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Territorial Disputes in International Law |
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Globalisation and Conflict: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa |
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Antagonistic Recursivities and Successive Cover-ups |
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Agrarian Transition and Contained Conflict in Cambodia and Vietnam |
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Truth, Silence and Violence in Emerging States |
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Thessaloniki and the Jews |
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A Political Economy Assessment of Energy Pricing Reform |
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Challenges in Financing National Preparedness for Outbreaks |
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Aquifer Overexploitation in the Orontes River Basin |
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Rui Esteves, Economic Historian
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Epidemia of Walls in an (Un)free Worldn |
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Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and Action
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RESEARCH HANDBOOKTerritorial Disputes in International LawDespite globalisation and the increasingly transnational character of human activities, territorial disputes remain a significant source of tensions in international relations and constitute a large share of inter-state cases brought before international tribunals and courts. This handbook, edited by Marcelo Kohen and Mamadou Hébié, analyses the concepts, technical rules, and norms applicable to territorial dispute. Interview > |
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PAPERMobilizing International Law in the Palestinian Struggle for JusticeThis introduction by CCDP Research Associate Alaa Tartir with George Bisharat, Jeff Handmaker and Ghada Karmi to a special issue of Global Jurist (July 2018) on “International Law and the State of Israel” states that while we cannot afford to neglect law in envisioning alternative futures in Israel/Palestine (including statehood), justice always remains a guide. Access ❯ |
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ARTICLEGlobalisation and Conflict: Evidence from Sub-Saharan AfricaWhile it is widely believed that conflict is rife in sub-Saharan Africa, the processes that come with globalisation actually play a beneficial role in reducing conflict. So argues Carolyn Chisadza, coauthor of this article in the Institute’s journal International Development Policy (October 2018). Interview ❯ |
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ARTICLEAntagonistic Recursivities and Successive Cover-ups: The Case of Private Nuclear ProliferationThe article by Grégoire Mallard (in The British Journal of Sociology, October 2018) shows how “antagonistic recursivities” worked in the case of the global fight against private nuclear proliferators after the 2003 revelations about the reach of the A. Q. Khan network. Access ❯ |
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PhD THESISHuman Rights and State-Owned EntitiesHow is the state ownership of companies regulated in international law? What are the main limitations and opportunities inherent in each system of regulation, as far as human rights are concerned? Mihaela Barnes sheds light on these understudied questions and makes suggestions that could be useful to legislators, regulators and academics. Interview ❯ |
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ARTICLEThe Politics of Overlapping Organizations: Hostage-Taking, Forum-Shopping and BrokeringThis paper by Stephanie Hofmann (in Journal of European Public Policy, August 2018) contributes to theory development about the politics of overlapping organisations. Taking the EU-NATO overlap as an example, it explains how organisational overlap can affect the execution of organisational mandates. Access ❯ |
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Democracy and Civil Society
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PhD THESISCongo: A State EcosystemThe “postcolonial African state” is still generally seen through the lens of state failure and fragility within IR. Stéphanie Perazzone presents alternative narratives, arguing that patterns of state formation in the Congo and elsewhere remain surprisingly strong precisely as “the state” continues to be institutionally weakened, conceptually ambiguous, and always contested. Interview ❯ |
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BOOK CHAPTERFarming for Freedom: The Shackled Palestinian Agricultural SectorCCDP Research Associate Alaa Tartir provides an overview of the Palestinian agricultural sector and discusses the impact of the Israeli occupation, focusing on the distortion and deterioration of Palestinian agriculture (in Crisis and Conflict in the Agriculture, ed. by R. Zurayk, E. Woertz and R. Bahn, CAB International, October 2018). Access ❯ |
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DOSSIERNicaragua: sandinismo 2.0?Ce dossier des Cahiers des Amériques latines, co-édité par et avec une introduction de Dennis Rodgers et Maya Collombon, décortique les dessous de la rhétorique de gauche du régime actuel et en explore les différentes sources d’opposition internes. Il dévoile ainsi la matrice d’un sandinisme version «2.0», c’est-à-dire un agenda économique foncièrement néolibéral. Accès ❯ |
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Development Policies and Practices
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BOOK CHAPTERAgrarian Transition, Adaptation and Contained Conflict in Cambodia and Vietnam since the NinetiesIn his contribution to Crisis and Conflict in the Agriculture (ed. by R. Zurayk, E. Woertz and R. Bahn, CAB International, October 2018), Christophe Gironde explores the evolution of crisis and protest in agricultural and rural communities. He concludes that Cambodia and Vietnam’s failure to experiment outright agrarian conflict reflects a shift in dialectic from crisis-conflict to transition-adaptation. Publisher ❯ |
