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Governance PhD program interrogates the concepts, tools, and assumptions that have served scholars in the past and assesses new approaches for addressing contemporary and future challenges. Students are also offered opportunities to gain relevant international work experience, whether as a visiting scholar at a top-ranked university, a fellow at a leading think tank, or an intern with an internationally recognized non-governmental organization or in the UN system. Specializations include:
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Waterloo. The resulting $ 68 million complex received federal and provincial funding totaling $ 50 million through the Knowledge Infrastructure Program and Ontario's
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The BSIA's research clusters connects faculty, fellows and graduate students to conduct and support research initiatives in areas of global governance and international policy. The concept of a research ‘cluster’ represents the manner in which these research groups work across different domains –
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International Public Policy (MIPP) or the Master's of Arts in Global Governance (MAGG) programs may receive a Graduate Fellowship. During the program, fellows are normally asked to conduct research for a BSIA project and co-author a policy
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Research Paper (MRP) on a specific research topic of their choosing relating to the study of global governance; followed by a fourth term as an
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spanning social, life, physical, material and natural science – and collaborate in order to support specific research problems and future policy challenges. The
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most prominent think tank in Canada. Scholars who were polled noted both that the Balsillie School has gained prominence rapidly since its founding in 2007, and has attained a reputation for being well-funded.
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Global Political Economy: This cluster comprises researchers from disciplines such as economics, political science, and international studies to study the international, comparative and domestic political
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