The United Nations University Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS)

UNU-CRIS has its premises in the historical location of the Abbey of Ter Duinen, nowadays known as the Episcopal Seminary of Bruges, Potterierei 72, 8000 Bruges. 

The Institute will generate policy-relevant knowledge about new forms of governance and cooperation on the regional and global level, about patterns of collective action and decision-making, benefitting from the experience of European integration and the role of the EU as a regional actor in the global community. 

The research activities and projects of UNU-CRIS are organised in three research programs and one capacity-building program:

• The Role of Regions in Global Governance
• The United Nations and Regional Public Goods
• Changing Patterns of Regional and Global Governance
• Capacity Building and Development