Education & Training
Education
The HSC has established the MSc programme ‘Societies in Crisis: Humanitarian Action and Policy Responses’ together with the International Institute of Social Studies and the Erasmus School of Behavioural Sciences.
The programme is open for 2026-2027 intake!
Interested in the MSc in Humanitarian Studies? Are you an EU or Turkish national?
Apply for the 2026-2027 Jean Monnet Scholarship before 4 November 2025!
The HSC academic staff contribute to multiple courses at the International
Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Erasmus University Rotterdam.
Training
HSC academic staff often hold trainings for researchers, from PhD writing workshops to Safety and Security trainings.
Stay updated about upcoming trainings on the CERES Research School website.
The Safety and Security Research Initiative (SSRi) is a platform dedicated to developing, enhancing, and disseminating knowledge and methodologies to effectively address and mitigate the risks and ethical concerns associated with (fieldwork) research.
The HSC offers various MOOCs (Massive Open Online Course). View them here:
When Disaster Meets Conflict
The course is for practitioners, but is open to students or otherwise interested people.
Humanitarian Governance
Coming soon.
For now you can re-watch the
Hum-Gov webinars.
KUNO, hosted at the HSC, holds an annual Summer Course and various courses and workshops.
Find more information on their website.
Stay up to date
Contact
humanitarianstudiescentre@iss.nl
Visit the HSC
Based at the International Institute of Social Studies
Kortenaerkade 12
2518 AX The Hague
The Netherlands
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