Sanction and Sustainable Peace Hub

The Sanction and Sustainable Peace Hub highlights diverse strands of work on sanctions at the Geneva Graduate Institute, by researchers across the Institute’s departments, programs, centers, and platforms.

This unique hub displays how sanctions can be critically studied across the full variety of academic disciplines, so as to increase awareness among multi-stakeholder communities of the historical, sociological, economic and legal complexities associated with the design and implementation of sanctions across a wide range of country and issue domains. The hub is co-managed by Prof. Gregoire Mallard and Dr. Erica Moret.

PEOPLE

Grégoire MALLARD

Director of Research

Managing Researcher of Sanction and Sustainable Peace Hub

PROFESSOR, ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY

Faculty Associate for Global Governance Center, Centre for Finance and Development, ALBERT HIRSCHMAN CENTRE ON DEMOCRACY and Gender Center

Erica Moret NEW PP

Erica MORET

Managing Researcher of Sanction and Sustainable Peace Hub

Senior Researcher: Global Governance Centre

Coordinator, Geneva International Sanctions Network (GISN)

Visiting Lecturer: Department of International Relations/ Political Science

Picture of Professor Thomas Biersteker

Thomas BIERSTEKER

HONORARY PROFESSOR, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS/POLITICAL SCIENCE

Honorary Chair Curt Gasteyger

Gilles Carbonnier

Gilles CARBONNIER

PROFESSOR, INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS

FACULTY ASSOCIATE, CENTRE ON CONFLICT, DEVELOPMENT AND PEACEBUILDING, CENTRE FOR FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT, and Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy

Academic Advisor, Executive Certificate in Nature-Positive Economy

Zachary DOUGLAS

Zachary DOUGLAS

PROFESSOR, INTERNATIONAL LAW

Paola GAETA

PROFESSOR, INTERNATIONAL LAW

Giacomo Luciani

Giacomo LUCIANI

ADJUNCT PROFESSOR, INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAMMES

Mahmoud Mohamedou

Mohamed Mahmoud MOHAMEDOU

Former Deputy Director, Graduate Institute

Former Professor, International History and Politics

Former Director of Executive Education

Former FACULTY ASSOCIATE, CCDP & AHCD and Former Head of the Conflict, Peace and Security specialisation of the Interdisciplinary Programme

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Aurel Niederberger

Aurel NIEDERBERGER

Postdoctoral researcher

Ugo PANIZZA

Professor, International Economics Pictet Chair in Finance and Development

Director, International Centre for Monetary and Banking Studies

Deputy Director, Centre for Finance and Development

Head, International Economics Department

Faculty Associate, Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy

Joost PAUWELYN

PROFESSOR, INTERNATIONAL LAW

Co-Director of the Centre for Trade and Economic Integration

Farzan SABET

Senior Research Associate

Jin SUN

PhD Researcher in Anthropology and Sociology

Cédric TILLE

PROFESSOR, INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS

Head, Bilateral Assistance and Capacity Building for Central Banks (BCC) Programme

Faculty Associate, Centre for Finance and Development

Beatrice Weder di Mauro

Beatrice WEDER DI MAURO

PROFESSOR, INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS

FACULTY ASSOCIATE, CENTRE FOR FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT

Co-director, HOFFMANN CENTRE FOR GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY

André Hoffmann Chair of Global Economics, Climate and Nature Finance

Grégoire MALLARD

Director of Research

Managing Researcher of Sanction and Sustainable Peace Hub

PROFESSOR, ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY

Faculty Associate for Global Governance Center, Centre for Finance and Development, ALBERT HIRSCHMAN CENTRE ON DEMOCRACY and Gender Center

Erica Moret NEW PP

Erica MORET

Managing Researcher of Sanction and Sustainable Peace Hub

Senior Researcher: Global Governance Centre

Coordinator, Geneva International Sanctions Network (GISN)

Visiting Lecturer: Department of International Relations/ Political Science

Picture of Professor Thomas Biersteker

Thomas BIERSTEKER

HONORARY PROFESSOR, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS/POLITICAL SCIENCE

Honorary Chair Curt Gasteyger

Gilles Carbonnier

Gilles CARBONNIER

PROFESSOR, INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS

FACULTY ASSOCIATE, CENTRE ON CONFLICT, DEVELOPMENT AND PEACEBUILDING, CENTRE FOR FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT, and Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy

