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Celebrating ISS' 73rd Dies Natalis

With the inaugural lecture by Professor Dirk-Jan Koch on changes in Dutch development cooperation

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Congratulations to Dr Thandiwe Matthews on a successful PhD defence
Dr Thandiwe Matthews investigates how systemic inequalities manifest in contemporary South Africa
- Wednesday 24 Sep 2025
- PhD defence
Adapting and reworking humanitarian studies in new times and contexts
During their annual conference, The Hague Humanitarian Studies Centre invited 150 experts to discuss the global politics shifts around humanitarianism
- Tuesday 23 Sep 2025
- General
The politics of land: A new lens on global struggles
Ian Scoones spotlights The Oxford Handbook of Land Politics, co-edited by Professor Jun Borras (ISS) and Dr Jennifer C Franco (Transnational Institute)
- Tuesday 23 Sep 2025
- Blogpost

Gender Justice in International Criminal Law Conference
Join this two-day conference bringing together over 100 key actors in the field of Gender Justice
- Monday 29 Sep 2025, 09:00 - Tuesday 30 Sep 2025, 17:30
- Conference
PhD defence by Kim Chi Tran
Kim Chi Tran investigates how pastoralism, schooling and digital ICT development shapes the education and aspirations of Mongolian herders' children
- Thursday 2 Oct 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
- PhD defence
Micro wins, Macro failures: The governance-cohesion gap in Northern Mozambique's youth-led transformation
Adriano Nuvunga examines why projects may achieve all planned outputs and outcomes yet fail to deliver genuine social cohesion in dysfunctional system
- Thursday 2 Oct 2025, 16:15 - 17:30
- Seminar