I am happy to supervise masters and doctoral dissertations on a fairly broad range of topics, theories, and methods. To give you a sense of the range, here are some snippets of dissertation titles I have supervised in the last few years:

Institutional architectures:

• “Emergent patterns in global governance complexes”
• “Codified decentralisation from Kyoto to Paris”
• “A network analysis of international arms control law”
• “The energy regime complex’s evolving architecture”
• “Evolution and novelty in a network of cybersecurity norms”
• “Global artificial intelligence governance”

Institutional effectiveness:

• “Assessing effectiveness of global environmental frameworks”
• “River basin treaty effectiveness”
• “Assessing disaster response institutions’ effectiveness”
• “Assessing carbon dioxide removal policy mixes”
• “Three pathways how international institutions influence national climate policy”

Policy innovation, design, and diffusion:

• “A multiple streams analysis of corporate tax policy innovation for renewable energy”
• “Evaluating EU’s ambitions and legislation towards a circular plastics economy”
• “A study on green finance pilot zones in China”
• “An exploratory analysis of SELCO and ONergy’s processes of scaling social impact”
• “Unravelling the disappointment of the GCF’s enhancing direct access pilot programme”
• “An analysis of the EU Climate Change Adaptation Policy”

Discourse and social movements:

• “Network formation among transnational black liberation movements“
• “Swiss discourse on agriculture’s multi-functionality”
• “Path dependency in transnational advocacy networks”
• “Cities’ climate change city-to-city network participation”

Issue area intersection:

• “ICT and climate change early warning systems”
• “Weaving indigenous knowledge systems in international biodiversity institutions”
• “Integrating human rights principles in environmental protected areas”
• “A qualitative comparative analysis of disputed EU environmental-trade measures”

Regional water/fisheries/forest/polar/space governance:

• “Water insecurity in the Arctic: Insights from the Nunavik Region”
• “Why marginalized groups in Nepal do not have equal WASH access”
• “Cooptation of Maori fishing claims into NZ’s Quota System”
• “Sustainable sources of MPA funding in the Mediterranean”
• “The PPCDAM and the challenge of reducing deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon”
• “Brokerage in an Atlantic rainforest landscape financial distribution network”
• “Stakeholder perspectives on the Arctic Council”

And more:

• “Government influence over interlocking Chinese boards“
• “UNEP’s role in designing environmental public-private partnerships”
• “Norway’s bilateral REDD+ partnership strategy”
• “Creating legibility in war: A case study of conflict in Syria”

Please contact me below if you are interested in discussing potential supervision of your project.