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• system was supposed to elevate the colony, but turned out to be token politics News - 20 May 2021

  In the late 19th century, the Dutch government introduced a tax system in the Dutch East Indies, with the intention of transforming the colony into a modern state. PhD student Maarten Manse wrote his thesis on this development and discovered how grandiloquent colonial ideals became bogged down in daily…

• Octogenarian underground poets, political language turned on its head, and more: unofficial poetry from China in Digital Collections News - 13 June 2023

  Over 30.000 pages of new material have been added to the online collection of unofficial poetry publications from China in the Leiden Digital Collections. Produced outside the system, these journals and books are hugely influential yet very hard to find. To address this paradox, Leiden University Libraries…

• ‘New Rutte IV administrative culture will be difficult to create’ News - 6 January 2022

  The Rutte IV cabinet is more or less complete. It includes more women than ever. For the first time ever, the Netherlands will have two ethnic minority ministers, and ministers without political experience but with plenty of professional expertise will also be making their debut. However, political…

• Looking over the shoulders of medieval readers News - 8 January 2024

  What did medieval scholars think of the books they read? In her inaugural lecture, Professor Mariken Teeuwen will talk about the texts they wrote in the margin.

• A Historical and Etymological Look at Co-Speech Gestures and Signs Event - 13 May 2026

  Lecture, Sign Languages & Deaf People

• find-funding Social and Behavioural Sciences Find Funding

  To find funding, you first need to define your goal. Do you need to fund your own salary? Go abroad? Start up a collaboration? Buy equipment or do field work? Develop a company based on an invention that came out of the research? Next, find a match between your goal and the many funding opportunitie…

• Adina Akbik wins Student-led Teaching Award News - 10 October 2024

  This September, Adina Akbik received the Political Science Teaching Award at Leiden University. Created by student members of the Bachelor's and Master's Programme Committees (OLC), the award recognises remarkable teaching at the Institute. Akbik was chosen from five finalists after receiving several…

• Just to be sure... At any cost? News - 1 May 2024

  Security seems to most people a basic necessity of life, a prerequisite for a good life. But if you think about it a little longer and deeper, as political philosopher Josette Daemen has done, you realise that security sometimes comes at the expense of other important goods, such as freedom and equality.…

• Eight projects receive funding from JEDI Fund News - 13 February 2024

  From a queer art exhibition to a podcast about people with disabilities, the JEDI Fund this year again honored several projects that contribute to diversity and inclusion.

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  Louis Verreth PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.verreth@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Russia correspondent Eva Hartog: ‘Return to the Netherlands? No way!’ News - 17 October 2022

  Russia correspondent Eva Hartog took a Master’s in Political Philosophy in Leiden in 2011. This former editor-in-chief of The Moscow Times sees this short period as a new chapter in her life. And she is once again contemplating her future now she can no longer ask the big questions in Russia.

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  Nynke Heegstra Study Advisor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  n.e.heegstra@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8003941

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  Judy Spruit Secretary of the Institute Board

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  j.a.spruit@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273650

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  Ian Lau Study adviser

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  i.m.lau@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009179

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  Debbie Tromper Management assistant

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  d.tromper@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276940

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  Sandra Meddeler Policy Officer / Secretary to the Board of Examiners

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  s.r.meddeler@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Lies van Heteren Education manager

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  l.van.heteren@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Wencke Appelman Study adviser

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  w.r.appelman@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273944

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  Wendy Wiersma Administrative processes and systems staff member

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  w.h.wiersma@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Marjan Rijnja Teaching Coordinator

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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

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  Eline Joor Senior alumni & internship coordinator

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  e.e.j.joor@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

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  Ester Blom Study Adviser

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  e.j.m.blom@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273691

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  Henk Dekker Emeritus

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  dekkerh@fsw.leidenuniv.nl |

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  Desiree van Drongelen Staff Member Studentregistrations

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  d.v.van.drongelen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Nathalie van Dooren Coordinator Marketing & Student Recruitment

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  n.m.m.q.van.dooren@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275687

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  Anna van Dijk Management/office-assistent

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  a.van.dijk@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276343

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  Pawan Kumar Sen Guest researcher

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  p.k.sen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Daniëlle Lovink Study Adviser

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  d.j.m.lovink@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273990

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  Ylva Klaassen Operational Director

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  y.klaassen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273645

• Orange the World 2025 Event - 25 November 2025

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  Natasha Wood Postdoc

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  n.r.wood@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

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  Mira Burmeister-Rudolph Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  m.e.burmeister-rudolph@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Emma Korpershoek Student Ambassador Crisis and security Management

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

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

• 'We are already going to see this effect of the coalition agreement in the coming weeks' News - 17 May 2024

  Few details, relatively few words. The coalition agreement presented is one of the shortest in the past 20 years, Arco Timmermans knows. Consequently, the outlines were not negotiated for very long, which has its advantages and disadvantages. 'Over the next few weeks, we are mainly going to see the…

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  Frans Willem Korsten Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  f.w.a.korsten@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Casper Wits in POLITICO on the EU's China Policy News - 24 December 2021

  University lecturer Casper Wits wrote an opinion piece on the ongoing diplomatic tensions between the European Union and China for POLITICO. In this article, he argues that 'rather than shrinking from the fight, the EU must develop a China policy that prioritizes progressive values and human rights.…

• Hoe kan de gemeente Leiden het contact met internationals verbeteren? Studenten Bestuurskunde zoeken het uit News - 31 May 2022

  Tweedejaars studenten van de Bachelor Bestuurskunde, track Bestuur Beleid en Organisatie (BBO), hebben tijdens het vak BBO II: Multi-level governance gewerkt aan een praktijkopdracht voor de gemeente Leiden. De bevindingen werden aan elkaar gepresenteerd tijdens een interactieve sessie.

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  Giles Scott-Smith Dean LUC/Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  g.p.scott-smith@luc.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009503

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  Willem van der Does Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  vanderdoes@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Deborah Oyuu PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  i.d.oyuu@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Alp Yenen University Lecturer Modern Turkish History and Culture

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.a.yenen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272943

• Kaare Strøm award for institute member Thijs Vos News - 17 October 2024

  This summer, political scientist Thijs Vos received the Kaare Strøm prize for his paper ‘Power or Ideology? What structures legislative voting behaviour in Dutch municipal councils, ideology or coalition-opposition dynamics?' He was awarded the prize during the ECPR summer school on parliaments in F…

• Ski Slopes, Sandy Beaches, and the Politics of Tourism in Kim Jong Un's North Korea Event - 6 June 2025

  Lecture

• A decade devoted to shaping the future of children’s rights News - 21 August 2025

  The Master of Laws: Advanced Studies in International Children’s Rights (LL.M.) was launched in 2015 to equip a generation of professionals to protect the rights of children worldwide. As the programme celebrates its 10th anniversary, we reflect on its impact.

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  Ralph Kijk in de Vegte Staff member Servicedesk HR

  ASSC

  r.kijk.in.de.vegte@assc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Matthias In 't Anker Medewerker nazorgteam BAS

  Faculty of Science

  m.a.in.t.anker@science.leidenuniv.nl |

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  Pepita Hesselberth University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.hesselberth@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272202

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  Maarten Jansen Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Archaeology

  m.e.r.g.n.jansen@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Alexander Geurds Dean / Professor

  Faculty of Archaeology

  a.geurds@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272206

• How music shaped a Cabo Verdean community in Rotterdam News - 10 February 2023

  Seger Kersbergen studied the Cabo Verdean nightlife in Rotterdam. He explains how their music describes their nightlife and daily lives.