1,777 search results for “politics polarisation en uitsluiting” in the Public website
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Master’s thesis prize 2020: the nominees
As a Leiden University’s master’s student in Political Science you conduct independent research and report your findings to fellow academics and, who knows, to a larger audience. Your thesis is a showcase of your academic skills and personal interest, and perhaps even passion. Easier said than done,…
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Alumnus teaching at a Texan university: pizza, guns and heated debate in the lecture theatre
Americans are electing a new president in November but they also have other choices to make in the polling booth. Alumnus Sanne Rijkhoff works at a Texas university and is trying to help make students more aware of the elections.
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Nominees Van den Berg Thesis Prize 2020
Who authored the best theses in Leiden University's Political Science BSc programmes?
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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,
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Protecting democracy in Europe
Political scientist Tom Theuns (Leiden University) has been awarded a Veni grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). This means that he is recognised as a promising researcher and that he will receive support to develop his ideas further for a period of three years. Theuns will focus on the role…
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Jaap de Hoop Scheffer receives honorary title Minister of State
On 22 June 2018, Prime Minister Rutte announced that Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Professor of International Relations and Diplomatic Practices at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA), together with former ministers Sybilla Dekker and Winnie Sorgdrager, will become Minister of State.
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Lottery procedure used for coffeeshop licence
The Dutch municipality of Deventer recently organised an open tender to grant a coffeeshop licence, drawing 1035 responses. Annemarie Drahmann, associate professor in administrative law, commented in ‘Trouw’ newspaper about this procedure.
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The Hague aims to attract legal tech start-ups
In an interview with Jaap van den Herik, Professor emeritus Law and IT, legal magazine Mr. writes that The Hague municipality wants to attract more legal tech start-ups. The municipality has therefore commissioned the Leiden Centre of Data Science (LCDS) of Leiden University to conduct a study into…
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Bart Schuurman in Dutch regional newspaper 'de Gelderlander' on the threat of unwarranted jihadism fatigue
On 27 September 2019, Bart Schuurman, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs spoke to Dutch regional newspaper 'de Gelderlander' about the decline in attention for jihadism.
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Antoaneta DimitrovaFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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New Jean Monnet seminar series: Europe and the World
In view of its aim to aim to promote and strengthen teaching and research in European Studies, the Jean Monnet chair ‘Europe and the World' organises a series of seminars. Several interesting speakers will present their research, and both students and staff members will have ample opportunities to engage…
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Katharina Natter receives IMR Book Review Award
Katharina Natter of the Institute of Political Science has been awarded the 2025 IMR Book Review Award for her book on migration politics in Morocco and Tunisia.
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Katie HudsonFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Gerard van der VeerFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Karolina KudlekFaculty of Humanities
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Lars DorrenFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Diego Salazar MoralesFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Lukas ObholzerFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Denise Zeeuw-van Veen
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Rosalie JoostenFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Annemarie KokFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Justin SpruitFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Sjoerd KeulenFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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New professor Elise Dusseldorp: ‘The longer you’re in research, the more humble you become’
Elise Dusseldorp has been appointed Professor in the Methodology and Statistics of Psychological Research. In the same way that she spends her spare time rambling through the forest, as a professor she sifts through colleagues’ research data. ‘I often come across information that doesn’t appear in the…
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Larissa van den Herik: The term genocide in political usage is problematic
After Zelensky and Putin, President Biden has also used the word ‘genocide’. We should not use the term genocide too loosely, says Professor of Public International Law Larissa van den Herik.
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How Princess Laurentien became entangled in a politically sensitive government responsibility
Research conducted by Dutch news programme ‘Nieuwsuur’ into the work carried out by Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands for victims of the childcare benefits scandal raises many questions. Legal experts are puzzled as to how the Cabinet at the time assigned the tasks. Geerten Boogaard, Professor…
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FGGA Research Seminar: Globalisation and migration: The political economy of welfare state reform
22 November 2018.
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Joana CookFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Sarah StevensFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Georgios DikaiosFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Christofer TalvitieFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Martijn MosFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Sander van Eijkern
Faculty of Humanities
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Yasco HorsmanFaculty of Humanities
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Jesse Doornenbal
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Nika Kratsashvili
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Jan Aart ScholteFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Fransje Molenaar wins Jaarprijs Politicologie 2018
Fransje Molenaar, who defended her dissertation at the Institute of Political Science (Leiden University) in September 2017, has been awarded the Jaarprijs Politicologie. Out of 66 entries from Flanders and The Netherlands, her study of party legislation in Latin America made the biggest impression…
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Leadership dilemma's for Mayors
Mayors have to do with a society that polarises, politics that change more than ever and a fragmented administrative field of influence. Nikol Hopman and Saniye Celik wrote an essay about this.
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Dyon van VelzenFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Seran de LeedeFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Isabelle FrensFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Commission-Van der Staaij presenteert revisie Reglement van Orde
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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Lecture Oliver Rathkolb - The End of Social Democracy?
On 11 March, Oliver Rathkolb (University of Vienna) held a lecture about Social Democracy.
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Lecture on the book Democratic Commitment: Why Citizens Tolerate Democratic Backsliding
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Student cleans up archival data and uncovers two stellar cocoons
While investigating 16 years of images of young stars from a retired astronomical camera, Leiden master's student Sam de Regt discovered that two of those stars were still enveloped in birth clouds. Never before has anyone captured these two stars in so much detail. He publishes his data-cleaning method…
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Jan Melissen in NRC on the diplomatic situation in Venezuela
The political situation in Venezuela is increasingly complicated. On Monday morning, February the fourth, several EU countries, including The Netherlands, recognised Guiadó as legitimate acting president. Dr. Jan Melissen, attached to the Clingendael Institute and the Institute of Security and Global…
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Lauren Lauret receives D.J. Veegens Prize 2022
University lecturer Lauren Lauret has been awarded the D.J. Veegens Prize 2022 for her dissertation on the meeting practices of the States General during the time of the Republic of the Seven United Provinces compared to those of the Lower House during the first half of the 19th century.
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