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ISS Education Fairs 2025

ISS will be participating in multiple education fairs this year. You are welcome to register and join any of the fairs.

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MA in Development Studies

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Feminist knowledge in action

Stories, research and teaching on gender equity by ISS researchers

Visit the Master Open Day on Saturday 22 March 2025!

Get to know Erasmus University Rotterdam during the fully hybrid Master Open Day!

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Successful PhD defence by Dr Rafael Rosa Cedro
Rafael Rosa Cedro successfully defended his PhD thesis examining recent changes in the thinking about economic development in Brazil and its influence on policy
- Monday 24 Mar 2025
- PhD defence
Passing away of ISS Rector Professor Dirk Jacob Wolfson (1934 - 2025)
Professor Wolfson passed away aged 91
- Friday 21 Mar 2025
- In memoriam
ISS researchers contribute to Dutch policy dialogue on migration
ISS researchers working on migration-related topics participated in this annual event organized by the Dutch Ministry of Asylum and Migration
- Wednesday 19 Mar 2025
- General

Speaking on waters in myriad ways: The case of Azerbaijan and the Caspian Sea
Connecting discussions on water security in Azerbaijan and global discourses on development, water, migration and security
- Tuesday 25 Mar 2025, 14:00 - 17:00
- Workshop
Protecting Culture in Times of Crisis
In this Humanitarian Governance webinar, the speakers will discuss the importance of culture in times of crisis
- Wednesday 26 Mar 2025, 12:00 - 13:30
- Webinar
Empire to nation: The modern Middle East in the long twentieth-century
Dr Reşat Kasaba will discuss how the borders in the Middle East were drawn up at the end of WW1 and how they have become entrenched since then
- Wednesday 26 Mar 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
- Seminar