Building on the recent initiative to truly globalize the field of international relations, this book provides an innovative interrogation of regionalism.

Environmental humility is integral to addressing the climate crisis, but humility can also lead to political domination. How can humans relate to nature more humbly without risking domination?

Understanding the complexities of world affairs requires an ability to think critically and to draw insights from a variety of perspectives, sources, and analytic frames. Leiden University’s Master of Arts in International Relations addresses these needs through distinctive humanities-based training…

Leiden University hosts a wide range of seminars and workshops on themes related to European approaches to societal challenges. Some of these are listed below.

Did you know that after succesful completion of the minor American Studies, you can apply for the master’s programme North American Studies? Find out more below.

This project studies social distance—the degree of sympathetic understanding that exists between people—in relation to state foreign policy making. Does, and if so how does, social distance shape political biases, aid narratives, and, ultimately, state foreign policy priorities and decisions?

Are you thinking about studying International Relations: Culture and Politics? Learn more and watch the introduction video and the programme presentation.

The two-year Advanced MSc IRD programme offers you a unique blend of academic education in international relations and political science with practical graduate education and training in international negotiation and diplomacy.

Are you thinking about studying International Relations and Diplomacy? Learn more and watch the videos.

Are you interested in international organisations, issues of peace and security, or current changes in global political relations? Would you like to study the causes of terrorism and the resolution of violent conflicts? Develop your scholarship and skills in international affairs in The Hague.

Are you thinking about studying European Union Studies? Learn more and watch the introduction video and the programme presentation.

Are you thinking about studying Global Political Economy? Learn more and watch the introduction video and the programme presentation.

The database research community has made tremendous strides in developing powerful database engines that allow for efficient analytical query processing.

The PR-Committee aims at developing an optimal image of the Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL) among future and current students, teachers of biology at high schools, academics outside and within the institute, journalists, interested laymen, Bioscience industrial parties and Leiden citizens.

Drug-related homicide (DRH) has the potential to act as a valuable indicator of wider drug-related crime. Yet DRH remains a knowledge gap within this broader field of study.

The Leiden University Centre for International Relations (LUCIR) is a multi-disciplinary platform promoting research and education on international relations at Leiden University.

Nichiran kankei-shi o yomitoku [Revisiting the History of Dutch-Japanese Relations] is a new, two-volume Japanese publication with a chapter written by Wulan Remmelink. Both volumes offer a new look on the historical relations between Japan and The Netherlands during the Edo period by examining various…

Are you thinking about studying Global Order in Historical Perspective? Learn more and watch the introduction video and the programme presentation.

On the 12th of May, Rita Barrera Virhuez-Eloranta successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Rita Barrera Virhuez-Eloranta on this achievement.

The precise psychobiological mechanisms leading to chronic physiological stress responses have not been sufficiently explained, although stress is a major risk factor for disease and early death. A problem for conventional stress theory is that most of these responses seem to occur in situations without…

Promotor: M.T.M. Koper, Co-Promotor: L.B.F. Juurlink

On April 26th, Kate Bellamy succesfully defended her doctoral thesis and graduated. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Kate on this great result.

What are the behavioral, cognitive, and motivational consequences of decision reversibility?

On Thursday 11 January 2018, Xiang Li defended her doctoral thesis: “Collective Labour Rights and Collective Labour Relations of China”. The supervisors are Professor Guus Heerma van Voss and Professor Barend Barentsen.

This book offers readers an alternative history of the origins of the discipline of International Relations.

While ecosystems have concrete benefits for human society, these benefits are typically overlooked in decision-making.

Robin de Jong

Are you thinking about studying Global Conflict in the Modern Era? Learn more and watch the introduction video and the programme presentation.