- University of Bern
- 2020
- Marlene Kammerer
To which degree and under which conditions do countries translate their international commitments regarding CC mitigation into their domestic policies (i.e. policy objectives and instruments)?
To what extent do institutional reforms and participation mechanism increase the external stakeholder input in formal and informal governance arrangements?
- University of Geneva
- 2017
- Marlyne Sahakian
How do green public spaces meet the human needs and contribute to the societal wellbeing in urban settings and according to cultural context and across social groups?
- ETH Zurich
- 2019
- Jennifer Duyne Barenstein
Are housing cooperatives a way out of the global affordable accommodation crisis?
- The Graduate Institute
- 2015
- Christine Verschuur
What are the practices, social relations and power relations to social reproduction within the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE)? What is the contribution of SSE to the renewal of public action and policies in the field of production and social reproduction?
- University of Lausanne
- 2012
- Jean-Christophe Graz
What are the effects of market incentives made by public financial institutions on worker organisations and social dialogue according to ILO key labour standards?
- University of Bern
- 2019
- Julie Zähringer
What is the role of large-scale extractive investments in the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals and their contradictory dynamics?
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?
- University of Lucerne
- 2008
- Sandra Lavenex
What are the factors that shape the institutional design of recently adopted migration partnerships at a international, national and regional level?
- University of Geneva
- 2011
- Jaya Krishnakumar
To what extent can globalized economies offer increased opportunities to their populations in different socio-economic domains?
- University of Geneva
- 2018
- Evelyne Hübscher
What are the best political and institutional responses in case of fiscal crisis?
- University of Geneva
- 2008
- Bernice Elger
What are the conditions under which deaths in custody should be investigated and how can they be prevented?
- The Graduate Institute
- 2013
- Katarzyna Grabska
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 ?
- University of Fribourg
- 2013
- Patrice Meyer-Bisch
What forms do intersectional human rights violations and multiple discrimination take and how could the United Nations’ human rights protection mechanisms better address these issues?
- The Graduate Institute
- 2011
- Christophe Gironde
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?
- University of Bern
- 2017
- Vally Koubi
How does rural-to-urban migration generated by climate change affect urbanization? What are the economic and political settings that contribute to or impede the emergence of political violence and conflicts?
- University of Geneva
- 2017
- Jean-Michel Bonvin
What are the challenges of the gig economy in terms of social dialogue and workers’ protection?
- The Graduate Institute
- 2015
- Ilona Kickbusch
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?
- University of Basel
- 2019
- Aya Kachi
Why do countries differ in their policy choices on coal energy?
- University of Lausanne
- 2012
- Michel Jaboyedoff
How is land management in mountains being affected by migration, climate changes and hazard events in Cochabamba region (Bolivia) and Dhankuta District (Nepal)?
- University of Basel
- 2018
- Lisa Ott
How can the search for victims of enforced disappearances be improved?
- University of Basel
- 2020
- Markus Gerber
What effect does a randomized controlled trial of a sport and exercise intervention among refugees living in a Greek refugee camp have on PTSD symptoms?
- University of St. Gallen
- 2020
- Oliver Westerwinter
How can we understand global governance?
- University of Bern
- 2010
- Stephan Rist
How can new institutional arrangements help reconcile livelihood-relevant factors of local populations with the UN program for Reducing Emissions for Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD)?
- University of Zurich
- 2016
- Dominik Hangartner
What are the key parameters of the asylum process that affect the subsequent integration of refugees?
- University of Neuchâtel
- 2015
- Didier Ruedin
What are the individual-level attitudes towards foreigners and how do they change over time towards immigration?
- The Graduate Institute
- 2010
- Vincent Chetail
What are the key norms in the treatment of migrant detainees and how can academics and practitioners measure the construction and adherence to these norms?
- ETH Zurich
- 2011
- Michael Bechtel
Which types of international environmental cooperation are likely to have long-term prospects in democracies and which will not?
- University of Bern
- 2010
- Baris Karapinar
How do developing countries set priorities and define realistically achievable goals within the millennium development goals?
- University of Geneva
- 2009
- Sandro Cattacin
What are the roles played by migrant organisations in the context of transnational Senegalese migration, integration and development?