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Discipline: Political Science

Environmental Change and Migration

What are the generalised, large scale factors of the environment-migration relationship and to what extent is it conditional on various individual, socio-economic, and political factors?
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The Proliferation of Multilateral Funds

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 ?
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Impact of Globalization on Opportunities for Human Development

To what extent can globalized economies offer increased opportunities to their populations in different socio-economic domains?
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Individual Preferences for International Environmental Cooperation

Which types of international environmental cooperation are likely to have long-term prospects in democracies and which will not?
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A Multi-Scale Approach to Land Governance in Complex Cultural, Environmental and Institutional Contexts. Development of a Comparative GIS Methodology Linking Land Use, Land Cover and Land Tenure from the Cases of Bolivia and the Lao PDR

How can a geographical information system methodology contribute to address the governance of natural resources in terms of conservation and development?
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Mountlennium: Reaching Millennium Development Goals through Regional Mountain Governance

To what extent can regional governance architectures of mountainous areas contribute to achieving the Millenium Development Goals in terms of integration of sustainable development principles and of reduction of biodiversity loss?
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Large Scale Land Acquisitions in Southeast Asia: Rural Transformations between Global Agendas and Peoples’ Right to Food

How can potentially negative effects on local populations of large-scale land acquisitions be mitigated and what could institutions do to protect human rights of the affected population?
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Local Communities’ Access to Justice and the State of Kenya – Impunity, Legal Pluralism and the Resolution of Conflicts

What does impunity mean to local communities in areas of protracted conflict and how do local and regional forms of informal justice contribute to re-establishing law and order?
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Breaking the Dynamics of Emotions and Fear in Conflict and Reconstruction

How can a neurological look at the dynamics of emotions in general and fear in particular help finding better strategies in conflict prevention and / or resolution?
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