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Explore the programme structure of the one‑year MSc Dutch Politics at Leiden University: core course, electives, research skills, thesis supervision, and an optional internship.

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Book project on how European policy is made and implemented, with a focus on how that process can be understood and lead to policy change.

Follow the step-by-step application procedure for the MSc Dutch Politics at Leiden University: start with Studielink, proceed via uSis, submit your request, and register once admitted.

Discover how to enrich your MSc Dutch Politics with extra opportunities such as the Leiden Leadership Programme, honours classes, and an optional research internship.

Explore career opportunities after the MSc Dutch Politics at Leiden University: pursue roles in politics, public policy, research, consultancy, and international organizations.

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Check the application deadlines for the MSc Dutch Politics at Leiden University: key dates for EU and non-EU applicants, including housing application deadlines.

Find out which documents you need to apply for the MSc Dutch Politics at Leiden University, including diplomas, transcripts, translations, CV, motivation letter, recommendation letters, and supporting materials.

Explore the information activities for the MSc Dutch Politics at Leiden University: master open days, webinars, virtual tours and Q&A sessions.

Review the admission requirements for the MSc Dutch Politics at Leiden University: required bachelor degree, academic credits, and language proficiency criteria.

Explore the student life component of the MSc Dutch Politics at Leiden University: student associations, networking events, social activities, and living in a vibrant university city.

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Chat with a current MSc Dutch Politics student at Leiden University for real-life insights into the programme, student life, studying in The Netherlands, and the application process.

Follow the clear application roadmap for the MSc Dutch Politics at Leiden University: check admission requirements, deadlines, required documents, application steps, and next steps.

Discover why Leiden University is the ideal place for the MSc Dutch Politics: a broad political science department, expert faculty, small-group teaching, and a vibrant student city.

Explore the one‑year MSc Dutch Politics at Leiden University: core and elective courses, thesis research, and analytical skills training in a small‑group learning environment.

The Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda arising from United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 has reached a critical juncture in its short 20-year history. Despite comprising ten resolutions designed to bolster the agenda and expand its scope and normative power, serious challenges to the…

This dissertation contains the further development of a method for linguistic-stylistic research, which provides a systematic means to interpret global impressions of a text through choices in formulation at word- and sentence level.

In this article, Kuipers and Timmermans analyze the first lady's relationship with policy problems in the period 1945-2013.

This book presents an understanding of the concept of Countering Violent Extremism from a critical terrorism studies perspective using case studies from different countries while examining the issues it raises.

Together with colleagues from the Stimson Center and in the framework of the Global Governance Innovation Network, Dr. Joris Larik has recently published the report

Governments in parliamentary democracies have limited time in office to fulfill their policy agendas. So, how do they optimise the timing of legislative bills to assure their passage and avoid lengthy parliamentary scrutiny? This question is especially puzzling under coalition governments, in which…

The European Council and the European Commission have a similar role in agenda setting. Both place issues on the EU agenda. However, these institutions have distinct designs. They have different political attributes (the European Council has considerably more political authority) and information-processing…

On 12 April 2022 Alok Oak successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.

In een uitzending van Pauw & De Wit geeft Wim Voermans, hoogleraar Staatsrecht en voorzitter van de Vereniging Thorbecke, zijn visie op het belang van de Thorbeckeprijs als symbool voor politieke welsprekendheid. De prijs komt voort uit een eerbetoon aan de grondlegger van het Nederlandse parlementaire…

How did Dutch refugee policies develop during a period in which consecutive coalition cabinets were responsible for these policies during refugee crises between 1913 en 2017 and what were the considerations that can explain this development?

This research tries to create a coherent comprehension of misfit, enhance conceptual knowledge, highlight prevalent knowledge.

The Digital Society research agenda was presented by the Dutch universities during the VSNU Impact festival on 23 November.

What effect does bullying have on the brain? This is just one of the key research questions included in the NeuroLabNL science agenda. Scientists presented the agenda to Minister Van Engelshoven (Education, Culture and Science) and Minister Dekker (Justice and Security) on 3 July at Campus The Hagu…

De rol van de Eerste Kamer is het toetsen van wetten op uitvoerbaarheid. Wim Voermans, hoogleraar Staatsrecht, zegt voor NPO Radio1 dat de Eerste Kamer nu te veel een politieke rol in plaats van een controlerende rol vervult.

Landen om ons heen laten zien: als burgers mogen meedenken, komt er beweging in vastgelopen politieke discussies. Zou een dergelijke derde kamer ook de oplossing kunnen zijn voor Nederland, waar samenleving en overheid elkaar steeds verder uit het oog lijken te verliezen?

Leiden University is organising two international conferences on security from 7 to 10 November in The Hague. Power relations, negotiating with extremists, cyber espionage, and the experience of a real crisis situation are some of the issues on the agenda. The conferences will be opened by Mayor Jozias…

Op 30 oktober presenteerde de Commissie tot Revisie van het Reglement van Orde, onder voorzitterschap van Kees van der Staaij (SGP), haar bevindingen aan Kamervoorzitter Khadija Arib.

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State Secretary Sander Dekker of Education, Culture and Science received the national research agenda Nature4Life on 31 January. This research agenda, in which Leiden University is involved, focuses on research on biodiversity, ecology and evolution.

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On 20 November, Special Professor of United Nations Studies in Peace and Justice, Alanna O'Malley, presented her research agenda for the next 3 years. An ambitious agenda full of projects to gain more insight into the origin and functioning of the UN.

Three new ministries have been formed in the Netherlands: Asylum and Migration, Housing and Spatial Planning & Climate and Green Growth. Of course, this is not merely an administrative act. These ministries carry a strong and political charge and play a crucial role in shaping a government's political…

Women are are on the agenda again at Leiden University. That was clear on 8 March in the Academy Building. First there was an informal get-together with women professors and talented researchers, followed by the 27th Annie Romein-Verschoor lecture, on happy and angry women.

Eight major scientific consortia are to receive research investment funding from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO. Leiden University is involved in all these project and is the lead applicant for four of the awards.

During ExpeditionNEXT in Middelburg, NeurolabNL youth, together with researchers from Leiden University and Erasmus University, handed over a unique research agenda to NWO Chairman Marcel Levi. In it, young people share what they would most like to learn about themselves and the brain.

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