Academic Advisor, Executive Certificate in Nature-Positive Economy

Zachary DOUGLAS

Zachary DOUGLAS

PROFESSOR, INTERNATIONAL LAW

Paola GAETA

PROFESSOR, INTERNATIONAL LAW

Giacomo Luciani

Giacomo LUCIANI

ADJUNCT PROFESSOR, INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAMMES

Mahmoud Mohamedou

Mohamed Mahmoud MOHAMEDOU

Former Deputy Director, Graduate Institute

Former Professor, International History and Politics

Former Director of Executive Education

Former FACULTY ASSOCIATE, CCDP & AHCD and Former Head of the Conflict, Peace and Security specialisation of the Interdisciplinary Programme

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Aurel Niederberger

Aurel NIEDERBERGER

Postdoctoral researcher

Ugo PANIZZA

Professor, International Economics Pictet Chair in Finance and Development

Director, International Centre for Monetary and Banking Studies

Deputy Director, Centre for Finance and Development

Head, International Economics Department

Faculty Associate, Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy

Joost PAUWELYN

PROFESSOR, INTERNATIONAL LAW

Co-Director of the Centre for Trade and Economic Integration

Farzan SABET

Senior Research Associate

Jin SUN

PhD Researcher in Anthropology and Sociology

Cédric TILLE

PROFESSOR, INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS

Head, Bilateral Assistance and Capacity Building for Central Banks (BCC) Programme

Faculty Associate, Centre for Finance and Development

Beatrice Weder di Mauro

Beatrice WEDER DI MAURO

PROFESSOR, INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS

FACULTY ASSOCIATE, CENTRE FOR FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT

Co-director, HOFFMANN CENTRE FOR GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY

André Hoffmann Chair of Global Economics, Climate and Nature Finance

GRADUATE INSTITUTE'S RESEARCH PROJECTS

Research project

When Money Can’t Buy Food and Medicine: Banking Challenges in the International Trade of Vital Goods and their Humanitarian Impact in Sanctioned Jurisdictions

Grégoire MALLARD

Bombs, Banks and Sanctions

Professor Mallard will lead a new project on Bombs, Banks and Sanctions, which will investigate...

Research project

Compliance Dialogue on Syria-Related Humanitarian Payments

Research project

Brexit, European Security & International Governance

Research project

Targeted Sanctions Initiative

Thomas BIERSTEKER

Research project

When Money Can’t Buy Food and Medicine: Banking Challenges in the International Trade of Vital Goods and their Humanitarian Impact in Sanctioned Jurisdictions

Grégoire MALLARD

Bombs, Banks and Sanctions

Professor Mallard will lead a new project on Bombs, Banks and Sanctions, which will investigate...

Research project

Compliance Dialogue on Syria-Related Humanitarian Payments

Research project

Brexit, European Security & International Governance

Research project

Targeted Sanctions Initiative

Thomas BIERSTEKER

OTHER PROJECTS

UN Sanctions and Mediation: Establishing Evidence to Inform Practice

PUBLICATIONS

Anthropology and Sociology

The United States in the world today how sociologists think about it and why it matters

Grégoire MALLARD, Shirin BAROL [...]

Anthropology and Sociology

Viral governance how unilateral U.S. sanctions changed the rules of financial capitalism

Grégoire MALLARD, Jin SUN [...]

Anthropology and Sociology

Targeting bad apples or the whole barrel ? The legal entanglements between targeted and compreh...

Grégoire MALLARD, Aurel NIEDERBERGER [...]

Sanctions and the costs of Russia’s war in Ukraine

Erica MORET

Life and Death NGO access to financial services in Afghanistan

Erica MORET

Sanctions and their Impact on Children

Erica MORET, Camila Teixeira [...]

The hidden toll of sanctions why Washington must reckon with the devastating inflation its poli...

Erica MORET, Esfandyar BATMANGHELIDJ [...]

International Economics

The odious Haitian independence debt

Ugo PANIZZA, Kim OOSTERLINCK [...]

05 November 2021

Sanctions Relaxation and Conflict Resolution: Lessons from Past Sanctions Regimes

A new publication outlines how sanctions end and how sanctions relaxation can be used to pursue...

Sanctions on Afghanistan: why less is more

Erica MORET, Karl BLANCHET [...]

27 September 2021

New publications on the Bombs, Banks and Sanctions project

Four new publications linked with the Bombs, Banks and Sanctions project have been published in...

20 September 2021

Enhancing Due Process in UN Security Council Targeted Sanctions Regimes

This new report was launched on 14 September and is part of the Targeted Sanctions Initiative.

Anthropology and Sociology

Le souci des populations sous sanctions : Un défi pour la gouvernance de la santé mondiale à l'...

Grégoire MALLARD, Jin SUN [...]

