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Rethinking development - ISS 72nd Dies Natalis

What is development? What does it look like? Who needs to be developed and by whom?

PhD defence by Jimena Pacheco Miranda

The impact of crises on human capital formation cases from Ecuador

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The role of Development Studies in just transitions
On 10 October 2024, the International Institute of Social Studies celebrated its 72nd Dies Natalis.
- Monday 14 Oct 2024
- Lecture
Israel needs critical friends
Edited translation of an article by Alain Verheij in which he emphasizes critical friendship and prophetic critique of the Isreali-Palestinian conflict
- Thursday 10 Oct 2024
- Blogpost
War as an indicator of the collapse of the values of human rights and law
Converation between the director of Defence of Children Intl. Palestine and the International Humanitarian Studies Association on the current war in Gaza
- Thursday 3 Oct 2024
- Blogpost

Reimagining Humanitarian Practice: Local solutions for LGBTQ+ refugees in Brazil
Join us for this event looking at grassroots responses to humanitarian practice around forced migration focusing Brazil's only LGBT refugee centre
- Thursday 17 Oct 2024, 15:30 - 16:30
- Webinar
Gaza and Lebanon: One year on(going)
Symposium co-organized by he International Institute of Social Studies is co-organizing this symposium of Palestinian and Lebanese voices
- Thursday 17 Oct 2024, 16:00 - 18:00
- Symposium
PhD defence by Jimena Pacheco Miranda
In her PhD Jimena Pacheco Miranda explores the impact of 3 shocks that affected Ecuador in 1999 (economic crisis), in 2016 (earthquake) and in 2020 (Covid)
- Friday 18 Oct 2024, 15:30 - 17:30
- PhD defence