1,071 search results for “global transformations and governance challenges” in the Student website
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Caelesta BraunFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Tanja HendriksFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Summer School 'The European Union, the United Nations and Global Governance'
Course, Summer School
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Erika RiccobonFaculty of Humanities
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Wim Voermans on coronavirus policy of Dutch Government
Due to the absence of a finalised ‘corona act’, the Dutch Government will only be able to make use of emergency regulations should there be a new coronavirus wave. In May 2020, the Dutch Council of State wrote that, strictly speaking, the emergency regulations did not meet the constitutional requirements…
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Ahmet Serdar GünaydinFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Annemiek de LoozeFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Sander ten CaatFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Student Guide
During your time as a student at the Faculty of Global and Governance Affairs, you might need more than just attending your lectures and workgroups. On this website you will see an overview of all the possibilities we have within our faculty. With this we hope to show you what else the faculty has to…
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What is the Chinese government’s approach to immigrants?
The rapid economic development of recent decades has made China a destination for migrants from all parts of the world. What does Chinese migration policy say about the priorities and functioning of this global power? PhD candidate Tabitha Speelman has conducted research on this.
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Students Security Studies challenged by real-life security problems
During their second year, the students of the bachelor Security Studies get a feeling of what their professional career might look like.
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Matthew HoyeFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Joachim KoopsFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Minister Van Leeuwen gives guest lecture on current global developments
On Monday 8 April, a high-profile guest visited Leiden Law School. Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Geoffrey van Leeuwen gave a powerful speech to students about defending our interests in all current global developments.
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Is there room to challenge the status quo at universities?
How is academic freedom restricted by the academic community itself? This was the central question at a debate at Leiden University on 14 November.
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Executive Board update: universities launch legal challenge against budget cuts
Leiden University, along with other Dutch universities, it taking legal action against the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science in response to its decision to cut funding for starter and incentive grants.
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Three quantum-safe cryptography methods standardised for global use
Three quantum-safe cryptography methods have been standardised for worldwide use since this week. Léo Ducas co-designed the two primary PQC methods selected for this standardisation. Ducas is part of the Cryptology group at Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) and is also professor of Mathematical cryptology…
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Getting students away from screens... and into the landscape
Leiden University's International Honours College, Leiden University College The Hague (LUC) experienced empty halls and empty classrooms this past year on the residential campus on the Anna van Buerenplein in The Hague due to the global pandemic. Dr Paul Hudson designed a Covid-proof course that enabled…
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Turning the tide: global biodiversity research gets time and funding
How do you compare the living environment of Dutch dairy cows with that of Masai cattle in East Africa? And how can we reverse biodiversity loss? These questions are central to CurveBend, an international research consortium in which ecologist Michiel Veldhuis plays a key role.
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MIRD Gala & Reconnect 2026: Inspiring diplomacy in a changing world
On 24 January 2026, the Advanced MSc International Relations and Diplomacy (MIRD) hosted its Annual Reconnect & Gala, bringing together alumni from across the world, current students, and faculty. The event celebrated shared values, connection, and purpose, focusing on ‘The great shifts in international…
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Toon KerkhoffFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Research and Education Grants in 2020 for the Institute of Security and Global Affairs
Whilst 2020 has been an unusual and taxing year for colleagues at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA), the Institute nevertheless can look back on an impressive range of successful grant applications during the previous year. This impressive result was achieved on top of excellent results…
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Young transformational leadership: Capacity building for equitable and sustainable change
Study support
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No ordinary sea: who governs the Strait of Hormuz?
Which law governs the Strait of Hormuz? Under international law, both Iran and the US are expected to comply with the ‘Constitution for the Oceans’. In practice, the situation is more complicated, explains maritime law expert Hilde Woker.
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Rianne Scheerhoorn: 'I am extremely happy that I joined the Central Government Traineeship Programme'
Rianne Scheerhoorn is a government trainee at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy and the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality. After completing her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Public Administration, she was sure that the Central Government Traineeship Programme (Rijkstraineesprogramma)…
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Ebbe RoggeFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Carolien JacobsFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Cornelis de GrootFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Rick van Well
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Cécile Pick
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Transformational leadership: Capacity Building for Equitable and Sustainable Change
Study support
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Keynote by Mayke Kaag at UN about trust and security sector reform
On 2 June, Prof. Mayke Kaag gave a keynote speech at the UN Headquarters in New York. The meeting was organised by the UN’s Security Sector Reform & Governance Unit.
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Job Vacancy: Student Assistant – Research on Global Payment Systems and International Politics
Organisation, Human resources, Research
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Government publishes legal document on MSC Zoe disaster at LAPP's insistence
The cargo lost at sea as a result of the MSC Zoe disaster should be considered environmental pollution and information about it should be made public. This was the case made by Leiden Law School’s Leiden Advocacy Project on Plastic (LAPP). Following their investigation, the government has finally decided…
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Andrew Gawthorpe in Global News: 'We’re heading to a world of much greater instability'
University lecturer Andrew Gawthorpe of Leiden University reflects in Global News Canada on the global implications of Donald Trump's foreign policy.
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Ruben Gonzalez VicenteFaculty of Humanities
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Matthew DiGiuseppe receives NWO XS grant for research on AI governance
Matthew DiGiuseppe, Associate Professor at the Institute of Political Science at Leiden University, has been awarded an NWO XS grant for his project ‘Political Polarization and Public Support for AI Governance’. The project examines whether growing political polarisation affects citizens’ willingness…
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Jos GommansFaculty of Humanities
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Gerrit DijkstraFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Kohei SuzukiFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Silke HermsFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Hanna van BentumFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Eefje CuppenFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Frits van der MeerFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Simon Willmetts in the Leiden Security and Global Affairs podcast about the CIA
Simon Willmetts walks listeners through the founding of the CIA, its successes, controversies, portrayal in media and film.
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Government unaware of Dutch involvement in Iran nuclear weapons programme sabotage
In 2007, a spy from the Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) planted a destructive computer virus at an Iranian nuclear site, halting the Iranian nuclear weapons programme. Dutch newspaper ‘de Volkskrant’ has revealed that the AIVD kept the crucial role of the Dutch spy a secret from…