993 search results for “democratic governance” in the Public website
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Gender equality, cybersecurity, and security sector governance
In this article, James Shires and Tatiana Tropina, assistant professors at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs, map the relationship between gender equality and cybersecurity governance as a component of good security sector governance (SSG). Here, it highlights the way in which cybersecurity…
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Justice? The International Criminal Court in Uganda, Kenya, and the Democratic Republic of Congo
Since its inception, a central preoccupation of and for the International Criminal Court (ICC) has been the nature of its relationship to national jurisdictions. Complementarity—the idea that the Court is intended to supplement, not supplant, national jurisdictions—has been the dominant juridical logic…
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Democratization and political terrorism: The formation and destruction of the two-party system in the Red River Valley of Louisiana, 1865-1868
The project examines the political conflict in the Red River Valley of Louisiana between the majority-black Republican Party and the overwhelmingly white Democratic Party by studying the composition and actions of each party.
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Algorithmic governance
Artificial intelligence could help make the work of public sector organisations, professionals, policy- and decision makers more effective, more efficient, and ideally could make it more rationalised and evidence-based.
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Health Governance
Growing health inequalities, rising healthcare costs, an ageing population and a shortage of healthcare personnel are just a few of the many challenges healthcare faces, in the Netherlands and internationally. To tackle these challenges an interdisciplinary approach is required by combining knowledge…
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Law and Governance in China
How are law and governance in China responding to rapidly changing circumstances, and what does that mean for the relationship between the state and its citizens?
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Understanding and Defining Anti-Government Protest in The Netherlands
In this article, Isabelle Frens, Jelle van Buuren and Edwin Bakker aim to understand anti-government protests by focusing on empty signifiers.
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Hirschman, Accountability in Global Governance
Political Scientist Gisela Hirschmann (Leiden University) asks how international organisations can be compelled to comply with respect human rights. She finds that this is done through ‘pluralist accountability’: external third parties such as courts, NGOs, or regional organisations holding international…
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Sarthak Bagchi
Faculty of Humanities
s.bagchi@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Global Governance beyond Covid-19: Recovery and Institutional Revitalisation
In this journal article, Dr. Joris Larik and Dr. Richard Ponzio put forward a broad-based pandemic recovery agenda that goes hand in hand with institutional reforms at the global level.
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The Bulgarian governments' response to Covid-19
Emerging from the first wave relatively unscarred to an increase in infections. This research analyses the response from the Bulgarian government to Covid-19.
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Tatiana Tropina
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
t.tropina@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9506
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Citizens, Elites, and the Legitimacy of Global Governance
Jan Aart Scholte, Professor Global Transformations and Governance Challenges, is a co-author of this book that offers the first full comparative study of citizen and elite legitimacy beliefs toward global governance.
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Cyber Security Governance
The research group Cyber Security Governance will provide cutting-edge academic research in the domain of cyber, where modern technology interacts with traditional concepts such as governance, sovereignty, law-enforcement, international relations and conflict.
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Master Governance of Sustainability
In the Governance of Sustainability programme students will learn to become a future ‘change agents’ who can develop and inform governance solutions to complex environmental sustainability challenges.
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Cyber Security Governance Essentials
The Leiden Institute of Advance Computer Science (LIACS) in collaboration with the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) have developed the minor Cyber Security Governance Essentials to provide students with a mixture of technical and governance knowledge to set them on a path towards understanding…
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Governance of Sustainability (MSc)
In the Governance of Sustainability programme you learn to become a future ‘change maker’ who is able to develop governance solutions to major and complex environmental sustainability challenges.
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Accountability and data-driven urban climate governance
The use of increasingly large and diverse datasets to guide urban climate action has implications for how, and by whom, local governments are held accountable.
- Governing Delivery Platform Companies
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Fairness matters when responding to disasters: An experimental study of government legitimacy
This article by Honorata Mazepus and Florian van Leeuwen in the journal Governance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration and Institutions looks at how evaluations of authorities were influenced by four aspects of a governmental response to a hypothetical disaster.
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Economics and Governance (MSc)
The Economics and Governance specialisation of the Master in Public Administration teaches you to formulate problem-solving approaches to concrete policy issues found at the intersection between economics and public administration, specifically focusing on welfare states and markets. This specialisation…
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Governance and Global Affairs
There are three institutes at the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs:
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Governance of Sustainability
Governance of Sustainability
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Governance of Crisis (MSc)
In the track Governance of Crisis, you will be familiarized with the main body of knowledge on strategic crisis management.
