International Institute of Social Studies

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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

ISS Research

8 December - PhD defence by Yanbai Li

Essays on institutions, inequality and the resource curse

Congratulations to Dr Marina Cadaval Narezo

Her thesis on 'World'-travelling with professional indigenous women of Mexico: Collective weavings

Gaza/Israel file

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

Speaking objectively about Gaza
Experts plead for an open and honest discussion about Gaza
- Monday 4 Dec 2023
- In the media
Will the right-wing populist Geert Wilders be the next Dutch Prime Minister?
Thea Hilhorst looks at the potential outcomes following the Dutch general election last week
- Thursday 30 Nov 2023
- Blogpost
Two research grants for Dr Zeynep Kaşlı on migration and displacement
The projects will look at non-refoulement in Lebanon and Turkey and at processes of displacement and emplacement of highly skilled migrants
- Thursday 30 Nov 2023
- General

Rethinking Amazon sustainability from an ontological and epistemological justice perspective
In this seminar organized by the Political Ecology research group, Cristina Inoue will discuss alternative approaches to sustainability in the Amazon
- Tuesday 5 Dec 2023, 13:00 - 14:00
- Seminar
'When cheaters get confused: Inattention and tax evasion'
What is the effect of replacing personal tax deductions with non-refundable tax credits? Gonzalo Sanchez describes his research into such effects in Ecuador
- Thursday 7 Dec 2023, 12:00 - 13:00
- Lecture
Networking and conventionalizing diversities in Latvia and Costa Rica
In this Development Research Seminar Guntra Aistara will present her book 'Organic sovereignties: Stuggles over farming in a age of free trade'
- Thursday 7 Dec 2023, 16:15 - 17:15
- Performance