Interviews
The Global ISS alumni network
‘Try to imagine the more than 11,000 students who have studied at ISS. People from so many nationalities, living all over the world, in all kind of jobs… That makes a fantastic network. A network you can contribute to and can benefit from. Many a... » read further
ISS - from strength to strength
ISS Rector, Louk de la Rive Box, is leaving ISS after five years ‘on the job’ at the end of April. He is being replaced by Professor Leo de Haan. DevISSues posed them both a series of questions on the future of development, on ISS’ role and the r... » read further
Environment and Development: the contributions of Hans Opschoor
This interview is to mark the valedictory lecture of Professor Opschoor. During our hour-long discussion, Hans provided an impressive overview of the past decade at ISS, of relevant issues for the environment and development debate since the 1970... » read further
A roundtable with Human Rights Defender Tulip Award winner Justine Masika Bihamba
Helen Hintjens (ISS staff): Were you surprised to be nominated for the Tulip Award?
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China’s economy and the global economic crisis: an interview with Zhu Ling by Andrew Fischer
AF. China recently reported an annual GDP growth rate of 6.8 per cent for 2008. Some commentators suggest that this means the economy did not grow at all in the last quarter of 2008, which could be quite dramatic given that the government has con... » read further
Portrait of an Iconoclast
Peter Waterman, a life-long activist and academic, taught at ISS from 1972-1998. Rosalba Icaza, a new ISS staff member, discusses Peter’s own background in activism and academic institutions. Having worked for years in teaching, researching and... » read further
Youth Transitions and Sustainable Development in Africa
Last year marked the five year anniversary of the Prince Claus Chair. The position was created to continue the work of the late Prince Claus (1926-2002) by supporting research and teaching in the field of development coordination. This year Prof... » read further
Knowledge Sharing with Hivos on Civil Society-Building Expanded
Four ISS students successfully completed their MA thesis in late 2006 as part of the civil society-building programme with Hivos, one of the larger Dutch private development aid agencies. One of the successful students wrote to us recently that... » read further
Slums, Informality, and Politics. An interview with Professor Asef Bayat
During the Lustrum Week celebrating the 55th Anniversary of ISS, a two-day conference is being held by the ISS journal Development & Change on the theme of ‘Cities of Extremes.’ Professor Asef Bayat, as an editor of this journal, specialises... » read further
ISS and its partners: greater than the sum of its parts
One of the strengths of ISS is the practical and academic knowledge reaped through its broad network of partner organisations and institutes. With those it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), ISS and the partner organisation have eac... » read further
Women, Gender, Development: teaching gender in the context of globalization
The Women, Gender, Development specialisation is in its 25th anniversary this year. Associate Professor Thanh-Dam Truong, who has been part of the WGD team since 1984, shares her views on the place of women and gender in the studies of developme... » read further
Education in the struggle for Palestine. An interview with Rema Hammami
Rema Hammami has been professor at the Institute for Women’s Studies at Birzeit University, Ramallah since its founding in 1994. The university has had to develop and adapt its curriculum rapidly under the circumstances of the Palestinian occup... » read further
Education for democratic citizenship
On March 9th Martha Nussbaum was awarded the degree of Doctor Honoris Causa at the ISS for her outstanding contribution to development studies. This award was given three months after the publishing of her latest work Frontiers of Justice, that... » read further
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