Full name and acronym: Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS)

Founding date: 2001

Objectives: The IIIS is dedicated to the promotion of research and learning about the myriad dimensions of global and regional integration. Achieving a broad understanding of the implications of international integration for economic and social development plus the challenges it poses for decision makers in the public and private sectors requires a multidisciplinary approach. In pursuit of this goal, the IIIS brings together researchers from a large number of academic departments. These initially include business, economics, history, law, political science and sociology. In addition to supporting basic research that furthers the state of knowledge on international integration, the IIIS will also seek to widely disseminate its research findings in policymaking, business and general media circles.

Main projects in globalisation studies: The IIIS is active in multi-disciplinary research, which was until Oct 04 organised into three separate programmes on World Economy,Globalization and the Nation State and International Regulation. From October 2004, IIIS projects will be as follows: (a) Business as a Conduit for Globalisation; (b) International Financial Integration (INFINITI); (c) Global Networks; (d) Globalisation of Party Competition; (e) Evaluating the Impact of Globalisation using Micro-Data; (f) Historical Antecedents of Contemporary Globalisation; (g) Interreligious Ethics in the Cultural Dynamics of Globalisation; (h) Public Policies and Multi-Level Regulatory Structures in a Global Economy; (i) Science Culture and International Civil Society: Ireland in the World of the Sciences.

Outputs: conferences, seminars, external presentations, working paper series, weekly newsletter, website, articles and books, project related software, special guest lectures.

Staff numbers: 3 core staff (Director, Manager, Executive Officer), 36 researchers (predocs & postdocs), Long-term (c. 3 per annum.) and short term (c. 10 per annum) visiting academics, 40 TCD based research associates.

Director: Prof. Philip Lane

Funding: core grant under the Irish Government's Programme for Research in Third Level Institutions (PRTLI) which is funded under the National Development Plan 2002-2006 with assistance from the European Regional Development Fund, Cycle 3. Through the Trinity Foundation, the IIIS has also recently received a substantial donation from DepFA bank. Generous support has also been received from Atlantic Philantrophies. The IIIS is housed in the Sutherland Centre, which is part of the new Level 6 ('penthouse floor') on the Arts block. It is named in honour of Dr. Peter Sutherland, Chairperson BP PLC, Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International and former Director-General of the World Trade Organization, formerly GATT (1993-1995). Dr. Sutherland actively supported the foundation of the IIIS in many ways, including a generous donation to the building programme.

Street Address: Level 6, Block c Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin, College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland

tel: ++353 1 6083888

fax: ++353 1 6083900

email: iiis@tcd.ie

website: http://www.tcd.ie/iiis

contact: Adrienne Harten, Manager