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Tracing Syrian Refugee Return Dynamics across South/North Divides: The Interrelatedness of European Repatriation Decisions and Regional (Non-)Refoulement

How do European countries’ decisions to return Syrian refugees impact the refugee returns in regional host states?
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Combining Sociological, Economic and Epidemiological Evidence to Target Malaria Interventions in Papua New Guinea and Beyond

Can going beyond disease transmission factors improve the success of malaria interventions?
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Demographic Change and Private Sector Disability Management in Australia, Canada, China and Switzerland: a Comparative Study

What factors influence a private company’s choice to implement a Disability Management Program and what are the perceived benefits/drawbacks of such a program?
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Children of Refugees in Europe: Aspirations, Social and Economic Lives, Identity and Transnational Linkages

What are the life trajectories of children of refugees born in Europe in terms of cultural and social identity and what are their educational and employment experiences?
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Gender, Return Migration and Reintegration in the Gambia, Guinea and Senegal

How does gender shape the reintegration process of migrants and how do patterns of return mobilities and reintegration impact upon gender in the Gambia, Guinea and Senegal?
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How to Break the Gridlock in Global Health Governance

To what extent does the concept of gridlock apply to the global health governance and account for its deficiencies? What is the potential for reform?
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Diffusion of International Law: A Textual Analysis of International Investment Agreements

What are the design, evolution, and effects of the international investment agreements currently in practice?
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Time to Look at Girls: Adolescent Girls Migration and Development

What are the constraints and opportunies linked to migration for adolescent girls ? How do they affect their capacity to choose and to act to determine their future opportunities ?
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Tackling the Global Housing Challenges: Relevance and Replicability of Switzerland’s and Uruguay’s Housing Cooperatives’ Policies and Strategies

Are housing cooperatives a way out of the global affordable accommodation crisis?
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Increased Susceptibility to Plasmodium Falciparum of Insecticide Resistant Anopheles in West Africa

How widespread is the increased susceptibility of insecticide-resistant Anopheles mosquitoes to Plasmodium infection and what are the risks associated with this phenomenon in relationship to the use of bed nets and insecticides? What policies should be adopted to reduce the risk of a major crisis in malaria control?
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