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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

Education Fairs 2025

Meet ISS at one of these education fairs in Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi and Jakarta

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
'We try to study land politics to make them more just, fairer and kinder'
An interview with Erasmus Professor Jun Borras (ISS) on winning the prestigious European Research Council Synergy grant of €8.33m with his research team.
- Thursday 6 Nov 2025
- Interview
First CONGENIAL Hybrid Space on ‘Anti-Gender Rights Backlash’ creates a powerful transnational space for dialogue and solidarity
This ISS-hosted transnational conversation aimed at countering global anti-gender movements by looking at the contexts of Turkey, Pakistan and the Netherlands
- Wednesday 29 Oct 2025
- General

Discussion on challenges and opportunities of evaluation research
Co-organized with ISS, the International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice will welcome Professor Elliot Stern to celebrate its thirtieth anniversary
- Thursday 6 Nov 2025, 14:30 - 16:30
- Presentation
PhD defence by Emma Lynn Dadap-Cantal
In her PhD thesis Emma Cantal reassesses the role of external influence in policy diffusion and social protection expansion in the Philippines and Cambodia
- Thursday 6 Nov 2025, 15:00 - 16:00
- PhD defence
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