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Centre for the Study of International Institutions (CSI)

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CSI - Vision and Mission

CSI - Vision

The CSI is a competent and internationally renowned research centre, which bundles, promotes and disseminates interdisciplinary research work (economics, business administration, political sciences, jurisprudence, etc..) within the field of International Institutions. The CSI presents scientific work in the field of International Institutions and stimulates new work in that area. Scientists publish their research results on the CSI-homepage and in its own publication series.

In cooperation with the Leopold-Franzens-University of Innsbruck the CSI offers a special education in the field of International Institutions for students of various disciplines. Students get a particular education that can be a helpful stepping stone for their professional careers. Through the close interaction with International Institutions the CSI can offer students a tailor-made education which corresponds to internationally requested standards.

The CSI furthermore sees itself as a platform for those who deal critically with the field of International Institutions. International Institutions can easily find access to publications, research results and manpower trained especially according to their requirements.

CSI - Mission

International Institutions like the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank Group and even the United Nations (UN) as well as similar regional institutions (e.g. Nafta) have supported globalisation through promoting free trade and free capital movements. Through these policies they have stimulated growth of the world economy.

Since the founding of these institutions after World War II many new problems have arisen: low growth, debt and currency crisis in many Least Developed Countries (LDCs), reduction of growth rates in transitional economies, world wide environmental problems, the transfer of new technology, etc. Therefore the International Institutions must be adapted to face these new challenges. Their duties must be better coordinated so that they are able to take action where national governments fail. They need to set their goals more effectively and use more efficient methods in order to achieve these goals. 

The necessary reforms will not be achieved by pressure through violent demonstrations; rather they will be achieved through discussions within a broad independent basis; independent of individual governments, interest groups and the bureaucracies of the International Institutions themselves. It is a task of the research community to analyse the problems and discontentment that lay beneath these demonstrations and the formation of NGOs. The CSI offers an independent platform for discussions, experts' meetings and the exchange of views.

The implementation of the CSI within the Social and Economics Sciences Faculties at the Leopold-Franzens-University of Innsbruck contributes to the securing of the quality of the research work done within the CSI framework. Through the close cooperation with the LFU Innsbruck the research results can be implemented directly into teaching.