The Geneva Transformative Governance Lab (GTGLab) at the Global Studies Institute of the University of Geneva, pioneers interdisciplinay and collaborative research on the governance of global challenges through the lens of complexity.
Created at the Global Studies Institute of the University of Geneva in Spring 2018, the Geneva Transformative Governance Lab (GTGLab) conducts research on the governance of complex global challenges such as emerging infectious diseases, financial and economic crises, widespread disinformation and the rise of extremism.
These challenges not only transcend classical boundaries and levels of analysis (political, economic, cultural, sectoral, and disciplinary) but are also strongly coupled and interdependent. Addressing these complex global challenges requires effective yet nimble institutions at all levels of governance as an essential part of resilient and sustainable societies.
Drawing on insights from systems thinking and complexity theory, the GTGLab is a space for researchers from all relevant disciplines to collaborate across sectors, levels of organisation and scales to encourage innovative thinking and build the scientific foundations for adaptive and transformative governance in the 21st century.
RESEARCH PRIORITIES
- Fragility and resilience of regional and global systems
The GTGLab aims to how understand how interconnections create risks that can trigger disruption that transcends national and sectoral boundaries. - Mapping global interactions to manage interdependence
The GTGLab aims to capture how contemporary governance is exerted through multi-layered networks of people, institutions, ideas and norms. - “Fragmegrative” dynamics in multilevel governance systems
The GTGLab studies interactions between sovereign nation states and supranational governance with a focus on dynamics of integration and fragmentation. - Interdisciplinarity and the transformation of knowledge production in the era of complexity
The GTGLab is interested in understanding how the production of knowledge shape our capacities to tackle complex problems.
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Launch event of the GSPI policy brief entitled: “Governance in the age of complexity: building resilience to COVID-19 and future pandemics”
Governing in the age of complexity: building resilience to COVID-19 and future pandemics Dr Didier Wernli led the development of [...]
HIGHLIGHTED RESEARCH PROJECT
Governing systemic crises in the 21st century: Learning from early Covid-19 responses in Europe.
Researchers from the Geneva Transformative Governance Lab (GTGLab), based at GSI, receive SNF funding for a research entitled: Governing systemic [...]
PUBLICATIONS
2021
- Wernli, D., Tediosi, F., Blanchet, K., Morel, C., Pittet, D., Fukuda, K., . . . Young, O. R. (2021). A complexity lens on the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Health Management and Policy.
- Wernli, D., Clausin, M., Antulov-Fantulin, N. , Biller-Andorno, N. , Böttcher, L. , Berezowski, J. , . . . Young, O. R. (2021). Governance in the age of complexity: building resilience to COVID-19 and future pandemics.