Inaugural lecture Professor Arul Chib Staff

In Memoriam

As an ISS community we send our heartfelt condolensces to the family and friends of those former students and staff who have passed away in recent months.

Freek Schiphorst

With a heavy heart we share the news that

Dr Freek Schiphorst passed away at the end of March. Freek worked in the field of Labour Studies and took up various other roles at ISS on the Works Council, the Board of Examiners and, from September 2013 to June 2020 when he retired, as Deputy Rector for Educational Affairs. The ISS community will remember Freek as an extremely kind and supportive colleague, a solid and wonderful academic and for his tremendous sense of humour. He was closely connected to and embedded within ISS and will be missed dearly.

Professor Arul Chib discussed the relationship of technology to power. He stressed the importance of understanding the interplay between vulnerabilities and technological affordances.

Daphina Misiedjan appointed to Young Academy Appointment

As a member of the prestigious Young Academy of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Dr Daphina Misiedjan hopes to further contribute to connecting science and society.

ISS rector steps down Staff

After two terms as rector of ISS, Professor Inge Hutter will step down in August this year. She will remain at EUR as academic lead on EUR’s strategy in relation to leadership and organizational culture. Inge will give her valedictory lecture on 21 June.

Eric Mattaba

It is with great sadness that we heard of the untimely passing away of former student Eric Mattaba. Part of the 2020-21 MA batch, Eric was also Scholas president and greatly involved in the student life over several batches at ISS.

Eric will be sorely missed by the ISS community, with his big smile and tenacity to encourage everyone onto the dance floor, as well as his gentle soul, kind heart and passionate dreams for the world.

Graham

Pyatt

Former professor Graham Pyatt sadly passed away in February following a protracted illness. He joined ISS in 1994 as professor in the Economics of Development, remaining there until his retirement.

PhD defences PhD

Yukari Sekine

10 March 2023

Agrarian struggles in the era of climate change, populism and authoritarianism in Myanmar

Brandon Sommer

15 December 2022

The transformation of contemporary China - from Mao to Xi: An immanent causality morphogenetic regulation analysis of socio-economic transformation

Alumn appointend to Nepal Ministry of Finance Alumni

Dr Ram Prasad Ghimire was recently appointed as Secretary (Revenue), Ministry of Finance of Nepal. Ram graduated from ISS in 2003 with an MA in Development Studies.

ISS alumna new Ambassador to France Alumni

Manisha Gunasekera was recently named as Sri Lanka’s Ambassador designate to France. She graduated from ISS in 2008 with an MA in Development Studies.

Sharing research finding Awards

Dr Matthias Rieger has been awarded a prestigious Dutch Research Council grant for research into the impact of sharing research findings with study participants.

Mahardhika

Sjamsoeoed Sadjad

5 December 2022

Intimations of an “Us” when imagining and encountering the “refugee other”: Reactions and responses to refugees’ presence in Indonesia

Pabón

24 November 2022

Connecting expressions of discontent: The processes of escalation, de-escalation and recurrence of conflict in Colombia and South Africa

Sanghamitra

Chakravarty

4 November 2022

A development lens to resource constrained innovation: Exploring frugality in medical device manufacturing in South Africa

Inaugural lecture Professor Andrew Fischer Staff

Professor Andrew Fischer gave his inaugural lecture in December 2022. In his lecture he argued that a scaling up of redistribution is essential to face the global challenges in a highly unequal world.

Alumna named Chief of Staff for ECLAC Alumni

Silvia Hernández is the new Chief of Staff for the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, a regional commission of the United Nations.