1,228 search results for “global transformations and governance challenges” in the Staff website
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Ritanjan DasFaculty of Humanities
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The NORFACE-funded DEEPEN Project presents first Research Results
The NORFACE-funded DEEPEN project on the democratic governance of funded occupational pension schemes that is located at the Institute of Public Administration of Leiden University, Linz university, University College Dublin, and University Carlos III of Madrid will be presenting first research results…
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The Principles of Representative Government: Thirty Years Later
Lecture, Workshop
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Successful signing ceremony of the memorandum of understanding between the CCOE and ISGA/FGGA
On 24 November a High-Level panel discussion on the occasion of the signing ceremony of the memorandum of understanding between the NATO Civil-Military Cooperation Centre of Excellence and the Institute of Security and Global Affairs and the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs took place at Campus…
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Festive hand-over of first copy new book by Frits van der Meer
In celebration of the release of his new book on changes in public administration, Prof. dr. Frits van der Meer, professor by special appointment of the CAOP chair: Comparative Public Sector and Civil Service Reform, handed the first copy to Gert-Jan Buitendijk, Secretary General of Ministry of General…
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‘Je kan door een stage veel beter aan jezelf werken‘
Oberon Janszen, alumnus Bestuurskunde, ging na zijn studie als stagiair bij de Inspectie der Rijksfinanciën aan de slag
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Miriam WaltzFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Rodrigo OchigameFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Suzanne MolFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Andrea WarneckeFaculty of Humanities
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Emma EveraertFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Jaap de Hoop SchefferFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Jaroslaw KantorowiczFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Sarah GiestFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Maud RijksFaculty of Humanities
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Daniela Vicherat MattarFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Siuman Chung
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Marianne van Dijken
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Laura BertensFaculty of Humanities
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Popular science events
Every year Leiden University organises a number of events where our researchers share their knowledge with an audience of all ages. We are also involved as a partner in a number of local and national events. Fancy joining in? See who to contact below.
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NWO funding for just and effective energy transitions
A consortium led by Eefje Cuppen, Professor Governance of Sustainability at the Institute of Public Administration, has been granted NWO funding for a research project looking into the social, societal, and technical aspects of the energy transition.
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LUCIR Seminar: The Far Right and Global Environmental Politics
Lecture
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A Donroe Doctrine? Latin America Confronts a New Global Reality
Debate, Academic Roundtable
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Europe and the Global Battle of the Narratives
Public Panel
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Exploring Challenges to U.S. Constitutional Norms
Lecture
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FGGA's Cyber Week: research and innovation for a better digital world
During Cyberweek, from 17-24 October, the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs (FGGA) highlighted its research and teaching on cybersecurity, digital developments, and their impact on society.
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Doing Ethics: Addressing Real-World Challenges in Language Research
Conference, workshop
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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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technologies under the low-carbon transition: estimation and sustainability challenges
PhD defence
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Gianclaudio Malgieri co-chairs the 8th Brussels Privacy Symposium
The 8th edition of the Brussels Privacy Symposium, co-organised in Brussels by the Future of Privacy Forum and the Brussels Privacy Hub on 7 October 2024, was a great success. More than 160 people from all over Europe and the world attended the event.
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The Hague Threat Intelligence Exchange (Hague TIX) 2026
Conference
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Towards a universal law governing the international civil service?
PhD defence
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Governing decentralized States during the Covid-19 pandemic
PhD defence
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Colonial government by correspondence: the British government's communicative practice in colonial bureaucracy at the turn of the twentieth century
Lecture, Sociolinguistics & Discourse Studies Series
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Higher Education Knowledge Café: Learning analytics: opportunities and challenges
Conference, Knowledge Café
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Design for Engagement in Blended Learning: Insights, Practices, and Challenges
PhD defence
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‘Podcast gives its listeners a sense of identity and belonging’
In the Netherlands, when we talk about the United Nations, the conversation is almost always about the member states from the northern hemisphere. But the most interesting players come from the ‘Global South’, Professor Alanna O'Malley and her team argue in a podcast.
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Hosting Global Justice: The Netherlands and International Courts (ICJ & ICC)
Lecture, Studium Generale
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Bart Custers on successor to DigiD
The Netherlands has DigiD, Portugal ‘de Cartão de Cidadão’, and Ireland MyGovID. Europe now wants one uniform digital identity card - the same for all Member States. For the Dutch government, the European successor to DigiD is a prestige project. State Secretary Van Huffelen wants to roll out an app…
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Louis SickingFaculty of Humanities
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Dutch Medicines Days
The FIGON Dutch Medicines Days is the conference where partners from industry, scientific and professional associations, universities, and government present their findings in the field of innovative drug research & development, share new scientific insights and results, exchange experiences and information,…
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The future of artificial intelligence
From self-driving cars to innovative drug development, artificial intelligence (AI) is going to fundamentally change our lives in a variety of ways.
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IPBES: Positive outcomes for people and nature are feasible, but we must act now
Changes to halt further biodiversity loss are more urgent than ever and feasible, says IPBES, the United Nations biodiversity panel. In two reports released this week, the panel calls on governments worldwide to develop coherent policies that address biodiversity, climate change, water, food and health.…
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From Hygienic Cities to Fossil Urbanism: Global Forces, Local Contexts, and Urban Environmental History
Lecture, Global Questions Seminar
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Turkic Patronage in Central Asia: Patterns and Challenges
Lecture
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Leiden scientist addresses UN: 'People should not work for the economic system, the economic system should work for the people'
Environmental scientist Rutger Hoekstra addressed the General Assembly of the United Nations on 12 April. And that’s quite a big thing to do. How do you get there as a scientist? And, more importantly, what was his message? In eight questions, Rutger explains what he does and why.
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Assembly of States Parties to the International Criminal Court - A Good Governance Approach
PhD defence
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[CANCELLED] Forum Shopping from Below: The Global Political Economy of Transnational Migrant Advocacy Networks
Lecture, Lunch Research Seminar
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Between Power and Public Opinion: State Reform in Nepal
On 24 April 2025, political scientist Pawan Kumar Sen will defend his PhD dissertation, "Transforming Nepal’s Political System: Party Positions and Public Opinion (2004-2012)," at Leiden University. His research examines how Nepal’s major political parties navigated key state restructuring reforms—republicanism,…