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Migrant Truckers who Keep Europe Moving

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Dealing with climate-induced haze governance in Southeast Asia
Prince Claus Chairholder, Helena Varkkey explores the politics and socio-economics behind the elusive, haze-free blue skies of Southeast Asia
- Tuesday 19 May 2026
- Inaugural lecture
Land Grabs: Wider, ongoing and expanding
In this longread article, Professor Jun Borras traces the evolving dynamics of dispossession, resistance and global land struggles
- Tuesday 19 May 2026
- Publication
Using law and human rights as a basis for civic advocacy
Dr Jeff Handmaker talks about this recently published book Legal Mobilization: Assessing the potential and limits of law-based civic advocacy
- Tuesday 19 May 2026
- Publication

The Economic Diplomacy of Peace in the Middle East: Paris Protocols to the Oslo Accords
Investigating the role of Europe in shaping the political future and economic viability of Palestine and how economic ideas contributed to the 1993 Oslo Accords
- Friday 29 May 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
- Book presentation
Crossing Borders: Enhancing ethnographic approaches in research on migration and diversity
The International Institute of Social Studies is hosting a conference dedicated to rethinking and connecting ethnographic approaches to migration and diversity
- Thursday 4 Jun 2026, 09:00 - 18:00
- Conference
EUR Alumni Career Day
Join us on 4 June to give your career a boost and network with fellow EUR alumni
- Thursday 4 Jun 2026, 12:00 - 18:45
- Alumni

International Institute of Social Studies

How does migration shape the governance of place?

Education

ISS Research

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Award-winning article on the role of migrants in Europe's trucking industry

MA Development Studies

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Dealing with climate-induced haze governance in Southeast Asia

Land Grabs: Wider, ongoing and expanding

Using law and human rights as a basis for civic advocacy

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The Economic Diplomacy of Peace in the Middle East: Paris Protocols to the Oslo Accords

Crossing Borders: Enhancing ethnographic approaches in research on migration and diversity

EUR Alumni Career Day

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