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About Us
The UW-Madison Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE) is a research center that brings together scholars from economics, political science, public policy, sociology, business, law, engineering and other fields to promote understanding of globalization and its governance in Wisconsin and beyond.  In the spirit of the Wisconsin Idea, WAGE shares international expertise with the businesses, government, and public of Wisconsin. We organize and fund university events, faculty research, graduate education, and public outreach concerning economic globalization and its governance.
Today’s more open global economy requires an interdisciplinary approach to address the diverse and interrelated policy challenges resulting from intensified cross-border flows of goods, services, capital, people and ideas. Faculty affiliated with WAGE are interested in institutions and arrangements for the governance of economic globalization at all levels - international, regional, national, and subnational - and interpret relevant policy areas broadly to include, as examples, trade, finance, industry, agriculture, environment, law, health care, labor, science and technology, social policy, exchange rates, and macroeconomic management.
Four multi-year collaboratives anchor WAGE’s programming from 2008-2011. Each collaborative supports an active scholarly dialogue, graduate student training, campus events, and public outreach. With these grants, WAGE seeks to catalyze cutting edge research on important challenges related to political economy, security and global governance.
Governing Global Energy: Identifies emerging conflicts arising from changing energy policies, examines how they relate to existing global governance mechanisms, and assesses the preparedness of those mechanisms for tackling these new conflicts.
Managing Import Safety: Examines market, regulatory, and hybrid approaches to managing risk from contamination of food commodities in the global supply chain.
New Governance: Investigates new governance approaches arising out of efforts to promote international economic integration while preserving and updating distinctive national systems of social and environmental protection.
Remaking the Developmental State: Analyzes the changing role of law, politics, and the state in economic development in China, India, Brazil, and South Africa.
WAGE works with the public and private sectors to ensure Wisconsin excels in the global marketplace. Through our International Trade Partnership, we offer monthly opportunities to learn about practical issues, new trends, and the larger context of engaging in international trade. On campus and off through special events and our Speakers Bureau, we regularly bring the public, government, business, and faculty together to explore challenges and solutions for governing and competing in a global economy.
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