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Alumnus Iñigo Salvador Crespo becomes Principal Magistrate for the Republic of Ecuador
Alumnae-i
03 March 2023

Alumnus Iñigo Salvador Crespo becomes Principal Magistrate for the Republic of Ecuador

Iñigo Salvador Crespo finishes his term as Ecuadorian State Attorney General.
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Norita Mdege is currently a Research Fellow at the Institute's Gender Centre. Her current research explores the representations of women politicians in Africa as a means to understand how such representations may impact their claims to political legitimacy. For International Women's Day, she 
faculty & experts
03 March 2023

Women in Political Leadership and the Glass Labyrinth

Norita Mdege is currently a Research Fellow at the Institute's Gender Centre.
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Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy
18 April 2024

Discover our research projects

The research developed at the Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy focuses on three thematic...
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faculty & experts
02 March 2023

Towards a Politically Textured International Women’s Day

Visiting Lecturer Asanda-Jonas Benya examines the political evolution of the Day.
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Part of a genealogical tree showing the Development of the Red Cross 1863–1888
DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
28 February 2023

The Japanese Red Cross Society: A Neglected History

The dominant narrative of the Red Cross Movement is based on the premise that humanitarianism...
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How Viable Is a Chinese Peace Plan for the War on Ukraine?
faculty & experts
27 February 2023

How Viable Is a Chinese Peace Plan for the War on Ukraine?

Here's a look at China’s 12-point peace plan from Visiting Professor, Fred Tanner.
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Institute Hosts 2023 Geneva Debate with Oxford Union and the British Embassy in Berne
Students & Campus
27 February 2023

Institute Hosts 2023 Geneva Debate with Oxford Union and the British Embassy in Berne

This Debate marks the first inter-university debate, the "invitational".
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Oksana Myshlovska, former Pierre du Bois Visiting Professor and current Lecturer and Researcher at the University of Bern, views the Russia-Ukraine war through the lens of identity, ideas of political community and conflicting narratives. 
faculty & experts
27 February 2023

The Russia-Ukraine War: Widening Polarisation and Escalatory Dynamics

What does the war look like when viewed from an identity perspective, asks Oksana Myshlovska.
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Bilateral meeting between NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and US Vice President Joe Biden
faculty & experts
27 February 2023

Transatlantic Relations and the Ukraine War

In a special issue of Cold War History, Professor Jussi Hanhimäki examines NATO.
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Global Governance Centre
23 February 2023

PhD Student Highlight: Leandro Gabriel Montes Ruiz

In this interview, PhD Student Leandro Gabriel Montes Ruiz chronicles how he came to study...