The Just Peace Festival's first edition is live! The Opening Event marked the beginning of two weeks filled with activities to reflect on what peace and justice mean in today's world.

Maja Vodopivec teaches several courses in Peace and Conflict Studies track of the World Politics major, and a course in Global History track of the Human Diversity major. Her research interest lies in postwar Japanese intellectual history and peace and conflict studies. Extension number: 8372

Anneleen van der Meer is an assistant professor in the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA). She works on chemical weapons research and the impact of norm transgression on strategy and international relations. She is programme director of the BSc Security Studies.

Graig Klein is assistant professor at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs. His research explores the instrumentality of political violence and how dissident-government interactions effect tactical and strategic evolution, conflict processes, and international & national security - primarily…

Ingrid Samset is a political scientist who teaches at Leiden University College. Her research and teaching address questions related to peace and conflict dynamics, transitional justice, postcolonial studies, and memory studies.

Natalia Sobrino-Saeb has attended the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony in Oslo. She was awarded this honour after winning the essay competition of the Nobel Ignitor Fellowship, a programme that seeks to inspire young changemakers around the world – for change can be made by all of us: “You never know…

Carolien Stolte is Associate Professor of History at the Institute for History. She specializes in modern global history with a regional focus on South Asia.

Ahmet Serdar Günaydin is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs at Leiden University. His research focuses on the United Nations special political missions and their approaches towards fostering national dialogues and policy reforms. He explores the multilateral diplomatic efforts…

Carsten Stahn has been Professor of International Criminal Law and Global Justice at Leiden Law School since 2010.

Ayokunu (‘Ayo’) Adedokun is a political scientist, international development specialist and peacebuilding practitioner. His research focuses on the roles of local actors and the international community in peacebuilding, terrorism and counter-terrorism strategies, democratization and good governance…

Franke Eleveld has been a staff member of the Grotius Centre since May 2015 as as a PhD-candidate and lecturer.

Yih-Jye Hwang (PhD, Aberystwyth) is Assistant Professor of International Relations at Leiden University. His research focuses on culture and identity politics in East Asia, East Asian approaches to human security, China’s strategic and just war thinking, post-Western IR, post-structuralism, and theories…

Dario Fazzi is Professor of Transatlantic Environmental History at Leiden University and the Roosevelt Institute for American Studies in Middelburg, the Netherlands.

Thijs Brocades Zaalberg is Professor by Special Appointment of Military History at the Leiden University Institute for History and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Military Sciences of the Netherlands Defence Academy in Breda.

Chelsie Yount earned a PhD in anthropology in 2017 at Northwestern University (Evanston) and the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (Paris). She is currently the postdoctoral ethnographer on the European Research Council (ERC) 'Just Remit' project at Leiden University.

Femke E. Bakker is Senior Assistant Professor at the Institute of Political Science.

Professor of International Relations Daniel Thomas is clear: anyone taking peace in Europe for granted is shutting their eyes to reality.

Joris Larik is Associate Professor of Comparative, EU and International Law at Leiden University. Since July 2025, he is the Director of Education of Leiden University College The Hague. In addition, he teaches at the Europa Institute of Leiden Law School and the College of Europe. Dr. Larik is an expert…

I specialize in the field of modern Middle East studies, concentrating on the region's politics and international relations (history and theory), foreign policy analysis, and diplomatic history. As a historian of international relations I have developed special research interests in the Arab-Israeli…

Martijn Kitzen is professor in Military Studies with expertise in irregular warfare and special operations. He combines academic research with operational experience in NATO, UN, and multinational missions across conflict zones like Afghanistan and the Sahel.

Tom Buitelaar is an Assistant Professor in the War, Peace & Justice program of the Institute of Security and Global Affairs at Leiden University.

Frans Osinga is professor in War Studies at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs.

Isabela is an external PhD candidate assigned to the EU-GLOCTER project.

Clara Cotroneo is a Lecturer and Researcher at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs. She is also member of the research group on War, Peace and Justice, within which she is completing her doctoral studies.

The bachelor's programmes at the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs, based in the city of international cooperation and politics – The Hague – prepare you for a future in governance, leadership, and diplomacy. In the administrative heart of the Netherlands, you will learn to tackle the challenges…

In The Hague, the international city of peace, justice, and security, the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs' bachelor's programmes offer you the opportunity to learn from experts in security and crisis response. Here, you will gain the knowledge and skills to keep people, organisations, and societies…

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