What are the major factors shaping, preventing or enhancing human rights-based approaches in the world heritage system?
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?
Can violent conflict caused by inequality motivate those in power to reduce income and asset disparities?
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?
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?
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 concept of gridlock apply to the global health governance and account for its deficiencies? What is the potential for reform?
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?
How do women – led Track Two dialogues contribute to sustaining and reimagining peace in post-settlement contexts in Colombia, Kosovo, and the Philippines?
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 effectiveness and the impact of public-private partnerships for advancing the Sustainable Development Goals?
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 effects of cross-border migration in the southwestern Amazon on the transmission of two neglected tropical diseases (American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis and Bartonellosis)?
What are the impacts of LSLA on the local food system and how do they affect the decision-making processes of both men and women regarding household food security ?
How can we improve international arrangements for pathogen- and benefit-sharing to ensure health security for all?
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?
What are the strategies employed by the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) and other international funding agencies to enhance local capacity in the Andean region?
To what extent does violence against civilians by armed actors increase the risk of conflict escalation and civil war?
What role can product development partnerships play in order to improve access to medicines for neglected diseases?
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?
To what extent do institutional reforms and participation mechanism increase the external stakeholder input in formal and informal governance arrangements?
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 widespread is the increased susceptibility of insecticide-resistant Anopheles mosquitoes to Plasmodium infection and what are the risks associated with this phenomenon in relationship to the use of bed nets and insecticides? What policies should be adopted to reduce the risk of a major crisis in malaria control?
Why was no multilateral regulation against capital flight and international tax evasion implemented between 1945 and 1970?
How can raising awareness, better prevention and treatment help individuals suffering from Noma, the “neglected disease”?
How can a neurological look at the dynamics of emotions in general and fear in particular help finding better strategies in conflict prevention and / or resolution?