January
Coattails and spillover-effects: Quasi-experimental evidence from concurrent executive and legislative elections
Lukas Rudolph, Associated Researcher and a former Postdoctoral Researcher of the IPE&EP group and the Institute of Science, Technology and Policy, has recently published a paper along with a colleague on the effects of concurrency on electoral outcomes.
Ratification of multilateral environmental agreements: Civil society access to international institutions
Prof. Vally Koubi and Prof. Thomas Bernauer have recently published a paper on the ratification behaviour of states regarding global environmental goverance efforts. They shows that environmental treaties can be strategically designed to render international cooperation more likely. This paper builds on previous works by the two authors and was published in the Journal of Civil Society.
Airtight corn sacks help fight hunger during the COVID-19 pandemic
Optimised on-farm grain storage boosts food security in sub-Saharan Africa, as an ETH study in Kenya during the COVID-19 pandemic shows. Checkout the latest article written by Dr. Matthias Huss, Dr. Michael Brander and Prof. Thomas Bernauer on the ETH News.
Happy New Year!
As the holidays have officially ended, we would like to wish you a Happy New Year and hope that you have a fantastic 2021 ahead! Be sure to check out the video on our new Twitter account! Here are some of our reflections.