Research
UCR is rapidly become a locus for cutting -edge research on transnational and global issues. Global studies students take courses from professors who are internationally recognized for their work on topics ranging from the study of ecology to transportation,world history to immigration and tourism, religious movements to new media. The University is home to several interdisciplinary research Centers and Institutes where fundamental and policy-oriented research promote a better understanding of processes of global and regional change. These include the Institute for Research on World-Systems (IROWS), the Center for Ideas and Society, the Center for Sustainable Suburban Development (CSSD), and the Program on Global Studies (POGS), a campus branch of the system wide Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC).