Research Area I: Global Governance for Sustainable Development

Research Focus

► Reducing inequalities via the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
► Problematizing the concept of development and overcoming traditional roles in development cooperation
► Participation of non-state actors and new forms of accountability
► Transnational and global governance practices in the areas of global health, land, food and poverty reduction 

With the catalogue of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the member states of the United Nations have committed themselves to concertedly addressing crucial problems such as poverty, hunger, environmental degradation, lack of access to education or health care by 2030. The focus is on reducing the inequalities that still exist between countries, within societies or between the sexes. The commitment to “sustainable development” also puts the traditional concept of development to the test. The addressees of development are no longer exclusively countries of the Global South, but societies worldwide. More than ever before, development cooperation is understood as part of a multi-layered structure of global governance practices.

Research Projects

Global Trends. Analysis

Ways out of Poverty, Vulnerability and Food Insecurity

Recent Publications

► Rieber, Arne / Bliss, Frank / Gaesing, Karin 2022: Sustainable Financial Inclusion in the Rural Area. Duisburg: INEF, AVE-Studie 26.

► Gaesing, Karin 2020: Access to Land and Securing of Land Rights in Development Cooperation. Analyses and Recommendations. Duisburg: INEF, AVE-Studie 22b. 

► Sondermann, Elena / Ulbert, Cornelia 2021: Der wachsende Einfluss privater Stiftungen, in: Vereinte Nationen, 69: 2, 57-62. DOI: 10.35998/VN-2021-0007

Sondermann, Elena / Ulbert, Cornelia 2021: Transformation through ‘Meaningful’ Partnership? SDG 17 as Metagovernance Norm and Its Global Health Implementation, in: Politics and Governance, 9: 1, 153-163. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/pag.v9i1.3656

Sondermann, Elena / Ulbert, Cornelia 2020: The Threat of Thinking in Threats: Reframing Global Health During and After COVID-19, in: Zeitschrift für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, 9: 2, 309-320. DOI: 10.1007/s42597-020-00049-7

Head of Research Area

Dr. Cornelia Ulbert

Room: LS 119
Phone: +49 (0)203-379-4422
E-Mail: cornelia.ulbert[at]uni-due.de
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Participating Members

Prof. Dr. Tobias Debiel

Room: LF 324
Phone: +49 (0)203-379-2021
E-Mail: tobias.debiel[at]uni-due.de
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Dr. Karin Gaesing

Room: LS 031
Phone: +49 (0)203-379-3973
E-Mail: karin.gaesing[at]uni-due.de
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Carolin Rosenberg, M.A.

Room: LS 031
Phone: +49 (0)203-379-1436
E-Mail: carolin.rosenberg[at]uni-due.de
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