What role can product development partnerships play in order to improve access to medicines for neglected diseases?
How is the plurality of urban cultural heritage perceived and how is it taken into account in the urban development in Beijing, Mexico and Rome?
What are the recent trends of non-core multilateral aid ? To what extent do they threaten aid effectiveness through an increased fragmentation and proliferation of funds ?
What are relevant policy instruments for air pollution reduction in developing urban contexts and how do they vary in effectiveness?
What are the factors that lead states and transnational actors to choose between formal intergovernmental organisations, informal intergovernmental organisations and transnational governance networks to structure their interactions and govern global problems?
What are the biodiversity data needs of international organizations, governments, civil society and business?
How could the concept of Deliberative Quality help improve the conditions under which decisions are made, and could it serve to develop better processes and outcomes in trade-related organizations?
What are the effects of the financialisation of the commodity trading on local lives and what are the policy recommendations to be drawn for Swiss and international regulatory actors?
To what extent does the promotion of intra-regional trade help reduce conflicts in the Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa and South America?
How does the role of lithium in the emerging energy regime challenge or reproduce unequal relations between producer and consumer regions, and can it pave the way for a sustainable and just energy transition?
What is the contribution of skilled migrants to the innovation capacity of the host country?
What are the best political and institutional responses in case of fiscal crisis?
To what extent do institutional reforms and participation mechanism increase the external stakeholder input in formal and informal governance arrangements?
What are the design, evolution, and effects of the international investment agreements currently in practice?
What are the effects of Social Impact Bonds on the social service programs they finance?
What are the interactions between agroecological and indigenous territories – potential collaborations and possible conflicts?
What are the individual-level attitudes towards foreigners and how do they change over time towards immigration?
How have public policies evolved to stabilize or destabilize the current meat production and consumption systems in China, the EU and the US?
What are the challenges faced by medical and food companies, by humanitarian IOs and NGOs that deliver food and medicine to heavily sanctioned countries?
What are the opportunities and limits of bilateral talks between Switzerland and Europe? Could a single framework agreement bring together the existing treaties?
How can historical research data contribute to a better understanding of health services? How can this knowledge contribute to the development of sustainable health systems in developing countries?
What are the linkages between climate change, economic growth and conflict?
How do emotions and cultural differences affect communication in multi-linguistic negotiations?
How can the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) effectively contribute to the integration of those left-behind by the declining social aid and create solidarity for these vulnerable groups?
How are power-sharing agreements adopted and what implementation challenges impede their functioning?
To what extent does violence against civilians by armed actors increase the risk of conflict escalation and civil war?