2,164 search results for “european unie politics and governance” in the Staff website
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Martijn Nouwen in Der Spiegel About the New EU Code of Conduct Against Harmful Tax Practices
Der Spiegel reports about the planned reform of the EU Code of Conduct aimed at tackling harmful tax practices of EU Member States. A reform is urgently needed to tackle remaining forms of tax competition, which cost EU countries billons of euros every year.
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Dimiter Toshkov and Honorata Mazepus in The Economist about the 'winner-loser gap'
The Economist published an article about a working paper about the effects of democratic elections on satisfaction with democracy. The paper was written by Dimiter Koshkov, Associate Professor at the Institute of Public Administration and Honorata Mazepus, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Security…
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Between Power and Public Opinion: State Reform in Nepal
On 24 April 2025, political scientist Pawan Kumar Sen will defend his PhD dissertation, "Transforming Nepal’s Political System: Party Positions and Public Opinion (2004-2012)," at Leiden University. His research examines how Nepal’s major political parties navigated key state restructuring reforms—republicanism,…
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Mariët HagenFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
m.hagen@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9589
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Yu-Sha VergeerFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
y.vergeer@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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Jamy van Baarsel-SarikayaFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
j.m.m.van.baarsel@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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Barbaros MetinFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
b.metin@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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Stanislava JovicicFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
s.jovicic@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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Karin Stadhouders
Faculty of Archaeology
r.c.m.stadhouders@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Micaela de VriesFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
m.a.m.de.vries@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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Chioma Giwa-AmuFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
c.c.giwa-amu@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009400
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Magali van WierenFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
m.l.van.wieren@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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Eva Lagemaat
Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs
e.lagemaat@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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Pauline Slot
Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs
p.slot@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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Bert RavelliFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
b.ravelli@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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Bill Watkins
Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs
w.k.watkins@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009589
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Marie-José van HuffelenFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
m.j.van.huffelen@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 06 20563114
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Katharina Natter receives IMR Book Review Award
Katharina Natter of the Institute of Political Science has been awarded the 2025 IMR Book Review Award for her book on migration politics in Morocco and Tunisia.
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Ski Slopes, Sandy Beaches, and the Politics of Tourism in Kim Jong Un's North Korea
Lecture
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Afghanistan: Contemporary Navigations of Religious Authority across Political Changes
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Jos BazelmansFaculty of Archaeology
j.g.a.bazelmans@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Evening of the Political Debate
Debate
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What drives anti-immigrant sentiment among youths in Ecuador?
Four researchers from Leiden University’s Institute of Political Science have been awarded a grant to jointly investigate attitudes towards Venezuelan immigrants among youths in Ecuador. Combining their expertise and collaborating with the Universidad San Francisco de Quito, they will focus on school-going…
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Gateways for Humanity: The Duty to Reason in the Automated State
On 6 June 2023, Melanie Fink gave a ‘conférence’ at the University of Liège, Belgium in the context of its EU Studies Seminar Cycle, organised by Ljupcho Grozdanovski.
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Call for Papers: Who rules over migrants? Autocratic elements in migration policies
We are pleased to invite paper proposals for the 1.5-day interdisciplinary workshop: “Who rules over migrants? Autocratic elements in migration policies”, that will take place at the University of Leiden on 14 and 15 November 2024.
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Building academic freedom
Debate
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Introducing: Fadly Rahman
Fadly Rahman recently joined the Institute for History as a PhD candidate within the NWO-funded project 'Epistemic actors. The role of Indonesians in the making of knowledge in the colonial era’ under the supervision of Fenneke Sysling. Below, he introduces himself.
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Alette JansenFaculty of Law
a.c.jansen@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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What does Islamist rule look like?
Joana Cook talks about the Islamist parties increasingly taking power in the last four decades on ABC News.
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Just Peace Dialogue: Peace in Europe
Just Peace Festival
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Just Peace Dialogue: Peace in Sudan
Just Peace Festival
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24th European Meeting of Paleopathology Association
Conference
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Arindrajit Basu
Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs
a.basu@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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Ida HobmaFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
i.j.a.hobma@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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Jan van den BergFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
j.van.den.berg@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9506
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Understanding far-right communities on alternative platforms: Jonathan Collins on his PhD research
On Tuesday 30 September 2025, PhD candidate Jonathan Collins will defend his dissertation A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of the Far-Right Alt-Tech Social Media Movement in Leiden’s Academy Building. His work examines the communication dynamics of far-right communities on alternative…
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All eyes on China: the Communist Party Congress is coming up
The world’s attention will shift to China as the Communist Party is set to hold its five-yearly congress beginning on 16 October. We talk to Senior University Lecturer Florian Schneider about how its leader Xi Jinping is expected to cement his place as the country’s most powerful leader since Mao Ze…
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Plan for which VVD is prepared to let Dutch government collapse, caused overburdening of judicial system and violation of children's rights in
The Dutch conservative VVD party plans to make the right to family reunification more difficult for people with temporary residence permits. In Germany, this restriction led to several lawsuits which were won by status holders. Mark Klaassen, Assistant Professor in Migration Law, believes this is a…
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Radical Spotlights: Economics of Political Chaos
Inaugural lecture
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The European Precariat: The Protection of Precarious Workers in the European Union
PhD defence
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Artificial intelligence can discriminate. How can this be prevented?
What do gender identity and digital technology have to do with each other? Together they are the subject of research at Leiden University. Researchers Tessa Verhoef and Eduard Fosch-Villaronga of the faculties of Mathematics and Natural Sciences and Law will investigate the interaction between artificial…
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Look to Africa as a mirror of global developments
Western countries still tend to view Africa as the periphery, says anthropologist Mayke Kaag. In her inaugural lecture, she calls for a shift in perspective: to see Africa as a mirror of global developments.
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Jannemieke Ouwerkerk on transfer Mallorca assault case to the Netherlands
The suspects of the fatal assault on Mallorca will be investigated in the Netherlands. If the Dutch Public Prosecution Service sees sufficient reason to prosecute the suspects, then a Dutch court will consider the case.
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Willemijn AerdtsFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
w.j.m.aerdts@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9506
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Sarah GiestFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
s.n.giest@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9084
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Chiara AnfusoFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
c.anfuso@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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Andrea BartolucciFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
a.bartolucci@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9506
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Júlia García Puig-Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs
j.garcia.puig@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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Isabella BrunnerFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
i.brunner@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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Successful launch of Liber Amicorum in honour of Marco Bronckers
On Friday 2 June 2023, the Europa Institute launched the Liber Amicorum – “The EU and the WTO: Ever the Twain Shall Meet” – in honour of Marco Bronckers. To mark the special occasion, a panel discussion on five major challenges facing the EU and the WTO in the next fifty years was held.