13 September 2021

Time to act: Harmonizing global initiatives at the sanctions-counterterrorism-humanitarian nexus

In her article, Erica Moret diagnoses a crisis point regarding the global use of international...

International Relations/Political Science

The potential of Europe's sharp and soft power

Thomas J BIERSTEKER

Improving the Effectiveness of the EU Cyber Sanctions Regime

Interview with Professor Biersteker on a coedited paper addressing key issues – attribution...

02 November 2020

The Unexplored Nexus between Money-Laundering and Humanitarian Needs

What can our governments do to address the crisis in Venezuela? Stop banks from money...

Invisible Sanctions how over-compliance limits humanitarian work on Syria : challenges of Fund ...

Joseph DAHER

The EU's chemical weapons sanctions regime upholding a taboo under attack

Erica MORET, Clara PORTELA [...]

International Economics

The Hausmann–Gorky Effect

Ugo PANIZZA, Mitu GULATI [...]

26 February 2020

Alternative Solutions to the Odious Debt Problem

If a dictator borrows money, future generations are required to service this debts and...

Galactic collision cyber sanctions and real-world consequences

Erica MORET, Francesco GIUMELLI [...]

Space exploration mapping the EU's cyber sanctions regime

Erica MORET, Francesco GIUMELLI [...]

Navigating the stars ten questions to make cyber sanctions more effective

Erica MORET, Francesco GIUMELLI [...]

International Relations/Political Science

SanctionsApp as expertise (and exlusionary ignorance) in a global policy setting

Thomas J BIERSTEKER

International Relations/Political Science

Negotiated settlement through sanctions relief options for the Korean Peninsula

Thomas J BIERSTEKER, David LANZ [...]

Anthropology and Sociology

Governing proliferation finance multilateralism, transgovernmentalism, and hegemony in the case...

Grégoire MALLARD

UN Sanctions and Mediation: Establishing Evidence to Inform Practice

The final report has been published and is available to download.

Anthropology and Sociology

Antagonistic recursivities and successive cover‐ups the case of private nuclear proliferation

Grégoire MALLARD

Sanctions after Brexit

Erica MORET, Fabrice POTHIER [...]

International Economics

Maduro Bonds

Ugo PANIZZA, Mitu GULATI [...]

Sanctions on Russia: what economic impact for the US?

A new report published by the Graduate Institute’s Programme for the Study of International...

International Relations/Political Science

The new deterrent? international sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis: impacts, cos...

Erica MORET, Dawid BASTIAT-JAROSZ [...]

07 January 2016

Evaluating the Effectiveness of United Nations Sanctions

Professor Biersteker’s new book deals with the effectiveness of United Nations action.

International Economics

Humanitarian economics war, disaster and the global aid market

Gilles CARBONNIER

International Relations/Political Science

How and when do sanctions work ? the evidence

Thomas J BIERSTEKER, Peter A. G van BERGEIJK [...]

Anthropology and Sociology

The Middle East at a crossroads how to face the perils of nuclear development in a volatile reg...

Grégoire MALLARD, Paolo FORADORI [...]

International Relations/Political Science

Exploring the relationships between UN sanctions and mediation

Thomas J BIERSTEKER, Rebecca BRUBAKER [...]

Anthropology and Sociology

The United States in the world today how sociologists think about it and why it matters

Grégoire MALLARD, Shirin BAROL [...]

Anthropology and Sociology

Viral governance how unilateral U.S. sanctions changed the rules of financial capitalism

Grégoire MALLARD, Jin SUN [...]

Anthropology and Sociology

Targeting bad apples or the whole barrel ? The legal entanglements between targeted and compreh...

Grégoire MALLARD, Aurel NIEDERBERGER [...]

Sanctions and the costs of Russia’s war in Ukraine

Erica MORET

Life and Death NGO access to financial services in Afghanistan

Erica MORET

Sanctions and their Impact on Children

Erica MORET, Camila Teixeira [...]

The hidden toll of sanctions why Washington must reckon with the devastating inflation its poli...

Erica MORET, Esfandyar BATMANGHELIDJ [...]

International Economics

The odious Haitian independence debt

Ugo PANIZZA, Kim OOSTERLINCK [...]

05 November 2021

Sanctions Relaxation and Conflict Resolution: Lessons from Past Sanctions Regimes

A new publication outlines how sanctions end and how sanctions relaxation can be used to pursue...

Sanctions on Afghanistan: why less is more

Erica MORET, Karl BLANCHET [...]

