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  Nidesh Lawtoo Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.lawtoo@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272644

• Wouter Veenendaal appointed as Research Director of the Institute of Political Science News - 21 March 2022

  As of 1 April 2022 Wouter Veenendaal is appointed as Research Director of the Institute of Political Science.

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  Judith Pollmann Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.pollmann@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272740

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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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  Jorrit Smit Visiting researcher

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  j.p.smit@cwts.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Haye Geukes Guest PhD

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

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  Eric Cezne Postdoc

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

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

• State Secretary Gräper visits to discuss cultural heritage and opening up collections News - 26 January 2024

  How should we address our colonial heritage? And how digital and accessible are our collections? Outgoing State Secretary Fleur Gräper spoke with researchers and heritage specialists about this on 25 January.

• Luuk van Roozendaal wins Political Science Master’s Thesis Prize 2021 News - 27 October 2021

  In the 2020 presidential elections, voters in several, mostly southern, electoral districts of the United States saw ‘their’ polling stations closed by the local authorities. In order to cast their vote, they had to travel further or use the mail ballot. Media reports and civil rights activitsts often…

• Saga Sjöberg and Thijs Brinksma win Political Science bachelor’s thesis prizes 2024 News - 21 October 2024

  All students receiving their bachelor diploma in Political Science last week had a reason or two to celebrate. Two of them especially so: they won the annual award for the best thesis in the International Relations and Organisations and the Politicologie/Internationale Politiek programmes. Congratulations,…

• van Staalduinen receives Best Dissertation Award from the American Political Science Association News - 22 June 2023

  Assistant Professor Briitta van Staalduinen has received the Best Dissertation Award from the American Political Science Association, Section on Class and Inequality. Her dissertation, Ethnic Inequality in the Welfare State, aims to reconcile the persistence of ethnic inequalities in expansive welfare…

• Ronny Wijling and Michelle Fairman win Political Science bachelor’s thesis prizes 2025 News - 22 October 2025

  During the annual graduation ceremony, not only were the Bachelor's students in Political Science honoured, but also those students who had written exceptional theses. The thesis prizes reward work that excels in originality, social relevance and academic quality. This year's winners are Ronny Wijling…

• Cleveringa Professor: Holocaust remembrance has led to very different political lessons News - 28 November 2023

  From memorials to the armed forces to memory stones for individual victims. It was only later that the Holocaust took a central role in Western remembrance culture, Cleveringa Professor Frank van Vree notes. ‘Nationalists and human rights activists both invoke the experience of the Holocaust.’

• Annaya Taradyla Rangkuty and Femke Verhelst win Political Science bachelor’s thesis prizes 2023 News - 10 October 2023

  All Political Science graduates have good reasons to be proud of themselves, having successfully completed their studies and having demonstrated considerable personal growth. This October, fifteen bachelor students can be extra proud: their theses were nominated for a thesis prize. In the class of 2023,…

• Interview Tom Theuns in IQ Magazine: “NATO Resembles a House of Cards” News - 1 April 2025

  The rise of authoritarianism, the strengthening of the radical right, and the role of the EU in defending democracy—these are just a few of the issues causing concern today. Is the EU capable of defending democratic values within the Union and beyond its borders? In an interview from the Lithuanian…

• Leïla Gfeller and Tobias van Brandwijk win Political Science bachelor’s thesis prizes for 2021 News - 25 October 2021

  2021, again, sees a rich harvest of bachelor theses in Political Science. Students have been tackling fascinating subjects—ranging from European solidarity in the COVID-19 crisis to the representation of women in democratically elected parliaments—and crowning their research projects with interesting,…

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  Vishwesh Sundar Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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

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  Frits Meijerink Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  meijerink@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jelke Bethlehem Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  j.g.bethlehem@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Sylvia The-McArthur interim HR director

  Administration and Central Services

  s.j.m.the@bb.leidenuniv.nl |

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  Salvador Santino Regilme Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.s.regilme@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271742

• Essi Pekonen and Ingmar Jansen win Political Science bachelor’s thesis prizes for 2022 News - 8 November 2022

  October and November not only bring a number of proud Political Science graduates, it is also the season to determine who wrote the best bachelor’s thesis. For 2021-2022, fifteen theses were nominated. During the various graduation ceremonies the two final winners were announced: Essi Maria Teresia…

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  Roelien van der Wel PhD candidate

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  r.van.der.wel@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

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  Zeynep Balcioglu Tasma Postdoc

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  z.balcioglu.tasma@law.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009512

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  Edwin de Vette External PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.de.vette@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jeanne Viet Communication staff member

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  j.m.viet@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Emma ter Mors Associate Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  emors@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274075

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  Roos van der Haer Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  r.van.der.haer@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273886

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  Fotini Vassou Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  f.m.vassou@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Eldad Vainstoc Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  e.vainstoc@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

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  Thomas Scarff Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  t.e.c.scarff@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

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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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  Jonathan Crock External PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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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

• Understanding public support for budget cuts and tax increases News - 1 May 2025

  In her dissertation, political scientist Alessia Aspide explores how public attitudes toward fiscal policy are formed. Her key finding: fiscal preferences are not shaped in a vacuum, but are deeply embedded in institutional, political, and societal contexts.

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  Antonella Maiello Assistant Professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  a.maiello@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009991

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  Tazuko van Berkel Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  t.a.van.berkel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272674

• Alumnus teaching at a Texan university: pizza, guns and heated debate in the lecture theatre News - 17 October 2024

  Americans are electing a new president in November but they also have other choices to make in the polling booth. Alumnus Sanne Rijkhoff works at a Texas university and is trying to help make students more aware of the elections.

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  Esther van Leeuwen Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  e.a.c.van.leeuwen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271303

• 'The show must go on, but making politics less tedious is an almost effortless job these days!' News - 18 February 2021

  After almost a year of working from home during this Covid pandemic, Scientific Director Paul Nieuwenburg conveys how the Institute of Political Science is sailing through waves and lockdowns: from transformation to bi location to 'non location', from teaching on the beach to teaching to 'black cubes'…

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  Ruben Verheul Web editor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  r.verheul@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275340

• ‘If you want to understand China, read what Chinese scholars are writing’ News - 13 November 2023

  Contrary to what one might expect, societal actors influence China’s foreign policy. PhD candidate Sabine Mokry investigated how Chinese academics and think tanks impact the authoritarian leadership’s views on what constitutes the country’s national interest in the international arena. On 14 November…

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  Ida Hobma PhD candidate

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  i.j.a.hobma@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

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  Bastián González Bustamante Post-doctoral researcher

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  b.a.gonzalez.bustamante@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500