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👋 Thank you for being part of our journey on this platform! While we won’t be posting here anymore, our page will remain online. But this isn’t goodbye - let’s keep the conversation going! 💭 🔗 Find us where ideas continue to grow and stay connected: edu.nl/8a3my

@PakinNetherland @Haidershah70 We are super proud to see our alumnus @Haidershah70 back in The Hague as Ambassador of Pakistan to the Netherlands! A warm welcome Sir and looking forward to see you soon.

Amb Syed Haider Shah @Haidershah70 presented his credentials to His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of the Kingdom of The Netherlands, at the Noordeinde Palace, in The Hague today. Details👇 facebook.com/share/p/18XCw7…

New Blog Post📢 In this blog, Sister Agrippina Nandjaa highlights the launch of the Humanitarian Observatory in Namibia and its focus on addressing 'neglected crises' and their link to climate change. Read the full blog here: wp.me/p9fvbD-89Y #ClimateCrisis #Namibia

We congratulate @dirkjankoch who was appointed as the first professorial Network Chair in International Development Practices at ISS. He will contribute to strengthening ISS' collaboration with universities, policymakers, NGOs and the private sector🌍 bit.ly/4gHDzea

@AduAmpong_EA Many congratulations Emmanuel - we are proud of you.

Today 1st January 2025 marks my official promotion to the position of Associate Professor in the Cultural Geography Chairgroup at Wageningen University and Research. I can now ‘associate’ myself to the Professors – instead of just ‘assisting’ them 😇 emmanueladuampong.com/2025/01/01/ass…

❄️❤️ As we wrap up 2024, a big THANK YOU to our global community here on X! 📱 Heads up: We’ll phase out posting here in 2025. Stay connected: 🔗 LinkedIn: edu.nl/83fnw 🔗 Facebook: edu.nl/wxd3r 🔗 Instagram: edu.nl/pwrd4

✨🎓 Welcoming a new chapter in the ISS story: Here is the Class of 2024! 📸: Dick de Jager

✨🎓 Today's the day! The Class of 2024 is celebrating their incredible achievement – earning their MA in Development Studies! ​ Join us to honor their journey by watching the graduation ceremony live online starting at 15:00 CET (The Hague time): 🔗 edu.nl/rg3uw

📈💶 Is the 'free market' really free? Prof. Irene van Staveren explored this on Studio Erasmus, challenging the idea that #freemarkets are efficient. In her book, De Vrije Markt Bestaat Niet, she calls for systems based on shared values: edu.nl/4epuq 📸 Arie Kees

💭 On #WorldMigrantsDay, we honour migrants' contributions & challenges by pausing to listen. Three EU-funded projects – @AspirE_EU_Asia, @_DYNAMIG & PACES (@issnl) – share powerful stories from (aspiring) migrants as part of their research. 👥 🔗 edu.nl/9ckmq

🔊❓“Have you ever sat and wondered how disasters like floods and earthquakes intersect with conflicts, or how climate change will influence the disasters and responses of tomorrow?” 🎙Enjoy this teaser of the 1st season of '#TheGoodHumanitarian' #podcast 👀

New Blog Post📢 Navigating Polarization through Empathy: Insights from Research on Venezuelan Migration Fernando Garlin and Juliana Poveda explore the challenges of researching forced Venezuelan migration in politically polarized Latin America. Read here:wp.me/p9fvbD-7X5

🎉 Cheers to Dr Lorenza Arango Vásquez on a successful PhD defence! Dr Vásquez uncovers how commodity rushes in Colombia impact communities, ecosystems and the politics of labour and state-citizen relations.🌱 🔗 Read more: edu.nl/6acp3 #ISSPhDAlumni #LandRushes

🎉 Congrats to Dr Azucena Gollaz Moran! Her PhD reveals how gender and power structures shape women’s mobility, pushing for socially just urban planning. 🚇 🔗 Read more: edu.nl/uj9j9 #ISSPhDAlumni #FeministGeography

👥 Meet your co-hosts of the #TheGoodHumanitarian ➡ Tom is the coordinator of the HSC and Sarah is the science communications officer at @issnl. Together, they will take you through the world of #HumanitarianStudies from its ethical questions to its challenges and how it adapts.

📅 Save the date! 📣 We're very happy to announce that our next flagship event, our General Conference will take place in cooperation with @IOBUA in Antwerp, Belgium! ✅ 29 June - 02 July 2026 The place to be for the #Development Studies community! eadi.org/news-2/save-th…

Our last newsletter of the year just went out, featuring @IDS_UK's paper on civic power in just transitions, two new podcasts and a blog from our "Share your Decolonising Story" project and much more Give it a quick scroll! mailchi.mp/eadi/december2…

🎧 Big things are coming… ⬇️ Follow @HSC_ISS for updates you won’t want to miss!

📣 Student spotlight: Moet Toyoda 🇯🇵 Meet Moet, an MA grad in the Governance of Migration and Diversity track (GMD). 'ISS offers a vibrant global community and a European university experience with @erasmusuni. Plus, I love exploring the Netherlands!' 🔗iss.nl/GMD

On #HumanRightsDay, we reflect on global challenges & the hope for justice. 🌍 At ISS, the Social Justice Perspectives (SJP) major equips students to critically address injustice & create change rooted in social justice. 🔗 Learn more: iss.nl/SJP #SDGs