Student (MA), Turkey

Asmaa Abusamak Graduate Student (MA), Egypt 

Editor:

Sabrina Rood 

Similar Other Academic Centers and Universities

1.     The Graduate Institute, Geneva ‒ Global Governance Centre http://graduateinstitute.ch/en/internationalgovernance

2.     Center for Mediterranean Studies – Pekin University

http://www.cmas.pku.edu.cn/

3.     Northwest University of Political Science and Law

http://www.nwupl.edu.cn/

4.     Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies ‒ KU Leuven https://ghum.kuleuven.be/ggs

5.     Center on Global Governance ‒ Columbia Law School http://www.law.columbia.edu/global-governance

6.     The Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Centre for Global Governance http://www.nupi.no/en/About-NUPI/Projects-centres-and-programmes/Centre-for-Global-Governance

7.     The Center for Global Governance, Reporting, and Regulation, Pace University http://www.pace.edu/lubin/departments-and-research-centers/center-for-global-governance-reporting-and-regulation

8.     Center for Governance and Sustainability, University of Massachusetts Boston https://www.umb.edu/cgs

9.     Waseda Institute for Global Governance https://www.waseda.jp/inst/oris/other-en/2015/10/16/658/

10.  Centre for Global Security and Governance ‒ The University of Aberdeen https://www.abdn.ac.uk/global-security/

11.  GIA ‒ School of Public and International Affairs ‒ Virginia Tech https://www.spia.vt.edu/gia/

12.  The Virginia Tech Institute for Policy and Governance

http://www.ipg.vt.edu/

Possible Collaboration with Global Think-Tanks

1.     Chinese Academy of Social Science, China http://casseng.cssn.cn/

2.     Shanghai Academy of Social Science, China http://english.sass.org.cn:8001/index.jhtml

3.     Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Qatar https://www.dohainstitute.edu.qa/en/Pages/default.aspx

4.     Brookings, USA https://www.brookings.edu/

5.     Center for Strategic and International Studies, USA https://www.csis.org/

6.     Institute for Governance, Policies and Politics (IGPP), New Delhi, India

A Short-Term Visiting Scholarship:

1.     Ataturk Modern Turkish Studies Fellowship: September 1‒December 31, 2018 (Article publishing is required for this fellowship during your visit)

2.     Walter Rodney Modern African Studies Fellowship: December 1, 2018‒March 31, 2019 (Article publishing is required for this fellowship during your visit)

3.     Edward Said Modern Middle East Studies Fellowship: March 1‒June 30, 2019 (Article publishing is required for this fellowship during your visit)

4.     Gabriel Garcia Marquez Modern Latin and Central American Studies Fellowship (Collaboration with Latin American Studies Center at Shanghai University)

5.     Zhou Enlai Global Governance and Political Economy Fellowship: September 1, 2018‒May 31, 2019 (Book publishing is required for this fellowship)

Required:

1. Curriculum Vitae/Resume
2. Letters of recommendation/Names of two scholars 
3. Letter of intent with:
1. Dates/length of stay – Visiting schedule:
1. Ataturk Modern Turkish Studies Fellowship: September 1‒December 31, 2018
2. Walter Rodney Modern African Studies Fellowship: December 1, 2018‒March 31, 2019
3. Edward Said Modern Middle East Studies Fellowship: March 1‒June 30, 2019
4. Gabriel Garcia Marquez Modern Latin and Central American Studies Fellowship (Collaboration with Latin American Studies Center at Shanghai University)
5. Chen Yun and Zhou Enlai Global Governance and Political Economy Fellowship: September 1, 2018‒May 31, 2019
2. Research proposal topic (Purpose of visit) 500-800 words. Your research must be related with global governance and political economy. 
3. Expected results/your publication and lecture during your stay in Shanghai University.
4. Visitors are expected to contribute to local academic life of Shanghai University. 
5. If you would like to teach, please send us a proposed course syllabus. 
6. Visitors must acknowledge Shanghai University support in any publications prepared during their visit in whole or in part.
7. Visiting scholars are individuals who possess a Ph.D. in History, International Relations, Sociology, Political Science, or International/Global Studies.

Please email your application to tugrulkeskin@t.shu.edu.cn

China Studies Group at Shanghai University

1.     Tugrul Keskin, Professor, Shanghai University

2.     Professor Jiang Shixue / 江时学 China  

3.     Ian Nelson, Assistant Professor, The University of Nottingham, Ningbo

4.     Rajiv Ranjan, Assistant Professor, Shanghai University

5.     Yang Chen, Assistant Professor, Shanghai University

6.     Ivan Willis Rasmussen, Assistant Professor, New York University-Shanghai 

7.     Andrea Ghiselli, Fellow, Fudan University

8.     David Perez, Graduate Student (PhD)

9.     Esra Sarioglu, Graduate Student (PhD)

10.  Beril Yolaçan, Graduate Student (PhD)

11.  Selim Han Yeniacun, Graduate Student (PhD)

12.  Cengiz Mert Bulut, Graduate Student (PhD)

13.  Abdurrahim Sagir, Graduate Student (MA)

14.  Andrew Alexander, Graduate Student (MA)

15.  Olga Goryunova, Graduate Student (MA)

16.  Miras Tolepbergen, Graduate Student (MA)

17.  Tatiana Matias, Graduate Student (MA)

18.  Ibrahim Uzgur, Graduate Student (MA)