Global Policy Institute

Welcome to the Global Policy Institute

The Institute was founded in 2014 to conduct multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research focused on the scholarship, politics, and policy of pressing global collective action problems. Our network of world-class researchers, practitioners, and policymakers provides international intellectual leadership in the field of global challenges, and multilateral and transborder governance arrangements.

The Institute is hosted in the School of Government and International Affairs and is a joint venture with the Durham Law School.

Introducing our Team

Competitive internship opportunities offered to MSc and PhD students

Global Policy North Network has its home at Durham University

Provides expertise in global governance and pressing global collective action issues

Bridges the gap between academic work and the practical experience of policymakers and business leaders

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News

Twenty Durham researchers appointed to REF 2029 sub-panels

Twenty of our researchers will take important roles in assessing UK universities’ research quality.

Research news
Study finds women politicians are judged more harshly than men

Women politicians in the United States who deviate from party expectations or views are judged more harshly than men by voters. That is according to the findings of a new study led by academics from our School of Government and International Affairs.

Research news
QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025

We are ranked 72nd in the prestigious QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025.

Durham news