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Conflict, Dispute Settlement and Peacebuilding
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EDITED BOOK and chaptersTruth, Silence and Violence in Emerging StatesIn the 20th century, political violence in emerging states gave rise to different kinds of silence within their societies. This book edited by Aidan Russell (Routledge, November 2018) explores the histories of these silences, how they were made, maintained, evaded, and transformed (with two chapters by A. Russell: “Introduction: Regimes of Silence” and “Euphemism, Censorship and the Vocabularies of Silence in Burundi”. Publisher ❯ |
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case studies and infographicsWomen’s Role in Peace, Constitution-Making, and Political Reform ProcessesIPTI has recently produced a map of inclusive peace processes ❯ Focussing on women’ role in peace processes, it has also published |
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Culture, Identity and Religion
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EDITED BOOK CHAPTERA City against Its Citizens? Thessaloniki and the JewsThrough the course of the Second World War, the Nazis and their collaborators murdered around 90% of the Jewish community living in Greece. Visiting Research Fellow Leon Saltiel analyses how Thessaloniki elites operated and reacted during the 1940s (in The Holocaust in Greece, Cambridge University Press, November 2018). Interview ❯ |
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ARTICLESex, Seduction, and Care for the Other in Touristic Cuba
By moving beyond reductive readings of sex tourism and sex work, Valerio Simoni, Research Fellow at ANSO and GMC, highlights how these intimate relationships inform Cuban men’s subjectivities, their seduction practices, and their hopes and possibilities to establish long-term relationships with their tourist partners (in Téoros: Journal of Tourism Research, May 2018). Access ❯ |
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EDITED BOOK CHAPTERDevelopment Institutions and Religious Networks in the Pamirian BorderlandsBy focusing on connections resulting from the concurrence of development institutions and religious networks, Till Mostowlansky, Ambizione Research Fellow at ANSO, provides insights into rarely considered processes of globalisation whose effects range from economics and international development to politics and religion (in Routledge Handbook of Asian borderlands, ed. by A. Horstmann, M. Saxer and A. Rippa, 2018) Access ❯ |
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Trade and Economic Integration
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PHD THESISSustainable Resource Valuation: A Political Economy Assessment of Energy Pricing Reform in the Context of Changing Social ContractsIn his IR/SP thesis supervised by Cédric Dupont and Joost Pauwelyn, Tom Moerenhout employs a mixed-method approach to investigate the political economy of energy-pricing reform (October 2018). Download PDF from the Institute’s repository ❯ |
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WORKING PAPER
Investing for a Rainy Day: Challenges in Financing National Preparedness for OutbreaksIn this Global Health Centre Working Paper (no. 18, October 2018) Suerie Moon and Ria Vaidya offer background context on broader trends in health financing, summarise existing publicly available data on national funding needs for preparedness and international commitments, and highlight key information gaps. Access ❯ |
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Environment and Natural Resource
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ARTICLEGroundwater Balance Politics: Aquifer Overexploitation in the Orontes River BasinThis article by Ronald Jaubert and others discusses the politics of groundwater overexploitation diagnoses in Syria, and specifically in the Orontes River Basin, prior to the 2011 uprising and subsequent conflict (in Water Alternatives, 2018). Access ❯ |
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PhD THESISThe Resource Curse and International LawThis PhD thesis by Lys Kulamadayil explores different ways in which international law matters to economic and human development and the distribution of power and wealth in resource-wealthy postcolonial countries. Interview ❯ |
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PORTRAITRui Esteves, Economic HistorianNewly arrived at the Institute, Rui Esteves specialises in monetary and financial history. His research provides perspective on the globalisation of finance, financial crises, sovereign debt, financial market architecture, the choice of exchange rate regimes and emigrant remittances, as well as rent-seeking and corruption in public office. Interview ❯ |
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PHD THESISEssays in Policy TransmissionIn his International Economics thesis supervised by Ugo Panizza and Cédric TIlle, Richard Varghese focuses on empirical questions related to the transmission of macroeconomic policies (October 2018). Download PDF from the Institute’s repository ❯ |
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RESEARCH DOSSIEREpidemia of Walls in an (Un)free WorldWhereas the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the end of the Cold War had been foreshadowing a peaceful and borderless world, the number of walls has been rising at a steady pace ever since. In the latest issue of Global Challenges, Graduate Institute scholars and researchers analyse this baffling paradox. More information ❯ Access ❯ |
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Hammer and Nails: The Promise and Pitfalls of Pursuing Global Collaboration for a Green Economy CIES Lunch Seminar with Benjamin Simmons, Founding Head of the Green Growth Knowledge Platform (GGKP), Geneva.
