Research Partnerships
Multidisciplinary collaborations connecting faculty, fellows, institutions, and external partners around high-relevance research themes.
Global Impact Research Alliance
GIRA
Global Impact Research Alliance
Advancing Global Research Partnerships in Management Education and Policy Impact
GIRA connects universities, business schools, research centres, think tanks, and global experts to strengthen multidisciplinary research, faculty and student exchange, semester mobility, collaborative publication, and evidence-based policy dialogue.
Alliance Focus
- Research Collaboration
- Faculty & Student Exchange
- Semester Mobility
- Policy-Oriented Think-Tank
Alliance at a glance
Institutional Platform
Built for universities, business schools, research centres, and policy bodies.
Management Education Focus
Supports undergraduate and master's programs through global collaboration.
Research Ecosystem
Enables mentorship, joint publications, and applied inquiry.
Global Mobility
Facilitates faculty exchange, student exchange, and semester mobility.
Think-Tank Function
Convenes institutions and experts for policy-relevant research.
What GIRA Enables
Institutional collaboration with scholarly and practical relevance.
Academic Exchange
Structured pathways for faculty exchange, student exchange, semester mobility, and international academic exposure.
International Academic Exposure
Short-format academic experiences that connect management students with institutions, industries, policy contexts, and cultural learning environments.
Think-Tank Collaboration
Evidence-based policy dialogue, development research, institutional roundtables, and applied research for sustainable global impact.
Management Education
Programs for Undergraduate and Master's Management Education
GIRA supports institutions in designing globally connected management education experiences that extend beyond the classroom through exchange, research, and cross-border academic collaboration.
Faculty Exchange
Short-term and structured academic engagements enabling faculty members to teach, co-research, mentor, deliver masterclasses, and participate in institutional knowledge exchange.
Student Exchange
Institutional pathways for students to experience partner campuses, collaborative learning modules, research exposure, and international academic environments.
International Academic Exposure
Curated international exposure activities focused on management practice, industry visits, policy contexts, cultural learning, and applied research themes.
Semester Exchange Programs
Longer-form institutional mobility opportunities that support credit-bearing or academically integrated semester experiences, subject to partner-institution policies.
GIRA facilitates institutional collaboration frameworks. Program details, eligibility, credit transfer, and participation are governed by the policies of participating institutions.
Research and Think-Tank Pathway
From Collaboration to Impact
GIRA helps partners move from exploratory dialogue to research output, policy insight, and sustained institutional capacity.
Convene
Identify institutional partners, faculty experts, fellows, and thematic research priorities.
Collaborate
Build multidisciplinary teams for research, policy inquiry, publications, and academic programming.
Translate
Convert research into reports, white papers, teaching insights, policy briefs, and capacity-building.
Amplify
Share outcomes through roundtables, journals, conferences, academic programs, and partner networks.
Fellowship and Advisory Network
A Network of Scholars, Practitioners, and Policy Leaders
Through its honorary fellowship and advisory ecosystem, GIRA recognizes experienced researchers, emerging scholars, and distinguished thought leaders who contribute to rigorous research, institutional mentorship, and global academic collaboration.
Learn about GIRA FellowsGlobal Fellow Emeritus
Lifetime recognition for eminent thought leaders whose work has shaped research collaboration.
Global Senior Research Fellow
Recognition for distinguished experts with sustained academic, institutional, or policy contributions.
Global Research Fellow
Recognition for high-potential researchers and professionals showing promise in impactful inquiry.
Institutional Partnership
Build a Global Research Partnership With GIRA
Universities, business schools, research centres, think tanks, NGOs, and policy bodies are invited to explore institutional collaboration with GIRA.