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MA programme application is open!

We are now accepting applications for the MA programme in Development Studies for the 2024-2025 academic year.

MA in Development Studies

Mundus MA in Public Policy

ISS PhD programme

ISS Research

Gaza/Israel file

ISS researchers are are writing analyses and opinion pieces on the on-going Gaza/Israel crisis

8 December - PhD defence by Yanbai Li

Essays on institutions, inequality and the resource curse

Successful PhD defence by Marina Cadaval Narezo
Marina Narezo successfully defended her PhD thesis Mexican Indigenous women's experiences and perspectives of their graduate education
- Tuesday 28 Nov 2023
- PhD defence
Politics, risks and alternatives for climate security practices
We must pay close attention to the continued emergence of climate security as a debate and practice. So argues Corinne Lamain in her latest article
- Tuesday 28 Nov 2023
- Publication
Successful PhD defence by Travor Murai
Congratulations to Travor Murai on the successful defence of his thesis on Human Rights based approaches by civil society organizations
- Monday 27 Nov 2023
- PhD defence

Humanitarian safety & security: Risks, entanglements and protection
In this Humanitarian Governance seminar, Iida-Maria Tammi and Rod Mena will explore safety and security for humanitarian workers
- Wednesday 29 Nov 2023, 13:00 - 14:00
- Seminar
The political economy of agroecological transitions
In this Research in Progress Seminar, Ben McKay discusses the role of agroecology in prioritizing farmers’ knowledge about agricultural transitions
- Thursday 30 Nov 2023, 16:00 - 17:00
- Seminar
Rethinking Amazon sustainability from an ontological and epistemological justice perspective
In this seminar organized by the Political Ecology research group, Cristina Inoue will discuss alternative approaches to sustainability in the Amazon
- Tuesday 5 Dec 2023, 13:00 - 14:00
- Seminar