International Institute of Social Studies

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MA in Development Studies

Mundus MA in Public Policy

ISS PhD programme

ISS Research

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PhD defence by Maria Dafnomili

The process of financialisation in the world economy: Unravelling the dynamics and crisis nexus

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Limits and possibilities of contemporary land struggles by Indigenous Peoples, Black Communities and Campesinxs in the Colombian Amazon
This paper critically examines the sectoral struggles for land by Black Communities, Indigenous Peoples and Peasants in the Colombian Amazon
- Wednesday 8 Jan 2025
- Publication
Resistance agriculture: Farmers, land and legal mobilisation in Palestine
Call for submissions to a symposium in May 2025 addressing resistance agriculture in Palestine
- Wednesday 8 Jan 2025
- Call
Dirk-Jan Koch appointed in ISS Network Chair
As ISS' first professorial Network Chair in International Development Practices, Dirk-Jan Koch will focus on strengthening ISS' knowledge partnerships
- Monday 6 Jan 2025
- Appointment

Storytelling afternoon
What Inspires You? (Even though the World is On Fire..), with a.o. authors Rešoketšwe Manenzhe (South-Africa) and Rosabelle Illes (Aruba)
- Thursday 23 Jan 2025, 16:00 - 18:00
- Performance
PhD defence by Maria Dafnomili
In her PhD thesis, Maria Dafnomili investigates the impact of financialization on the emergence of growth volatility, leading to global economic crises.
- Monday 27 Jan 2025, 15:00 - 16:30
- PhD defence
Valedictory lecture Professor Peter van Bergeijk
Observations on missing Erasmian Values in academic discourse, the unscientific nature of economics and the critical connection between ares and science
- Friday 31 Jan 2025, 15:00 - 16:00
- Valedictory lecture