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• Towards the Hinduisation of India? News - 25 January 2024

  The recent consecration of India’s Ayodhya temple by Prime Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party figurehead Narendra Modi raises important questions. Is secularism giving way to religious rule in the world’s largest democracy? How does this resonate with India’s culturally diverse population? France 24…

• 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…

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  Joshua Musumi Chibuyi PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.m.chibuyi@phil.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Marijana Vujosevic University Lecturer Moral and Political Philosophy

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.vujosevic@phil.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274135

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  Eleftherios Karchimakis Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  e.karchimakis@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009512

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  Maximilian Wachter PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  m.n.wachter@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

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  Sarah Stevens PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  s.a.stevens@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

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  Benjamin Kester Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  b.a.n.kester@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Esra Nartok-van der Kist Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  e.e.nartok@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Alexandros Ntaflos Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  a.ntaflos@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009512

• ‘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…

• PE_PP talk: The political cost of tax reform Event - 14 April 2025

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• 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.…

• Solving the Pachakutik party puzzle News - 30 June 2021

  The Ecuadorian Pachakutik party is one of the oldest indigenous political movements in Latin America. Despite not being very successful at the polls and hardly having organisational resources at its disposal, Pachakutik is still part of Ecuador’s political landscape. In her dissertation, Political Scientist…

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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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  Lies van Heteren Education manager

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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

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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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  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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  Ylva Klaassen Operational Director

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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

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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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  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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  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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  Daniëlle Lovink Study Adviser

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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

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  Henk Dekker Emeritus

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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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

• '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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  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

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  Sara Polak University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.a.polak@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272142

• 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.…

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  Frans Willem Korsten Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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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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  Giles Scott-Smith Dean LUC/Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

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

• 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…

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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

• What do complex molecules tell us about star formation? News - 21 November 2022

  How do you progress from an immense gas cloud somewhere in the universe to a star with planets? Research by Astronomy PhD student Martijn van Gelder sheds more light on the earliest phases of this process. He will receive his doctorate on November 24th.

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  Pepita Hesselberth University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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

• Student protests in Serbia: Evolution, prospects and lessons News - 10 July 2025

  On June 16, 2025, the Institute of Political Science at Leiden University hosted a panel debate about the ongoing mass student-led protests in Serbia. The protests have shaken the increasingly illiberal regime in Serbia to its core and have grown into the largest student protests in Europe since 196…

• Lecture: Individualism and Political Personalism Event - 8 December 2025

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