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• Media | Art | Politics (MAP) Event
• Lecture: Individualism and Political Personalism Event - 8 December 2025

  Lecture

• ‘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.

• Politics and Governance: Shape tomorrow’s decisions

  The bachelor's programmes at the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs, based in the city of international cooperation and politics – The Hague – prepare you for a future in governance, leadership, and diplomacy. In the administrative heart of the Netherlands, you will learn to tackle the challenges…

• Wanted: student representative Institute Board Political Science Announcement - 29 October 2025

  Education, Organisation

• Pluriversal Politics: Otomi History, Language, Culture and Cosmovision Event - 3 December 2025

  Film screening and Book Launch

• Pluriversal Politics: Otomi History, Language, Culture and Cosmovision Event - 2 December 2025

  Lecture and Exhibition

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  Elisabeth Dieterman PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.m.dieterman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646

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  Cécile Pick PhD candidate

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  c.c.pick@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Floris Mansvelt Beck Assistant professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  f.f.mansvelt.beck@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276789

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  Cynthia van Vonno Assistant professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  vonnocmcvan@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Thijs Vos PhD candidate

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  t.j.vos@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Food for Thought lunch meeting: Politics and society in the aftermath of the 2025 elections Event - 6 November 2025

  Lecture, Food for Thought

• Dutch election results expose new political divide – can D66 bridge the gap? News - 30 October 2025

  What do the election results say about the Netherlands today? Students and experts discussed this at an Election Breakfast organised by study association Diqit. Analysts, including Hans-Martien ten Napel, Associate Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law, notice a new dividing line in Dutch…

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  Silke Herms PhD candidate

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  s.b.herms@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500

• 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…

• From the ground up: The politics of burial and memory in the early Islamic world Event - 6 April 2026

  Conference

• Expert Politics. Technocratic Reasoning in Dutch Parliamentary Debate, 1917-1994 Event - 11 November 2025

  PhD defence

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  Luc Verheij Professor Constitutional and Administrative Law

  Faculty of Law

  l.f.m.verheij@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Michael Meyer PhD candidate / self funded

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  m.meyer@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Petr Kopecky Professor of Comparative Studies Political Parties and Party Systems

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  kopecky@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273602

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  Matthew Longo Senior Assistant Professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  m.b.longo@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 6601

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  Josh Robison Assistant Professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  j.a.robison@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 5071

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  Rebecca Ploof Assistant Professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  r.a.ploof@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9512

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  Tim Mickler Senior assistant professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  t.a.mickler@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276199

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  Max Joosten Lecturer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  m.a.joosten@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Peter Castenmiller Lecturer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  p.g.castenmiller@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273879

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  Dennis Bos University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.bos@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2722

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  Gul-i-Hina van der Zwan Postdoc / guest

  International Institute Asian Studies

  g.shahzad@iias.nl | 071 5272727

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  Hannah Kuhn- PhD candidate

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  h.kuhn@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Tracing Expertise in Politics: A Digital History of Technocracy in the Dutch House of Representatives, 1917-1994 Event - 25 November 2025

  Lecture

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  Anne Heyer Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.heyer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1121

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  Marijn Nagtzaam Lecturer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  m.a.m.nagtzaam@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Frank de Zwart Guest

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  f.de.zwart@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Jonathan Phillips Assistant Professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  j.p.phillips@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Maria Spirova Associate Professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  mspirova@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

• The Political Economy of Welfare State Reform: a collection of essays on human mobility and social protection Event - 12 November 2025

  PhD defence

• An overview of Dutch politics and Political Science in the Netherlands: the Oxford Handbook of Dutch Politics News - 31 October 2024

  Dutch politics has long been a paragon of stability. Think, for example, of our party system until, say, the last decade. At the same time, we also see occasional changes and significant shifts. Society has changed and this is reflected in, among other things, how we vote and how policy is made. About…

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  Simon Otjes Associate professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  s.p.otjes@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273946

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  Vasiliki (Billy) Tsagkroni Senior assistant professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  v.tsagkroni@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 715275 436

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  Aleksandra Khokhlova PhD candidate

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

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

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  Tom Theuns Associate professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  t.j.h.theuns@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275069

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  Denny van der Vlist PhD candidate

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  j.m.d.van.der.vlist@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Elina Zorina PhD candidate

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  e.zorina@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Pralay Kanungo University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.r.kanungo@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7449

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  Tom Barkhuysen Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law

  Faculty of Law

  t.barkhuysen@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Tom Louwerse Director of Research / Associate Professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  t.p.louwerse@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Thomas Fossen University Lecturer Political Philosophy

  Faculty of Humanities

  t.fossen@phil.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5244

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  Dirk Alkemade Training Secretary

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.g.a.alkemade@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278052

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  Kathleen Brown Postdoc

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  k.j.brown@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500