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Who Are the Clandestine Sex Workers? On Some of the Dilemmas Experienced by Brokers of Global Health in Mali Gender Seminar Series with Julie Castro, École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris. Registration ❯ |
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Global Imbalances from a Stock Perspective: The Asymmetry between Creditors and Debtors With Enrique Alberola, Chief Representative of the BIS Americas Office. More info ❯ |
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Drug Trafficking and International Trade International Economics Brown Bag Lunch with Mauricio Pinzon. Contact for enquiry ❯ |
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Frameworks for Understanding the Diffusion of Power in Global Governance Global Governance Colloquium with Stefano Guzzini, Dep. of Government at Uppsala University, Professor at IRIC/PUC Rio de Janeiro, Senior Researcher at Danish Institute for International Studies. Registration ❯ |
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Les racines coloniales de la politique musulmane de la France Conférence du Département d'histoire internationale et de la Chaire Yves Oltramare Religion et politique dans le monde contemporain avec Henry Laurens, professeur et titulaire de la chaire d’histoire contemporaine du monde arabe au Collège de France, et Jalila Sbai, chercheuse associée à la Chaire d’histoire contemporaine du monde arabe du Collège de France. Inscriptions ❯ |
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Crisis and Conflict in Agriculture CIES book launch event. More info ❯ |
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Négociations nucléaires avec l'Iran et la Corée du Nord: vers une hégémonie américaine? Lunch Briefing avec Grégoire Mallard, prof. adj. en anthropologie et sociologie. Inscriptions ❯
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Job Market Competition: Robots, Software, and Immigrants Vilfredo Pareto Research Seminar organised by the International Economics Department with Richard Freeman, Harvard University. Registration ❯ |
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More-Than-Global Health: Making Transnational Medicine in Maputo ANSO Seminar with Ramah Mackay. More info ❯ |
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Reconnecting People and Land: Country of Origin Labeling beyond Food Safety CIES Lunch seminar with Lara Fornabaio, Legal Intern, Centre for International Environment Law. Lunch is provided, so please register here ❯ |
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Women and Land Struggles in Nariño, Colombia: Seeking Justice in a Context of Legal Plurality, Multiple Discriminations and Armed Conflict Settlement Gender Seminar Series with Yira Lazala, Graduate Institute. More info ❯ |
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The Dollar Cycle, the Global Banking Network, and the International Synchronisation of Housing Prices International Economics Brown Bag Lunch with Alexander Raabe. Contact for enquiry ❯ |
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Populism: A Phoenix Rising from the Ashes! Live Issues Live
An Executive Education event moderated by Grégoire Mallard, with Cédric Dupont, Riccardo Bocco and Graziella Moraes Silva. Registration ❯
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Reaping What They Sow: Mobilising Farmers to Help the Planet and Themselves With Tony Rinaudo, Australian agronomist awarded the 2018 Right Livelihood Award. Registration ❯ |
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Vilfredo Pareto Research Seminar An event of the International Economics Department with Dirk Niepelt, Study Center Gerzensee / University of Bern. More info ❯ |
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La croissance: une menace collective Séminaire d'ANSO avec Gilbert Rist. Plus d’infos ❯ |
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«Seed Custodians» and the Cultural Politics of Alternative Seed Networks in Maharashtra (India) CIES Lunch Seminar with Saee Haldule, PhD Candidate, Research Group of the Cluster of Excellence, University of Heidelberg. Lunch is provided, so please register here ❯ |
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What’s the Point of the Rule of Law? Lecture series on "Dismantling the Rule of Law?" organized by the Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy. With Martin Krygier, Gordon Samuels Professor of Law and Social Theory, UNSW Sydney. Registration ❯ |
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Monday 3 December 10:00 - 17:30 |
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The Overlapping Crises of Democracy, Globalisation and Global Governance: What Does It Mean for Global Health? 10 Years of the Global Health Centre. Registration ❯ |
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Uncertainty as a Predictor of Economic Activity International Economics Brown Bag Lunch with Martina Hengge. Contact for enquiry ❯ |
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Measuring the Topology of Institutional Complexity Global Governance Colloquium with James Hollway, IR/PS Professor, and IL Professor Joost Pauwelyn as discussant. Contact for enquiry ❯ |
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Variation in Exposure to Rebel Governance and Preferences for Transitional Justice: Experimental Evidence from Iraq International Relations/Political Science Colloquium with Kristen Kao, University of Gothenburg. Contact for enquiry ❯ |
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Trump and Brexit: New Challenges for NATO and the EU? With Stephanie Hofmann, IR/PS Professor. Registration ❯ |
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Vilfredo Pareto Research Seminar An event of the International Economics Department with Anna Gumpert, LMU – University Munich. More info ❯ |
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Forces of Passion: Islam, Humanitarianism and Affect in Northern Pakistan ANSO Seminar with Till Mostowlansky. More info ❯ |
