1,730 search results for “politics polarisatie en uitsluiting” in the Public website
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The Principles of Representative Government: Thirty Years Later
Lecture, Workshop
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The New Atlantic Order - and Transformation of Global Politics in the "Long" 20th Century
Building on my recent book The New Atlantic Order, and challenging long dominant conceptions of a “short” 20th century, this talk seeks to cast fresh light on how the modern global order actually came to be recast so radically. To this end, it will present a new conceptual framework and trace fundamental…
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Debating the future of soft power practices in Washington DC
On June 6th, The Hague Journal of Diplomacy launched its latest double special issue, “Debating Public Diplomacy: Now and Next”, in Washington DC. The seminar on the future of soft power practices, at the Pew Research Center known of its global opinion polls, took place against the backdrop of concerns…
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Can AI Save the Amazon? The Politics of AI Environmentalism in Colombia
EDGES Talk
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From Disappearance to the End Game: Reflecting on the Politics of Decolonization in Hong Kong
This paper revisits the ways Hong Kong’s existential crises have been articulated and theorized since the 1980s up to the present moment. The discourses on Hong Kong society and its internal logic of cultural production have always been cast under the shadow of disappearance and death. Yet if the slow…
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Having your cake and eating it: on partial speech acts in US political discourse
When using language, we are not always sure about the commitments we wish to undertake by means of our utterances. Taking inspiration from the analysis of two examples from US political discourse, a semi-threat by White House representative Gene Sperling, and a semi-apology issued by Senator Ted Yoho,…
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How Leiden University celebrated its first day in 1575
Lifelike gods, provisional professors and the city militia with weapons a clanking. Leiden put on a colourful procession and drummed up hundreds of citizens to celebrate the foundation of the first university of the Republic of the Netherlands on 8 February 1575. 'It wasn't a party just for the sake…
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Jelle van Buuren in Trouw: Selective perception around right-wing and jihadist violence US
Research has shown that terrorist attacks in the US are more often committed by right-wing extremists than by islamitic extremists. However, news about attacks by right-wing extremists hardly ever reach the media. Jelle van Buuren tells the Dutch newspaper Trouw that right-wing extremists are at least…
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Indigenous populations’ major political impact in Latin America: (Re)shaping the nation-state in Bolivia, Chile, Guatemala, and Perú
Indigenous populations in Latin America have historically been understood as ethnic/cultural minorities in need of accommodation within the dominant culture and political system of the nation-state. Far from passive subjects of high politics, indigenous populations have been active actors in the political…
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Interdisciplinary research: labour market on the move
Migration, globalisation, technological developments, climate change: the greatest challenges of our time all affect our labour market. But how exactly? And can we influence this? Professor of Economics Olaf van Vliet regards it as his job to reveal how things really are. ‘That way, we can work on solutions…
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Hanna Swaab
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Cyan BaeSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Emmanuel Ogwuche OkpeFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Ifeanyichukwu Charles NwekeFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Manon Portos MinettiFaculty of Humanities
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Helena Landwehr
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Jiaxuan HuangFaculty of Humanities
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Ivan DunduroFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Róisín LambertFaculty of Humanities
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Siran HuangFaculty of Humanities
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Youssef CherifFaculty of Humanities
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Jasper DekkerFaculty of Humanities
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Miles KellermanFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Kutsal YesilkagitFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Kiara Thais Castaman DiazFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Shmailish AnwarFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Alessia AspideFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Kirsty RolfeFaculty of Humanities
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Rik de RuiterFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Looi van KesselFaculty of Humanities
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Tracing Expertise in Politics: A Digital History of Technocracy in the Dutch House of Representatives, 1917-1994
Lecture
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‘An internship at Foreign Affairs is an incredible experience and a good way to boost your career’
Niels van Leeuwen is enrolled in the Master Public Administration: Economics & Governance. During the first stage of his master, he did an internship in the United States, at the economic affairs department of the Royal Netherlands Consulate General in Chicago. ‘There are more ways that lead to Rome…
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Flexibilisation, globalisation and technological change: consequences for labour markets and social security.
This research project is funded by a subsidy from Instituut Gak.
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Henning LahmannFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Annelies Schulte NordholtFaculty of Humanities
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Gelijn MolierFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Hester RuigendijkFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Peter van BodegomFaculty of Science
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The International Criminal Court, the War on Drugs, and the Global Politics of Justice
Lecture, Roundtable Forum
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How 'Big Tech' Undermines Our Democracy
Tech giants such as Google, Apple, and Microsoft are increasingly shaping the digital world we live in. Reijer Passchier cautions: 'Urgent measures are needed to curb this influence.'
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Clichéd version of an autocracy or a restored democracy? The Turkish elections explained
In less than a week’s time, millions of Turkish people are going to decide who will govern their country for the next five years. These elections promise to be the most closely contested in years, with the opinion polls showing very small differences and everything at stake, including for Europe. Alp…
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Court as a theatre: ‘There are great similarities between drama as an art form and the legal world’
The Lucia de Berk case or the suicide of Slobodan Praljak at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia: certain trials keep popping up in media. In her dissertation, Tessa de Zeeuw examines the cultural appeal of such cases and analyses artistic responses. ‘Artworks sometimes have…
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The Political Economy of Welfare State Reform: a collection of essays on human mobility and social protection
PhD defence
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Trade Unions in Morocco: National Unity, Political Struggle, and Trade Union Fragmentation in the Independent State, 1955-1978
PhD defence
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In Search of a Homo Economicus Javanicus. From J. H. Boeke to Clifford Geertz.
Lecture, Global Histories of Knowledge Seminar
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Michiel Luining on the future of Orbán in Europe
It has been crackling within the European People's Party (EPP) for months, but is it also going to explode? Michiel Luining, lecturer at the Institute of Public Administration at Leiden University, gives an explanation of the suspension of Fidesz, the party of the Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orbán,…
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Why Iran’s economy is not ‘collapsing’
President Trump believes that Iran’s economy is collapsing, and that this will leave Iranians no choice but to surrender to the demands of the United States. But these expectations might not come true, says Arash Pourebrahimi at the website of the Harvard Kennedy School.
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Joris Larik interviewed by CBC News about CETA
On 29 January 2019, CBC News, Canada’s largest news broadcaster, interviewed Dr. Joris Larik about the status of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada.
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Nitrogen crisis: Rapid, effective intervention in three specific regions could create breathing space
The new Dutch government must act quickly to take rapid, far-reaching measures in three specific regions to tackle nitrogen emissions. This will create the space for a long-term strategy to deal with other urgent problems and the knot of obligations that the state will need to untangle. These are the…
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Furthering Public Leadership
In the research project ‘Furthering public leadership’ the Leiden Leadership Centre collaborates with several public organisations in order to obtain academic insights on public leadership and to develop leadership in practice. This allows for evidence-based development of public leadership and direct…