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Highlights

Successful PhD defence by Dr Jimena Pacheco Miranda

The impact of crises on human capital formation cases from Ecuador

A portrait of Jimena Pacheco Miranda holding her PhD dissertation

Rethinking development - ISS 72nd Dies Natalis

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

Speakers at ISS' 72nd Dies Natalis

ISS Education Fairs 2024 - online and in person

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

Edu fair 2021
  • Depoliticising Humanitarian Action

    Hum-Gov webinar discussing the paradigms and dilemmas that shape humanitarian depoliticisation
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  • ISS education fairs 2024/2025

    Join ISS at our education fairs taking place both online and in-person!
    Student discussion in Library
  • ISS at the World Urban Forum

    ISS researchers will participate in the World Urban Forum, held in Cairo, Egypt from 4-8 November
    12th World Urban Forum - Cairo

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