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Social development is about putting people at the centre of development. Since the 1990s there has been growing recognition that social development is critical…

The Prince Claus Chair in Equity and Development was established by Utrecht University and the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) in early 2003 in…

ISS provides an enabling environment for ethical research practice, ensuring the dignity, rights, safety and well-being of research participants

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PhD researchers are embedded in the ISS Global Development and Social Justice research programme, working closely with colleagues in one of the Research Teams

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Research into complex and contradictory power relations that arise in policy attempts to address systemic crises of governance, justice and urbanity

This Academic Team explores how migration and im/mobilities shape the governance, narration and experience of places, be they local, transnational or digital

Examining the impacts of extractive industries on development, equity and sustainability, focusing on inequalities, resistance and just transitions

Investigating how human-induced climate change is intertwined with socioeconomic and envoronmental injustices