The international
Institute of Social Studies is a postgraduate school of policy-oriented social
science whose diverse activities include teaching, interdisciplinary research
and advisory work in the field of development studies. Founded by the universities
of the Netherlands in 1952 and joined the Erasmus University in Rotterdam in
2009, the Institute is one of the world’s leading centres of higher education
and research in this field.
ISS offers diverse academic programs:
a) PhD Programme in four research areas:
1.Economics of Development and Emerging Markets
2.Governance, Globalization and Social Justice
3.Political Economy of Resources, Environment
and Population
4.Civic Innovation Research Initiative
b) MA in Development Studies with 5 majors and 16
specializations:
1.
Agrarian,
Food and Environmental Studies (AFES)
2.
Economics
of Development (ECD)
3.
Governance,
Policy and Political Economy (GPPE)
4.
Social
Justice Perspectives (SJP)
5.
Social
Policy for Development (SPD)
c) Tailor-made short courses
1.
Governance, Democratization and Public
Policy
2.
Universalizing Socio-Economic Security for
the Poor
3.
Sustainable Local Economic Development
ISS also offers a two-year double degree program with two
universities in Indonesia:
1.
Double Degree in Agrarian, Food and
Environmental Studies with the Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia.
2.
Double Degree in Economics of Development
with the Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta.
