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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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  Mira Burmeister-Rudolph Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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

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  Natasha Wood Postdoc

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

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

• 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…

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  Sara Polak University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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

• 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.…

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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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  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

• 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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  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

• '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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  Pepita Hesselberth University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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

• 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.…

• 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…

• 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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• Call for interest: MARS staff exchange programme “Non-Western Migration Regimes in a Global Perspective” News - 18 February 2025

  Are you working at Leiden University and researching migration regimes outside of the Global North? Are you interested in doing fieldwork or a research visit at one of our partner universities? Then you might want to join the Leiden team of the EU-funded Marie Curie Staff Exchange Network on non-western…

• Protests in China: Politicians afraid of not the population but colleagues News - 5 December 2022

  That it was students who started the protests in China against its zero Covid policy makes things more dangerous for politicians. China expert Frank Pieke explains the role of students in China, what makes the protests unique and what might happen next.

• Juan Masullo receives APSA Alexander George Best Article Award News - 16 September 2025

  Assistant Professor Juan Masullo of the Institute of Political Science has been awarded the 2025 Alexander George Best Article Award for his work on interviews and process tracing.

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  Paul Cliteur Professor Emeritus

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  p.b.cliteur@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Sayeh Mohammadi PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  s.mohammadi@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Rodrigo Ochigame Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  r.k.ochigame@fsw.leidenuniv.nl |

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  Martina Revello Lami Assistant professor

  Faculty of Archaeology

  m.revello.lami@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275328

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  Antoaneta Dimitrova Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  a.l.dimitrova@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

• Dimiter Toshkov and Honorata Mazepus in The Economist about the 'winner-loser gap' News - 25 March 2021

  The Economist published an article about a working paper about the effects of democratic elections on satisfaction with democracy. The paper was written by Dimiter Koshkov, Associate Professor at the Institute of Public Administration and Honorata Mazepus, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Security…

• Between Power and Public Opinion: State Reform in Nepal News - 8 April 2025

  On 24 April 2025, political scientist Pawan Kumar Sen will defend his PhD dissertation, "Transforming Nepal’s Political System: Party Positions and Public Opinion (2004-2012)," at Leiden University. His research examines how Nepal’s major political parties navigated key state restructuring reforms—republicanism,…

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  Katie Hudson Data Steward/Research Support Officer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  k.i.s.hudson@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Gerard van der Veer Secretary board of examiners

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  g.van.der.veer@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273710

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  Karolina Kudlek Postdoctoral Researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.kudlek@phil.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Lars Dorren Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  l.dorren@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009163

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  Henriëtte Van den Heuvel Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  h.van.den.heuvel@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 0638507656

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  Diego Salazar Morales Assistant professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  d.a.salazar.morales@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009400

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  Lukas Obholzer Assistant professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  l.m.obholzer@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

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  Bionda Kijk in de Vegte Management assistant

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  b.kijk.in.de.vegte@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275373

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  Denise Zeeuw-van Veen Management/office assistant

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  d.p.m.van.veen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276940

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  Annemarie Kok PhD candidate

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  j.w.m.kok@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

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  Justin Spruit Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  j.p.n.spruit@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Sjoerd Keulen Professor by special appointment

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  s.j.keulen@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

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  Rosalie Joosten PhD candidate

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  r.m.e.joosten@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

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  Radostina Sharenkova-Toshkova Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  r.p.sharenkova-toshkova@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Alumnus teaching at a Texan university: pizza, guns and heated debate in the lecture theatre News - 17 October 2024

  Americans are electing a new president in November but they also have other choices to make in the polling booth. Alumnus Sanne Rijkhoff works at a Texas university and is trying to help make students more aware of the elections.