UCSB Global and International Studies
Global and International Studies (G&IS) is an academic unit at UC Santa Barbara established in 1995 to actively encourage an interdisciplinary global perspective within the university. G&IS sponsors interdisciplinary academic programs in global studies, international studies, and area studies, and provides a coordinating center for programs related to international studies throughout the campus. G&IS administers majors in Global Studies and Islamic and Near Eastern Studies (INES) and minors in Global Peace and Security, Jewish Studies, and Women, Culture, and Development Studies. G&IS also initiates and sponsors research activities, public events, universitywide academic projects, and print and electronic publications for the wider academic and Santa Barbara community.
Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science
funded by the National Science Foundation under its program of support for infrastructure in the social and behavioral sciences. Its programs focus on the methods, tools, techniques, software, data access and other services needed to promote and facilitate a novel and integrating approach to social science.
JMU Dept of Geographic Science Global Studies concentration --shows array of courses in other depts which apply...
U Texas page of Geography Resources in US institutions lists many Global Studies courses and programs, mostly in Geography departments
School of Global Studies at Massey University (NZ)
formed on 1 January 1998 when the Geography Programme, the Institute of Development Studies and the Social Anthropology Programme were amalgamated into a single administrative unit.
Global Studies Program at U. Indiana (Geography Dept)
WHY DO WE NEED GIS AND DATA BASES FOR THE GLOBE? and course page for GIS Applications (Hong Kong Baptist University)
Global Change Research at USGS, and Publications and Data
Global Change Research Information Office (GCRIO)
...provides access to data and information on global environmental change research, adaptation/mitigation strategies and technologies, and global change related educational resources on behalf of the US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) and its participating Federal Agencies and Organizations. GCRIO is implemented by The Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) at Columbia University.
Integrating regional studies of deforestation into a global change contex (Thomas, M., N. Roller, J. Colwell, and C. Kottak. 1993. In Proceedings of the 25th International Symposium on Remote Sensing and Global Environmental Change, 559-70. Vol. 1. Ann Arbor, MI: Environmental Research Institute of Michigan)
10th Symposium on Global Change Studies of the American Meteorological Society
MAP PROJECTIONS AND SPATIAL REFERENCING FOR GLOBAL DATA SETS (Karen A. Mulcahy )
Socio-economic data and GIS: datasets, databases, indicators and data integration issues
Paper presented at the UNEP/CGIAR (Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research), Arendal III Workshop on Use of GIS in Agricultural Research Management. Norway, June 17-21, 1996.
GIS and Epidemiology (association for Geographic Information, UK)
...examines the effectiveness of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) as information management tools in applications of and public health. We consider how far GIS is able to handle some of the problems inherent in traditional epidemiological approaches and to what extent it can provide new insights, particularly to environmental epidemiology
Global Resource Information Database (GRID)
...mission is to provide timely and reliable georeferenced environmental information and access to a unique international data service to help address environmental issues at global, regional, and national levels. Using GIS, GRID converts environmental data into integrated information usable by both national and international scientists and decisionmakers, thus helping to bridge the gap between scientific understanding of earth processes and sound management of the environment.The long-term objectives of GRID are to enhance availability and open exchange of global and regional environmental geo-referenced datasets; provide United Nations and intergovernmental bodies with access to improved environmental data management technologies; and enable all countries in the world to make use of GRID-compatible technology for national environmental assessment and management.
Sites with Data for GIS or Mapping --LOTS of them