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Innovative Financing for Education and Development: Potential, Progress and Debates Panel discussion organized by NORRAG and the Centre for Finance and Development. Registration ❯ |
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at Seventy: Historical and Juridical Perspectives Organized by the Graduate Institute, Geneva Academy, SNSF and UN Human Rights Office. Registration ❯ With a lecture by Philippe Sands at 18:15; registration to lecture ❯ |
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How Not to Waste a Garbage Crisis: Civic Activism in Bangalore, India CIES Lunch seminar with Christine Lutringer, Senior Researcher and Executive Director, Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy. Lunch is provided, so please register here ❯ |
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Women's Medicine: Family Planning in Britain and France 1920-1980 With Caroline Rusterholz, Birkbeck College, University of London. Registration ❯ |
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Preferential Trade Agreements and Multinational Production International Economics Brown Bag Lunch with Davide Rigo. Contact for enquiry ❯ |
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Radicalisation and Insurgency in the Sahara-Sahel Region International Relations/Political Science Colloquium with Francesco Strazzari, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa. Contact for enquiry ❯ |
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Governing Global Health Financing Partnerships: Faultlines within and between Public and Private Sector Board Members Global Health Research Seminar with Moira Faul, Head of Research, Geneva Public-Private Partnership Research Center, University of Geneva. Bring your lunch! Registration ❯ |
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Vilfredo Pareto Research Seminar An event of the International Economics Department with Golvine de Rochambeau, Sciences Po Paris. More info ❯ |
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Cryptogenesis: Reflections on a Bitcoin Gold Rush in Tel Aviv
ANSO Seminar with Matan Shapiro. More info ❯ |
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The Role and Legitimacy of Market-Related Measures to “Combat IUU Fishing” CIES Lunch seminar with Eva Romée van der Marel, PhD candidate at the Jebsen Centre for the law of the Sea, CIES visiting fellow. Lunch is provided, so please register here ❯ |
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Regulatory Uncertainty and Bank Capital Buffers International Economics Brown Bag Lunch with Aakriti Mathur. Contact for enquiry ❯ |
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Tuesday 18 December 12:30 - 13:30 Petal 2, Room S4
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Vilfredo Pareto Research Seminar An event of the International Economics Department with Kalina Manova, University College London. More info ❯ |
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1 December 2018 |
SNSF Sinergia |
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16 January 2019 |
SNIS 2019 Call |
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31 January 2019 |
SNSF Scientific Image Competition |
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19 February 2019 |
New NORFACE programme “Democratic Governance in a Turbulent Age” |
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International Mediation NetworksThe Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation has awarded IPTI EUR 168,000 for continued research in 2019. More information ❯ |
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The Nelson Graburn Book Award for First Book in the Anthropology of Tourism has been awarded jointly to Valerio Simoni for Tourism and Informal Encounters in Cuba (Berghahn, 2016) and Naomi Leite for Unorthodox Kin. It will be given during the AAA (American Anthropological Association) Anthropology of Tourism Interest Group (ATIG) events and tourism-related panels at the AAA Annual Meeting in San Jose (15–18 November). |
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Beyond the North: The Diffusion of Private Sustainability Governance in ChinaBy Yixian Sun, International Relations/Political Science. Jury: Liliana Andonova and Thomas Hale (co-directors), James Hollway and Jörg Balsiger, Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Environment, University of Geneva. |
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Balance of Normative Power: Liberalism, Statism, and the Struggle for Legitimacy in Post-Soviet Eurasia, 1989–2018By Kazushige Kobayashi, International Relations/Political Science. Jury: Thomas Biersteker (director), Stephanie Hofmann and Theodore Hopf, Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore. |
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October 2018 - September 2019 |
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Coming from Lyon 2 / Laval, Hadrien Munier is hosted at ANSO and works with Yvan Droz on “Transitions ontologiques”. |
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9 October 2018 - 9 April 2019 |
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Coming from UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Eva Van der Marel is hosted at CIES and works with James Hollway on “A Framework for the Acceptability of Market-related Measures Against Undesirable Fishing”. |
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November 2018 - October 2019 |
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Sarah Van der Ven Voitchovsky is hosted at CFD and works with Ugo Panizza on “The Effect of the Healthcare System on Inclusive Growth: The Case of Sub-Saharan Africa”. |
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November - December 2018 |
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Coming from RWI – Leibniz-Institute for Economic Research, Philipp Grosskurth is hosted at CIES and works with Joëlle Noailly on “Multinational Corporations, Technology Transfer, and Environmental Regulation: Policies and Transmission Mechanisms in a Globalised World”. |
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