UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation
Encyclopedia
The University of California (UC) Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation is a multicampus research organization (MRU) based at the University of California, San Diego
in La Jolla, San Diego, California
. The institute, founded in 1983 by Dr. Herbert York
, researches issues relating to international conflict and the promotion of international cooperation. Interests of the institute include security, environmental, and economic policy, arms control, security and nuclear non-proliferation. The institute is among the largest providers of dissertation and fellowship grants for students of international studies in the United States.
University of California, San Diego
The University of California, San Diego, commonly known as UCSD or UC San Diego, is a public research university located in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States...
in La Jolla, San Diego, California
La Jolla, San Diego, California
La Jolla is an affluent, hilly seaside resort community, occupying of curving coastline along the Pacific Ocean in Southern California within the northern city limits of San Diego. La Jolla had the highest home prices in the nation in 2008 and 2009; the average price of a standardized...
. The institute, founded in 1983 by Dr. Herbert York
Herbert York
Herbert Frank York was an American nuclear physicist. He held numerous research and administrative positions at various United States government and educational institutes.-Biography:...
, researches issues relating to international conflict and the promotion of international cooperation. Interests of the institute include security, environmental, and economic policy, arms control, security and nuclear non-proliferation. The institute is among the largest providers of dissertation and fellowship grants for students of international studies in the United States.
List of Directors
- Susan ShirkSusan ShirkSusan L. Shirk is an expert on Chinese politics and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State during the Clinton administration. She was in the Bureau of East Asia and Pacific Affairs . She is currently a professor at the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at the...
, IGCC Director (2006- ) - Henry D. I. Abarbanel, Research Director for Science and Security
- Eli BermanEli BermanEli Berman is the Research Director for International Security Studies at the UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation and since 2010 a Professor of economics at UC San Diego...
, Research Director for International Security Studies - Josh Graff Zivin, Research Director for International Environmental and Health Policy
- Steven Spiegel, IGCC Research Director for the Middle East
Past IGCC Directors
- Herbert YorkHerbert YorkHerbert Frank York was an American nuclear physicist. He held numerous research and administrative positions at various United States government and educational institutes.-Biography:...
, IGCC Founding Director - John RuggieJohn RuggieJohn Gerard Ruggie is the Berthold Beitz Professor in Human Rights and International Affairs at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and Affiliated Professor in International Legal Studies at Harvard Law School...
(1989–1992) - Susan ShirkSusan ShirkSusan L. Shirk is an expert on Chinese politics and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State during the Clinton administration. She was in the Bureau of East Asia and Pacific Affairs . She is currently a professor at the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at the...
(1992–1997, 2006-) - Peter Cowhey (1999-2006)