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• 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…

• 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.’

• Leiden Law Cast #6: Geerten Boogard on (local)elections & political upheaval News - 23 March 2022

  Leiden Law Cast is a podcast made by Leiden Law School, Leiden University, for everyone who wants to learn more about current legal issues.

• Military pilot and political scientist Jorik ter Veer: ‘I work with the invisible heroes of society’ News - 17 April 2024

  Jorik ter Veer studied Political Science in Leiden. How does he look back on his student days?

• (urgent!): student-member of the Programme Board of the Institute of Political Science Announcement - 23 March 2023

  Organisation, Human resources

• 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,…

• Dennis Broeders in World Politics Review on UN Governance of Cyberspace News - 18 March 2021

  Earlier this week, a working group of the United Nations, comprising all 193 of its member states, adopted a consensus report on norms for responsible state behaviour in cyberspace. Dennis Broeders, full professor of Global Security and Technology at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs, Leiden…

• 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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  Karolina Pomorska Associate professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  k.m.pomorska@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275180

• School: Audio Visual Methods in Collaborative Archaeology: Exploring the Politics of Heritage Announcement - 21 November 2024

  Education

• Crammed with meaning: what museum collections tell us about our political system News - 19 January 2024

  What does a 19th-century exhibition of traditional utensils from the province of Zeeland tell us about the current rise of populism? A lot, Ad Maas will say in his inaugural lecture.

• 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…

• Update on Master European Politics and Society by the Faculty Board Announcement - 13 March 2025

  Education, Organisation

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  Gert Jan Geertjes Assistant professor

  Faculty of Law

  g.j.a.geertjes@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1376

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  André Gerrits Professor emeritus International studies and global politics

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.w.m.gerrits@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Babak Rezaeedaryakenari Associate professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  s.rezaeedaryakenari@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009512

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  Stefan Thewissen Guest Staff Member

  Faculty of Law

  s.h.thewissen@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7756

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  Hirad Rezaiejoo External PhD candidate

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

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

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  Adam Fairclough Professor emeritus of American History

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.fairclough@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646

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  Peter Meel University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.j.j.meel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2654

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  Maartje Janse Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.j.janse@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4167

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  Anouk van Vliet Lecturer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  a.l.van.vliet@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9512

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  Graig Klein Assistant professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  g.r.e.klein@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9506

• Political scientist Juan Masullo awarded Elise Mathilde Fund/LUF grant for research on public attitudes towards the mafia News - 14 July 2022

  Juan Masullo (Leiden University Institute of Political Science) receives a grant from the Elise Mathilde Fund/Leiden University Fund to conduct his research project ‘Forging an Anti-Mafia Culture: Observational and Experimental Evidence from Italy’. Masullo aims to find out what ordinary Italians think…

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  Tim Meijers University Lecturer Moral and Political Philosophy

  Faculty of Humanities

  t.meijers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3553

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  Elsa Charlety Lecturer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  e.c.charlety@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3852

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  Reijer Passchier Assistent Professor

  Faculty of Law

  r.passchier@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Andrew Littlejohn Assistant professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  a.l.littlejohn@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3754

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  Henk Schulte Nordholt Professor emeritus Indonesian History

  Faculty of Humanities

  schultenordholt@kitlv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Jan Meijer Lecturer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  j.d.meijer@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9512

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  Simon Willmetts Associate professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  s.d.willmetts@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500

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  Ingrid Samset Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  i.samset@luc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500

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  Lydie Cabane Assistant professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  l.d.cabane@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500

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  Eva Polman PhD candidate

  Faculty of Law

  e.l.t.polman@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6360

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  Marcos Neto de Cordova PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.neto.de.cordova@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Joris van de Riet Researcher/lecturer

  Faculty of Law

  j.t.j.van.de.riet@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7651

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  Frank Pieke Professor emeritus Modern China Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

  f.n.pieke@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Marieke van der Maden PhD candidate

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  m.t.l.van.der.maden@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Bastiaan Rijpkema Scientific Director / Professor of Jurisprudence

  Faculty of Law

  b.r.rijpkema@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7229

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  Yuan Yi Zhu Assistant professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  y.y.zhu@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9512

• Sarah de Lange, new professor of Dutch Politics: ‘We should not take our democratic constitutional state for granted’ News - 17 September 2025

  ‘Dutch politics are changing, but they also are characterised by stability; that tension fascinates me.’ Sarah de Lange studies, among other things, the Dutch party system, and specifically how the rise of extremist parties influences democracy. She will start as a professor in Leiden in mid-October…

• Call for Papers - Monarchy in turmoil: princes, courts, and politics in revolution and restoration 1780-1830 News - 13 April 2021

  For every period, it is a challenge to unearth the details of political trafficking; yet the effort needs to include all relevant persons, groups, and institutions – not only those wielding formal responsibilities. We hope to reinvigorate this effort by inviting specialists to present their research…

• Introducing: Matthew Frear News - 10 December 2013

  In September 2013 I moved to Leiden from the UK to take up the position of Assistant Professor covering politics and international relations on the BA Russian Studies and International Studies programmes and the MA Russian and Eurasian Studies.

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  Kristin Makszin Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  k.m.makszin@luc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9923

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  Emil Wolff Assistant professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  e.a.wolff@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500

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  Shelly Biesel Postdoc

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  s.a.biesel@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273451

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  Sem Grootscholten Lecturer

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  s.p.grootscholten@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9400

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  Mari Miyamoto Guest Researcher

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

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

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  Constance Maly PhD Candidate

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  c.f.m.maly@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727