To what extent does violence against civilians by armed actors increase the risk of conflict escalation and civil war?
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?
What are the regulatory frameworks for goods, labor, and financial markets that can create an economy that operates within planetary limits and principles of social equity?
How do emotions and cultural differences affect communication in multi-linguistic negotiations?
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?
What are the political gains from trade agreements and what is their economic value in turn?
How do women – led Track Two dialogues contribute to sustaining and reimagining peace in post-settlement contexts in Colombia, Kosovo, and the Philippines?
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)?
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?
When and how does increasing market power translate into regulatory power to shape the rules of international trade?
How is land management in mountains being affected by migration, climate changes and hazard events in Cochabamba region (Bolivia) and Dhankuta District (Nepal)?
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?
What drives the position of sexually transmitted infections on global policy agendas?
To what extent do information and communicaton technologies contribute to sustainable macroeconomic development? What is the influence of foreign investment?
What are the challenges faced by medical and food companies, by humanitarian IOs and NGOs that deliver food and medicine to heavily sanctioned countries?
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 ?
What are the causes and the consequences of labour provisions in preferential trade agreements?
How can raising awareness, better prevention and treatment help individuals suffering from Noma, the “neglected disease”?
How can we provide new methods of European Consensus elaboration in order to answer complex and controversial moral and political questions surrounding human rights law in Europe ?
What are the challenges of the gig economy in terms of social dialogue and workers’ protection?
What is the role of large-scale extractive investments in the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals and their contradictory dynamics?
Which political and economic drivers can explain country differences in climate ambition between NDCs and recovery packages, and how correlated they are?
To what extent does the fit between personal values and the organizational values of an IO foster the working motivation of its employees and volunteers?
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?