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• New wall unit at Brasserie Science: convenient and sustainable Announcement - 1 April 2025

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• How to say goodbye to politics? News - 15 March 2021

  New ministers, new state secretaries and new members of parliament. Around the time of the elections, we often talk about the new faces, but there are also many politicians who leave during this period, sometimes out of necessity. How do you say goodbye to a political career? Henk te Velde, professor…

• Dorota Mokrosinska in Trouw on the advantages of political secrecy News - 3 September 2021

  Many people wish for political transparency in The Hague. However, political philosopher Dorota Mokrosinska argues in an article in the Dutch newspaper Trouw that there are certain advantages to political secrecy. She states that politicians are better at compromising with one another behind closed…

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  Arco Timmermans Associate professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  a.timmermans@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

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  Gina van Ling Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  g.i.van.ling@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009137

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  Cesare Figari Barberis Postdoc

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  c.figari.barberis@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

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  Valentin Vandendaele External PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  v.e.p.vandendaele@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Marijke Melles Lecturer

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  m.w.melles@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273558

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  Christoph Niessen Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  c.niessen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Leah Powell PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

  l.r.powell@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Niek Doelman Senior researcher / guest

  Faculty of Science

  niek@strw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Nominees bachelor thesis prizes Political Science 2021 News - 30 September 2021

  The nominees for the IRO thesis prize 2021 and for the Prof. Dr. J.Th.J. van den Berg prize 2021. Who wrote the best Political Science bachelor’s theses?

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  Hirad Rezaiejoo External PhD candidate

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  h.rezaiejoo@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

• ‘Plastic politics’: how ideological debate was supplanted by abstract jargon News - 23 October 2025

  Over the course of the 20th century, politicians increasingly came to rely on experts. Their language was peppered with terms like ‘policy pathways’ and ‘evaluation frameworks’. This made debates more abstract and less ideological.

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  Francesco Ragazzi Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  f.ragazzi@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• European Commission appoints Joris Larik to pool of arbitrators News - 29 June 2022

  The European Commission has appointed Dr. Joris Larik, Assistant Professor of Comparative, EU and International Law at Leiden University College The Hague, to a new pool of individuals ‘suitable for appointment as arbitrator’ in the framework of the European Union’s bilateral trade agreements.

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  Alyssa Akkerman PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  a.t.akkerman@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Michael Sampson Senior Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  m.d.sampson@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8006617

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  Bart van der Steen Head Faculty Liaison & Services

  Leiden University Libraries

  b.s.van.der.steen@library.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• ‘Europe actually listens’: three Leiden political scientists about the responsiveness and effectiveness of EU policy News - 14 June 2022

  The image of the European Union (EU) as a remote law-making machine is widespread. Quite often journalists and politicians deliberately depict ‘Brussels’ as bureaucratic, even undemocratic, bypassing its citizens. And many of us buy into that image. Nikoleta Yordanova, Anastasia Ershova and Aleksandra…

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  Jan Meijer Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  j.d.meijer@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009512

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  Aslihan Öztürk PhD Candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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

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  Abhimanyu Chettri PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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

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  Jaroslaw Kantorowicz Associate professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

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  Jonathan London Associate professor Global Political Economy

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.d.london@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272732

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  Agnieszka Jablonowska Guest researcher

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  a.a.jablonowska@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Alain Ancery Guest lecturer

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  a.g.f.ancery@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Soledad Valdivia Rivera Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.valdivia.rivera@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272947

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  Siddharth Divakaruni Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  s.v.divakaruni@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Political Scientist Christina Toenshoff Wins Virginia Walsh Dissertation Award News - 13 June 2024

  Christina Toenshoff has been awarded the Virginia Walsh Dissertation Award for her PhD dissertation on corporate climate lobbying. The Leiden Political Scientist, according to the jury, ‘makes a significant contribution to the study of climate and business politics.’

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  Eric Storm Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.j.storm@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272721

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  Anouk van Vliet Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  a.l.van.vliet@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009512

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  Graig Klein Assistant professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  g.r.e.klein@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009506

• NRC on Federica Casano’s research into European tax havens News - 16 November 2021

  In Europe, citizens have a right of access to government information. The European Commission, however, has various methods to prevent this. For example, destroying all e-mails, invoking state security and protection of privacy, and not taking minutes. As a result, it is almost impossible to review…

• New book by Tom Buitelaar on the cooperation between the United Nations and the International Criminal Court in Congo News - 14 November 2023

  On 22 November, Tom Buitelaar, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs, presents his new book ‘Assisting International Justice’. Five questions to Buitelaar about the book and the book presentation.

• ‘I want to connect young people and the European Parliament’ News - 14 September 2023

  Olivier Morskate studied Public Administration at Leiden University and did an internship at the European Parliament's Liaison Office.

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  Vishwesh Sundar Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  v.sundar@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009512

• Leiden political scientists Claire Vergerio and Kathleen Brown win awards News - 6 December 2023

  Two researchers from the Institute of Political Science were recently awarded prizes. Claire Vergerio received the Francesco Guicciardini Prize for her book on the historical origins of the primacy of the state in international law ('best book in the historical international relations category'). In…

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  Ties Dams PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculty of Law

  t.t.c.dams@umail.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Aritri Dutta External PhD

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.dutta.2@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Sarthak Bagchi PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.bagchi.2@umail.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Christian Henderson University Lecturer International Relations / Modern Middle East Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.j.v.henderson@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274995

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  Skip Thijssen PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  s.thijssen@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Jorrit Rijpma presents study to European Parliament News - 5 July 2022

  Jorrit Rijpma, Professor of European Law, together with Greek independent researcher Apostolis Fotiadis, investigated the European Commission’s enforcement powers in relation to fundamental rights compliance at Europe’s external borders. The study was commissioned and funded by the Greens Group of the…

• 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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  Arjen Boin Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  boin@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272233

• Political Science Master’s thesis prize 2021: the nominees News - 4 October 2022

  Tradition has it that at the end of each academic year, the best master’s thesis in Political Science is awarded a prize. For 2021-2022, the jury is considering six nominations. All of great quality, but on different topics. These range from political party bans to questions regarding commitment within…

• Political Science Master’s thesis prize 2024: the nominees News - 12 September 2024

  The thesis is a major milestone for master students graduating in Political Science. It demonstrates their ability to conduct research independently and to provide a thorough, objective and sound analysis. That requires instruction, discussion, thinking and hard work. Lots of it. In some cases this…

• Steven Truxal delivers presentation at 15th European Civil Aviation Conference News - 9 December 2022

  Professor Steven Truxal was invited to address the 15th European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) Forum of Directors General in Paris on 6 December 2022.

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  Seda Gürkan Assistant professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  s.gurkan@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8008206