235 search results for “local democratic” in the Staff website
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Rigtje Passchier
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
r.passchier@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9400
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The CHP in local government: Democratic enclaves within authoritarian neoliberalism?
Lecture, Annual Roundtable on Contemporary Research Trends in Turkish Studies 2022
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Sarthak Bagchi
Faculty of Humanities
s.bagchi@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Peter Castenmiller
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
p.g.castenmiller@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3879
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Implementing democratic education in Vietnamese schools
Tinh Le (PhD at ICLON) researched the impact of confucian culture and socialist beliefs on stakeholders' beliefs about democratic education and its implementation in Vietnamese secondary schools. Defence on 29 November.
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Jos Raadschelders
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
j.c.n.raadschelders@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9400
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Yet another minister resigns: 'Moral democratic compass is lacking'
Cora van Nieuwenhuizen (VVD) has resigned as Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management with immediate effect. She has decided to take up a position outside politics and will become chair of the lobby organisation for the energy sector, Energie Nederland.
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Embedded Bureaucrats and Refugee Integration: How Do Local Bureaucrats’ Social Ties to Host Communities Facilitate Service Provision to Refugees
Lecture, LIMS seminar
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Ehsan Jami
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
e.jami@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9400
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Rick van Well
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
r.l.van.well@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5066
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Patricio Silva
Faculty of Humanities
p.silva@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5496
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Kutsal Yesilkagit
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
a.k.yesilkagit@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9382
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Include local communities in policymaking
Forest degradation has limited the Orang Rimba's access to forest resources. As a result, they've had to make significant cultural modifications and adaptations. Ekoningtyas Margu Wardani explains in her PhD dissertation these transformation processes among Contemporary Indonesian Hunter-Gatherers through…
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Jacqueline Vel
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
j.a.c.vel@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7260
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Amandine Lerusse
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
a.v.lerusse@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9400
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Jan Michiel Otto
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
j.m.otto@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7260
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Geerten Boogaard
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
g.boogaard@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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How can local policies contribute to global sustainability goals?
The challenges of building a sustainable society are unprecedented. But the Dutch municipalities cannot be faulted for their commitment. They are working hard, conclude Professor Eefje Cuppen and Lian Merkx, programme manager for energy at the Association of Netherlands Municipalities (VNG). To exchange…
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Thijs Vos
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
t.j.vos@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Sustainable The Hague: Sustainable initiatives in your local area
How can you do your bit for sustainability? Students from Leiden University have launched an interactive website with 150 sustainable initiatives in and around The Hague. SustainableTheHague.nl makes it easy to find a sustainable shop, restaurant or community initiative in your local area.
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Local Panama communities work with archaeologists on historic land rights
The question of land property titles is a common source of conflict between indigenous communities and federal authorities all over the Americas. A new Panamanian law have led indigenous communities to reach out to archaeologist Dr Natalia Donner. A grant from the Centre for Indigenous American Studies…
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Türkiye is a textbook example of an autocracy'
What is the state of democracy in developing and transition countries in 2024? Terrible, according to the BTI Transformation Index.
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How a local shaman can help fight climate change
Who knows more about environmental governance: a professor of natural resource governance or a local shaman in the remote uplands of Myanmar?
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Femke Bakker
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
f.e.bakker@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6188
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Christoph Niessen
c.niessen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Participation
Participation organs serve as bodies for consultation, information, communication and advice. They promote the welfare and interests of students and staff.
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How a Taiwanese organisation strengthens local communities through recycling
Most people think of waste as something dirty that needs to be disposed of as soon as possible, but Olivia Yun-An Dung's dissertation aims to show that this does not always have to be the case. For this purpose, she focuses on Tzu Chi recycling in Taiwan. There, an army of elderly volunteers has been…
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Thijs Bosker and Paul Behrens receive funding to develop Local Actions - set
Thijs Bosker and Paul Behrens, Professors in Environmental Sciences at Leiden University College in The Hague, have received funding from the Leiden University Fund and the Gratama Foundation to work on developing a set of Local Actions: tangible and practical exercises that students can engage in…
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Logging in tropical forests has a major social impact on local people
Exploring logging's real impact: Insights from Anthropologist Tessa Minter in the Solomon Islands.
