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• Food for Thought lunch meeting: Politics and society in the aftermath of the 2025 elections Event - 6 November 2025

  Lecture, Food for Thought

• Towards a crisis resilient society News - 25 March 2024

  Pandemics, terrorist attacks, environmental disasters... These are real threats, which we cannot ignore. In fact: we need to prepare better for the large-scale crises of the future. Preferably in a way that suits our lifestyle and respects our social values. Over the next ten years, an interdisciplinary…

• How does the European Union deal with distinctiveness? News - 2 February 2024

  On 31 January 2024, Alex Schilin defended his dissertation ‘United in Distinctiveness: The Institutionalisation of Differentiated Integration in Economic and Monetary Union during the Sovereign Debt Crisis.’ What motivated him to research this specific topic, and how did he tackle this project? And…

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  Jeanine de Roy van Zuijdewijn Assistant professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  j.h.de.roy.van.zuijdewijn@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009328

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  Liesbeth van der Heide Assistant professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  e.j.van.der.heide@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009506

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  Vera Scepanovic Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  v.scepanovic@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272342

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  Maxine David University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.e.l.david@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274118

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  Daniel Schade Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.d.schade@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272796

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  Andrea Warnecke Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.u.warnecke@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272679

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  Silvia D'Amato Assistant Professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  s.damato@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009506

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  Jelle van Buuren Associate professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  g.m.van.buuren@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

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  Stijn van 't Land Researcher

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  s.w.van.t.land@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

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  Roy Hofkamp Researcher

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  r.hofkamp@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

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  Bonnie Tilland University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.r.tilland@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272191

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  Linde Jansen PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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

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  Shmailish Anwar PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  s.anwar@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8003206

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  Gerrit Dijkstra Assistant Professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  g.s.a.dijkstra@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009412

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  Kohei Suzuki Assistant professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  k.suzuki@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009072

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  Hanna van Bentum PhD candidate

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  h.p.van.bentum@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

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  Ruben van de Ven

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  Tim Kalkman Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  w.t.kalkman@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

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  Julia Puente Duyn Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  j.puente.duyn@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8003879

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  Anouk Roeling PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Judith Bruchhaus PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  j.bruchhaus@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

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  Vijay Bolt PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  v.bolt@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Aris Agoglossakis Foley Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  a.v.agoglossakis.foley@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Alessia Aspide Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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

• Understanding public support for budget cuts and tax increases News - 1 May 2025

  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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  Chibuike Uche Professor

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

  c.u.uche@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273854

• Conference ‘Power and Counterpower in Democracy: Multidisciplinary Perspectives' News - 2 June 2023

  As both old and new democracies experience increasing democratic backsliding, there is a critical societal need to rethink the design and effectiveness of democratic checks and balances. In this conference on Friday 9 June, the aim is to explore multidisciplinary insights about what makes the checks…

• Pluriversal Politics: Otomi History, Language, Culture and Cosmovision Event - 2 December 2025

  Lecture and Exhibition

• Pluriversal Politics: Otomi History, Language, Culture and Cosmovision Event - 3 December 2025

  Film screening and Book Launch

• Changing power relations and rising stars News - 12 September 2024

  The norms, institutions and power relations that have defined the last decades of international political and economic relations in the European Union are undergoing major transformations. With the return of competition between great and ambitious powers, like the US, China, EU and Russia, the need…

• Decentralisation scrutinised: Research reveals downsides of small-scale governance News - 25 April 2025

  On 16 May, three researchers from Leiden University will present their findings on the democratic consequences of decentralisation at a workshop in Leiden. Their research project, Downsize My Democracy?, shows that decentralisation does not automatically lead to a stronger democracy. On the contrary,…

• Trust in Brussels? ‘The EU would be wise to respect and protect national identities’ News - 5 November 2025

  Many European citizens feel connected to the European Union and place trust in it, Eva Grosfeld found in her PhD research. Yet around a quarter do not identify with the EU at all. How can the EU regain their trust?

• ‘The child protection system really isn’t in good order’ News - 13 May 2022

  Last Thursday the Dutch House of Representatives held a debate on children being put into care when the childcare benefits scandal (toeslagenaffaire) had caused problems for their families. Four Leiden University academics were asked by the House to produce a fact sheet for this debate, bringing together…

• Translation invariant Banach function spaces on groups Event - 19 June 2025

  PhD defence

• from drama and the arts: scripts, stages, and performances in world politics Event - 10 March 2026

  LUCIR presentation and discussion

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  Dimiter Toshkov Associate Professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  d.d.toshkov@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009391

• Trees and Securitization: The Politics of Afforestation in Israel's Negev/Al Naqab | Research Seminar Event - 12 May 2025

  Lecture, Research Seminar

• Matthew DiGiuseppe receives NWO XS grant for research on AI governance News - 19 May 2026

  Matthew DiGiuseppe, Associate Professor at the Institute of Political Science at Leiden University, has been awarded an NWO XS grant for his project ‘Political Polarization and Public Support for AI Governance’. The project examines whether growing political polarisation affects citizens’ willingness…

• ‘If you want to understand China, read what Chinese scholars are writing’ News - 13 November 2023

  Contrary to what one might expect, societal actors influence China’s foreign policy. PhD candidate Sabine Mokry investigated how Chinese academics and think tanks impact the authoritarian leadership’s views on what constitutes the country’s national interest in the international arena. On 14 November…

• Students for Palestine panel discussion in The Hague on 24 May News - 17 May 2022

  Students for Palestine – a group of students from Leiden and The Hague – are holding a panel discussion in the Leiden University in The Hague Wijnhaven building on Tuesday 24 May entitled ‘Silencing Palestine’.

• How migration policy in autocracies and democracies differs from what we expect News - 11 April 2023

  What is the effect of a certain regime on a country’s migration policy? Political scientist Katharina Natter compared the migration policy of autocratic Morocco with that of democratising Tunisia. Her findings challenge some of the core assumptions.

• Eredoctoraten voor Bonnie Honig, Eliot Higgins en Kelly Chibale News - 8 October 2024

  Leiden University will be conferring three honorary doctorates in its special anniversary year. They will be awarded to Eliot Higgins, truth finder and founder of Bellingcat, Bonnie Honig, expert in feminist theory and legal theory, and Kelly Chibale, professor of organic chemistry, who works on prevention…

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  Herman Paul Academic director/ Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.j.paul@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272757

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  Bernard Steunenberg Professor emeritus

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  b.steunenberg@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Maria Gabriela Palacio Ludeña University Lecturer Development Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.g.palacio.ludena@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272189

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  Tazuko van Berkel Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  t.a.van.berkel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272674

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  Gerard Persoon Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  persoonga@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273451