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Successful PhD defence by Emile Smidt

Taking a critical look at conservation policing in the Kruger National Park in South Africa

PhD defence by Dennis Penu

Regional Reorganisation, Communal Context and Conflicts in Ghana

Gender, democracy and ethics: A critical realist analysis
What makes critical realism so valuable in these times? Researchers will gather ideas to discuss this question during an upcoming conference.
- Saturday 6 Aug 2022
- General
'The UN is under attack in eastern Congo, but DRC elites are also to blame for the violence'
The UN mission has been criticized for failing to stop decades of fighting in DRC. Delphin Ntonyoma argues that the DRC government shares responsibility
- Monday 1 Aug 2022
- Opinion
What does International Day of Friendship mean at ISS?
Wonderful ISS friendships still cherished many years later. A celebration of the UN's International Day of Friendship.
- Saturday 30 Jul 2022
- General

Realist Complexity between Causal and Complex Systems Conference
Conference and public presentations on what Critical Realism (CR) can contribute to the literature on complexity.
- Monday 8 Aug 2022, 09:00 - Friday 12 Aug 2022, 17:00
- Conference
PhD defence by Dennis Penu
Dennis Penu will defend this PhD thesis looking at the social conflict outcomes of the 2018 regional reorganization in Ghana.
- Tuesday 16 Aug 2022, 16:00 - 17:30
- PhD defence
Inaugural lecture by Lorenzo Pellegrini
Imagining the end of fossil capitalism: Supply-side climate policies and the fight to leave fossil fuels under the soil
- Wednesday 14 Sep 2022, 16:00 - 18:00
- Inaugural lecture