Anchrit Wille has held the special chair of Transitions in the public sector established by the 'Stichting Leerstoelen CAOP' since November 2021. In her research she works at the interface of public administration and political science. Central themes include: political-administrative relations in national…

Eva Michaels is an Assistant Professor in Intelligence and Security at Leiden University, and a Senior Fellow at the Barcelona Institute of International Studies (IBEI). Her research explores, among others, how Europeans anticipate and respond to crises due to the escalation of violent conflict. Focusing…

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Alexandre Afonso's research focusses on the comparative political economy of European countries, and the relationship between welfare states, labour market institutions and immigration.

Casper Wits is a University Lecturer in the Institute for Area Studies. His research focuses on postwar diplomatic and international history in East Asia, with a special interest in the development of Chinese and Japanse foreign policy and Sino-Japanese relations in this period. He also takes an interest…

Min J Cho blends her expertise in global health and international development with contributions to knowledge and skills in academia. Her previous research projects include analyzing health risks in urbanizing regions of Central Asia (Uzbekistan) and examining health research systems through historical…

The academic playing field is becoming more complex all the time, making a strong research support network crucial. Over 100 research support professionals shared knowledge, gained inspiration and became acquainted or got to know each other even better at the third Leiden Research Support Conference…

Ludo Block is a Research Fellow and lectures in the minor Intelligence Studies. He obtained his PhD in 2011 based on his research into policy-making and practices of cross-border police cooperation in the European Union. His current research focusses on cross-border police and intelligence cooperati…

Marco Romagna is a criminologist specializing in cybercrime. He is a lecturer at the Institute of Criminal Law & Criminology and a researcher at the Centre of Expertise Cyber Security at The Hague University of Applied Sciences (THUAS). His research focuses on cybercrime, criminology, cybersecurity,…

Sem Grootscholten researched the impact of civil servants on political decision-making and the change in relations between public and private parties in the educational material industry as a result of changing laws.

Dr. Emilia Hannula is a soil ecologist passionate about all soil creatures and especially soil fungi.

Jinxian Wang is assistant professor at the department of Economics.

Our world may seem unpredictable and uncertain, especially when others are involved. When interacting with others, we cannot know for sure what they may be thinking or planning to do, but we do a good job guessing. This may not be so easy for everyone…

Dr. Sarah Carthy is an assistant professor in terrorism an political violence at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs. She is a graduate of the University of Galway where she completed her BA and PhD in Psychology. Her research mainly focuses on radicalisation, evidence-based approaches to prevention…

Sebastian Diessner is an assistant professor at the Institute of Public Administration at Leiden University. His research focusses on the politics of economic policy and has been published in academic journals including Perspectives on Politics, Socio-Economic Review, Review of International Political…

Stefan Thewissen is a labour market economist at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Previously, he was a PhD candidate at the Department of Economics at Leiden University.

Prof. Dr. Nico Schrijver is emeritus Professor of Public International Law at Leiden Law School.

Tom Theuns is Associate Professor of Political Theory and European Politics and Director of Undergraduate Studies at the Institute of Political Science.

They are not always in the spotlight but are essential to our scientific research: Leiden research support professionals. And their network is growing and professionalising all the time. Over a hundred such professionals shared knowledge and gained inspiration at the Leiden Research Support Network…

Joery Matthys is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs, where he is part of the team Policing Studies. He concentrates mostly on the governance of policing, including cooperation with other public and private actors.

Olaf Simonse is a researcher and advisor at the Knowledge Centre for Psychology and Economic Behaviour (KCPEG).

Eamon T. Aloyo is Assistant Professor at ISGA, specialising in just war theory, Responsibility to Protect (R2P), human rights and international security at the intersection of political philosophy and international relations.