Our Work

The institute’s research, dialogue and educational activities are focused on four critical issues in the advancement of the global public good

In its area and cross-cutting programs, ICRS undertakes research on the drivers of fragility and the escalation of violence, measures for prevention, peacebuilding, and fostering social cohesion and the underlying economic and social drivers of conflict that must be addressed for sustaining peace.

The Institute offers core capacities in the comparative processes of governance globally and the challenges and crises that are evident in democracies worldwide in an era of growing autocracy and threats to human rights.

ICRS work evaluates the conditions necessary for human development within a sustainable, common future, through national development planning, local governance and service delivery, civil society participation and effective policies for positive youth development.

ICRS undertakes activities to explore the drivers and consequences of regional economic, political and social integration and cooperation and the barriers to more effective integration of regions, as well as the development of robust regional organizations capable of developing and protecting shared norms.

In its research, dialogue and educational programs on these themes, ICRS aims to generate and assess new ideas and knowledge through engagement with diverse local and international communities and policymakers to advance deeper, contextualized understanding of the variations across the world’s diverse communities, states and regions.