International Institute of Social Studies

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Three students in converstation in the Libraray

MA programme application is open!

We are now accepting applications for the MA programme in Development Studies for the 2024-2025 academic year.

MA in Development Studies

Mundus MA in Public Policy

ISS PhD programme in the field of global development and social justice

ISS Research

Congratulations Dr Kim Tung Dao

Kim Tung Dao successfully defended her PhD thesis on development, globalization and religion,

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

Exaggerating (or not) the effects of export promotion policies and programmes
Are the effects of export promotions policies and programmes exaggerated? And what is the effect of this? Read this article by Dr Binyam Demena
- Wednesday 14 Feb 2024
- Publication
Congratulations to Kim Tung Dao on her successful PhD defence
Successful PhD defence by Kim Tung Dao of her thesis on the interrelationships between development, globalization and religion
- Friday 9 Feb 2024
- PhD defence
Transactional sex: Learning from the Democratic Republic of Congo
Summary of a panel of academics and practitioners sharing learnings about transactinal sex in different countries and humanitarian contexts, with a focus on DRC
- Tuesday 6 Feb 2024
- General

Future students Meet and Greet in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
This Meet and Greet in Addis Ababa 07 March 2024 is especially for students considering doing their MA at ISS in The Hague
- Wednesday 6 Mar 2024, 18:00 - 20:00
- General
PhD defence by Blas Regnault
Blas Regnault will defend his thesis examining crude oil prices from 1960 to 2019, aiming to understand the trends and fluctuations of these prices
- Thursday 7 Mar 2024, 16:00 - 18:00
- PhD defence
Future students Meet and Greet in Berlin, Germany
This Meet and Greet in Berlin 07 March 2024 is especially for students considering doing their MA at ISS in The Hague
- Thursday 7 Mar 2024, 18:00 - 19:00
- General