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ISS Master Open Day!

Join us on 1 June 2024 for ISS Master Open Day, visit the ISS building and explore study opportunities in Development Studies.

MA in Development Studies

Mundus MA in Public Policy

ISS PhD programme

ISS Research

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Meet ISS in your country

Ask all your questions about ISS during one of our many Meet and Greets around the world

Gaza/Israel file

ISS researchers are writing analyses and opinion pieces on the on-going Gaza/Israel crisis

Congratulations to Dr Libby Leher on her successful PhD defence
Libby Leher successfully defended her thesis on the political-development nexus of economic peace in the Middle East: Paris protocol to the Oslo accords
- Monday 29 Apr 2024
- PhD defence
Innovating Indonesia’s tech industry
ISS Alumni Spotlight: Amartya Gautam
- Thursday 25 Apr 2024
- General
How local scientists are shaping health equity
Dr Zemzem Shigute Shuka shares how Erasmus University's initiatives are spearheading impactful research and education to tackle global health disparities
- Wednesday 17 Apr 2024
- General

ISS Major webinar session 2024
Join these free webinars with information on the ISS MA programme including a Q&A with current students and staff. Register to one or more webinars.
- Friday 5 Apr 2024, 13:39 - Thursday 23 May 2024, 13:39
- Webinar
Future students Meet and Greet in Quito, Ecuador
This Meet and Greet in Quito 11 May 2024 is especially for students considering doing their MA at ISS in The Hague
- Saturday 11 May 2024, 14:00 - 15:00
- General
'October 7, 2023: Terrorism or National Liberation Movement?'
Join us for a series of 4 webinars with academics and UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967
- Monday 13 May 2024, 16:00 - 17:00
- Webinar