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.
Global Governance Knowledge Partner Network: an open framework for joint research
The Institute proposes a global governance knowledge partner network built on joint research, scholar exchanges and co-created open resources, open to universities and think tanks in all regions. This entry describes the framework; the official launch and partner list will be announced separately.
Reassembling Global Governance: Institutional Resilience and Knowledge Supply in an Age of Fragmentation
The multilateral system is shifting from “rule expansion” to “institutional competition”. From a research institute’s perspective, this article examines three manifestations of governance fragmentation, discusses how to assess institutional resilience, and locates independent knowledge supply in the reassembly process.
Where Does the Resilience of Multilateral Institutions Come From? An Analytical Framework and Research Note
This note proposes a three-level framework for analysing “resilience” — rule-supply resilience, organisational adaptation resilience and cognitive coordination resilience — and sets out a research path and indicator suggestions for assessing how multilateral institutions perform under pressure.
Lin Zhiyuan (demo)
Global governance, international organisations and policy coordination
Climate Adaptation Policy and Urban Resilience Cases (demo)
Using urban resilience as an entry point to show the policy links between climate risk, public budgets and social mobilisation. This entry is sample content and does not represent the Institute’s formal position.
Global Governance Reconfiguration and the Resilience of Multilateral Institutions (demo)
Assessing the adaptive capacity and policy space of major multilateral institutions amid shifting power structures, technological competition and overlapping cross-border risks. This content demonstrates the website layout and must be replaced with real research before launch.
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