27 September 2021

New publications on the Bombs, Banks and Sanctions project

Four new publications linked with the Bombs, Banks and Sanctions project have been published in...

20 September 2021

Enhancing Due Process in UN Security Council Targeted Sanctions Regimes

This new report was launched on 14 September and is part of the Targeted Sanctions Initiative.

Anthropology and Sociology

Le souci des populations sous sanctions : Un défi pour la gouvernance de la santé mondiale à l'...

Grégoire MALLARD, Jin SUN [...]

13 September 2021

Time to act: Harmonizing global initiatives at the sanctions-counterterrorism-humanitarian nexus

In her article, Erica Moret diagnoses a crisis point regarding the global use of international...

International Relations/Political Science

The potential of Europe's sharp and soft power

Thomas J BIERSTEKER

Improving the Effectiveness of the EU Cyber Sanctions Regime

Interview with Professor Biersteker on a coedited paper addressing key issues – attribution...

02 November 2020

The Unexplored Nexus between Money-Laundering and Humanitarian Needs

What can our governments do to address the crisis in Venezuela? Stop banks from money...

Invisible Sanctions how over-compliance limits humanitarian work on Syria : challenges of Fund ...

Joseph DAHER

The EU's chemical weapons sanctions regime upholding a taboo under attack

Erica MORET, Clara PORTELA [...]

International Economics

The Hausmann–Gorky Effect

Ugo PANIZZA, Mitu GULATI [...]

26 February 2020

Alternative Solutions to the Odious Debt Problem

If a dictator borrows money, future generations are required to service this debts and...

Galactic collision cyber sanctions and real-world consequences

Erica MORET, Francesco GIUMELLI [...]

Space exploration mapping the EU's cyber sanctions regime

Erica MORET, Francesco GIUMELLI [...]

Navigating the stars ten questions to make cyber sanctions more effective

Erica MORET, Francesco GIUMELLI [...]

International Relations/Political Science

SanctionsApp as expertise (and exlusionary ignorance) in a global policy setting

Thomas J BIERSTEKER

International Relations/Political Science

Negotiated settlement through sanctions relief options for the Korean Peninsula

Thomas J BIERSTEKER, David LANZ [...]

Anthropology and Sociology

Governing proliferation finance multilateralism, transgovernmentalism, and hegemony in the case...

Grégoire MALLARD

UN Sanctions and Mediation: Establishing Evidence to Inform Practice

The final report has been published and is available to download.

Anthropology and Sociology

Antagonistic recursivities and successive cover‐ups the case of private nuclear proliferation

Grégoire MALLARD

Sanctions after Brexit

Erica MORET, Fabrice POTHIER [...]

International Economics

Maduro Bonds

Ugo PANIZZA, Mitu GULATI [...]

Sanctions on Russia: what economic impact for the US?

A new report published by the Graduate Institute’s Programme for the Study of International...

International Relations/Political Science

The new deterrent? international sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis: impacts, cos...

Erica MORET, Dawid BASTIAT-JAROSZ [...]

07 January 2016

Evaluating the Effectiveness of United Nations Sanctions

Professor Biersteker’s new book deals with the effectiveness of United Nations action.

International Economics

Humanitarian economics war, disaster and the global aid market

Gilles CARBONNIER

International Relations/Political Science

How and when do sanctions work ? the evidence

Thomas J BIERSTEKER, Peter A. G van BERGEIJK [...]

Anthropology and Sociology

The Middle East at a crossroads how to face the perils of nuclear development in a volatile reg...

Grégoire MALLARD, Paolo FORADORI [...]

International Relations/Political Science

Exploring the relationships between UN sanctions and mediation

Thomas J BIERSTEKER, Rebecca BRUBAKER [...]

OTHER PUBLICATION

IN THE NEWS

30 October 2024

New Article Reviews Sanction Scholarship from Different Disciplinary Perspectives

New open-access article by Grégoire Mallard and Jin Sun, has been published in the Annual...

Grégoire Mallard and Jin Sun’s Article on Viral Governance Receives Two Honors

This year, the American Sociological Association honored Grégoire Mallard and Jin Sun’s recent...

Defending Democracy in the European Union: A Socio-Legal Approach to the European Institutions

A new SNSF project has been awarded to Professor Gregoire Mallard.

Sanctions against Russia - Professor Grégoire Mallard in the News

Professor Mallard is one of the Institute’s leading specialists on international sanctions.

11 February 2022

New Report: UN Individual Sanctions Listing and Delisting Patterns and Their Interaction with Autonomous Measures: Considerations for Mediators

New report by Dr. Aurel Niederberger and Prof. Thomas Biersteker published by the UN University...

