As a core part of Western's research mission, all centres, groups and individual scholars at Western strive to collaborate internationally, as well as to create and share knowledge around the globe. Some of our research centres and groups have very specific international themes or goals.
Western International has identified the following research centres and groups at Western that are focused on specific issues and topics that are international or cross-cultural in nature.
This list is constantly evolving. If you know of an institute, research group or centre at Western that should be listed here please email Western International's Communications Officer.
The Africa Institute
Asian Management Institute, Ivey Business School
Identities and Mobility, Department of Anthropology
The Canada-U.S. Institute
Canada - U.S. Law Institute
Centre for American Studies
Centre for Environment and Sustainability
Centre for Global Studies, Huron University College
Centre for Population, Aging and Health
Centre for Research on Migration and Ethnic Relations
Centre for the Study of International Economic Relations
Centre for Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Reconstruction
China Research and Policy Group
The CulturePlex
Engaging Emerging Markets Centre
Environment, Development and Health Geography
G.R.E.L.C.E.F. / Research and Teaching Group on Francophone Literatures and Cultures
Holocaust Literature Research Institute
Intergroup Relations and Social Justice Research Group
International Centre for Olympic Studies
Ivey International Centre for Health Innovation
Jewish Studies Research Group
Middle East and North Africa Research Group
Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy Research Group
Postcolonial and Globalization Interdisciplinary Research Group
Research International and Comparative Education
Social Justice and Peace Studies, King’s University College
Theoretical and Applied Linguistics Laboratory
Transatlantic Research Group
The following Western centres and affiliated operations are located internationally:
The Cheng Yu Tung Management Institute, Richard Ivey School of Business, Hong Kong
Ivey India, Mumbai, India
CSTAR (Canadian Surgical Technologies and Advanced Robotics)-China, Chengdu, China
WORLDiscoveries Asia, Nanjing, China and Hong Kong
Robarts Europe, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Robarts West, San Diego, U.S.A.
Soochow-Western Synchrotron Radiation Research Centre