International Institute of Social Studies

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MA in Development Studies

Mundus MA in Public Policy

ISS PhD programme

ISS Research

PhD defence by Constance Dupuis - 2 October 2023

Navigating care, wellbeing and place in later life: Feminist pursuits in aging

Celebrate our 71st Dies Natalis with us

During this celebratory event, new ISS rector Ruard Ganzevoort will give his inaugural lecture

Foreign aid and its unintended consequences

Save the date for this upcoming book launch with ISS, Kuno and special guests

Sharing the outcomes of Prince Claus Chair project 'Connecting with care'
Summary of a visit to the University of Stellenbosch to share the outcome of Prince Claus Chair project on Connecting with Care
- Wednesday 27 Sep 2023
- General
Call for papers - Global land grabbing conference
Researchers, policy experts and activists are invited to submit abstracts for the international conference on Global Land Grabbing in Bogota on 19-21 March
- Monday 25 Sep 2023
- Call
Young researchers awarded grants for empirical research into land grabs
27 young researchers based in/from the Global South have been awarded a grant to undertake original empirical research on land grabs
- Monday 25 Sep 2023
- General

Undoing nation-state: Plurality, pluralization and plurinational propositions
In this Development Research Seminar, Catherine Walsh examines the centrality and colonial permanence of the Euromodern nation-state.
- Friday 29 Sep 2023, 16:00 - 17:00
- Seminar
ISS education fairs 2023/2024
Join ISS at our education fairs taking place both online and in-person!
- Monday 2 Oct 2023, 14:00 - Sunday 12 Nov 2023, 16:00
- General
PhD defence by Constance Liliane Patterson Dupuis
Constance Liliane Patterson Dupuis will defend her thesis on the complex intersection of aging, care, and environmental wellbeing in later life.
- Monday 2 Oct 2023, 16:00 - 18:00
- PhD defence