Publications

Books

Eilstrup-Sangiovanni, Mette and Nina Hall 2024 Climate Activism, Digital Technologies and Organizational Change.  Elements Series, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Hall, Nina. 2022. Transnational Advocacy in the Digital Era, Think Global, Act Local, Oxford: Oxford University Press. **Winner ISA International Communication (ICOMM) Best Book Award (2023),  Shortlisted for the Susan Strange Best Book Prize (2023) & Honorable Mention APSA Information Technology & Politics Best Book Award (2023)

Hall, Nina (ed.). 2020 Beyond These Shores, Aotearoa in the World, Wellington: Bridget Williams Books. **Reviewed in: Journal of Pacific History (2023)

Hall, Nina. 2016. Displacement, Development and Climate Change: International Organizations Moving Beyond Their Mandates. Abingdon: Routledge.

Peer Reviewed Articles

Eilstrup-Sangiovanni, M., Hall, N., Vanhala, L. Setzer, J. Higham, I. and van Asselt, H. “Reorienting climate litigation in a time of backlash”. Nature Climate Change (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-025-02475-y

Hall, Nina. Forthcoming. “Following the Money and the Law: Why Legal Form and Funding Models Matter for NGOs”, Accepted at International Studies Review.

Hall, Nina, Nina Reiners et al. 2025. Challenges and Opportunities for Transnational Advocacy, Forum in International Studies Review 27:3 

Hall, Nina, Annett Heft, and Michael Vaughan. 2024. “Copycats: Do Right-Wing Groups Emulate Left-Wing Digital Advocacy Organizations?”. Journal of Information Technology and Politics.

Schmid, Lisa*, Alexander Reitzenstein* and Nina Hall. 2021. “Blessing or a Curse? The Effects of Earmarked Funding in UNICEF and UNDP”. Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations, 27 (3), pp. 433 – 459.*Co-authored with former Hertie School of Governance Masters students

Hall, Nina, Hans Schmitz, and Michael Dedmon. 2020. “Transnational Advocacy and NGOs in the Digital Era: What’s Changing and Why?”, International Studies Quarterly, 64 (1), March 2020, pp. 159 – 167.

Hall, Nina. 2019. “When do Refugees Matter? The Importance of Issue-Salience for Digital Advocacy Organizations”, Interest Groups & Advocacy, 8 (3), 333-355.

Hall, Nina. 2019. “Norm Contestation in the Digital Era, Campaigning for Refugees Rights”, International Affairs, 95 (3), May 2019, 575 – 595.

Hall, Nina and Ngaire Woods. 2018. “Theorizing the Role of Executive Heads in International Organizations”, European Journal of International Relations, Vol. 24 (4), pp.865 – 886.

Hall, Nina and Åsa Persson. 2018. “Global Adaptation Governance: Why isn’t it legally binding?”, European Journal of International Relations, Vol. 24(3), pp. 540–566.*Research Highlight in “Nature Climate Change”, 7, 2017, p.670.

Hall, Nina. 2018. ‘What is Adaptation to Climate Change? Epistemic Ambiguity in the Climate Finance System’, Special Issue on Climate Finance, Journal of International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics. 17(1), 2017. 37-53.

Hall, Nina. 2016. ‘A Catalyst for Cooperation: The Inter-Agency Standing Committee and the Humanitarian Response to Climate Change’, Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations. July – September 2016, 22 (3), 369 – 387.

Hall, Nina. 2015. ‘The Money or the Mandate? Why International Organizations Engage with the Climate Change Regime, Global Environmental Politics. 15 (2), April 2015, 79 – 97.

Hall, Nina. 2013. ‘Moving Beyond its Mandate? UNHCR and Climate Change Displacement, Journal of International Organization Studies. Spring 2013, 91 – 108.

Hall, Nina. 2009. ‘East Timorese Women Challenge Domestic Violence, Australian Journal of Political Science, 44 (2). June 2009, 309 – 325.

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