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Special issue: Legal Mobilization and Infrastructures of Protest Culture
The special issue will bring together critical reflections on protest and legal mobilization from interdisciplinary perspectives
- Thursday 17 Jul 2025
- Call
Cross-border wage labour on family farms in the Vietnam-China border region
Bao-Nguyet Dang investigates the emergence and transformation of wage labour within the family farm, focusing particularly on the Vietnam-China border area
- Thursday 17 Jul 2025
- Publication
The profound impact of failed land deals on global land grabbing
Based on a case study in Mozambique, this article argues that failed land deals have a profound impact on social relations in affected communities
- Wednesday 16 Jul 2025
- Publication

Humanitarian Studies: Adapting and reworking in new times and contexts
ISS is hosting this one-day conference which will look at how global political currents affect the work of humanitarian actors and researchers
- Friday 12 Sep 2025, 09:30 - 18:00
- Conference
Trauma-informed participatory research in Displacement Studies
The lecture will explore a trauma-informed approach which centres refugee agency, ensures safe and dignified participation, and promotes co-created knowledge
- Thursday 9 Oct 2025, 16:00 - 18:30
- Lecture