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What are the educational aspirations high school students in Indonesia?
Recent graduate Yusnita Silsilia Warda has recently seen her MA research paper published in a leading Indonesian academic journal.
- Tuesday 29 Oct 2024
- Publication
Successful PhD defence by Jimena Pacheco Miranda
On 18 October, Jimena Pacheco Miranda successfully defended her PhD thesis on the impact of crises on human capital formation cases from Ecuador
- Monday 21 Oct 2024
- PhD defence
Training unemployed residents of Nairobi's slums to become digital workers for the international market
The Netherlands faces a shortage of low-skilled digital workers, while Nairobi's slums struggle with high unemployment. This study combines the two issues.
- Monday 21 Oct 2024
- Blogpost

ISS education fairs 2024/2025
Join ISS at our education fairs taking place both online and in-person!
- Saturday 2 Nov 2024, 13:00 - Sunday 24 Nov 2024, 16:00
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ISS at the World Urban Forum
ISS researchers will participate in the World Urban Forum, held in Cairo, Egypt from 4-8 November
- Monday 4 Nov 2024, 11:00 - Friday 8 Nov 2024, 15:00
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Climate change: Cities, crops and circular economy
Join us for this panel discussion addressing climate change in Latin America and beyond
- Tuesday 5 Nov 2024, 15:00 - 18:00
- Symposium