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• ‘Let politics be the focus at the State Opening of Parliament’ News - 16 September 2024

  A big performance by André Rieu, food trucks in The Hague and more contact with the Royal Family: grand plans were announced in April to make the State Opening of Parliament (Prinsjesdag) a real ‘crowd puller’. For this year, however, we will just have to make do with slight differences in emphasis.…

• van Staalduinen receives Best Dissertation Award from the American Political Science Association News - 22 June 2023

  Assistant Professor Briitta van Staalduinen has received the Best Dissertation Award from the American Political Science Association, Section on Class and Inequality. Her dissertation, Ethnic Inequality in the Welfare State, aims to reconcile the persistence of ethnic inequalities in expansive welfare…

• Ronny Wijling and Michelle Fairman win Political Science bachelor’s thesis prizes 2025 News - 22 October 2025

  During the annual graduation ceremony, not only were the Bachelor's students in Political Science honoured, but also those students who had written exceptional theses. The thesis prizes reward work that excels in originality, social relevance and academic quality. This year's winners are Ronny Wijling…

• Cleveringa Professor: Holocaust remembrance has led to very different political lessons News - 28 November 2023

  From memorials to the armed forces to memory stones for individual victims. It was only later that the Holocaust took a central role in Western remembrance culture, Cleveringa Professor Frank van Vree notes. ‘Nationalists and human rights activists both invoke the experience of the Holocaust.’

• Leiden Law Cast #6: Geerten Boogard on (local)elections & political upheaval News - 23 March 2022

  Leiden Law Cast is a podcast made by Leiden Law School, Leiden University, for everyone who wants to learn more about current legal issues.

• Military pilot and political scientist Jorik ter Veer: ‘I work with the invisible heroes of society’ News - 17 April 2024

  Jorik ter Veer studied Political Science in Leiden. How does he look back on his student days?

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  Vishwesh Sundar Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  v.sundar@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009512

• Annaya Taradyla Rangkuty and Femke Verhelst win Political Science bachelor’s thesis prizes 2023 News - 10 October 2023

  All Political Science graduates have good reasons to be proud of themselves, having successfully completed their studies and having demonstrated considerable personal growth. This October, fifteen bachelor students can be extra proud: their theses were nominated for a thesis prize. In the class of 2023,…

• Dennis Broeders in World Politics Review on UN Governance of Cyberspace News - 18 March 2021

  Earlier this week, a working group of the United Nations, comprising all 193 of its member states, adopted a consensus report on norms for responsible state behaviour in cyberspace. Dennis Broeders, full professor of Global Security and Technology at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs, Leiden…

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  Afshin Ellian Professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  a.ellian@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277652

• Leïla Gfeller and Tobias van Brandwijk win Political Science bachelor’s thesis prizes for 2021 News - 25 October 2021

  2021, again, sees a rich harvest of bachelor theses in Political Science. Students have been tackling fascinating subjects—ranging from European solidarity in the COVID-19 crisis to the representation of women in democratically elected parliaments—and crowning their research projects with interesting,…

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  Jelke Bethlehem Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  j.g.bethlehem@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Frits Meijerink Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  meijerink@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Mayke Kaag Professor

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

  m.m.a.kaag@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273375

• Essi Pekonen and Ingmar Jansen win Political Science bachelor’s thesis prizes for 2022 News - 8 November 2022

  October and November not only bring a number of proud Political Science graduates, it is also the season to determine who wrote the best bachelor’s thesis. For 2021-2022, fifteen theses were nominated. During the various graduation ceremonies the two final winners were announced: Essi Maria Teresia…

• Crammed with meaning: what museum collections tell us about our political system News - 19 January 2024

  What does a 19th-century exhibition of traditional utensils from the province of Zeeland tell us about the current rise of populism? A lot, Ad Maas will say in his inaugural lecture.

• Sarah de Lange, new professor of Dutch Politics: ‘We should not take our democratic constitutional state for granted’ News - 17 September 2025

  ‘Dutch politics are changing, but they also are characterised by stability; that tension fascinates me.’ Sarah de Lange studies, among other things, the Dutch party system, and specifically how the rise of extremist parties influences democracy. She will start as a professor in Leiden in mid-October…

• Update on Master European Politics and Society by the Faculty Board Announcement - 13 March 2025

  Education, Organisation

• Call for Papers - Monarchy in turmoil: princes, courts, and politics in revolution and restoration 1780-1830 News - 13 April 2021

  For every period, it is a challenge to unearth the details of political trafficking; yet the effort needs to include all relevant persons, groups, and institutions – not only those wielding formal responsibilities. We hope to reinvigorate this effort by inviting specialists to present their research…

• Diplomacy and Global Affairs Research Seminar Series Event
• Diplomacy and Global Affairs Research Seminar Series Event
• Diplomacy and Global Affairs Research Seminar Series Event
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  Bart Verheijen Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.j.verheijen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271743

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  Haye Geukes PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  h.h.geukes@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Reza Shaker Ardekani Guest researcher

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  r.shaker.ardekani@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Tom Buitelaar Assistant professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  t.j.a.buitelaar@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009985

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  Ratna Saptari Soetikno Slamet Guest Researcher

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  rsaptari@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Maarten van Leeuwen University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.van.leeuwen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272073

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  Marina Terkourafi Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.terkourafi@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273159

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  Jorge Duran Solorzano PhD candidate / contract

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.f.duran.solorzano@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Wim Voermans Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  w.j.m.voermans@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277718

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  Ton Dietz Professor emeritus

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

  a.j.dietz@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jiyan Ilbrink University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.ilbrink@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Clare Fenwick Guest Staff Member

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  c.e.fenwick@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

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  Antonella Maiello Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  a.maiello@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009991

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  Johan Christensen Associate professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  j.christensen@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

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  Mark Rutgers Chair of the Board ASCL

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.r.rutgers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 0611719340

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  Jeanne Viet Communication staff member

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  j.m.viet@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Diplomacy and Global Affairs Research Seminar Series Event
• Introducing: Matthew Frear News - 10 December 2013

  In September 2013 I moved to Leiden from the UK to take up the position of Assistant Professor covering politics and international relations on the BA Russian Studies and International Studies programmes and the MA Russian and Eurasian Studies.

• Developments in local politics research Event - 8 April 2025

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  Anna Notsu PhD Candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  a.notsu@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Tin Kapetanovic Dual PhD candidate - guest

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  t.kapetanovic@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009589

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  Toon Kerkhoff Associate professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  a.d.n.kerkhoff@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009484

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  Jay Huang Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  y.c.huang@luc.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009596

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  Madeleine Hosli Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  m.o.hosli@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009581

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  Jeroen Duindam Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.f.j.duindam@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272759

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  Noa Schonmann Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.schonmann@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271432

• 'The show must go on, but making politics less tedious is an almost effortless job these days!' News - 18 February 2021

  After almost a year of working from home during this Covid pandemic, Scientific Director Paul Nieuwenburg conveys how the Institute of Political Science is sailing through waves and lockdowns: from transformation to bi location to 'non location', from teaching on the beach to teaching to 'black cubes'…

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  Fotini Vassou Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  f.m.vassou@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727