1,057 search results for “informal politics” in the Staff website
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Outbreak of an infectious disease? Mathematics helps in making quick, informed decisions
A job thanks to COVID—something not many people can claim. But PhD candidate Vera Arntzen can. Over the past four years, she has mapped two crucial characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 infections. Thanks to her research, experts can now make well-informed decisions on matters like quarantine duration, which…
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Liesbeth van VlietSocial & Behavioural Sciences
l.m.van.vliet@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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The United States and the War in Gaza: History, Politics, and Culture
Debate, Panel and Q&A session
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Liveable planet lunch meeting - Politics of Attention for the Environment: Small Steps and Big Leaps.
Lecture
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Slavery excuses: 'Cabinet created its own problem by rushing in'
The excuses for the slavery past? It would have been better if the cabinet had taken some more time on that, thinks university lecturer and Atlantic slavery expert Karwan Fatah-Black. 'Too bad they didn’t wait for the results of the study.'
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A quick call about the war in Ukraine: ‘Did Putin underestimate his opponent?’
The war in Ukraine has lasted almost two weeks now. What does Putin expect to achieve with his invasion and how big is the chance that the West will get involved? We phoned André Gerrits, professor and expert on Russia.
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Amerika's nieuwe koers: Europa op Scherp
Lecture, Leids Actualiteitencollege
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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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Our government should be more resilient
A fragmented political landscape, permanent pressure from current affairs and an increasingly political civil service: our government faces many challenges. This makes it all the more difficult to make important decisions about pensions or the climate. Research and good education can help meet the challenges…
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Can AI Save the Amazon? The Politics of AI Environmentalism in Colombia
EDGES Talk
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Reflections on Power, Knowledge, and Trust. Political Dynamics in Africa and Beyond.
Inaugural lecture
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Mark LoderichsFaculty of Humanities
m.a.loderichs@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Kohei SuzukiFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
k.suzuki@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9072
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Bonnie TillandFaculty of Humanities
b.r.tilland@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2191
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Caspar Dullemond
Faculty of Humanities
c.c.dullemond@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Diego SalamaFaculty of Humanities
d.salama@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Celine Oldenhage
Faculty of Humanities
c.c.w.oldenhage@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Hanna van BentumFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
h.p.van.bentum@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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Gerrit DijkstraFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
g.s.a.dijkstra@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9412
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‘If you want to understand China, read what Chinese scholars are writing’
Contrary to what one might expect, societal actors influence China’s foreign policy. PhD candidate Sabine Mokry investigated how Chinese academics and think tanks impact the authoritarian leadership’s views on what constitutes the country’s national interest in the international arena. On 14 November…
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From Disappearance to the End Game: Reflecting on the Politics of Decolonization in Hong Kong
Lecture, China Seminar
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Liesbeth van der HeideFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
e.j.van.der.heide@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9506
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Stijn van 't LandFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
s.w.van.t.land@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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Sarah Louise CarthyFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
s.l.carthy@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9506
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Yann RyanFaculty of Humanities
y.c.ryan@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Tahir AbbasFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
t.abbas@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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Silvia D'AmatoFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
s.damato@umail.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009506
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Gabriel Veppo de Lima
Faculty of Humanities
g.veppo.de.lima@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Juliët TinebraFaculty of Humanities
g.j.tinebra@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009512
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Felix BoschFaculty of Humanities
f.r.bosch@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Anne PorFaculty of Humanities
a.s.por@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Students for Palestine panel discussion in The Hague on 24 May
Students for Palestine – a group of students from Leiden and The Hague – are holding a panel discussion in the Leiden University in The Hague Wijnhaven building on Tuesday 24 May entitled ‘Silencing Palestine’.
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Cleveringa Professor Jan Grabovski about the Polish government and the Holocaust
Grabovski spoke in various media on the occasion of Holocaust Remembrance Day on 27 January 2022.
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and Scientific Analysis in the History of Philosophy, History of Political Thought, and Intellectual History
Lecture, PCNI Research Seminar
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How migration policy in autocracies and democracies differs from what we expect
What is the effect of a certain regime on a country’s migration policy? Political scientist Katharina Natter compared the migration policy of autocratic Morocco with that of democratising Tunisia. Her findings challenge some of the core assumptions.
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Eredoctoraten voor Bonnie Honig, Eliot Higgins en Kelly Chibale
Leiden University will be conferring three honorary doctorates in its special anniversary year. They will be awarded to Eliot Higgins, truth finder and founder of Bellingcat, Bonnie Honig, expert in feminist theory and legal theory, and Kelly Chibale, professor of organic chemistry, who works on prevention…
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‘Liberal American foreign policy was always entangled with illiberal interests’
American foreign policy in the period after the Second World War is often characterised as liberal. This is, however, not the full picture, argues university lecturer Andrew Gawthorpe. He has been awarded a Vidi grant to research and rewrite this popular narrative.
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A quick call about Ukraine: 'Putin wants to be taken seriously'
Suddenly there they were, the Russian soldiers near the border of Ukraine. Since then, reports of tensions between Russia on the one hand and the United States and Europe on the other have dominated the news. What is going on? An interview with Russia expert André Gerrits.
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Deception, risk, and evasion: The politics of sovereign debt in emerging markets
PhD defence
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From Risks to Public Opinion: How Structural Economic Changes Shape Political Attitudes and Policy Preferences
PhD defence
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The Role of Political Elites in nation-Building in contemporary Ethiopia, 1960-2019
PhD defence
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Transforming Nepal’s Political System: Party Positions and Public Opinion (2004-2012)
PhD defence
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Tracing Shumi: Politics and Aesthetics in Modern Japanese Literary Discourse and Fiction
PhD defence
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Unknown, but not unloved
Do you know what the capital of St Eustatius is? Or which province Curaçao belongs to? No idea? You are not the only one: the majority of European Dutch people know little about the Caribbean islands within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. This is according to a large-scale opinion survey led by political…
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Indigenous populations’ major political impact in Latin America: (Re)shaping the nation-state in Bolivia, Chile, Guatemala, and Perú
Lecture, PCNI Roundtable
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The New Atlantic Order - and Transformation of Global Politics in the "Long" 20th Century
Lecture, Global Questions Seminar
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Nienke BeetsFaculty of Science
n.beets@hortus.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275144
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Cleveringa lectures: how the Polish government is distorting the history of the Holocaust
In Poland the commemoration of acts of resistance is being misused to distort the history of the Holocaust. That is what Cleveringa Professor Jan Grabowski said in his inaugural lecture on 26 November. In her lecture, the second Cleveringa Professor, Barbara Engelking, pointed to the often indifferent…
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Interdisciplinary research: labour market on the move
Migration, globalisation, technological developments, climate change: the greatest challenges of our time all affect our labour market. But how exactly? And can we influence this? Professor of Economics Olaf van Vliet regards it as his job to reveal how things really are. ‘That way, we can work on solutions…