Environmental and Planetary Futures
The Environmental and Planetary Futures Project undertakes rigorous independent social science research that forms the basis for sound evidence-based interventions to disrupt illicit economies and repair the future.
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Vulnerabilities and Resistance
This programme seeks to understand and engage with new and emerging harmscapes in both the age of the Anthropocene and Novacene which result in both human and non-human vulnerabilities.
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Our Research
A particular focus of the research programme is on understanding the new and emerging risk landscapes and their governance that are shaping 21st Century securities.
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Our People
The Global Risk Governance programme team consists of an international and multidisciplinary group of researchers and postgraduate students.
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Outreach
The Environmental Entrepreneurs Support Initiative (EESI) is a community engagement programme aimed at building capacity in young leaders.
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Follow-the-thing methods to study illicit reptile trafficking
Follow-the-thing methods to study illicit reptile trafficking is the title of the presentation by Dr Annette Hübschle at the 15th Conference of the Herpetological Association of Africa. Held from the 16 –
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Dr. Cristina Zackseski, University of Brasilia visits the University of Cape Town
Dr. Cristina Zackseski, Professor of Criminology and Criminal Law at the Law School, University of Brasilia, is visiting the Global Risk Governance programme, University of Cape Town.
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Invitation to Research Workshop
Cannabis Africana: Drugs and Development in Africa, will be hosting a hybrid workshop at the University of Cape Town (South Africa) on 21 November 2022. The project focuses on the nexus between drugs and development in four African countries - South Af
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Cape Leopard Trust Masters: Call for applications
Call for applications: Masters Bursary investigating the drivers of snaring and communities’ perceptions of potential solutions 2023 - 2024.
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About us
The Global Risk Governance programme (GRG) is a research programme, led by Professor Clifford Shearing, within the Public Law Department, Law Faculty at the University of Cape Town. The programme's research activities are focused on understanding the new, and emerging, risk landscapes that are shaping 21st Century securities.