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Students in lobby - waving - 2018

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PhD defence by Thandiwe Matthews

Advancing Substantive Equality in South Africa: Elite contestations surrounding constitutionalism, gender and the right to social assistance

Celebrating ISS' 73rd Dies Natalis

With the inaugural lecture by Professor Dirk-Jan Koch on changes in Dutch development cooperation

Circles of learning
Professor Subhasish Dey and ISS alumnus Rupankar Dey share their ISS journeys across two generations
- Friday 12 Sep 2025
- General
Women at the frontlines of Indonesia’s protests
In The Jakarta Post, ISS alumna Melisa Try Hatmanti reflects on Indonesia’s growing solidarity movement, marked by pink as a symbol of resistance
- Tuesday 9 Sep 2025
- Opinion
Fresh perspectives on theorizing complex social systems
Dr Karim Knio, Dr Juan David Parra and PhD researcher Andrew Dryhurst presented theoretical and empirical innovations in Critical Realism
- Monday 8 Sep 2025
- General

PhD defence by Thandiwe Matthews
In her PhD thesis, Thandiwe Matthews investigates how systemic inequalities manifest in contemporary South Africa
- Tuesday 23 Sep 2025, 14:30 - 15:30
- PhD defence
Gender Justice in International Criminal Law Conference
Join this two-day conference bringing together over 100 key actors in the field of Gender Justice
- Monday 29 Sep 2025, 09:00 - Tuesday 30 Sep 2025, 17:30
- Conference
PhD defence by Kim Chi Tran
Kim Chi Tran investigates how pastoralism, schooling and digital ICT development shapes the education and aspirations of Mongolian herders' children
- Thursday 2 Oct 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
- PhD defence