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€8.33m grant exploring how land, livelihoods and ecosystems can be reshaped to sustain both people and the planet

Jun Borras, Esteve Corbera, Ian Scoones and Anna Tsing win ERC Synergy Grant for their LAND project

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The Impact of Conflict: Recognizing the dangers and searching for solutions

International publications by ISS researchers

Latest publications by ISS staff and PhD researchers

Interview with Prof. Dr. Wendy Harcourt, the winner of the FAME Athena Award 2025
The winner of the 2025 FAME Athena Award is Prof. Dr. Wendy Harcourt. She talks about winning the prize, her work, and the challenges women face.
- Tuesday 11 Nov 2025
- General
Dr Emma Lynn Dadap-Cantal successfully defends her PhD thesis
Reassessing the role of external influence on policy diffusion and social protection in the Philippines and Cambodia
- Monday 10 Nov 2025
- PhD defence
Professor Jun Borras and team win €8.33m grant with their research for a more sustainable planet
LAND connects Planet, Profit, Property and Partners to explore whether and how more just, sustainable landscapes can emerge.
- Thursday 6 Nov 2025
- Press release

PhD defence by Deo-Gracias Houndolo
In his PhD thesis Deo-Gracias Houndolo investigates how development interventions tackle poverty in Ghana and Benin
- Tuesday 18 Nov 2025, 13:00 - 14:30
- PhD defence
Returning Ethiopian refugees - expectations and experiences
Researchers present their work on the return of asylum seekers to their countries of origin in the Horn of Africa
- Tuesday 18 Nov 2025, 15:00 - 17:00
- Seminar
PhD defence by Salena Fay Tramel
In her PhD thesis Salena Tramel the intersection of land and water grabbing, extractivism and climate change mitigation with social movements
- Wednesday 19 Nov 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
- PhD defence