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Governance and Global Affairs
The Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Institutional sources of legitimacy in multistakeholder global governance at ICANN
This article investigates the sources of legitimacy in multistakeholderism as a major alternative approach to intergovernmental global governance.
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Governance and Global Affairs
We are very happy to welcome you to spend a semester or year studying with us in the Faculty Governance and Global Affairs. Here you will find practical information on studying with Leiden University College, the Institute of Security Studies and Global Affairs, and the Institute of Public Administr…
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Corporate Governance & Strategy
The research group Corporate Governance and Strategy investigates how, with whom and for whom a firm/corporation creates/captures value, in order to inform practice and rule makers about governance issues. By focusing on the dual character of the firm as an entity by itself but also consisting of stakeholders,…
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Sharing secrets: how and why governments and third-party stakeholders disclose intelligence
Why, then, do governments choose to disclose intelligence and what factors shape how they do so?
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Grants Governance programme within NORFACE
Fourteen transnational consortia of which seven with Dutch researchers have received funding from the European NORFACE network within the theme ‘Democratic governance in a turbulent age’. Two of them are FGGA researchers Natascha van der Zwan and Caelesta Braun.
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What does the evidence tell us about merit principles and government performance?
Civil service systems are often targets of criticism globally. This article seeks to fill an evidence void about government performance and meritocracy
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Explaining Government–Opposition Voting in Parliament
How to explain variation in the extent to which parliamentary voting behaviour follows the government–opposition divide? Party Politics article by Tom Louwerse et al.
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Centre for Governance of Sustainability
Crises like climate change and loss of biodiversity pose serious challenges for public governance, from the local to the global scale. With the Centre for Governance of Sustainability we contribute to addressing these governance challenges. Our focus is on how policy processes and governance practices…
- Global Governance and Transnational Cooperation
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Digitalisation, Data and Governance (BSc)
The Digitalisation, Data and Governance specialisation of the Bachelor of Public Administration focuses on current digitalisation issues in public administration. How does the government handle citizens' data? Is the government doing enough to restrict the use of your data by tech companies? How do…
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The Government of Disasters: State Formation and Disaster Management In South Africa
In this book, Lydie Cabane examines the history of disaster management in South Africa.
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Governance and Global Affairs
Knowledge that benefits society is the domain of the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs (FGGA). FGGA provides high-quality interdisciplinary education on and research into social and governance issues such as terrorism, organisation of public administration, climate change and economic crises.
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Governance of Violence (MSc)
What is the nature and scope of violence? Who offends, and in what context? Who are the victims? And how can we design suitable intervention and prevention strategies? In this track, you will be familiarised with the many faces of violent offending, to provide the knowledge and tools to understand,…
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Governance and Data Science Group
The extensive use of electronic communication channels and other devices has opened new possibilities for collecting data on human behavior. This information is sometimes openly accessible, but largely part of administrative registration systems that are not open to the broader public. The data provides…
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Governance, entrepreneurship and inclusive development
Africa is rising and increasingly seen as a potential market by economic actors from Africa and the rest of the world. What is the interrelationship between governance, entrepreneurship and inclusive development?
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Governance of Migration and Diversity
Become a migration expert! Migration, including refugee migration, is a key issue in current and past political and societal debates.
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Democratic Decision-Making Methods
Special Issue Workshop Res Publica
- Gendering Algorithms for AI Governance
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Dr Vasiliki Kosta speaks at the Global Forum on Democratizing Work on 6 October 2021
Dr. Kosta presented at the Global Forum on Democratizing Work.
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Research programme Governance of Crises
The research group on governance of crises studies phenomena, dynamics and actors related to crisis governance. The Leiden University Crisis Research Center (CRC) is part of this Research Group.
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Strategic Interaction of Governments and Terrorist Groups in Times of Economic Hardship
In this article, Tokdemir & Klein examine the strategic actions of governments against domestic terrorist groups and domestic terrorist groups’ reactions to such actions.
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Multilevel governance and responses to the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic literature review
In this article, the authors summarise the literature on the effects of multilevel governance on governments’ policy responses to Covid-19.
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Governance of Innovation Project Management: Necessary and Neglected
Promotores: B.R. Katzy, J. de Vries, Co-Promotor: L.P. Groenewegen
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human rights institutions: independent actors in global human rights governance?
This article discusses the degree of independence that is required for national human rights institutions to function successfully.
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Patterns of Politicization in 14 Democracies
Under what circumstances is politicization more likely to occur than others, and what impact does politicization have on government legitimacy and performance?