- University of Bern
- 2010
- Baris Karapinar
How do developing countries set priorities and define realistically achievable goals within the millennium development goals?
- 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 Geneva
- 2009
- Sandro Cattacin
What are the roles played by migrant organisations in the context of transnational Senegalese migration, integration and development?
- 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 Zurich
- 2008
- Andreas Georg Scherer
What are the corporate citizenship approaches of Swiss medium sized enterprises and large multinational corporations in their participation to the UN Global Compact?
- University of Neuchâtel
- 2008
- Etienne Piguet
What are the motivations and expectations of highly-qualified young people from developing countries for leaving their country and what are the alternatives?
- 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?
- 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?
- 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?
- University of Geneva
- 2010
- Claudine Sauvain-Dugerdil
How can a capability based approach help explain the widening gap in development and what insights can be derived to combat poverty efficiently?
- University of Bern
- 2012
- Vali Koubi
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?
- University of Lucerne
- 2012
- Sandra Lavenex
When and how does increasing market power translate into regulatory power to shape the rules of international trade?
- 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 Lucerne
- 2010
- Jürg Helbling
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?
- University of Basel
- 2008
- Patrick Harries
How can historical research data contribute to a better understanding of health services? How can this knowledge contribute to the development of sustainable health systems in developing countries?
- The Graduate Institute
- 2019
- Annabelle Littoz-Monnet
What are the economic and political forces driving the expanding global plastic economy?
- The Graduate Institute
- 2009
- Yvan Droz
What are the impacts of agricultural policies on the social and psychological situation of farmers?
- University of Lausanne
- 2019
- René Véron
What are the barriers and opportunities for compost-based urban farming and gardening in Dschang, Cameroon and Lausanne, Switzerland?
- University of Geneva
- 2008
- Bernice Elger
What are the conditions under which deaths in custody should be investigated and how can they be prevented?
- University of St. Gallen
- 2016
- Tina Freyburg
To what extend do information and communicaton technologies contribute to sustainable macroeconomic development? What is the influence of foreign investment?
- The Graduate Institute
- 2013
- Susanna Campbell
Do donors respond to the ebbs and flows of a peace process or is their behavior motivated by other factors that are exogenous to events within the conflict-torn country?
What are the specific needs of users, especially women, with regard to water, sanitation and hygiene service provisions in public health facilities in India and Uganda?
- University of Neuchâtel
- 2017
- Carolin Fischer
What are the experiences of recently arrived Afghans in Europe and how is the understanding of home, belonging and the ‘self ‘shaped by gender? How does this understanding affect their capacity and willingness to engage with development in Afghanistan?
- University of Zurich
- 2016
- Matthias Huss
What are the effects of different types of trade policy measures on global food price volatility and what local, alternative measures can be adopted to foster food security in volatile global markets?
- University of Lausanne
- 2012
- Andrew Clapham, Suren Erkman
What are the consumption patterns of the growing middle classes in emerging countries? What are the environmental and social impacts of these practices? How can more sustainable consumption pathways be reached?
- University of Neuchâtel
- 2010
- Ellen Hertz
How do transnational corporate social responsibility standards influence and shape labor conditions in the electronics manufacturing industry in China and Taiwan?
How efficient are the current global health architecture and the variants of private-public partnerships on global health policies and targeted achievements?
What role can product development partnerships play in order to improve access to medicines for neglected diseases?
What are the environmental, health and regulatory dimensions of pesticide use in agriculture in low- and middle-income countries?
- 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?
