959 search results for “welfare and inequality” in the Public website
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Why Leiden University
Leiden University offers ambitious students a world-class environment in which to reach their full potential.
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Global Political Economy (MA)
The specialisation Global Political Economy of the master’s in International Relations at Leiden University provides you with a cutting-edge understanding of the world economy and its social and political foundations.
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Restitution workshop in Turin
Maria Vasile and Cristina Grasseni have presented the results of Maria’s ethnography in Turin.
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Team
meet our staff
- The Psychic Life of the Welfare State
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JEDI Fund 2024
On this page you will find more information about the selected projects of the Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Fund for 2024.
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Anais van Ertvelde
Faculty of Humanities
a.e.van.ertvelde@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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Clare Fenwick
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
c.e.fenwick@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6054
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Natascha van der Zwan
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
n.a.j.van.der.zwan@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9574
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Health and the social investment state
Recent years have seen a vibrant scholarship on health policy and politics. While much is now known about changes to health policies and institutions over time, this study finds that scholarship still lacks research on the linkages between health policies and health outcomes (Marmor & Wendt, 2012).…
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Research
The Department of Economics concentrates its research on Social Policies, Public Finance and Law and Economics.
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Inequity and Spondyloarthritis
PhD defence
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Experts provide three necessary solutions to the biodiversity crisis
It came as a shock to many people: one million plant and animal species are threatened to become extinct. But this number isn’t the most relevant aspect, argue Alexander van Oudenhoven, Koos Biesmeijer and three other experts in Dutch newspaper Trouw. ‘It is more important to realise that the fate of…
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Proefdieronderzoek
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Leiden spin-off In Ovo awarded 2.5 million grant
Leiden biotech company In Ovo, a spin-off of Leiden University, has received a European Innovation Council Accelerator Pilot Grant. In Ovo will use this 2.5-million-euro grant in its mission to stop the culling of male chicks.
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Investigating health equality in the past with a VIDI grant: ‘We will look for indications of stress’
Dr Sarah Schrader, an expert in the study of human remains, received a VIDI grant for a research project on health and inequality. In present day people with a high socio-economic status encounter fewer health risks than those in lower socio-economic strati. ‘Now we will look at this process in the…
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Diversity Research Cluster
The CADS Research Cluster People, Power and Diversity aims to further theoretical and methodological debates on the classifications of human difference, such as gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, class, age, ability, religion, level of development, time, etc., and the way these classifications organize…
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Courses per study program
Here you can find an overview of the offered courses provided by the Department of Economics per study program.
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Data
Data Sets Department of Economics
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Essays on Welfare Benefits, Employment, and Crime
PhD defence
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In Ovo raises 34 million to stop the killing of day-old male chicks
Dutch scale-up In Ovo, a spin-off of Leiden University, has raised 34 million euros to accelerate its international growth and scale-up plans. The new funding is supported by Leiden University’s Libertatis Ergo Holding. The funding has also been provided by, among others, impact investors ECBF and ABN…
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Japan
This is an Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility project of the Leiden University Medical Center with Nagasaki University.
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Understanding labour migration
To ensure that the growing global flows of labour migrants are guided correctly, we need knowledge. Why do people leave home, why do they go to specific countries, and how can that choice be influenced? And what are the consequences of their leaving for the people who stay?
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Master Track Public Administration: Economics and Governance
Courses in English.
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About the program
Many countries and regions face a wide variety of challenges resulting from migration and mobility. Solutions that have been formulated range from policies and regulations for immigration, to education and stimulating social participation, to restructuring the welfare state. These challenges and policies…
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Citizenship: relationship between citizens and state
Leiden researchers study the extent to which Asian citizens can invoke the rights that they have on paper. This knowledge helps them advise the different levels of government and NGOs on how to improve the lot of poor citizens in particular.
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Government Capacity, Societal Trust or Party Preferences? What Accounts for the Variety of National Policy Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic
What Accounts for the Variety of National Policy Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Europe?
