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MA in Development Studies

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ISS PhD programme

Successful PhD defence by Delphin Ntanyoma

What Makes People (Dis)Engage in Violence? An analysis in Eastern DRC

Prince Claus Chair inaugural lecture

Professor Khayaat Fakier will examine the issue of care in relation to equity and development

ISS Ukraine file

ISS researchers publish on the ongoing war in Ukraine

Reinterpreting Fairtrade certification
Dr Karin Astrid Siegmann engages with the puzzling reinterpretation of certification as a reward for workers’ commitment rather than for management's compliance
- Tuesday 17 May 2022
- Publication
'Developing countries and the liberal international order
PhD researcher Hao Zhang joins other researchers in this webinar which analyzes the main findings of a special issue of Politics and Governance
- Tuesday 17 May 2022
- Opinion
Environmental justice for all
In these two recorded discussions, Dr Daphina Misiedjan talks about environmental justice, how it is unequally accessible and how to remedy that.
- Tuesday 17 May 2022
- In the media

Prince Claus Chair inaugural lecture by Khayaat Fakier
Inaugural lecture by Prince Claus Chairholder Khayaat Fakier who puts care at the centre of equity and development debates. Register to attend this lecture.
- Tuesday 24 May 2022, 16:00 - 17:00
- Inaugural lecture
How disasters shape the dynamics of armed conflict
In this Humanitarian Governance webinar, Tobias Ide unravels the impact of disasters on armed conflict intensity.
- Wednesday 25 May 2022, 16:00 - 17:30
- Webinar
PhD defence by Willem van Eekelen
Willem van Eekelen will defend his thesis on socioeconomic development in the Global South.
- Wednesday 1 Jun 2022, 16:00 - 18:00
- PhD defence