International Institute of Social Studies

Part of Erasmus University Rotterdam

MA in Development Studies Application Portal NOW OPEN!

Shape the Future – Apply today!

Ready to shape the future of global development?

MA in Development Studies

Mundus MA in Public Policy

ISS PhD programme

ISS Research

Rethinking development - ISS 72nd Dies Natalis

What is development? What does it look like? Who needs to be developed and by whom?

PhD defence by Jimena Pacheco Miranda

The impact of crises on human capital formation cases from Ecuador

ISS Education Fairs 2024 - online and in person

Join staff and students online or in person and learn about our MA and PhD programmes

Israel needs critical friends
Edited translation of an article by Alain Verheij in which he emphasizes critical friendship and prophetic critique of the Isreali-Palestinian conflict
- Thursday 10 Oct 2024
- Blogpost
War as an indicator of the collapse of the values of human rights and law
Converation between the director of Defence of Children Intl. Palestine and the International Humanitarian Studies Association on the current war in Gaza
- Thursday 3 Oct 2024
- Blogpost
Successful PhD defence by Francesco Colin
On 30 September, Francesco Colin successfully defended this PhD thesis on srticulating spaces for citizenship and the right to petition
- Tuesday 1 Oct 2024
- PhD defence

Intersectionality of race, gender and xenophobia in reporting on the Ukrainian and Syrian refugee crisis
As part of her PhD research, Barbara Ravbar explores how European news agencies reported on Ukrainian refugees in 2022 versus Syrian refugees in 2015
- Tuesday 15 Oct 2024, 12:00 - 13:30
- Seminar
Reimagining Humanitarian Practice: Local solutions for LGBTQ+ refugees in Brazil
Join us for this event looking at grassroots responses to humanitarian practice around forced migration focusing Brazil's only LGBT refugee centre
- Thursday 17 Oct 2024, 15:30 - 16:30
- Webinar
Gaza and Lebanon: One year on(going)
Symposium co-organized by he International Institute of Social Studies is co-organizing this symposium of Palestinian and Lebanese voices
- Thursday 17 Oct 2024, 16:00 - 18:00
- Symposium