HI-NORM Cluster

The Tri-Campus Interdisciplinary Research Cluster on “Human Interactions and Normative Innovation” (HI-NORM Cluster) was formed at the University of Washington, in partnership with the University of Frankfurt (GER). The HI-NORM Cluster develops innovative teaching, research, and service on human rights and cosmopolitanism with intersections with race, gender, migration, and the environment. 
Since 2009 partnerships have expanded to include Northwestern University, Penn State University, the University of Nevada at Las Vegas, and Georgetown University (US), Goethe University, University of Duisburg-Essen, the University of Giessen, and the University of Oldenburg (GER), University of São Paulo, the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, and the Federal University of Sergipe (BR), Rhodes University (ZA), and Soochow University (TW). Activities include intern conferences, faculty exchange, collaborative courses, reading groups, study-abroad programs, joint research, and publications.