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Green Dealings – Negotiating Lithium between South America and Europe for Batteries that Fuel a Just Energy Transition

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?
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What Explains Ambitious Climate Policy? Comparing Updated Climate Targets and Covid-19 Recovery Packages and Their Drivers

Which political and economic drivers can explain country differences in climate ambition between NDCs and recovery packages, and how correlated they are?
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Deliberative Quality in Trade-Related International Organizations

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?
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The annual SNIS Call for Projects invites pluridisciplinary teams from academia, International Organizations and NGOs to submit project proposals. Project support is granted for up to two years and a maximum funding envelope of CHF 300’000.

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Awards and Stipends

The SNIS is pleased to support current and future leading researchers in the field of international studies through it’s different awards and stipends.

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