Projects

The Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies conducts several research projects for different funding bodies either as a sole contractor or as a partner in a consortium. Below is an overview of recently finalized and on-going projects at the Centre. For more info please contact axel.marx@ggs.kuleuven.be.

Efficiency of accountability instruments in international organizations

  • Financed by European Parliament - Directorate General Internal Policies of the Union
  • Period: 09/2007-10/2007

The European Union and Global Multilateral Governance

  • Financed by KU Leuven - BOF-IMPULS II
  • Period: 2006-2010

Leuven Interdisciplinary Research Group on International Agreements and Sustainable Development (LIRGIAD)

  • Financed by KU Leuven - BOF-IMPULS I
  • Period: 2003-2008
  • Role GGS: partner in consortium

Network of Excellence CONNEX (Connecting Excellence on European Governance)

  • Financed by European Commission FP6
  • Period: 2004-2008

Prosecutorial policies of international tribunals

  • Financed by Flemish Fund for Scientific Research - FWO
  • Period: 2006-2010
  • Project website: click here

Democratic governance and reflexive theory of collective action. Thematic research on foreign direct investment and human development

  • Financed by BELSPO-IUAP
  • Period: 1/1/2007-31/12/2011

The role of the European Community in the area of international regulation of banking services: an analysis in light of the triangle EC - Basel Committee - IASB

  • Financed by Belgian Central Bank - NBB
  • Period: 2007-2008

Accountability for human rights violations of international organizations

  • Financed by Flemish Fund for Scientific Research - FWO
  • Period: 2008-2011

The interaction between European and international regulation and liberalisation of banking services

  • Financed by Flemish Fund for Scientific Research - FWO
  • Period: 2007-2010

Globalization, regionalisation and social inequality

  • Financed by Flemish Fund for Scientific Research - FWO
  • Period: 2006-2010

Policy research in preparation of a Flemish legal framework for the execution of restrictive measures towards states, certain persons and entities from the UN

  • Financed by Flemish government
  • Period: 2007-2008

Policy research on the implications of the Belgian-Luxemburg Economic Union and the Benelux for the development of a Flemish legal framework for the export of arms

  • Financed by Flemish government
  • Period: 2007-2008

Development of a knowledge platform on sustainable business in Flanders (KAURI)

  • Financed by Flemish government
  • Period: 2007-2008

Managing biosafety and biodiversity in a global world: EU, US, California and comparative perspectives

  • Financed by European Commission - Directorate General for External Relations
  • Period: 01/01/2008-30/06/2009
  • Project website: click here

The role of the EU in UN human rights reform

  • Financed by COST Action
  • Period: 2008-2012

EIUC study for the European Parliament on the role of the EU in the Human Rights Council

  • Financed by European Parliament
  • Period: 01/2008-12/2008

Changing multilateralism. The EU as a global-regional actor in peace and security (EU-GRASP)

  • Financed by European Commission FP7
  • Period: 2008-2011
  • Project website: click here

Interdisciplinary database on international political, economic and Legal development

  • Financed by Hercules foundation – Flemish Government
  • Period: 2008-2014
  • Project website: click here

The impact of multilateral and preferential trade liberalization on the international trade patterns of Belgian industry

  • Financed by National Bank of Belgium
  • Period: 2008-2009

Private standards and international trade. An economic and legal analysis of the agri-foodsect

  • Financed by National Bank of Belgium
  • Period: 2008-2009

Study assessment of the EU's role in international maritime organisations

  • Financed by European Commission DG MARE
  • Period: 2008

EU-China Relations

  • Financed by EU-China Chair Inbev - Baillet Latour Chair
  • Period: 2008-2011
  • Project website: click here

The transnationality of Belgian East-West and North-South movements in the 1980s

  • Financed by Flemish Fund for Scientific Research - FWO
  • Period: 2009-2012

The position and role of non-State actors in international law

  • Financed by Flemish Fund for Scientific Research - FWO
  • Period: 01/01/2009-31/12/2014
  • Project website: click here

