Mr. J. Sun defended his thesis on 21 March 2018.

A core interest of our cluster members concerns processes of reception, transformation and (interlingual and intermedial) translation in medieval and early modern art, literature and media from diachronic and synchronic perspectives (in time, space, and between media).

The Leiden University doctoral / PhD programme takes around four years of study and consists of independent and original research under the supervision of a professor.

What is the effect of transgovernmental networks on the principles and practices of democratic accountability within national central governments?

There is an increasing amount of attention on EU and its Member States contributions to implementation of two landmark agreements: the Paris Climate Agreement and the UN Agenda 2030 with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Absent from the current literature is an analysis of the political effect of…

Introductory courses, Seminars and Minor Economics and Dual Programs

This monograph, written by dr. Dennie Oude Nijhuis and published by Cambridge University Press, discusses the postwar development of the welfare state.

This thesis describes the design, synthesis, and immunological evaluation of varying (neo)antigenic peptide conjugates containing either a TLR2 or a TLR7 agonist.

We spoke with Mathilde Witkam about her research as a dual PhD candidate at the Dual PhD Centre. Her dissertation is about the effect of open government on public trust. Mathilde: ‘Trust in government ensures that people are more honest in their tax returns; less control saves time and money.’

Many of the language rules we use today were formulated in the 17th and 18th centuries. In a dual track at the universities of Leiden and Brussels, PhD candidate Eline Lismont investigated why some rules became successful while other rules were quickly forgotten.

In support of the research and education, the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS) has a Research and Education laboratory at its disposal. Within this environment, we can offer machines that go beyond normal office automisation and production.

Information about doctorates and application procedures for PhD positions at ICLON

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Every year, around 400 PhD candidates defend their dissertation at Leiden University, spread across all the University’s different disciplines.

At Leiden University you’ll have every opportunity to broaden your horizon. We’ll stimulate you to get the best out of yourself, with additional, more challenging programmes, for example.

How do inclusion and exclusion affect people?

Hoe kan de City Deal Kennis Maken bijdragen aan het formuleren van maatschappelijk relevant onderzoek dat de stad in al haar diversiteit centraal stelt? In de stad Leiden zijn burgers momenteel maar in beperkte mate betrokken bij het bepalen van de agenda van de lokale City Deal Kennis Maken. Dit onderzoeksproject…

Our research projects address cutting-edge and forward-looking societal challenges at the intersection of law and technology.

The P.J. Cosijn Research Fellowship is an initiative to give promising Research MA students of Leiden University with an interest in Anglo-Saxon Studies the opportunity to conduct research on Old English language and literature. The Cosijn Fellowships are part of the ERC-funded project ‘Early Medieval…

A new Special Issue with Transnational Legal Theory edited by Jelena Belic, Matthew Canfield, Henning Lahmann, Rachel Griffin, and Barrie Sander, brings together a collective of perspectives to unpack the promise and perils of human rights as a vocabulary for governing digital platforms.

How can mentors and social workers foster the vocational identity of at-risk youth and improve their prospects?

What contributes to the successes and failures of governance networks in small to medium-sized Western European host cities in attracting International Organizations?

Do recent developments in the European security architecture signal the end of multilateral cooperation, or the beginning of a new era with emerging forms of international security collaboration?

In this article, Thijs van Dooremalen and Philip Smith investigate how public discourse of heatwaves have shifted in British newspaper discourse, drawing on Raymond Williams’s theory of dominant, emergent, and residual cultural patterns to analyse changes in language and interpretation over recent d…

The Leiden Risk & Regulation Lab serves as hub for excellent research at the forefront of regulation and risk governance and acts a platform for engagement with the practice of, and education in, regulation and risk governance.

How do public organizations use strategic regulatory communication in regulatory governance?

Dionysius of Halicarnassus and Augustan Rome: Greek culture in the Roman world.

How do Humanitarian Response Organizations (HROs) and Virtual & Technical Communities (V&TCs) collaboratively govern disaster sensemaking processes, and what challenges shape the effectiveness of these collaborations between 2010 and 2016?

Promotor: H.S. Overkleeft, Co-promotor: M. van der Stelt

Metal complexes and 2D materials like graphene were combined to produce structures that can function as sensors.

In the first part, we introduce a new condition, called toric-additivity, on a family of abelian varieties degenerating to a semi-abelian scheme over a normal crossing divisor.

On 29 June 2017, Doris Dull-Zessner defended her PhD dissertation “Value Congruence in a Multinational Corporation”. The supervisors are Professor J.A.A. Adriaanse and Professor J.I. van der Rest.

How were (post) colonial migrants included in post-war welfare systems?

Is online radicalisation is an analytically useful concept when discussing contemporary cases of terrorism?

How is the effect of kleptocracy on foreign policy change mediated by the political-administrative relationship?

How does the design of online participation platforms influence the inclusivity of online direct participation?

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

Promotores: J.J.M.M. Rutten, F.S. de Boer, Co-promotor: M.M. Bonsangue