Global Studies research

Learn about our research, groups and centres – cutting across different fields of study.

Our research approach

We are known for our innovative research bringing together different fields of study. This work happens in special research centers that encourage collaboration amongst you and our researchers, and experts from around the world.

We have more than 150 PhD students and post-doctoral researchers in our vibrant community.

We welcome visiting scholars, researchers, and practitioners to join us and share their expertise. Our team is always eager to share what we’ve learned.

We value working with other universities, government agencies, nonprofits, businesses, and the media to make a bigger impact. Read the Global Studies school research strategy [PDF 239KB].

Research impact case studies

View our performance in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework.

Research centres and projects

There are many research centres at Sussex. The ones relating to Global Studies include:

• Centre for Advanced International Theory (CAIT)
• Centre For Global Political Economy
• Centre for Cultures of Reproduction, Technologies and Health
• Centre for Rights, Reparations, and Anti-Colonial Justice
• Sussex Asia Centre
• Climate@Sussex
• Centre for Global Health Policy
• Sussex Centre for Migration Research
• Sussex Sustainability Research Programme
• Sussex Centre for Global Insecurities Research (CGI)
• Centre for Coastal Research

• Browse some of our research projects
  • YIWU: Trust, Global Traders, and Commodities in a Chinese International City

  • Protracted Displacement Economies

  • Strengthening pastoralist livelihoods in the greater Horn of Africa through effective anticipatory action (PASSAGE)

  • Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED)

  • Delivering food security and biodiversity conservation through rewilding and community agriculture
  • Ripple Effect: advancing waterway resilience in Sussex, England
  • Religion and Foreign Policy Initiative
  • Roots of change: a just wilding transition for the agri-food system
  • Uncertain pedagogies for youth and community resilience (follow-on project: Creating with Uncertainty. Covid recovery to educate for sustainable futures)
  • Resilience in Eastern African Land – Nature based Solutions
  • The Afterlives of Urban Muslim Asia: Alternative Imaginaries of Society and Polity

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