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2,806 search results for “politics agency” in the Public website

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  Katharina Natter Senior assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

• Research Terrorism and Political Violence

  The Terrorism and Political Violence research group at Leiden University examines the causes of radicalisation, the tactics of extremist groups, and the effectiveness of counter-terrorism policies. We also explore the role of the media and the influence of postcolonial legacies in the Global South,…

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  Tom Barkhuysen Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Pralay Kanungo University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

• Political factors affecting European Union legislative decision-making speed Research output

  What political factors affect the speed or duration of EU legislative decision-making?

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  Rick van Well Promovendus

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Amy Verdun Guest professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Christina Luise Toenshoff Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Mateo Cohen External PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Sine Bagatur University Lecturer Political Philosophy and Philosophy of Economics

  Faculty of Humanities

• Application procedure Political Theory: Legitimacy and Justice (MSc)

  Learn how to apply for the Master's programme Political Theory: Legitimacy and Justice at Leiden University with step-by-step application instructions, document submission via Studielink, and next steps after applying.

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  Victor Posthuma
• Monarchy in Turmoil. Rulers, Courts and Politics in The Netherlands and Germany, C.1780 – C.1820 Research project

  How did rulers in the Netherlands and in adjacent smaller German territories adapt their regimes to ongoing change in legitimacy and decision-making during the transition period 1780-1820?

• Thinking Globally About World Politics: Beyond Global IR Research output

  This book asks what it means to think globally about world politics. In an attempt to contextualise the recent ‘globalising turn’ in International Relations (IR), it takes stock of more than 30 years of efforts at addressing IR’s Eurocentric limitations, and explores what ‘thinking globally’ means in…

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  Jelena Belic Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

• Reading and Transferring the Sublime. The Scholarly Reception and Political Relevance of the Sublime in the Dutch Golden Age Research project

  This research will investigate which aspects of On the sublime received attention in the intellectual milieu of the seventeenth century and how the sublime found its way in the political and artistic discourse of that time. Thus I aim to shed light on the role of art in politics and society in this…

• Democratization and political terrorism: The formation and destruction of the two-party system in the Red River Valley of Louisiana, 1865-1868 Research project

  The project examines the political conflict in the Red River Valley of Louisiana between the majority-black Republican Party and the overwhelmingly white Democratic Party by studying the composition and actions of each party.

• Reasons and Intentions Research output

  There are a number of problems in philosophy that seem to share a similar possible solution: 'Why do promises and contracts bind?', 'Why ought citizens and judges obey the law?' and 'Can we realize the gains to be made from cooperation?'. All three problems (as well as some others) share a possible…

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  Jasper van der Steen Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Bastiaan Hoorneman Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

• Derrida's Politics of Friendship Research output

  25 years after the publication of Derrida’s Politics of Friendship (Politiques de l’amitié, 1994), this edited collection gathers 23 critical chapters that revisit this underappreciated text. Engaging closely with Derrida’s text, the contributors analyse, extend and critique the work. They reconsider…

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  Natascha van der Zwan Guest

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

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  Thomas Wells Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

• Prepare for your studies The Politics of Artificial Intelligence (MSc)

  Discover how to prepare for the MSc The Politics of Artificial Intelligence at Leiden University: orientation activities, academic resources, visa guidance, and student support services.

• Extra challenge The Politics of Artificial Intelligence (MSc)

  Enhance your MSc in The Politics of Artificial Intelligence with Leiden University’s Honours Academy: choose between the one-year Leiden Leadership Programme (15 EC) or interdisciplinary Master Honours Challenges (3–5 EC) to broaden your skills and impact.

• Extra challenge Political Theory: Legitimacy and Justice (MSc)

  Explore the extra challenge options for the MSc Political Theory: Legitimacy and Justice at Leiden University — including Honour’s Academy programmes, leadership training, and opportunities to deepen your research experience.

• Prepare for your studies Political Theory: Legitimacy and Justice (MSc)

  Prepare for your MSc Political Theory: Legitimacy and Justice at Leiden University with orientation activities, academic resources, visa guidance, student support and tips for arriving in the Netherlands.

• The political effects of intra-EU migration: Evidence from national and European elections in seven countries Research output

  This article examines how immigration from Central and Eastern Europe influences political support for Eurosceptic parties.

• From Homo Economicus to Political Animal Research project

  Who is Economic Man? Every economic paradigm presupposes an anthropology, a theory of human nature. This project explores the anthropologies presupposed and produced by ancient Greek economic texts, and the specific knowledge forms that shape these anthropologies.

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  Henk Kern Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Sebastian Diessner Assistant professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

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  Danique François PhD fellow

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

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  Josette Daemen Assistant professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

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  Lauren Lauret Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

• The political economy of immigration and welfare state reform: a collection of comparative political and economic essays on human mobility and Research output

  On 12 November, Clare Fenwick defended her doctoral thesis, The Political Economy of Immigration and Welfare State Reform: A Collection of Comparative Political and Economic Essays on Human Mobility and Social Protection. The PhD research was supervised by Olaf van Vliet and Kees Goudswaard.

• Political discourses and the securitization of democracy in post-1991 Ethiopia Research output

  This thesis attempts to interrogate post-1991-2015 political development in Ethiopia, focusing on the political discourses espoused by the government and opposition, using the discourse analysis method and securitization theory.

• Education Political Science

  BSc degrees: ‘Political Science’, ‘International Relations and Organisations’. MSc degree: Political Science, with specialisations ‘International Organisation’; ‘Dutch Politics; ‘Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict, and Development’; ‘International Politics’; ‘Political Legitimacy and Justice’; ‘Democracy…

• Aid Imperium: United States Foreign Policy and Human Rights in Post-Cold War Southeast Asia Research output

  Does foreign aid promote human rights?

• World Politics (BA Major of Liberal Arts and Sciences: Global Challenges)

  The World Politics Major at Leiden University College The Hague examines the big ideas and the powerful forces – political, military, economic, social and cultural – that shape the world at every level, from the global to the local and everything in between. Political conflict is a key driver of many…

• Staff shortages causing failures at Dutch youth protection agencies News - 23 July 2025

  Children are not always immediately helped due to staff shortages. For years, youth protection agencies have used an emergency protocol. Mariëlle Bruning, Professor of Children and the Law in ‘Trouw’: ‘It’s shocking that an emergency protocol has been used for three years.’

• "Normal" Feelings in "Abnormal" Worlds, On the Political Uses of Emotion in Science Fiction Manga Research output

  Carl Li defended his thesis on 30 June 2015

• On the medicalisation of global politics: a conversation with Roberto Esposito Research output

  This article by Malte Reimann and Antonio Cerella explores how politics and medicine have become deeply intertwined, using the thought of Roberto Esposito to reimagine this relationship through the lens of an affirmative biopolitics.

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  Thijs de Boer Postdoc

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

• Meet our staff African Studies (MA)

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  Wouter Veenendaal Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Tim Enwerem
• Politics and economics central in new Philosophy specialisation News - 4 February 2015

  Philosophy has an important contribution to make to society, says Professor of Practical Philosophy Glen Newey. You need people who can think clearly, certainly in positions of power and authority. Newey stresses that “there will always be a place for philosophy”. An introduction to the practically…

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  Raafat Shamieh Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Leila Demarest Associate Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Marie Louise Krogh University Lecturer Continental Philosophy

  Faculty of Humanities