Since 2002, SPW has completed two major policy research projects. The first, Global Implications of U.S. Domestic and International Policies on Sexuality (Girard 2004), examines the implications of US policies on sexuality during the early years of the Bush administration. The second, SexPolitics: Reports from the Front Lines (SPW 2007), examines the intersections of sexuality and politics in ten countries and two global institutions.

Currently in the area of research and analysis, SPW is hosting a series of regional dialogues in Asia, Latin America and Africa to critically reflect on the multiple dimensions of “Sexuality and Geopolitics”. SPW also engages in research and analysis in relation to three policy domains it deems critically important: the de-sexualization of global HIV/AIDS policies; the recent and ongoing political challenges at the intersection of sexuality and human rights at the global level; and, US policies on sexuality under the Obama administration.