1,857 search results for “politics polarization en uitsluiting” in the Public website
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Update #iamapsychologist: Why Psychology and the international bachelor's programme are essential
Psychologen laten zich horen over de plannen om de internationale bacheloropleidingen op te heffen in de Randstad en Tilburg. Het inititatief #Ikbeneenpsycholoog van Judith Schomaker op LinkedIn vindt navolging. Lees een selectie van de posts en ook het blog van Eiko Fried over de consequenties.
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Preventing terrorism... At which cost?
Preventing terrorism before it happens seems like an idea no one would disagree to. But is it possible? How do counter-radicalisation policies look like? And are there dangers of unintended consequences? Francesco Ragazzi, Assistant Professor at Leiden University’s Institute of Political Science, has…
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Julia Puente Duyn
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Hanna van BentumFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Tim KalkmanFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Ruben van de Ven
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Bonnie TillandFaculty of Humanities
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Kohei SuzukiFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Aris Agoglossakis Foley
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Anouk RoelingFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Gerrit DijkstraFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Shmailish AnwarFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Vijay Bolt
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Producing new plants without sowing
Producing offspring of a crop without sowing and that is even bigger than the parent plant. According to Leiden researchers this can be achieved by overstimulating a single gene that rejuvenates cells, including bringing them back to the embryonic phase.
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Voting in a divided country
The midterm elections in the United States will be a vote of (no) confidence in president Trump and his divisive leadership style, says Brendan Carroll, assistant professor Public Administration. In this blog he explains why voter turnout can be a decisive factor.
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5.7 million for future-proof lettuce varieties
A new 5.7 million euro research project will ensure that lettuce will be more resistant to pathogens and climate effects and will grow better in new cultivation systems. Together with other Dutch researchers, Leiden biologists will map the characteristics and genetic information of 500 wild and cultivated…
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Lotte Melenhorst wins ICA Top Student Award
Lotte Melenhorst, PhD candidate at Leiden University’s Institute of Political Science, has been granted a Top Student Award by the International Communication Association's (ICA) Political Communication Panel for her paper on the role of the media in the legislative process. This was announced in May…
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Demissionair premier Schoof vormde een speelbal voor de coalitiepartijen
De dagen van demissionair premier Dick Schoof zijn geteld. Met de Algemene Politieke Beschouwingen achter de rug komt een einde aan een ongebruikelijk experiment: een partijloze premier. Hoogleraar staatsrecht, Wim Voermans, spreekt in EenVandaag over een ‘een deerlijk mislukt experiment, eens maar…
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A legal solution to avoid a Hard Brexit: Armin Cuyvers on UK Constitutional Law Blog
In his blog, Armin suggests two legal tools that may jointly help avoid a hard Brexit: delayed exit and decreasing membership.
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Andrew Gawthorpe in The Guardian about the Republicans’ more radical agenda
University lecturer Andrew Gawthorpe argues in The Guardian that the Republican's new agenda for a second Trump term is more radical than the first. He says that they seek to take control of federal agencies by replacing civil servants with ‘American First footsoldiers’.
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Leiden Researchers Participate in the Fourth International Conference on Legislation and Law Reform, Washington D.C.
On 17 and 18 November 2016 the World Bank in Washington, D.C. hosted the Fourth International Conference on Legislation and Law Reform.
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Changing power relations and rising stars
The norms, institutions and power relations that have defined the last decades of international political and economic relations in the European Union are undergoing major transformations. With the return of competition between great and ambitious powers, like the US, China, EU and Russia, the need…
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Jan Erk elected Smuts Memorial Fellow at Cambridge University
Jan Erk, political scientist at Leiden University, has been selected as the 2016-2017 Smuts Memorial Fellow at the University of Cambridge. During his residency at the renowned British academy, he will work on his research project ‘The Enduring Impact of Africa’s extinct kingdoms and invisible chief…
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Conference ‘Power and Counterpower in Democracy: Multidisciplinary Perspectives'
As both old and new democracies experience increasing democratic backsliding, there is a critical societal need to rethink the design and effectiveness of democratic checks and balances. In this conference on Friday 9 June, the aim is to explore multidisciplinary insights about what makes the checks…
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Understanding public support for budget cuts and tax increases
In her dissertation, political scientist Alessia Aspide explores how public attitudes toward fiscal policy are formed. Her key finding: fiscal preferences are not shaped in a vacuum, but are deeply embedded in institutional, political, and societal contexts.
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Jenny AudringFaculty of Humanities
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Jet BussemakerFaculty of Medicine
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Andreas KinnegingFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Gera van DuijvenvoordeFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Sarah GiestFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Roosje PeetersFaculty of Humanities
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Marieke AdriaanseFaculty of Medicine
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Bibi van den BergFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Bart SchermerFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Valerie FrissenFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Timo SlootwegFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Mariska KretFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Anne StiggelboutFaculty of Medicine
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Gianclaudio MalgieriFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Gerrit-Jan ZwenneFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Henrike JansenFaculty of Humanities
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Bart LabuschagneFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Henrik Barmentlo
Faculty of Science
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‘Woolly’ King's Speech reflects broad coalition
The 2018 King's Speech was a string of statements containing little or no substance. It was obvious that, in an attempt to keep all the coalition parties happy, the speech covered more issues than in 2017. This is confirmed by an analysis of the speech carried out by public administration experts Gerard…
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Are Dutch judges still impartial?
Can judges be impartial if they are a member of a political party? In PowNed podcast ‘Op z'n Kop!’, Andreas Kinneging, Professor of Philosophy of Law, questions what he sees as an outdated system.
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Evening of the Political Debate
Debate
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What norms and values do international banks uphold during financial crises?
The 22nd of march 2023, political scientist Lukas Spielberger will defend his dissertation ‘Lessons from Europe for the study of international bank cooperation’. He wrote his thesis about the cooperation of central banks during international financial crises: ‘central banks pay more attention to shared…
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The link between The Hague bonfires and different types of citizenship
For the third year in a row, the bonfires in the Duindorp and Scheveningen neighbourhoods in The Hague during New Year's Eve have been cancelled. According to Professor Henk te Velde, the fight for the bonfires represents something bigger: angry citizens.
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Pluriversal Politics: Otomi History, Language, Culture and Cosmovision
Lecture and Exhibition