A new global research network  

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Supported by the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, the Global Network on Inequality consists of 25 institutes and university departments across Western Europe, Japan, Brazil, India, South Africa, China, Korea, Chile, and Israel with more countries planned for the future. The purpose of the network is to encourage and facilitate the placement of Princeton doctoral students in the social sciences with interests in questions of inequality in overseas institutes that have agreed to provide space, intellectual mentorship, data sets, and fieldwork opportunities. Faculty from our 25 partners visit Princeton periodically for conferences and individual seminars to present their work as well. 

Students are awarded GNI fellowships that cover approximately two months in residence plus travel costs. Two basic options for research are available: development of an original research paper of the student's choosing that can be effectively carried out in one of our partner institutes; or participation in an ongoing project belonging to a GNI affiliate. Projects need not be related to dissertations. Students with long term regional interests are welcome to apply as are students who do not intend to do comparative or regional scholarship in the future. The program encourages students who are U.S. focused to broaden their experience.

These are our partner institutions:

Brazil

The Graduate Program in Sociology, Universidade de São Paulo

Britain

London School of Economics

Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE)

Centre for Economic Performance (CEP)

Oxford Centre for the Study of Inequality and Democracy, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford

Chile

Instituto de Ciencia Politica, Pontificia Unversidad Catolica de Chile

China

Institute of Sociology, Chinese Academy of Social Science, Beijing

Denmark

Department of Political Science, Aarhus Universitet, Denmark

France

Sciences Po

CERI (Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches Internationales)

CEVIPOF (Centre d’Etude de la Vie Politique Française)

Observatoire Français des Conjonctures Economiques

OSC (Observatoire Sociologique du Changement)

Service d' Etude de l'Activité Economique (SEAE)

Germany

Berlin

Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB)

Bremen

University of Bremen

Center for Social Policy Research (ZeS)

Graduate School of Social Sciences (GSSS)

The Collaborative Research Center 597 "Transformations of the State"

Cologne

Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies

India

Department of Economics, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi

Centre for the Study of Social Systems, School of Science Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Ireland

The Institute for the Study of Social Change (ISSC), University College Dublin

Israel

Van Leer Institute of Jerusalem (VLJI)

Japan

Center for the Study of Social Stratification and Inequality

Keio University: Japanese site | English site

Italy

European University Institute (EUI), Florence

Department of Political and Social Sciences

Law Department

Economics Department

The Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies

Norway

Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research

Poland

Institute of Sociology, University of Warsaw

South Africa

The Centre for Social Science Research (CSSR), University of Cape Town

South Korea

Chung Ang University, Seoul: Korean site | English site

Spain

Barcelona

Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona

Department of Political and Social Sciences

Department of Economics and Business

Madrid

Instituto Juan March de Estudios e Investigaciones

Center for Advanced Study in the Social Sciences (CEAS)

The Netherlands

University of Maastricht, Netherlands

Department of Economics

 

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