Institute of Social Studies

As an international academic agency the Institute of Social Studies (ISS) accumulates and exchanges knowledge and know-how on human aspects of processes of economic and social change. The ISS aims at widening civil participation in the process towards just and sustainable development in the context of global change.

The ISS is an international institute of higher education on social and economic change with a focus on development processes. The ISS works with and for a multicultural community, in a critical and pluralistic, interdisciplinary and comparative approach based on a rich experience with development and transition processes. It was founded 50 years ago by the Dutch universities to assist in the training and further education of professionals, especially from developing countries.