What are the complex relationships between Schistosomiasis, agricultural production, and migration in an African context?
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 factors that lead states and transnational actors to choose between formal intergovernmental organisations, informal intergovernmental organisations and transnational governance networks to structure their interactions and govern global problems?
How did attempts at sanitary control impact the emergence of borders between countries?
How can a capability based approach help explain the widening gap in development and what insights can be derived to combat poverty efficiently?
How can social network analysis help in understanding resilience to global environmental changes in the isolated mountain and Arctic island communities?
Which types of intertemporal cost distributions are likely to find majority support in industrialised emitter countries?
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?
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?
How can developing countries compensate for their limited power resources by deploying successful strategies in the context of climate change compensation negotiations?
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?
How can livelihoods of smallholder coffee farmers in Colombia and Bolivia be improved through the scaling-up to high-quality coffee products?
What should be the essential elements of evidence-based policy interventions aimed at curbing the circulation of military-style rifles and promoting regional security in Latin America?
What are the opportunities and limits of bilateral talks between Switzerland and Europe? Could a single framework agreement bring together the existing treaties?
What are the political gains from trade agreements and what is their economic value in turn?
How have public policies evolved to stabilize or destabilize the current meat production and consumption systems in China, the EU and the US?
What are the challenges of infertility in terms of public health concerns and social marginalisation in resource-poor settings in Nepal and India?
Which types of international environmental cooperation are likely to have long-term prospects in democracies and which will not?
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?
What is the relationship between teleworking and well being?
Can violent conflict caused by inequality motivate those in power to reduce income and asset disparities?
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)?
What are the barriers and opportunities for compost-based urban farming and gardening in Dschang, Cameroon and Lausanne, Switzerland?
What are the motivations and expectations of highly-qualified young people from developing countries for leaving their country and what are the alternatives?