About the Centre for International
Studies
The CIS was established in 2001 to encourage further initiatives in the
area of International Studies in the School of Law and Government at DCU.
The Centre seeks to co-ordinate and promote research in international studies
and while sited in the School of Law and Government it takes an interdisciplinary
approach to research.
Priority areas of work
CIS prioritises its work through in overlapping research clusters, representing
the major research themes of contemporary academic work in international
studies.
- Development – focusing in particular on issues of governance including
the role of civil society in development and poverty alleviation, gender
and development, political institutions and democratisation.
- Conflict and security studies – focusing on the inter-linkages
between development and security, international security and terrorism
and post conflict constitutional reconstruction.
- Gender and governance – focusing on gender and development, gender
and democratisation and the elaboration and implementation of international
norms through to domestic policy.
- Governance, institutional development and democratisation – focusing
on the impact of institutions of governance on economic outcomes, the
impact of different political institutional designs and processes of democratisation.
Objectives of the Centre
- To contribute to the body of knowledge in International Studies at
a global level and locally. To provide a high quality and supportive inter-disciplinary
research environment for staff in DCU with interests in this area.
- To attract high quality post-graduate and post-doctoral researchers
in international studies to the Schools in DCU and to secure funding to
support their work.
- To serve as a framework to promote and co-ordinate research in International
Studies in DCU.
- To act as an institute which would host diplomats and other practitioners
on sabbatical leave to do research and to contribute to the academic life
of the University.
- To carry out funded research projects and consultancy from government
departments, the EU, multilateral agencies and NGOs.
- To publish academic research on issues of international importance
and on aspects of Ireland’s role in the world.
Areas in this Section
Judge Maureen Clarke of The International Criminal Court speaking in DCU
in December 2003.
