165 search results for “verenigde states” in the Staff website
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Aminata BicegoSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Emil WolffFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Why our welfare state doesn’t always reach vulnerable people
In general, there are significant health disparities between people with low and high incomes, particularly in countries with an extensive welfare state like the Netherlands. PhD candidate Janna Goijaerts researched how the organisation of the welfare state affects the health of vulnerable people.
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Reijer PasschierFaculty of Law
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Josi MarschallSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Mirmukhsin MakhmudovFaculty of Science
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Monarchies of Extraction: The Gulf states in the global food system
Middle East Studies Lecture
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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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Paul AdriaanseFaculty of Law
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Paul van TrigtFaculty of Humanities
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Allard de GraafFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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European integration and the United States: Have we reached the end of the "Cold War aberration"?
Lecture, European Union Seminar / CHEI Seminar
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Anais van ErtveldeFaculty of Humanities
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Abdourahamane Idrissa AbdoulayeAfrican Studies Centre
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Willemien den OudenFaculty of Law
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Anne Hafkemeijer
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Isabella BrunnerFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Jeffrey Fynn-PaulFaculty of Humanities
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CRG Seminar: The Economic Community of West African States at fifty: Edward Blyden and the road towards a people centered regional body
Lecture
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Chirurgijns in den vreemde. De geneeskundige zorg van de Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie (VOC) voor haar personeel in Azië
PhD defence
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Randal SheppardFaculty of Humanities
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Alumnus Jan Joosten: ‘New Amsterdam seemed more exciting than old Amsterdam’
Jan Joosten studied civil and tax law in Leiden from 1985. After exchanges and an internship, he became infatuated with the United States. He is now a partner and co-founder of a new law firm in New York: Pierson Ferdinand.
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Clare FenwickFaculty of Law
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Ramesh Premaratne GanoharitiFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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John Sunday OjoFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Jan-peter LoofFaculty of Law
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Meredith SprengelSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Manuel Cabal LopezSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Dario FazziFaculty of Humanities
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Serge RomboutsSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Michiel van ElkSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Christian HendersonFaculty of Humanities
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Anjali PanditFaculty of Science
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Huub de GrootFaculty of Science
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Living and Dying with the State
The state, and specifically the idea of nationality, is almost all-determining in social life in the Netherlands. It determines how people identify, how we interact with each other, and what (in)equality in society looks like. However, ultimately, the idea that we can divide people into different nationalities…
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Jennifer SchenseFaculty of Law
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Frits van der MeerFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Tycho van der HoogAfrican Studies Centre
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‘Immigration doesn’t threaten welfare states’
It is often thought that immigration threatens the solidarity on which redistribution relies. But looking at the post-war period, PhD candidate Emily Anne Wolff finds that this is not the case.
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Afshin EllianFaculty of Law
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State of affairs new conditions starter grants
Finance, Research
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Nisida GjoksiFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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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, "Transforming Nepal’s Political System: Party Positions and Public Opinion (2004-2012)," at Leiden University. His research examines how Nepal’s major political parties navigated key state restructuring reforms—republicanism,…
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Conventions: the oil in the engine of the state system
The rise of populist parties, the expansion of the role of the state and now the fragmentation of the Senate and the House of Representatives: Dutch political reality has changed rapidly over recent decades. These developments are in stark contrast to Dutch constitutional law that has remained almost…
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Sara Polak: 'I want to know if what social media is doing to the political game in the US is unique'
Political games have existed throughout history, but what is the role of 'play' in the way the American political world has developed? University lecturer Sara Polak has received an ERC Starting Grant to investigate this.
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Gateways for Humanity: The Duty to Reason in the Automated State
On 6 June 2023, Melanie Fink gave a ‘conférence’ at the University of Liège, Belgium in the context of its EU Studies Seminar Cycle, organised by Ljupcho Grozdanovski.
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Kutsal Yesilkagit appointed to State Commission on the Rule of Law
Kutsal Yesilkagit, Professor of International Governance at the Institute of Public Administration, has been appointed by Minister Bruins Slot of the Interior and Kingdom Relations as a member of the State Commission on the Rule of Law, which was established in November 2022.
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‘Let politics be the focus at the State Opening of Parliament’
A big performance by André Rieu, food trucks in The Hague and more contact with the Royal Family: grand plans were announced in April to make the State Opening of Parliament (Prinsjesdag) a real ‘crowd puller’. For this year, however, we will just have to make do with slight differences in emphasis.…
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Dutch state returns stolen artefacts: ‘Make sure to tell the full story’
The Netherlands returned 478 artefacts to Indonesia and Sri Lanka this week, on the advice of a Dutch committee. Rightly so, says Leiden professor Pieter ter Keurs from the Museums, Collections and Society interdisciplinary research programme. ‘But do make it clear why you are returning something.’
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Should states use Social Media to warn civilians in armed conflict?
In a new essay for Ethics & International Affairs, Dr Henning Lahmann, Assistant Professor of International Law & Technology at eLaw, addresses the question whether states should resort to social media to warn a civilian population ahead of military operations.