Stefan Ćetković is Assistant Professor of Environmental and Energy Politics and Policy at the Institute of Political Science.

Kathleen Brown is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Political Science.

Dorota Mokrosinska is Professor of Practical Philosophy at the Institute for Philosophy.

Shawn Donnelly is a guest lecturer in International Relations at the Institute of Political Science.

In the current political situation of Bulgaria, it seems that a long-term caretaker government is the only viable option at the moment. Dimiter Toshkov, Antoaneta Dimitrova and Bernard Steunenberg of FGGA analyse what the Bulgarian caretaker government can learn from its Dutch counterpart.

Pralay Kanungo is a University lecturer (assistant professor) at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies.

Christina Toenshoff is an assistant professor of European politics and political economy at the Institute of Political Science.

Mateo I. Cohen is a lecturer and doctoral researcher at the Institute of Political Science of Leiden University.

My research lies at the intersection of philosophy and economics. I focus on the normative questions around markets, international trade and socio-economic rights. I am also interested in democratic theory, issues of migration, Marxism and critical theory.

The war between Ukraine and Russia is playing out not just on the battlefield but also on the geopolitical playing field of gas. Conflicts at the start of this century about this energy source were, says PhD candidate Ilia Barboutev, a precursor to today’s war.

The recent consecration of India’s Ayodhya temple by Prime Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party figurehead Narendra Modi raises important questions. Is secularism giving way to religious rule in the world’s largest democracy? How does this resonate with India’s culturally diverse population? France 24…

Jasper van der Steen is Assistant Professor at the Institute for History.

Bastiaan Hoorneman is a Lecturer at the Institute for Philosophy.

My teaching focuses on applied ethics and political philosophy, including courses on on global justice, capitalism, power, resistance, and war.

Four years of war in Ukraine have transformed the nature of warfare, with drones, digital defence systems and improvised solutions shaping the battlefield. At a recent symposium, Dutch and Ukrainian experts discussed frontline conditions. What lessons do they see for Europe?

Sebastian Diessner is an assistant professor at the Institute of Public Administration at Leiden University. His research focusses on the politics of economic policy and has been published in academic journals including Perspectives on Politics, Socio-Economic Review, Review of International Political…

I am a historian of political history working on the impact of colonialism on Dutch and British political practice. Whereas most political historians deal with change and innovation, I am interested in how the political elite (re)claimed power after experiencing disruption. I cross historiographical…

Danique Fran'cois is a PhD researcher at the Institute of Public Administration. Her research focusses on the bureaucratic autonomy in a changing political landscape.

Towards the graduation ceremonies, you sense an increasing nervousness. Not only because all the tradition and glamour surrounding the event, also because that will be the day that the winner of the Political Science master’s thesis award will be announced. For 2022-2023, the jury is considering seven…

During the corona pandemic, the Chinese government's digital communication with its citizens changed. Hard propaganda was increasingly replaced by ‘soft news’. PhD candidate Dechun Zhang mapped the developments in digital society.

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Christina Toenshoff has been awarded the Virginia Walsh Dissertation Award for her PhD dissertation on corporate climate lobbying. The Leiden Political Scientist, according to the jury, ‘makes a significant contribution to the study of climate and business politics.’

Marie Louise Krogh is a University Lecturer in Continental Philosophy at the Institute for Philosophy. She teaches and conducts research in modern and contemporary political philosophy and is particularly interested in questions of history, emancipation, and decolonisation.

Femke E. Bakker is Senior Assistant Professor at the Institute of Political Science.