Our Centres

The Faculty of Business, Government and Law is home to three research centres:

The Centre for Deliberative Democracy

Our Centre for Deliberative Democracy (CDD) is a world-leading centre for scholarly and applied research in deliberative governance and democratic innovations. It is home to a critical mass of scholars conducting internationally renowned research on how deliberation can address the complex challenges our societies face today, from local to global levels.

Based within the Faculty of Business, Government and Law, CDD’s work is spread across five research areas:

• Deepening citizen engagement
• Innovating global governance
• Building democratic resilience
• Democratising environmental governance
• Advancing theory and methods

The Centre for Environmental Governance

UC’s Centre for Environmental Governance (CEG) is an interdisciplinary centre focused on investigating and solving complex environmental problems such as water management, natural disasters, and climate change through applied policy approaches.

CEG is based within the Faculty of Business, Government and Law but brings together a range of researchers from fields including political science, public policy, public administration, environmental regulation and governance, natural resource management, democratic participation, political communication, online engagement, political participation, and big data analysis.

The Centre’s two research themes are:

• Natural resource management and water governance
• Climate change, disaster recovery and resilience, and wellbeing

The Centre for Intergenerational Digital and Financial Wellbeing

At the Centre for Intergenerational Digital and Financial Wellbeing (CIDFW), we aim to build a future where younger and older generations thrive together. In this future, people have the confidence to manage their finances, the skills to use digital tools, and the opportunity to work together to solve shared challenges. By bringing generations together, we aim to create stronger, more resilient communities that can adapt to a fast‑changing world.

Based within the Faculty of Business, Government and Law, CIDFW’s research areas relate to:

1. The state of intergenerational digital and financial wellbeing:  We examine how different generations experience digital and financial life, identifying gaps, inequalities, and key trends.
2. Challenges and risks of intergenerational digital and financial wellbeing:  We identify vulnerabilities such as financial hardship and digital exclusion, and are developing early warning approaches to address risks.
3. Solutions and innovation for intergenerational digital and financial wellbeing: We partner with industry and government to design practical strategies, policies, and tools that improve financial and digital capability.