IROWS ANNUAL REPORT 2005-2006
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Center Director: Christopher Chase-Dunn |
Title: Director |
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Phone: (951) 827 - 2062 |
Department: Sociology |
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Email: chriscd@ucr.edu |
College: CHASS |
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Period of Review: 2005-2006 |
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Name of Center: Institute for Research on World-Systems |
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A1. GENERAL NARRATIVE: Please provide a short statement highlighting the main activities in which the center has engaged during the review period and how they relate to the mission, goals and objectives of the research center and to the challenges/issues/problems central to the work of the research center. How did the center contributed to UCR’s graduate and undergraduate teaching programs? What activities did the center provide to UCR’s external communities?
MAIN ACTIVITIES RELATED TO MISSION, GOALS, AND OBJECTIVES:
MISSION, GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF IROWS: IROWS is the world’s premier institute
doing research on globalization, global social change and the historical
evolution of intersocietal systems. IROWS initiates and sponsors research
activities, public events, university-wide academic projects, a web site (www.irows.ucr.edu), and electronic publications for the wider academic, regional and
world-wide public interested in research on globalization and global policy
issues.
The main purpose of IROWS is to conduct long term,
large-scale interdisciplinary research to achieve a better understanding of:
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Global Social Change,
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The Historical
Evolution of Cities and Polities,
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Global and
Regional Political Ecology,
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Biotechnology and
Global Political Economy,
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Waves and
Contours of Global Elite Integration Since 1840,
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The Rise, Fall
and Upward Sweeps of Polity Formation and the Emergence of a Global State, and
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Transnational
Social Movements and Global Party Formation.
IROWS Financial Situation: The original
funding from UCR for IROWS is now completely depleted. Funding for speakers
comes from the Institute on Global Cooperation and Conflict (IGCC) at UC-San
Diego (Chase-Dunn is the co-Director of the UCR branch of IGCC, the Program on
Global Studies) and NSF grant support is used to fund graduate and
undergraduate research assistants. Staff
assistance (Nelda Thomas) is being funded at 25% by the Dean of CHASS for
2006/7.
CENTER’S
CONTRIBUTIONS TO UCR’S GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING PROGRAMS:
Undergraduate:
- the Global Studies Major;
- Involvement of undergraduates in research
projects.
Graduate:
- the Political Economy and Global Social Change
specialization in the Sociology Ph.D. Program.
- participation of graduate students in on-going
research projects, professional presentations and publications.
OUTREACH ACTIVITIES:
- Publication of the internationally renowned Journal of World-Systems Research; (www.jwsr.ucr.edu)
- Delivery of lectures
on globalization and global social change to:
UCR-affiliated community
organizations such as the Citizen’s University Committee, the Life Society, the
Environmental Sciences Research Institute (ESRI) in Redlands, the UCR Palm
Desert campus and UCR Affiliates; and Regional, national and international
academic audiences at meetings of the California Sociological Association, the
Pacific Sociological Association, the American Sociological Association, the
International Studies Association and the International Sociological
Association,
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Organization of academic conferences, conference sessions and workshops
at UCR and in connection with several regional,
national and international professional organizations.
- IROWS Director Chase-Dunn is the Faculty Advisor
to the UCR Model United Nations program and the UCR branch of CALPIRG.
- Participation in the Mellon-sponsored symposium
on Transforming Hegemonies in 2005-2006 and on Global Networks in
2006-2007.
A2. RESEARCH NARRATIVE: Please summarize any significant trends (new research directions, significant increases or decreases in sponsored funding, changes in outreach efforts, etc.) during the review period.
In 2005-2006 three main
research projects at IROWS were:
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One was an
NSF-sponsored research on global elite integration in the nineteenth century.
This project is winding up and we are working on a final report and a book
publication.
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IROWS obtained
NSF-HSD funding for a 3-year project on the rise and fall of states and empires
over the past 3000 years and the future emergence of a global state. This is a
continuation of an on-going project (since 2000) that quantitatively studies
the growth of cities and states since the Bronze Age. The co-PIs on the NSF-HSD
project are Chase-Dunn, E.N. Anderson in Anthropology at UCR and Peter Turchin,
a population ecologist at the
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IROWS has applied
for funding to study the contours of relations among transnational social
movements participating in the World Social Forums with co-PI Ellen Reese in
Sociology. Five Sociology graduate students attended the 2005 World Social
Forum in
Additional projects under
development focus upon:
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the trajectory of
biotechnology as a new lead industry in the global political economy, and
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the study of the
growth of megacities using satellite imagery.
Detail information on past
and current IROWS research projects are listed on the IROWS web site under
“Projects.”
A3. ORGANIZATIONAL AND MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE: Have any changes been made to the organizational or management structure of the center during the review period? If so, please describe.
IROWS has a Governing Board
composed of UCR faculty members with overlapping research and academic
interests that provides oversight and confers about new initiatives. The current Governing Board chair is
Professor Robert Hanneman in the Sociology Department. Professor Edna Bonacich (now
Emeritus) was the Board Chair from 2000 to 2006. The external Advisory Board is
composed of academic experts in the U.S. and abroad who serve as consultants on
research projects, help recruit students, organize academic conferences and
workshops. IROWS receives immense grants management and application support
from Robin Whittington in the Sociology Department. Kenneth Barr served as the IROWS
Associate Director until June 30, 2006. He organized two speaker series, directed
research projects and served as the Managing Editor of the Journal of
World-Systems Research. The IROWS
Administrative Assistant, Nelda Thomas, is shared with the Robert Presley
Center for Crime and Justice Studies. As of July 1, 2006 the Presley Center
will cover 75% of Mrs. Thomas’s salary and benefits.
B.1: PARTICIPATING PERSONNEL
Group the personnel within each section by the Center’s major research programs, if possible/appropriate.
For Faculty: Please list those UCR faculty who are members of the Academic Senate and who actively participated in center activities, e.g., a PI on a sponsored project administered by the center, member of center’s advisory committee, author on a center publication, etc.
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UCR FACULTY (Senate Members) Type
of Participation (check all that apply) |
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Name |
Payroll Title |
Affiliation
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PI/Co-PI on Center Sponsored Award |
Center
Advisory Committee Member |
Speaker
at Center Event |
Author
on Center Publication |
Other |
(Description
of Other) |
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Professor |
Sociology |
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IROWS Director |
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Edna Bonacich |
Professor |
Sociology |
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Chair, Advisory Committee (2000-2006) |
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Robert Hanneman |
Professor |
Sociology |
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x |
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Current Chair of Advisory Committee |
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Ellen Reese |
Associate Professor |
Sociology |
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x |
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E. N. Anderson |
Professor Emeritus |
Anthropology |
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x |
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x |
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Jonathan Turner |
Professor |
Sociology |
x |
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Carl Cranor |
Professor |
Philosophy |
x |
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Christine Gailey |
Professor |
Womens’ Studies |
x |
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Randolph Head |
Associate Professor |
History |
x |
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Ray Kea |
Professor |
History |
x |
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Michael Kearney |
Professor |
Anthropology |
x |
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Bai-Lian Li |
Professor |
Botany and Plant Sciences |
x |
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Thomas Patterson |
Professor |
Anthropology |
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Roberto Sanchez-Rodriguez |
Professor |
Environmental Sciences |
x |
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