We are happy to invite you to the screening of Empty Home, a project by Sanderien Verstappen & Willy Sier. The screening of the film will be followed by a discussion on the text they are currently writing.

UvA-hoogleraar Amade M’charek spreekt op deze avond de Amersfoortse Bergrede uit. De invloedrijke antropoloog en expert in forensisch onderzoek neemt ons mee naar de randen van Europa.

Political identity has become a central question in European politics. A key issue is that whilst the EU has greatly expanded its powers in key policy domains that traditionally have been the preserve of nation ...

Charles Meth (Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town) on the politics of measuring poverty in South Africa.

This presentation focuses on how the ‘populist turn’ of recent years has affected EU institutions and the non-state actors interacting with them. On the basis of a set of in-depth interviews and text analyses, it ...

Based on ongoing research, this presentation will provide an overview of the "Growth Models Perspective" in political economy. Growth models are characterized by different demand drivers, which map onto various key ...

The University of Humanistic Studies (co-applicant) and the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR, UvA) have received the KNAW-Anticipation Grant Indonesia-The Netherlands (ANGIN). The grant provides ...

The AnthroScreeningRoom is happy to invite you to the first screening of 2019; a work by visual artist Eamonn Harnett. Join for film, discussion and drinks!

This workshop is organized as part of the ERC-funded research project on ‘Problematizing “Muslim Marriages”: Ambiguities and Contestations’ hosted by the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research and the ...

Beate Volker on the work of the Great Thinker Diego Gambetta.

Based on the conceptual, empirical, and theoretical framework developed in his forthcoming Populism and Liberal Democracy: A Comparative and Theoretical Analysis (Oxford University Press, April 2019), Takis Pappas ...

Wil jij verder studeren na je bachelor of overweeg je een 2e master? Kom dan naar de UvA Masterweek van Graduate School of Social Sciences op dinsdag 12 februari 2019.

In a panel discussion with plenty of time for Q&A, they will share their experiences and tips and tricks based on how they moved from social science studies to making a real impact on the world. The panel discussion ...

This intensive workshop on negotiation and conflict resolution combines skill building with the developing of a command of analytic theory in a ‘hands-on’ format. It follows what is sometimes referred to as the ...

UNESCO is hosting a day-long event 'IPDCtalks: Powering Sustainable Development with Access to Information' on September 28th, 2017 in Paris.

This intensive workshop on negotiation and conflict resolution combines skill building with the developing of a command of analytic theory in a ‘hands-on’ format. It follows what is sometimes referred to as the ...

The Graduate School and the College of Social Sciences of the University of Amsterdam are organizing a Career Day for both master and bachelor students.

Thijs Bol investigates how the institutional context influences the importance of three mechanisms that explain the educational payoff in the labor market: productivity enhancing skills, positional good, and social ...