Comparative Perspectives on the Rule of Law and its relation to International Law. European and Chinese Perspectives

  • Financed by KULeuven-Tsinghua Fund
  • Period: 2009-2010

The European Union, Foreign Policy and Global Governance - Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence

  • Financed by European Commission
  • Period: as from 2008

Fundamental Rights Agency Legal Expert Network (FRALEX) - Human Consultancy Group

  • Financed by Fundamental Rights Agency
  • Period: 2008-2012

Human Rights, Peace and Security

  • Financed by COST Action
  • Period: 2004-2009

International Law in Domestic Courts

  • Financed by COST Action
  • Period: 2008-2012

Research platform on the support for development co-operation in Flanders

  • Financed by VLIR (Flemish Interuniversity Council)
  • Period: 2009-2012

Implementing the European Space Policy: A Coherent European Procurement Law and Policy for the Space Sector - Towards a Third Way (SP4ESP)

  • Financed by European Commission FP7
  • Period: 2009-2010

Transatlantic Strategy Forum

  • Financed by European Commission (DG RELEX)
  • Period: 2009-2010
  • Project website: click here

New International Law: Mapping the Action and Testing Concepts of Accountability and Effectiveness (NIL-project)

  • Financed by Hague Institute for the Internationalisation of Law (HiiL)
  • Period: 2009-2011

Jean Monnet Chair ad personam ‘The European Union and Global Governance’

  • Financed by European Commission
  • Period: 2009-2012 (extension with 2 years)

International Francqui Chair - Petros Mavroidis (2008-2009)

  • Financed by Francqui Foundation
  • Period: 2009-2010
  • Project website: click here

EU-China Human Rights Network

  • Financed by European Commission
  • Period: 2008-2012

EU-China Climate Relations: Understanding the Strategic Interdependence and Interactions between ‘Lead Actor’ (EU) and ‘Emerging Climate Super Power’

  • Financed by BOF-Tsinghua Fund
  • Period: 2010-2011

Strengthening Vietnam-EU Collaboration in CDM Implementation in Vietnam for the Period 2010-2020

  • Financed by FWO-NAFOSTED Climate Change
  • Period: 2010-2011

Study on Marine Environmental Policy (in Dutch: Adviezen ter Onderbouwing van de Nationale en Europese Positiebepaling in het kader van de CBD en UNGA enerzijds, en van de Klimaatsconventie, de Londen Conventie en UNESCO-IOC anderzijds, teneinde de Coherentie van het Marien Beleid onder het Belgische Voorzitterschap te Verzekeren)

  • Financed by Belgian Government (Federal Public Service – Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment)
  • Period: 2010

Research Programme on ‘Global Governance and Democratic Government'

  • Financed by KU Leuven Centre of Excellence funding
  • Period: 2010-2017
  • Project website: click here

Internationalisation of European Law and Europeanisation of International Law. Understanding Multi-Level Legal Interactions and Lines of Fissure

  • Financed by KU Leuven KU Leuven - BOF - ‘Onderzoekstoelagen’ (OT)
  • Period: 2010-2014

The Governance of Space. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Air-Space Distinction

  • Financed by KU Leuven - BOF - Impuls Humanities
  • Period: 2010-2014

Studie over de doorwerking van het VN Verdrag inzake de Rechten van Personen met een Handicap in het intern recht

  • Financed by Flemish Government (Diensten Algemeen Regeringsbeleid)
  • Period: 2010
Networks for Prosperity. Achieving Development Goals through Knowledge Sharing

  • Financed by United Nations Industrial Development Organization
  • Period: 2011
EU-Korea Relations in a Changing World

  • Financed by European External Action Service
  • Period: 2011-2012
Policy Research Centre of the Flemish Government for Foreign Policy, International Business and Development Co-operation

  • Financed by Flemish Government
  • Period: 2012-2016