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This paper examines the low levels of trade in the MENA region focusing on studies addressing the impact of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict

Thursday 2 April 2026, we hosted our annual award ceremony at HAL4 aan de Maas. The event was hosted by our dean, prof. dr. Esther Rozendaal.

Education and research institutions must pay millions more for open-access publications

50 years after the 1st International Women’s Tribunal, this event confronted gender inequality and envisioned new forms of solidarity and justice

Jun Borras looks at the relationship between the global food system and the historical and ongoing exploitation of migrant workers that facilitate it

Hao Zhang defended her thesis investigating how Chinese NGOs engage in policy advocacy to influence climate and environmental policymaking

ISS working paper 734

Professor Wendy Harcourt reflects on her teaching practices based on intersectionality, radical vulnerability, differential belonging and the ethics of care

Research by Utrecht University and ISS informed the Dutch decision to withdraw its reservation to the children’s right to social security.

In this longread, Professor Jun Borras gives an analysis of the recent ICARRD+20 global summit on land