Liu Institute for Global Issues

Liu Institute for Global Issues

Type Think Tank
Website sppga.ubc.ca
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Year founded 1998
Location Vancouver, BC Canada Canada
Functions Education and training, Research
Tags environment law social policy international affairs defense and security
Summary The Liu Institute for Global Issues is an interdisciplinary research hub that aspires to influence academic and public debates about global issues, inform policy decisions, and become an important source of ideas, education, information and perspectives.

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Publications

Liu Institute for Global Issues · 26 December 2022 English

In the next section, I survey the current discussion on the scope and definition of green industrial policy and the nexus between the energy innovation system and the role of …


Liu Institute for Global Issues · 17 October 2022 English

“Global Governance and the Structuring of Global Civil Society: The Field of Transnational Advocacy and the WTO,” RGK Center, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin, Working …


Liu Institute for Global Issues · 18 August 2022 English

These right to a healthy environment, the dangers of were key to engaging with the wider UBC and disinformation online, and the impact of China’s Vancouver communities, and with the …


Liu Institute for Global Issues · 8 March 2022 English

I will focus my remarks on the implications of the potential deployment of SMRs for the governance of nuclear waste in Canada. [...] One question that came up concerned the …


Liu Institute for Global Issues · 16 February 2022 English

“Global Governance and the Structuring of Global Civil Society: The Field of Transnational Advocacy and the WTO,” RGK Center, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin, Working …


Liu Institute for Global Issues · 7 December 2021 English

“Global Governance and the Structuring of Global Civil Society: The Field of Transnational Advocacy and the WTO,” RGK Center, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin, Working …


Liu Institute for Global Issues · 7 October 2021 English

The work was supposed to restart last year, with the reactor entering commercial service by late 2026, but COVID-19 and the quest for private partners to invest in the project …


Liu Institute for Global Issues · 1 September 2021 English

The nuclear industry has historically targeted Indigenous lands and communities to be the sites of extractive energy processes, such as uranium mining.6 This Chalk River project SMR will continue a …


Liu Institute for Global Issues · 27 August 2021 English

That is why having a thinking process is useful – you can situate yourself in the process and either move back or forward whenever you get stuck or blocked P …


Liu Institute for Global Issues · 18 August 2021 English

There is an urgent need for collective action and effective dialogue between mining companies and those who are affected by the mining sector’s use of water to address the challenges …


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