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Congratulations to Dr Doi Ra

For the successful defence of her PhD thesis on the politics of land rush in Myanmar

PhD defence by Joan Njagi

ICTs and the navigation of socio-cultural tensions surrounding adolenscent girls' SRHR in Kenya

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Doi Ra successfully defends her PhD thesis
Doi Ra successfully defended her PhD thesis investigating how contemporary land rushes shape and are reshaped by the political economy of labour in Myanmar
- Thursday 21 Nov 2024
- PhD defence
Eradicating Poverty. Pathways towards Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
15 Early Career Researchers will present the results of their research carried out since 2021 to improve our understanding of factors driving poverty reduction
- Thursday 21 Nov 2024
- General
Twelve months of ongoing genocide in Palestine
Open letter by members of the ISS community on one year of genocide in Palestine
- Wednesday 20 Nov 2024
- General

Master Open Day
Find out which master's suits you best, ask all your questions to students and teachers or attend practical sessions on making the right study choice.
- Saturday 23 Nov 2024, 10:00 - 16:00
- Open day
PhD defence by Joan Njagi
In her PhD thesis, Joan Njagi investigates the extent to which ICTs are being used to navigate the socio-cultural tensions around SRHR in Kenya
- Monday 25 Nov 2024, 16:30 - 18:00
- PhD defence
Humanitarian governance: SEA in the humanitarian sector
This last Hum-Gov webinar of 2024 centres on sexual exploitation and abuse in the humanitarian sector
- Tuesday 26 Nov 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
- Webinar