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Colonial and Global History (MA)
The master’s programme in Colonial and Global History at Leiden University offers the most in-depth and comprehensive programme on the history of colonialism and globalisation currently available in Europe.
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History (MA)
The History Master at Leiden University has a strong international orientation.
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Study programme
The Urban Studies bachelor’s programme is based on two learning trajectories. One is dedicated to knowledge related to urban issues, while the other focuses on a wide range of practical and academic skills.
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About the programme
As a student in Security Studies you are a socially engaged critical thinker eager to study real-life security cases in an academic setting. You focus not just on the broad context of these issues but also on the role of government, institutions and media. Want to know more? Sign up for one of our Open…
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Health Governance
Growing health inequalities, rising healthcare costs, an ageing population and a shortage of healthcare personnel are just a few of the many challenges healthcare faces, in the Netherlands and internationally. To tackle these challenges an interdisciplinary approach is required by combining knowledge…
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Strengthening Legal Education in Eastern Indonesia (SLEEI)
How can legal education in Indonesia become more relevant for supporting the rule of law and providing legal services that common citizens need?
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Arts, Media and Society (BA)
Visual art today is strongly interlinked with today’s society, a connection which is reinforced and deepened by social and other media. In Arts, Media and Society, a specialisation of our Art History bachelor's programme, you will explore this relationship and analyse how it reflects and impacts the…
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Prof. Ton Liefaard member of Council for the Administration of Criminal Justice and Protection of Juveniles
Prof. Ton Liefaard has been appointed as member of the Council for the Administration of Criminal Justice and Protection of Juveniles.
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Cities, migration and global interdependence
The key subject of the research programme Cities, Migration and Global Interdependence 1500-now (CMGI) is Inequality (at local, national and global levels). We study this from an intersectional perspective: gender, class, ethnicity or race, religion, sexuality, age, ability/disability, citizenship and…
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Duality, bosonic particle systems and some exactly solvable models of non-equilibrium
Promotor: F.H.J. Redig, Co-Promotor: W.T.F. den Hollander
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Negotiating Peace with Your Enemy: The Problem of Costly Concessions
Why do some parties fail to settle conflict, even after long periods of fighting? ISGA PhD candidate Valerie Sticher suggests that costly concessions often stand in the way of a negotiated agreement. Conflict party members not only care about their in-group's welfare, but also want to avoid rewarding…
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About the programme
The focal point of the E&G specialisation is welfare states and markets. You develop your skills in economic reasoning, and conducting economic analysis, while learning about the role of government in creating, facilitating and controlling markets.
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Kind, clever and hardworking: school reports are not without bias
White girls receive significantly more positive comments from their teachers in their primary school reports than white boys and children from migrant backgrounds. PhD candidate Antoinette Kroes researched subtle biases in different contexts and saw how harmful these can be.
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About
Leiden University has been promoting studies on Latin America and the Caribbean for a long time.
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Ethnographies of Insurance
How do insurance products transform intimate and personal relations? What are the consequences of the classifications that insurance companies use and how do these affect solidarity, morality and inequality?
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Managing Diversity: Supervising Functions in Managing Colonial Workplaces
Managing Diversity: Supervising Functions in Managing Colonial Workplaces
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Leiden Law School
Leiden is the place for Law
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About the programme
The one-year master's in East Asian Studies, a specialisation of Leiden University’s master's in Asian Studies, offers focused study of either China, Japan or Korea.
- CADS Research Seminars
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Cities, Migration and Global Interdependence general programme
On this page you will find information on the general programme of Cities, Migration and Global Interdependence and some of the various fields of research that you can study here.
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Lecturing
The following lectures/courses are given in the framework of the EU Jean Monnet Chair EUTAXGOV at Leiden University. Topic of this Jean Monnet Chair: EU Tax Governance and International Tax Law Making by the EU.