Leo J. de Haan (1950) is now Rector of ISS in The Hague (Netherlands) - the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) of Erasmus University Rotterdam - and Professor of Development Studies.

His current research interests are the developmental state and the conceptualization of rural and urban livelihoods; international and national migration patterns resulting in the multi-locality of livelihoods; and the multi-dimensionality of poverty in the Global South. His previous research focused on the commercialization of agriculture, environmental management, pastoral livelihoods and resource conflicts among peasants and pastoralists, with an emphasis on Africa.

Leo J. de Haan is the former Director of the African Studies Centre (ASC), Leiden and Professor of Development in Sub-Sahara Africa at Leiden University. Before directing ASC Leiden he was Professor of Development Studies at Radboud University Nijmegen and director of the Third World Centre, which he converted into the Centre for International Development Issues Nijmegen (CIDIN).