George Dikaios is a Marie Curie Fellow at the Institute of Political Science.

Jonathan Collins is a PhD candidate at Charles and Leiden University.

Isabelle Frens is a researcher at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs at Leiden University within the research group Terrorism and Political Violence. She has a background in Liberal Arts & Science (BSc) and Social Psychology (MSc).

Ben Schoenmaker was Professor by special appointment of Military History from 2012 to 2024, on behalf of the Netherlands Defence Academy.

A new Senate (Eerste Kamer) has been elected in the Netherlands and the current government coalition has lost its majority. The majorities in both the Senate and the House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) have not been this far apart for quite some time. High time to merge both chambers, argues Wim…

Louis Sicking lectures medieval and early modern history at the Leiden University Institute for History and is Aemilius Papinianus professor of History of Public International Law, at VU University Amsterdam.

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Het voorstel van D66 om een wetsartikel zo te veranderen dat een politieke partij kan worden verboden, is onverstandig, zegt rechtsfilosoof Bastiaan Rijpkema. Hij spreekt er uitgebreid over tijdens een interview met de Volkskrant. ‘Het is overduidelijk bedoeld om één specifieke partij aan te pakken:…

Landen om ons heen laten zien: als burgers mogen meedenken, komt er beweging in vastgelopen politieke discussies. Zou een dergelijke derde kamer ook de oplossing kunnen zijn voor Nederland, waar samenleving en overheid elkaar steeds verder uit het oog lijken te verliezen?

Twenty-two of the 150 newly elected members of the Dutch House of Representatives studied at Leiden University or did their PhD research here. But who are they and which degrees are most popular?

Lars Brummel works as an assistant professor at the Institute of Public Administration. His research focuses on the legitimacy of (semi-)public organisations amid changes in their political and social context (e.g., due to crises or political polarization). In the past, he conducted research on the…

Jorieke Manenschijn vertelde NU.nl over hoe de Britten tijdens de verkiezing uit onvrede over de pogingen van de Conservatieven om wetten via een juridisch achterdeurtje te laten passeren, op Labour stemmen.

Wouter Wagemakers is a specialist in Italian renaissance art and architecture, and lecturer at the Centre for the Arts in Society. At Leiden University, he teaches a survey course on European renaissance art and architecture, 1300-1550; and co-teaches seminars about Rome, the Global Renaissance, and…

The Leiden Research Profile Area Political Legitimacy organizes a public symposium on the 12th of May 2016 on the legitimacy and future of the Dutch Senate.

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An education grant may be available for collaboration with universities outside The Netherlands. This webpage contains information about the available grants, application procedures and where to look for help and advice.

Dr. Ritanjan Das is a university lecturer in contemporary South Asian politics at the Leiden Institute of Area Studies. His primary research and teaching interests are in the fields of political economy of development and political anthropology in India and South Asia. He has conducted extensive ethnographic…

Bart Schuurman is Professor of Terrorism and Political Violence at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs, and head of the research group by the same name. His research focuses on understanding contemporary forms of terrorism, extremism and radicalization. In particular, he has studied why most…

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Tahir Abbas FAcSS is Professor of Radicalisation Studies at Leiden University’s Institute of Security and Global Affairs in The Hague. He graduated with a PhD in Ethnic Relations from the University of Warwick in 2001. His current research interests include Islamophobia and radicalisation, gender and…

Dr. Silvia D’Amato is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA), part of the research groups Terrorism and Political Violence and War, Peace and Justice. Silvia is also Secretary General of the European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS).

Jelle van Buuren is an Associate Professor at Leiden University - Institute of Security and Global Affairs. His research interests lie in, among other things, terrorism and counter terrorism, intelligence and security agencies, lone actors, Incels and misogyny, conspiracy theories and political legitimacy,…

I am a South African IR scholar whose research interest is questioning Western-centric narratives and making sense of international relations from the perspectives of the global South, particularly Africa. Before joining Leiden University in 2017, I was based at the University of Cape Town, where I…

Jeanine de Roy van Zuijdewijn is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs of Leiden University. She has a background in Liberal Arts & Sciences (BA) and History of International Relations (MA – cum laude) and completed a PhD on responses to terrorism in 2021.

Liesbeth van der Heide is a researcher and lecturer at Leiden University, Institute of Security and Global Affairs.

Unaesah Rahmah is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) and part of the Terrorism and Political Violence research group. She holds a master’s degree in strategic studies and a bachelor's degree in international relations.

Hanna van Bentum is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Public Administration. Her research focuses on technocracy and the role of knowledge and expertise in political-administrative practices.

Bonnie Tilland is a university lecturer in the Institute for Area Studies. Her focus is on family, gender and media in contemporary South Korea, from anthropological and interdisciplinary perspectives.

Judith Bruchhaus is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs. Her research explores the response of Western European Muslim women to counter-terrorism policies and the securitisation of Islam.