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Successful PhD defence by Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón

Congratulations to Fabio for his study researching patterns of conflict in Colombia and South Africa

Fabio Andres Diaz Pabon 2022

Inaugural lecture by Professor Andrew Fischer

Scaling up redistribution to deal with the global challenges of an inequal world

Andrew Fischer

PhD defence by Mahardhika Sjamsoeoed Sadjad

Dhika will defend her thesis looking at representations of refugees in Indonesia

Mahardhika Sjamsoe’oed Sadjad

Catching up with former students in Ethiopia and Tanzania
Two well-attended alumni meetings in Ethiopia and Tanzania providing an opportunity for alumni to catch up with each other and reconnect with ISS.
- Thursday 1 Dec 2022
- General
'No formalities please!' Broker practices in the municipal governance of Delhi
What is the role of informal intermediaries or brokers in facilitating citizen-state interaction in Delhi, India and how does the government of Delhi respond?
- Wednesday 30 Nov 2022
- Publication
Successful PhD defence by Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón
Fabio Pabon argued that 'different' forms of conflict can be understood and analysed as part of wider processes of collective action
- Monday 28 Nov 2022
- PhD defence

ISS Physical and Online Education Fair 2022
Want to do your MA in Development Studies at the International Institute of Social Studies? Join us at our education fairs for information about our programme
- Saturday 5 Nov 2022, 14:00 - Thursday 8 Dec 2022, 14:35
- Open day
PhD defence by Mahardhika Sjamsoeoed Sadjad
Mahardhika Sjamsoeoed Sadjad will defend her PhD thesis looking at representations of refugees in Indonesia
- Monday 5 Dec 2022, 10:00 - 12:00
- PhD defence
'May we barter for rice?': Creative precarity and the re-militarization of Indonesia borderlands in Borneo
In this Development Research Seminar Dave Lumenta investigates the militarization in Borneo’s borderlands
- Tuesday 6 Dec 2022, 16:30 - 17:30
- Performance