International Institute of Social Studies

Part of Erasmus University Rotterdam

ISS Master Open Day!

Join us on 1 June 2024 for ISS Master Open Day, visit the ISS building and explore study opportunities in Development Studies.

MA in Development Studies

Mundus MA in Public Policy

ISS PhD programme

ISS Research

Guardians of seed, land and life photo exhibition

Join us on 23 May for the opening of the exhibition and publication of DevISSues

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Meet ISS in your country

Ask all your questions about ISS during one of our many Meet and Greets around the world

Update demonstrations campus Woudestein
This liveblog gathers the latest updates on developments at our university.
- Monday 13 May 2024
- Live blog
Humanitarian Studies: Today & Tomorrow - call for presentations
Call for presentations on emerging, published, or in-process research or practice-oriented research in and around the field of humanitarian studies
- Monday 6 May 2024
- Call
Sri Lanka's anti-drug operation reveals deep cracks - analysis
Is the Sri Lankan government's crackdown on drug crime effective? Would a regional approach yield better results? Shyamika Jayasundara-Smits investigates
- Thursday 2 May 2024
- Publication

Latin American politics of knowledge: The role of CLACSO
Special seminar with Karina Batthyany and Pablo Vonmaro who will talk about the role of CACSO in Latin American politics
- Friday 24 May 2024, 15:00 - 16:00
- Seminar
'Is this genocide?'
2nd in our series of 4 webinars with academics and UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967
- Friday 31 May 2024, 16:00 - 17:30
- Webinar
PhD defence by Jaffer Najar
Jaffer Najar critically examines anti-trafficking practices in India, focusing on the position, experiences, demands and agency of individuals and communities
- Friday 31 May 2024, 16:30 - 18:30
- PhD defence