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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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Implications of the German Elections; interact with experts and join the event
Five questions about the event ‘Germany after the Elections: implications for Foreign Policy and European Security’ answered by one of the experts at the event: Joachim Koops. Come by at the Spanish Steps in Wijnhaven on Friday 15 October or join the event online (link below).
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From the ground up: The politics of burial and memory in the early Islamic world
Conference
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Reflections on Power, Knowledge, and Trust. Political Dynamics in Africa and Beyond.
Inaugural lecture
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Bernard SteunenbergFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
b.steunenberg@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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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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Huizinga Lecture 2025: What is at stake: The limits of politics and fair play
Alumni event, Lezing
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Narrative Democracy. Notes on the failure of Chile’s constitutional process
Lecture
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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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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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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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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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ASCL Seminar: The politics of net zero in Africa. Insights from ongoing work
Lecture
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[CANCELLED] Forum Shopping from Below: The Global Political Economy of Transnational Migrant Advocacy Networks
Lecture, Lunch Research Seminar
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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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Transforming Nepal’s Political System: Party Positions and Public Opinion (2004-2012)
PhD defence
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Deception, risk, and evasion: The politics of sovereign debt in emerging markets
PhD defence
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Expert Politics. Technocratic Reasoning in Dutch Parliamentary Debate, 1917-1994
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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Daan Roovers in the 54th Huizinga Lecture: ‘Democracy is more than winning elections’
In a packed Stadsgehoorzaal, philosopher and Member of the Senate Daan Roovers delivered the 54th Huizinga Lecture. It was a passionate plea for a form of politics thatt is not only about winning, but also about talking and playing.
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Recap of the 2021 Anthrooplogy PhD Conference
After a long period of isolation under pandemic, the PhD candidates of the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology seized the opportunity to organize an in-person, on-site event: the CADS PhD Conference for 2021. With the theme "Young Scholars at the Intersection of Uncertainty,…
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PhD candidate Sinéad is a Europaeum Scholar: ‘There’s no other programme quite like this’
Sinéad Mulcahy recently started the Europaeum Scholars Programme, a two-year policy and leadership course for a group of thirty talented and committed PhD candidates from universities across Europe. She is already enthusiastic – both about the programme and her fellow scholars. ‘I would like to bring…
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Kutsal YesilkagitFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
a.k.yesilkagit@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009382
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Ivan DunduroFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
i.m.a.dunduro@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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Kirsty RolfeFaculty of Humanities
k.rolfe@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275372
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Emmanuel Ogwuche OkpeFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
e.o.okpe@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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Maria Amjad
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
m.amjad@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Kiara Thais Castaman DiazFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
k.t.castaman.diaz@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Miles KellermanFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
m.g.kellerman@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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Jasper DekkerFaculty of Humanities
j.j.dekker@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272516
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Alessia AspideFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
a.aspide@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Helena Landwehr
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
h.l.landwehr@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Rik de RuiterFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
r.de.ruiter@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009411
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Amber Lauwers
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
a.r.lauwers@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009512
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Jon Collins
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
j.e.collins@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Siran HuangFaculty of Humanities
s.huang@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Youssef CherifFaculty of Humanities
y.c.cherif@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Manon Portos MinettiFaculty of Humanities
m.portos.minetti@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Róisín LambertFaculty of Humanities
r.n.lambert@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Looi van KesselFaculty of Humanities
l.van.kessel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272240
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Ifeanyichukwu Charles NwekeFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
c.i.nweke@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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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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The Principles of Representative Government: Thirty Years Later
Lecture, Workshop
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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…
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Tracing Expertise in Politics: A Digital History of Technocracy in the Dutch House of Representatives, 1917-1994
Lecture
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The International Criminal Court, the War on Drugs, and the Global Politics of Justice
Lecture, Roundtable Forum
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Trade Unions in Morocco: National Unity, Political Struggle, and Trade Union Fragmentation in the Independent State, 1955-1978
PhD defence
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‘An internship at Foreign Affairs is an incredible experience and a good way to boost your career’
Niels van Leeuwen is enrolled in the Master Public Administration: Economics & Governance. During the first stage of his master, he did an internship in the United States, at the economic affairs department of the Royal Netherlands Consulate General in Chicago. ‘There are more ways that lead to Rome…
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The Political Economy of Welfare State Reform: a collection of essays on human mobility and social protection
PhD defence