Partners

African Governance Research Innovation Collaborative

Addressing why and how the decline of democracy has become persistent in Africa.

Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion

Dedicated to studying, learning from, and collaborating with religious communities worldwide.

Center for Citizenship & Constitutional Government

Seeks to cultivate thoughtful and educated citizens by supporting scholarship and education concerning the ideas and institutions of constitutional government.

Center for the Study of Philosophy of Religion

Promote work on topics in the philosophy of religion and philosophical theology, and to encourage the development and exploration of specifically Christian and theistic philosophy.

deNicola Center for Ethics & Culture

Committed to sharing the richness of the Catholic moral and intellectual tradition through teaching, research, and public engagement, at the highest level and across a range of disciplines.

Eliminating Violence Against Women Lab (E-VAW)

Responds to the pressing need to draw evidence-based policies and strategies that can help prevent gender-based violence, more effectively provide services, and increase access to justice for survivors of all genders.

Hesburgh Program in Public Service

Offers an interdisciplinary minor in the College of Arts and Letters designed for undergraduate students interested in public policy or public service.

Institute for Ethics and the Common Good

Facilitates interdisciplinary research in foundational and applied ethics, coordinates projects that cross departments and units, and supports ethics-related education and public engagement efforts.

Kellogg Institute for International Studies

Promotes research excellence on critical global challenges, with a particular focus on democracy and human development.

Klau Institute for Civil and Human Rights

Provides transformative education, innovative research, and meaningful engagement with students and with the broader community.

Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies

One of the world's leading centers for the study of the causes of violent conflict and strategies for sustainable peace.

Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies

Provides a forum for integrated and multidisciplinary research and teaching on Asia.

Medieval Institute

The nation’s largest and most prestigious center for understanding the Middle Ages.

Nanovic Institute for European Studies

Strengthens Notre Dame’s presence in Europe, deepens the understanding of Europe within the Notre Dame community, and contributes to academic discourse and research on European studies.

Notre Dame Democracy Initiative

Establishing Notre Dame as a leader in the study of democracy both in the U.S. and worldwide, as a convenor for conversations about and actions to preserve democracy, and as a model for the formation of civically engaged citizens and public servants.

Notre Dame Law School

An eminent law school engaged in an integrated mission that combines teaching, research, and service.

Notre Dame Program on Church, State, and Society

Studying the social dimension of religious freedom and how law structures the relationships among church, state, and society.

Notre Dame Religious Liberty Initiative

One of the world’s leading academic institutions dedicated to promoting and defending religious freedom.

Notre Dame Washington Program

Offers students the ability to study off-campus, becoming immersed in the political and cultural life of Washington DC.

Philosophy Department

Program on Liberal Studies

Pulte Institute for Global Development

Works in over 70 countries with hundreds of partners worldwide to turn research into effective policies to address poverty-related issues.

Religion and Democracy Lab (to come)

Reparations Design and Compliance Lab

Creates datasets, develops and tests methodologies to assess the design of reparations and understand when States comply with reparative orders of international adjudication bodies.

Representation of Women Research Innovation Collaborative

Advances our understanding of the causes and consequences of women’s representation and activism, with a particular focus on the factors that encourage or discourage women from entering politics.

The O'Brien Notre Dame International Security Center (ONDISC)

Provides a forum for national security scholars to come together to explore the most pressing issues in national security policy.

Theology Department

The Rooney Democracy Institute

The Rooney Democracy Institute promotes scholarship, knowledge, and dialogue on American democracy. It facilitates research on the critical issues facing America’s democratic system and encourages students to be engaged in both civic and political life.

Violence and Transitional Justice Lab

A group of social scientists and international human rights lawyers who believe in the inalienable rights of victims of gross human rights violations to truth, justice, and reparations.