Garnet research is organised under three broad themes: Regionalism and Regionalisation, The Regulatory Frameworks of Global Governance and Key Policy Issues in Global Governance.

• Europe as a Model of Regional Governance (JERP 5.1.1)
• The EU and Eastern Europe (JERP 5.1.2)
• The EU and Africa (project starts in 2008) (JERP 5.1.3)
• The EU and Asia (project starts in 2008) (JERP 5.1.4)
• The EU and Latin America and the Carribbean (project starts in 2008) (JERP 5.1.5)

• Normative issues of regional and global governance (JERP 5.2.1)
• International law, sovereignity and global governance (JERP 5.2.2)
• Theoretical issues on the EU, UN multilateralism and global governance (JERP 5.2.3)
• Global Economic Governance and Market Regulation (JERP 5.2.4)
• Corporate Governance and the Global Regulatory Framework (JERP 5.2.5)
• Gender, Space and Global Governance (JERP 5.2.6)
• The Role of Non State Actors and Civil Society in the Global Regulatory Framework (JERP 5.2.7)

• The Governance of the Global Environment (JERP 5.3.1)
• Global and Regional Security Governance: Security Threats and Institutional Response (JERP 5.3.2)
• The Governance of Infectious Diseases (JERP 5.3.3)
• Gender in International Political Economy (JERP 5.3.4)
• North-South Development Issues and the Global Regulatory Framework (JERP 5.3.5)
• Technology, Innovation and Governance (JERP 5.3.6)