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Best student essays in 'An Exercise in Worldmaking' 2024/2025
Students of the 2024/2025 MA programme in Development Studies made a selection of their best ISS student essays, collecting them in An Exercise in Worldmaking
- Friday 19 Dec 2025
- General
Two ISS researchers receive NWO Open Competition SSH funding
Two ISS staff members, Dr Bilge Sahin and Dr Nanneke Winters, have received NWO Open Competition SSH grants.
- Thursday 18 Dec 2025
- General
Equal partnerships with the Global South are more urgent than ever
Interview with Dirk-Jan Koch and Annelies Zoomers on AIV report on 'The Netherlands, Europe and the Global South in a Changing World Order'.
- Wednesday 17 Dec 2025
- Interview

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