What are the effects of cross-border refugee flows and the possible spread of conflicts in host countries taking into account ethnical linkages?
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 involvement of corporations in symbolic reparations (SR) in Colombia, Germany and South Africa?
How can we mitigate the negative effects of unilateral trade policies so that they do not trigger negative feedback effects and undermine future climate action?
What are the patterns and impacts on the development of return skilled migration and how can the potential of scientific diasporas best be exploited for development?
How do transnational corporate social responsibility standards influence and shape labor conditions in the electronics manufacturing industry in China and Taiwan?
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?
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?
Can violent conflict caused by inequality motivate those in power to reduce income and asset disparities?
What are the strategies employed by the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) and other international funding agencies to enhance local capacity in the Andean region?
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?
What are the challenges of the gig economy in terms of social dialogue and workers’ protection?
What are the environmental, health and regulatory dimensions of pesticide use in agriculture in low- and middle-income countries?
What are the complex relationships between Schistosomiasis, agricultural production, and migration in an African context?
To what extent does violence against civilians by armed actors increase the risk of conflict escalation and civil war?
Which types of international environmental cooperation are likely to have long-term prospects in democracies and which will not?
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?
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?
How did attempts at sanitary control impact the emergence of borders between countries?
What are the political orders put in place by rebel movements and how do they influence the post-war state formation?
What are the biodiversity data needs of international organizations, governments, civil society and business?