28 January 2022

Can the United Nations' Appeal to support humanitarian aid to Afghanistan succeed?

A new report by Erica Moret, commissioned by the Norwegian Refugee Council, came out on 27...

01 October 2021

Sanctions on Afghanistan: Why less is more

‘There should be no excuse for a repeat of the errors from previous embargoes.’

27 January 2021

Grégoire Mallard, Farzan Sabet & Jin Sun win the 2020 International Geneva Award

The prestigious award recognizes their journal article, “The Humanitarian Gap in the Global...

02 November 2020

The Unexplored Nexus between Money-Laundering and Humanitarian Needs

What can our governments do to address the crisis in Venezuela? Stop banks from money...

The Global Sanctions Regime: a governance failure and how to remedy it

Interview with Grégoire Mallard on a coauthored article that identifies the source of problems...

Improving the Effectiveness of the EU Cyber Sanctions Regime

Interview with Professor Biersteker on a coedited paper addressing key issues – attribution...

30 October 2024

New Article Reviews Sanction Scholarship from Different Disciplinary Perspectives

New open-access article by Grégoire Mallard and Jin Sun, has been published in the Annual...

Grégoire Mallard and Jin Sun’s Article on Viral Governance Receives Two Honors

This year, the American Sociological Association honored Grégoire Mallard and Jin Sun’s recent...

Defending Democracy in the European Union: A Socio-Legal Approach to the European Institutions

A new SNSF project has been awarded to Professor Gregoire Mallard.

Sanctions against Russia - Professor Grégoire Mallard in the News

Professor Mallard is one of the Institute’s leading specialists on international sanctions.

11 February 2022

New Report: UN Individual Sanctions Listing and Delisting Patterns and Their Interaction with Autonomous Measures: Considerations for Mediators

New report by Dr. Aurel Niederberger and Prof. Thomas Biersteker published by the UN University...

28 January 2022

Can the United Nations' Appeal to support humanitarian aid to Afghanistan succeed?

A new report by Erica Moret, commissioned by the Norwegian Refugee Council, came out on 27...

01 October 2021

Sanctions on Afghanistan: Why less is more

‘There should be no excuse for a repeat of the errors from previous embargoes.’

27 January 2021

Grégoire Mallard, Farzan Sabet & Jin Sun win the 2020 International Geneva Award

The prestigious award recognizes their journal article, “The Humanitarian Gap in the Global...

02 November 2020

The Unexplored Nexus between Money-Laundering and Humanitarian Needs

What can our governments do to address the crisis in Venezuela? Stop banks from money...

The Global Sanctions Regime: a governance failure and how to remedy it

Interview with Grégoire Mallard on a coauthored article that identifies the source of problems...

Improving the Effectiveness of the EU Cyber Sanctions Regime

Interview with Professor Biersteker on a coedited paper addressing key issues – attribution...

OTHER NEWS

PHD THESES

Master Theses

COURSES

EVENTS

The 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal Resurrected

The Iran Nuclear File: Reflections on Twenty Years of Negotiation

Barry Eichengreen

Economic Power: Arsenal of Democracy or Feeble Weapon?

Barry Eichengreen

Nicholas Mulder

The Economic Weapon in Global Governance: Historicizing Entanglements between Sanctions and Financial Globalization

Nicholas Mulder, Assistant Professor of History and Milstein Faculty Fellow at Cornell University

Town Hall: War in Ukraine

The town hall was organised to provide context to the unfolding events in Ukraine.

ggc unsc

The UNSC within changing information/governance networks

North Korea-Iran nuclear negotiations: what you really need to know (Part 1)

In a recent webinar, professors Grégoire Mallard and Stephanie Hofmann discussed the nuclear...

The 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal Resurrected

The Iran Nuclear File: Reflections on Twenty Years of Negotiation

Barry Eichengreen

Economic Power: Arsenal of Democracy or Feeble Weapon?

Barry Eichengreen

Nicholas Mulder

The Economic Weapon in Global Governance: Historicizing Entanglements between Sanctions and Financial Globalization

Nicholas Mulder, Assistant Professor of History and Milstein Faculty Fellow at Cornell University

Town Hall: War in Ukraine

The town hall was organised to provide context to the unfolding events in Ukraine.

ggc unsc

The UNSC within changing information/governance networks

North Korea-Iran nuclear negotiations: what you really need to know (Part 1)

In a recent webinar, professors Grégoire Mallard and Stephanie Hofmann discussed the nuclear...

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The creation of this Hub has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant agreement No.716216 - PROSANCT).