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• Connect & Visualise: Data journeys in popular science Event - 15 December 2025

  Webinar with Q&A

• Honours College Science, Society and Self Event - 13 May 2024

  Information session

• Ethnicity and endogeneity in the welfare state Event - 15 June 2023

  Seminar

• The making of a lost generation: child labor among Syrian refugees in Turkey Event - 6 April 2023

  Lecture

• Misleading bar and pie charts News - 19 December 2022

  People can be easily mislead with graphs. But they don’t necessarily stay misled, the research shows.

• Leiden political scientists Claire Vergerio and Kathleen Brown win awards News - 6 December 2023

  Two researchers from the Institute of Political Science were recently awarded prizes. Claire Vergerio received the Francesco Guicciardini Prize for her book on the historical origins of the primacy of the state in international law ('best book in the historical international relations category'). In…

• Rewarding healthy behavior: policy and science perspectives Event - 28 February 2024

  Conference

• Katharina Natter receives IMR Book Review Award News - 26 August 2025

  Katharina Natter of the Institute of Political Science has been awarded the 2025 IMR Book Review Award for her book on migration politics in Morocco and Tunisia.

• Does the welfare entitlement of immigrants change the admission preferences of natives? Event - 21 April 2023

  Lecture

• Want to find out more about Academia in Motion? The programme team can come and tell you more News - 14 March 2024

  An open academic culture, where quality beats quantity, where science and society are closely linked and where we recognise and reward everyone’s contribution is the aim of the university-wide Academia in Motion (AiM) programme.

• Political Scientist Adina Akbik Joins Young Academy Leiden News - 14 June 2024

  Adina Akbik has been appointed as a new member of the Young Academy Leiden (YAL) as of 1 September 2024. Akbik is Senior Assistant Professor of European Politics at Leiden University. YAL serves as a platform for early career academics, and Akbik is keen to promote the needs and interests of young researchers…

• Call for Papers: Who rules over migrants? Autocratic elements in migration policies News - 2 May 2024

  We are pleased to invite paper proposals for the 1.5-day interdisciplinary workshop: “Who rules over migrants? Autocratic elements in migration policies”, that will take place at the University of Leiden on 14 and 15 November 2024.

• 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…

• 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…

• How democratic is our kingdom? New ministry chair for Leiden political scientist News - 24 May 2024

  When we talk about the Kingdom of the Netherlands, it is not just about the Netherlands. On the contrary: our Kingdom consists of no less than four countries, three of which are Caribbean islands. This structure is complex, to say the least. Although all countries are officially equivalent, in practice…

• Prompt Power: Using AI Tools for Political Science Research (The Hague session) Event - 13 March 2025

  Lecture

• Prompt Power: Using AI Tools for Political Science Research (Leiden session) Event - 17 March 2025

  Lecture

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  Bramesada Prasastyoga Knowlegde Valorisation Staff Member

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

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  Tycho van Tartwijk PhD candidate

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

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  RouJia Feng PhD candidate/guest

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  r.feng@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Beth Lloyd Postdoc

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  b.lloyd@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Fieke Harinck Guest

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  sharinck@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Internationalisation in research Research internationalisation

  Leiden researchers work together with other researchers from across the world. The University has developed a regional policy focused on three specific regions with which we maintain intensive contact through a number of faculties: China, Indonesia and Latin America and the Caribbean.

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  Isabelle Hoxha Guest

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  i.hoxha@umail.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Willem Bruin Postdoc

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  w.b.bruin@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Iris Spruit Technician for Education and Research

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  i.m.spruit@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5006

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  Student and Educational Affairs (SEA)

  s.j.m.keijsers@sea.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8026

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  Ruben Verheul Web editor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

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  Huub Middelkoop Professor of Neuropsychology

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

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  Lotte Vinkenoog Staff Member ICT and Education

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  l.vinkenoog@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Willem Heiser Professor emeritus

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  heiser@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Fleur Mommersteeg Lecturer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  f.a.mommersteeg@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Sita ter Haar Assistant professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  s.m.ter.haar@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275457

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  Sangar Paykhar- Skills Lecturer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  s.paykhar@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3600

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  Alexa Schrickel Guest

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

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

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  Camille Kwende Student Assistant Diversity & Inclusion

  Administration and Central Services

  c.l.a.kwende@bb.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Linda Krijger-Conijn content manager/web editor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

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  René Ouwerkerk ICT-coordinator/Security officer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

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  Arie in 't Veld Informationmanager and teamleader SOLO Educational Support

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

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  Tanja Braakman Management assistent

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

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  Elio Sjak-Shie Engineering and Application Manager

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

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  Maarten Struijk-Wilbrink XR-Research Developer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  m.r.struijk@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Kenny van Lieshout Lecturer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  k.van.lieshout@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Maria Sherwood-Smith Academic English Lecturer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  m.c.sherwood-smith@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4892

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  Erik van Duijn Staff Member ICT and Education

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  a.c.van.duijn@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276763

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  Colin Staphorst Employee audiovisual services

  Universitair Facilitair Bedrijf

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  Lara Gröschel PhD candidate

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  l.c.groschel@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Charlotte Rouzée PhD candidate

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  c.c.rouzee@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jasper Maas Lecturer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  j.n.m.maas@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274073

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  Esra Nartok-van der Kist Lecturer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

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