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Call for Papers: Localizing the Women Peace & Security Agenda Across Multiple Governance Challenges
Hybrid Workshop: In person and online on 26 – 27 January 2023.
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Leiden Law Cast #6: Geerten Boogard on (local)elections & political upheaval
Leiden Law Cast is a podcast made by Leiden Law School, Leiden University, for everyone who wants to learn more about current legal issues.
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Antoaneta Dimitrova
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
a.l.dimitrova@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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A semester abroad: 'Locals help you experience the culture as it really is.'
And there you are. A couple of suitcases with you, in a new (unknown) country. You've arranged a room in advance. You know which university you're attending. But other than that ... Evert-Jan, master's student in Encyclopaedia and Philosophy of Law, studied at the Université Paris Panthéon-Assas in…
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Nature Communications paper on therapeutic melanoma inhibition by local micelle-mediated cyclic nucleotide repression
Cancer immunotherapy represents a significant breakthrough in cancer treatment. However, tumors have numerous mechanisms by which they evade destruction by the immune system. It is therefore necessary to decipher and reverse these mechanisms in order to improve immunotherapies.
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Papers - 7th ENIUGH congress: ”Conflict and Inequity, Peace and Justice: Local, Regional and International Perspectives”
The Seventh European Congress on World and Global History, entitled "Conflict and Inequity, Peace and Justice: Local, Regional, and International Perspectives" will take place in The Hague from 29 June – 1 July 2023. Proposals for panels and papers can be submitted until 31 May 2022.
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Johan Christensen for the Global Blog about experts in global governance
Recently, Johan Christensen, Assistant Professor at the FGGA, contributed to the commentary series on technocracy and democracy in global governance that is organised by the Global Governance Centre and the Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy.
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Members of the local community and students contribute ideas for the construction of the Humanities Campus on the Doelengracht side
In May, the University concluded that a smaller programme of construction would be possible for the Humanities Campus. The new criteria were presented, which will have an impact on the surrounding area. During two meetings held in May and June, local residents, business owners and other stakeholders,…
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Online database with two hundred local chronicle texts launched: A few years ago that wouldn’t have been possible'
Too expensive groceries, diseases suddenly breaking out: from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century, hundreds of people documented the world around them in chronicles. A significant number of these texts have been digitised in recent years. Professor of Early Modern Dutch History and project leader…
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Frans Jacobs
Science
f.j.a.jacobs@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5000
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The Emergence of Democratic Firms in the Platform Economy: Drivers, Obstacles, and the Path Ahead
PhD defence
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Civil Society’s Democratic Potential: Organizational Trade-offs between Participation and Representation
Lecture, Global Questions Seminar
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Wim Voermans on laser message projected onto Anne Frank House
‘Anne Frank inventor of the ballpoint pen’ was the laser message projected onto the Anne Frank House last Monday. It could be viewed on a video shared via Telegram channel ‘The Laser Nazi Bunker’. The suggestion behind the text was that Anne Frank did not write her diary herself.
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2024 Conference on International Cyber Security: Democracy and Cyberspace
Conference
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Researching global inequality in the garment commodity chain
A consortium, led by Erik de Maaker (CADS, Leiden), has under the NWA scheme (Dutch National Science agenda) been awarded 98k€ for Localizing Global Garment Biographies, a two-year project to research the different ways by which users and producers attach value to garments.
- Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
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Democratized and Declassified: How outsiders challenge intelligence agencies on analysis of the Russo-Ukrainian war
Debate
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Reimaging Peace Democratization in Yemen: Women, Transnationalism and Activism in Exile
Lecture, Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
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Local and Transnational Activism and Solidarity
Lecture, Teach-In Series on Palestine and Israel
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Launching new CPL course Academie voor de Rechtsstaat: focus on developing ‘a constitutional antenna’
Leiden University's Centre for Professional Learning (CPL) and the Montesquieu Institute are jointly launching the ‘Academie voor de Rechtsstaat’ (Academy for the Rule of Law). With this initiative, they intend to offer a course providing in-depth knowledge and insight into the basic principles of the…
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Interactive lecture 'Brown Eyes Blue Eyes'
Diversity