Development Myths in Practice: the ”Femininisation” of Anti-poverty Policies and International Organisations. The Cases of Brazil, the Philippines and Mozambique University of Lausanne 2009 Francois-Xavier Merrien Anthropology, Economics, Law, Sociology What are the effects of gender-based international development programs in Brazil, the Philippines and Mozambique? read more
Climate Change, Economic Growth, and Conflict University of Bern 2009 Vally Koubi Environmental Science, Law, Political Economy What are the linkages between climate change, economic growth and conflict? read more
Socio-psychological Impacts of the Agricultural Policies: An Interdisciplinary and Comparative Study (Switzerland, France and Québec) The Graduate Institute 2009 Yvan Droz Anthropology, Applied Psychology What are the impacts of agricultural policies on the social and psychological situation of farmers? read more
Beyond Economics: Estimating the Political Gains from Trade Agreements University of Geneva 2008 Marcelo Olarreaga Law, Political Economy What are the political gains from trade agreements and what is their economic value in turn? read more
The Role of Private Business in Global Governance – An Analysis of Corporate Citizenship Approaches of MNCs and SMEs participating in the UN Global Compact University of Zurich 2008 Andreas Georg Scherer Law, Political Economy, Sociology What are the corporate citizenship approaches of Swiss medium sized enterprises and large multinational corporations in their participation to the UN Global Compact? read more