Globalization and World Cities Research Network

The Globalization and World Cities Research Network ( GaWC ) is a think tank (English think tank ), located at the Department of Geography at Loughborough University in Loughborough, England. Main area of ​​research is the connection of the world cities or global cities and the process of globalization.

The GaWC was launched by the British geographer Peter J. Taylor to life in 1998. Best known are the studies to categorize world cities in Alpha -, beta - and gamma - orders.