FAOSTAT
FAOSTAT provides food and agriculture statistics for more than 245 countries and territories, with time series from 1961 covering production, trade, food security, land use and emissions. It is a core data source for agricultural and food research.
Gapminder Data and Visualisation Tools
Gapminder offers open development data compiled from the World Bank and other sources together with interactive visualisation tools. With the mission of correcting misconceptions with data, it suits teaching and preliminary exploration; data may be reused with attribution.
Wikidata
Wikidata is one of the world’s largest open structured knowledge bases. Its entity-relationship data are contributed to the public domain under CC0, with SPARQL querying and bulk export, making it infrastructure for data-driven research and knowledge graphs.
V-Dem Dataset (Varieties of Democracy)
V-Dem provides multidimensional measurements of democracy for countries worldwide, including electoral, liberal, participatory and deliberative indices, widely used in comparative research on political development and governance. Released under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Our World in Data
Our World in Data presents long-term global trends on major issues — poverty, health, energy, climate, education, war and peace — through open data and visualisation, with charts and articles open for citation.
World Bank Open Data
World Bank Open Data provides development indicators for more than 200 countries and regions, covering poverty, growth, trade, education, health and the environment. The data are open under CC BY 4.0 and can be downloaded freely or accessed via API.
The Global South Agenda Restarts: Development Finance, Debt and Governance Representation
“Global South” is becoming an important category in international discussion, yet it is highly diverse internally. This article examines three core issues of the Global South agenda — development finance, debt governance and institutional representation — and asks whether the multilateral system’s response is sufficient.
A Generation of Climate Anxiety? A Review of Climate Perception, Policy Attitudes and Generational Difference (research note)
Climate issues are shaping the values and policy attitudes of younger generations. This note reviews empirical literature on the relationship between climate perception and policy support, and discusses the boundaries of the concept of “climate anxiety” and the state of evidence on generational difference.
The Sanctions–Counter-Sanctions Spiral: Diffusion of Economic Statecraft Tools and Its Governance Implications (research note)
Economic sanctions have moved from an exceptional instrument to a routine policy tool, and the spread of counter-sanctions and evasion is changing their effectiveness. This note analyses the mechanisms of diffusion, measurement challenges and long-term implications for global governance.
Research Agenda Update: Priority Directions for 2026–2027
The Institute updates its annual research agenda around four main lines: global governance, regional order, technology policy and development quality. This article sets out the core questions and expected output formats of each line and welcomes feedback from academic and policy communities.
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