More than 140 Graduate Institute faculty, researchers and students are actively working on the SDGs and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. These activities span all 17 goals, and include research projects, publications, events, teaching, or are part of external initiatives and partnerships. Below you can explore our faculty, researchers and students working on the SDGs.

Faculty Researchers Students All
Alice Lunardon

Alice Lunardon

Master Student
International Development, Other
alice.lunardon@graduateinstitute.ch
SDGs:
1345789101112131617
Topics:
Overall Agenda 2030 & the SDGs | Monitoring & review processes | Social awareness & behaviour change | Regional--national & local policies | Engagement with business & non-state actors | Multilateral Governance | Financing the SDGs
External Initiatives:
The Sustainable City Promoter
Publications:
The Sustainable City Promoter
Esther May

Esther May

Research Assistant, Master Student
International Development
esther.may@graduateinstitute.ch
SDGs:
All SDGs
Topics:
Overall Agenda 2030 & the SDGs | Engagement with business & non-state actors | Multilateral Governance | Financing the SDGs | Monitoring & review processes
Events:
What Does the New Development Agenda Mean for Women and Girls? | Introducing the Graduate Institute’s SDG Portal
News:
SDG Portal – Enabling collaboration on the 2030 Agenda
Research:
Multinational corporations as partners for SDG implementation: evolution from ‘doing no harm’ to ‘doing good’ | Private Sector Contribution to SDG 16 Implementation & Peacebuilding in Fragile States
External Initiatives:
United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
John Meylan

John Meylan

PhD Student
Political Science / International Relations
john.meylan@graduateinstitute.ch
Topics:
Social awareness & behaviour change | Regional--national & local policies | Multilateral Governance
Research:
The BRICS-led New Development Bank
Tom Moerenhout

Tom Moerenhout

PhD Student
Political Science / International Relations, International Law
tom.moerenhout@graduateinstitute.ch
SDGs:
7811
News:
How Can Energy-Pricing Reforms Be Socially Sustainable?
Research:
Energy subsidy reform
Somabha (Sobhi) Mohanty

Somabha (Sobhi) Mohanty

PhD Student
Political Science / International Relations
somabha.mohanty@graduateinstitute.ch
SDGs:
1011
Research:
Democratizing urban local government
Nathalie Monnet

Nathalie Monnet

Research Assistant, PhD Student
International Economics
nathalie.monnet@graduateinstitute.ch
SDGs:
16
Topics:
Regional--national & local policies
Research:
The Economics of Conflict
Stephanie Perazzone

Stephanie Perazzone

PhD Student
Political Science / International Relations
stephanie.perazzone@graduateinstitute.ch http://graduateinstitute.ch/home/research/centresandprogrammes/ccdp/who-we-are/staff/stephanie-perazzone.html
SDGs:
16
Research:
‘Le Congo c’est foutu’ ? The Negotiated State in urban Democratic Republic of Congo
Mauricio Pinzon

Mauricio Pinzon

PhD Candidate
International Development, International Economics
mauricio.pinzon@graduateinstitute.ch
SDGs:
18
Research:
Three Essays on Financial Inclusion and Financial Development in Colombia
Dario Piselli

Dario Piselli

PhD Student
International Law, Political Science / International Relations
dario.piselli@graduateinstitute.ch https://graduateinstitute.ch/academic-departments/faculty/dario-piselli
SDGs:
All SDGs
Targets:
2.3, 3.b, 3.3, 7.a, 15.6, 17.13, 1.5, 8.3
Topics:
Overall Agenda 2030 & the SDGs | Multilateral Governance | Regional--national & local policies | Engagement with business & non-state actors | Financing the SDGs | Monitoring & review processes
Events:
The Private Sector and Sustainability: A New Way Forward? | Effectiveness of Partnerships for Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals | Are Global Partnerships Effective in Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals? | Book launch: Partnerships for Sustainability in Contemporary Global Governance
External Initiatives:
UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network – Youth
News:
Book Launch: ‘Narratives of Hunger in International Law’ | EU Biodiversity Law and its Health Impact | The global economic system and access and allocation in earth system governance | Are global partnerships effective in advancing the Sustainable Development Goals? | Leave the dead (trees) alone? Revisiting the ongoing controversy over the Białowieża forest | Planetary Boundaries and Regime Interaction in International Law | Partnerships for Sustainability in Contemporary Global Governance | The ecosystem approach and the barrier of state sovereignty in environmental treaties
Publications:
The Sustainable Development Goals and International Environmental Law: Normative Value and Challenges for Implementation | Review of Governing Through Goals: SDGs as Governance Innovation, edited by Norichika Kanie and Frank Biermann | UNFCCC Nationally Determined Contributions: Climate Change and Trade | Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-Sharing | ‘EU Biodiversity Law and Its Health Impacts’ in Stefania Negri (ed) Environmental Health in International and EU Law | The Role of Youth in Achieving the SDGs: Supporting Youth-led Innovation for Sustainable Food Systems | Gridlock, Innovation and Resilience in Global Health Governance | The role of youth in achieving the SDGs supporting youth-led solutions for sustainable food systems | Out of Gridlock…and Back? Global Health Governance in the Age of COVID-19
Research:
Operationalizing the Notion of Ecosystem Approach in International Law in the Age of Planetary Boundaries | How to Break the Gridlock in Global Health Governance | Effectiveness of Partnerships for Advancing the SDG: Behavioural Pathways and Impacts
Teaching:
European Union Law and Sustainable Development
External Initiatives:
Sustainable Development Solutions Network
Marissa Pledger

Marissa Pledger

Master Student
International Development
marissa.pledger@graduateinstitute.ch
SDGs:
35
External Initiatives:
Dr. Denis Mukwege Foundation