2,202 search results for “european unit politics and governance” in the Staff website
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Essays on Legislative Decision-making in the European Union
PhD defence
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Text Matter: The Material and Political Lives of Javanese Manuscripts
Lecture, LIAS Lunch Talk Series
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Daan Roovers to deliver the 54th Huizinga Lecture
On Thursday 11 December 2025, Daan Roovers, the philosopher and former Denker des Vaderlands (Philosopher Laureate), will give the 54th Huizinga Lecture at the Stadsgehoorzaal in Leiden. Under the title What’s at stake: The boundaries of politics and fair play, she will reinterpret Johan Huizinga’s…
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Symposium on ten years of progress for children's rights: OPIC
In a collaborative effort between the Leiden Children’s Rights Observatory, the Leiden Law Academy, UNICEF and the Petitions Section of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, a symposium held last week commemorated the tenth anniversary of the Optional Protocol to the Convention…
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Andrew Gawthorpe in The Guardian about the Republicans’ more radical agenda
University lecturer Andrew Gawthorpe argues in The Guardian that the Republican's new agenda for a second Trump term is more radical than the first. He says that they seek to take control of federal agencies by replacing civil servants with ‘American First footsoldiers’.
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What are we defending? Steven Pinker on the core values of NATO and the Enlightenment
NATO not only safeguards our security and stability, but also defends Enlightenment principles, promoting prosperity, health and freedom. This is what eminent psychologist and thinker Steven Pinker argued to a packed Great Auditorium.
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Festive hand-over of first copy new book by Frits van der Meer
In celebration of the release of his new book on changes in public administration, Prof. dr. Frits van der Meer, professor by special appointment of the CAOP chair: Comparative Public Sector and Civil Service Reform, handed the first copy to Gert-Jan Buitendijk, Secretary General of Ministry of General…
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Generating Freedom; Hegel's Conception of Political Order
PhD defence
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Sarah Cramsey: 'We know very little about which systems influence our first thousand days'
It is one of the most personal and simultaneously most universal experiences of human life: caring for a young child. Professor Sarah Cramsey has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant to investigate how factors such as nationality, political systems, and religion influence the first thousand days after…
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What to Expect from the NATO Summit in The Hague
What’s at stake at the NATO summit in The Hague? Three academics from Leiden share their insights.
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Short documentary on 50 years archaeology in Oss
In the student-made documentary, our Field School manager, Dr Arjan Louwen, gives a brief introduction on the importance of the excavation in Oss. Watch the documentary below.
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Understanding public support for budget cuts and tax increases
In her dissertation, political scientist Alessia Aspide explores how public attitudes toward fiscal policy are formed. Her key finding: fiscal preferences are not shaped in a vacuum, but are deeply embedded in institutional, political, and societal contexts.
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Executive Board column: Annetje Ottow on Brussels, Africa and societal impact
Within the scope of innovating and connecting – the theme of our new Strategic Plan – I paid a visit to Brussels last week. It is important to give Leiden University a face in Brussels and to show our expertise, on Africa for instance.
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'Court ruling is balancing act between legal review of rules and feasibility of reception of asylum applicants'
According to a recent court ruling, the reception of asylum applicants in the Netherlands is not in line with European requirements. The Dutch Government must take measures to amend the situation. What are the problems concerning the reception of asylum applicants and how realistic are the court’s d…
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NWO funding for just and effective energy transitions
A consortium led by Eefje Cuppen, Professor Governance of Sustainability at the Institute of Public Administration, has been granted NWO funding for a research project looking into the social, societal, and technical aspects of the energy transition.
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'The benefits and disadvantages of labour migration are unevenly distributed'
One million migrant workers are employed in the Netherlands, often in poor conditions. If we want to reduce labour migration, we need to restructure the economy, says economist Olaf van Vliet. Either way, we need to address abuses, says FNV lawyer Imke van Gardingen.
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Introducing: Fadly Rahman and Marleen Reichgelt
Fadly Rahman and Marleen Reichgelt recently joined the Institute for History 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, they introduce themselves.
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Grassroots Alliances in Natural Resource Governance: Shaping Territories of Life
Inaugural lecture
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Call for Papers: Indonesia 2014-2024
Editors: Irene Hadiprayitno and Rizal Shidiq (Leiden Institute for Area Studies, Leiden University, the Netherlands)
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Nelly Pauline SchumacherFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
n.p.schumacher@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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Kamilla Haugen
Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs
k.n.haugen@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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Laura van Gunst
Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs
l.van.gunst@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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Maaike Okano-Heijmans
Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs
m.w.a.okano@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9506
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Fia van HeterenFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
f.van.heteren@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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Ton van GestelFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
a.f.j.c.van.gestel@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009589
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Zeger van der WalFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
z.van.der.wal@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9152
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Berend de Groot
Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs
b.de.groot@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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Maisy Charles
Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs
e.m.charles@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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Natalie SchallerFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
n.e.schaller@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 8206
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Marie RobinFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
m.p.c.e.robin@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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Kayle van 't KloosterFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
k.c.van.t.klooster@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9506
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Layla van WieringenFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
l.van.wieringen@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9506
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Emma BrekelmansFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
e.c.m.brekelmans@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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Breanna CrossFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
b.n.cross@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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Natalia JagolskiFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
n.jagolski@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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Shreyashree NayakFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
s.nayak@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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Miguel Verwer
Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs
m.g.verwer@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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Maria de Boer
Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs
m.s.de.boer@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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Gatha PatilFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
g.patil@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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Gabriëlla RabelingFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
g.j.e.r.rabeling@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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Filip KrcmarFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
f.k.krcmar@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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Marre Slikker
Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs
m.slikker@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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Madelief AlserdaFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
m.j.alserda@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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Zeynep Balcioglu TasmaFaculty of Law
z.balcioglu.tasma@law.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009512
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Sterre BurmeisterFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
s.burmeister@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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Valtr Troy MandemakerFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
v.t.mandemaker@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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Shana HeppingFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
s.l.hepping@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
- Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Universities Conference Governance of Migration and Diversity
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Research Martijn Nouwen about secretive EU tax body revealed in media under #TheCode
Under #TheCode European media report about Martijn Nouwens’s research on the secretive EU Code of Conduct Group which is tasked with tackling harmful tax competition in Europe. The stories expose to the wider public for the first time how this diplomatic high-level working group of EU Member States…
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Innovating China: Governance and Mobility in China’s New Economy
Lecture, Lunch Research Seminar