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• All eyes on China: the Communist Party Congress is coming up News - 6 October 2022

  The world’s attention will shift to China as the Communist Party is set to hold its five-yearly congress beginning on 16 October. We talk to Senior University Lecturer Florian Schneider about how its leader Xi Jinping is expected to cement his place as the country’s most powerful leader since Mao Ze…

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  Benjamin Fogarty-Valenzuela Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  b.l.fogarty@fsw.leidenuniv.nl |

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  Ayokunu Adedokun Assistant professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  a.b.adedokun@luc.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009503

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  Haye Geukes Guest PhD

  h.h.geukes@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jorrit Smit

• 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…

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  Afshin Ellian Professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  a.ellian@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277652

• 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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  Benjamin Kester Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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

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  Eleftherios Karchimakis Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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

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  Alexandros Ntaflos Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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

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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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  Esra Nartok-van der Kist

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  Maximilian Wachter

• 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…

• 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.

• Asia Academy #17: South Korea's Political Rollercoaster Event - 11 February 2025

  Lecture, LAC Asia Academy

• What does Islamist rule look like? News - 13 June 2023

  Joana Cook talks about the Islamist parties increasingly taking power in the last four decades on ABC News.

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  Bart Verheijen Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.j.verheijen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271743

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  Wim Voermans Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  w.j.m.voermans@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277718

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  Tom Buitelaar Assistant professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  t.j.a.buitelaar@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009985

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  Jiyan Ilbrink University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.ilbrink@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 0715272977

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  Matthew Hoye Associate Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  j.m.hoye@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9506

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  Reza Shaker Ardekani Guest researcher

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  r.shaker.ardekani@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Maarten van Leeuwen University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.van.leeuwen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272073

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  Jonathan Crock External PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Marina Terkourafi Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.terkourafi@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273159

• Conversation on Islam in Today’s Indonesian Politics Event - 30 September 2025

  Roundtable

• Book Launch: Archaeological Perspectives on Contested and Political Landscapes Event - 14 April 2025

  Book Launch

• Policy and politics pre-analysis plan workshop Event - 26 March 2026

  Workshop

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  Eric Cezne Postdoc

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

  e.m.cezne@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• A political attack on academic freedom in the US Event - 4 April 2025

  Symposium

• Sub State Recognition: The Politics of State Recognition from Below Event - 21 October 2025

  Lecture

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  Maartje Janse Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.j.janse@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274167

• Policy and politics pre-analysis plan workshop Event - 23 October 2025

  Workshop

• Hard bargains: politics of debt and investment in the EU Event - 4 April 2025

  Lecture, European Union Seminar

• A better understanding of democracy across cultures and contexts News - 26 August 2025

  A new collaborative monograph of democratic theory, The Sciences of the Democracies, was released by UCL Press on August 7. The book, in the style of a democratic manifesto, is written by a large number of co-authors in a bold attempt to expand and deepen how democracy is studied and understood. Among…

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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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  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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  Debbie Tromper Management assistant

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  d.tromper@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276940

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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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  Nynke Heegstra Study Adviser

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  n.e.heegstra@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8003941

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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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  Ian Lau Study adviser

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  i.m.lau@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009179

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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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  Veerle Warnders Official Secretary Board of Examiners

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  v.j.y.warnders@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727