Norms, standards and conceptual foundations

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How and through which decision-making processes are norms and standards developed in inter- and transnational cooperation? What is the substance of norms and standards that different (groups of) actors and institutions can agree on, and to what extent are they ambitious enough to address global challenges? How can fundamental concepts and the implicit or explicit categories that our research engages with be defined and further developed (such as “Global South”, “development” and “cooperation”)?

Publications

What the European elections mean for development policy
Högl, Maximilian / Benedikt Erforth / Niels Keijzer (2019)
The Current Column of 4 June 2019

Does private aid follow the flag? An empirical analysis of humanitarian assistance
Fuchs, Andreas / Hannes Öhler (2019)
published on AidData (AidData Working Paper 78)

Knowledge diplomacy in climate politics: global policy-making through regional lens
Hernandez, Ariel (2018)
published on Matthias Middell (ed.), The Routledge handbook of transregional studies, London: Routledge

Development cooperation in a multilevel and multistakeholder setting: from planning towards enabling coordinated action?
Lundsgaarde, Erik / Niels Keijzer (2018)
published on The European Journal of Development Research 03 April 2018, 1-17

Developing countries turn to sustainability standards
Grimm, Sven / Thomas Fues / Archna Negi / Christoph Sommer / Jorge Perez Pineda (2018)
in: Voluntary Sustainability Standards, Trade and Sustainable Development: 3rd Flagship Report of the United Nations Forum on Sustainability Standards (UNFSS), 39-46

Non-State actors in Arctic Council governance
Wehrmann, Dorothea (2017)
in: Kathrin Keil / Sebastian Knecht (eds.), Governing arctic change: global perspectives, Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan, 187-206

The Polar Regions as “barometers” in the Anthropocene: towards a new significance of non-state actors in international cooperation?
Wehrmann, Dorothea (2016)
in: The Polar Journal 6 (2), 379-397

Chinese investments in Africa: corporate responsibility and sustainability norms
Grimm, Sven / Daouda Cissé (2015)
in: International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics 10 (3/4), 285–304

State-directed multi-national enterprises and transnational governance: Chinese investments in Africa, corporate responsibility and sustainability norms
Cissé, Daouda / Sven Grimm / Andreas Nölke (2014)
Stellenbosch: Centre for Chinese Studies (CCS Discussion Paper 1/2014)

Financial dependence and aid allocation by Swiss NGOs: a panel tobit analysis
Dreher, Axel / Peter Nunnenkamp / Hannes Öhler / Johannes Weisser (2012)
in: Economic Development and Cultural Change 60 (4), 829-867
 

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Cover: Briefing Paper 8/2019

Populism: consequences for global sustainable development
Marschall, Paul / Stephan Klingebiel (2019)
Briefing Paper 8/2019