740 search results for “united nations” in the Public website
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Annelies van Vark
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Jan Meijer
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Daan van den Wollenberg
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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organizational change in central state bureaucracies in cross-national comparison
Identifying and explaining change in the structure of central state bureaucracies and the determinants of survival of individual public organizations are two closely related areas of research in public administration. We aim to bridge the gap between these two main strands of studies of organizational…
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On the computation of norm residue symbols
An algorithm is discussed to compute the exponential representation of principal units in a finite extension field F of the p-adic rationals.
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Spatio-temporal dimensions of human-carnivore interactions in Chitwan National Park, Nepal
This is a joint PhD of the Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Leiden University and the Evolutionary Ecology Group at Antwerp University.
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Russian Interference in the United Kingdom
Willemijn Aerdts, lecturer at ISGA, discussed the Russian interference in the domestic affairs of Western countries on Dutch radio BNR.
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a Day - MSc Crisis and Security Management, spec. Intelligence and National Security
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a Day - MSc Crisis and Security Management, spec. Intelligence and National Security
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Human-lion conflict around Nairobi National Park: Lion Population Structure, Diet, and Movement in a Semi-Fenced Park.
What is the population size and social structure in time and space? What is the lion diet and food preference in time and space? What is the home range (MCP and Kernel) and movement in time and space? What are human – lion conflict and responses of lions to traditional herding in time and space? What…
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blessing in disguise?! Discretion in the context of EU decision-making, national transposition and legitimacy regarding EU directives
This dissertation looks into the role of discretion granted by EU directives (Article 288 Treaty on Functioning of the European Union) in legislative decision-making and national transposition processes of these directives.
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Waste of Society as Seen through Women’s Eyes”: waste, gender, and national belonging in Japan
Rebecca Tompkins defended her thesis on 21 March 2019
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Borders and Mobility Control in and between Empires and Nation-States | Studies in Global Migration History, Volume: 46/14
In a modernist interpretation of migration controls, nation states play a major role. This book challenges this interpretation by showing that comprehensive migration checks and permanent border controls appeared much earlier, in early modern dynastic states and empires, and predated nation states by…
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sympatric wild cats in relation to human wildlife conflict in Bardia National Park, Nepal
What is the population size/structure and distribution of tiger and leopard inside the Bardia National Park (BNP) compared with the population outside? What is the movement and home range and conflict pattern in time and space of tigers and leopards inside the BNP compared with outside? What constitutes…
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Warnings: The Complicated Journey from Alert to Action in (Inter)national Politics (WARN)
The WARN project seeks to understand why certain warnings fail to reach and impact decision makers in time to avert crisis.
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networks in Hashemite Iraq : Jewish transnationalism in the age of nationalism
Sasha Goldstein defended her thesis on 10 January 2019
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Dario Fazzi
Faculty of Humanities
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To foreignize or to domesticate? How media vary cross-nationally in their degrees of incorporating foreign events
The authors delve into the varying degrees to which institutions across different nations connect foreign events to their respective country's domestic affairs.
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Crimmigrant Nations
This spring, Fordham Press will publish the book “Crimmigrant Nations: Resurgent Nationalism and the Closing of Borders”.
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Bert Koenders on BNR News Radio on the Tensions Between Iran and the United States of America
The crisis in Iran seems to have settled and both countries are claiming victory. The Americans say that they taught Iran a lesson, but Iran projects the contradictory. Now, who is right? On Thursday 9th January, Bert Koenders commented on this on BNR News Radio.
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From Tax Havens to Tax Justice
On Friday 17 November 2017, H.E. Dr. María Fernanda Espinosa, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility of the Republic of Ecuador gave a lecture on Fairness in Global Taxation at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies at Leiden University, Campus The Hague.
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Terror and the Legitimation of Violence: A Cross-National Analysis on the Relationship between Terrorism and Homicide Rates
This article written by Marieke Liem & Alexander Kamprad investigates the relationship between terrorism and interpersonal violence. They conducted cross-national analyses on the effects of terrorism mortality rates on homicide rates. Results showed that terrorism appears to be robustly and positively…
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First open access online database on international children's rights jurisprudence
Recently the Department of Child Law of Leiden Law School (Leiden University) launched the Leiden Children’s Rights Observatory.
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Salvador Santino Regilme
Faculty of Humanities
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Two good agents could replace two mobile units
Peter Slort is the highly driven portfolio holder for Diversity with the Dutch National Police. Since November 2016 he has been spreading the importance of diversity throughout the police organisation.
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Capitalism, Migration, War and Nationalism in an Aegean Port Town: The Rise and Fall of a Belle Époque in the Ottoman county of Foçateyn
This dissertation describes the history of the Ottoman county of Foçateyn as a case study of the process of transition from the Ottoman Empire to nation states.
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Frontiers of Children's Rights in the ASEAN Region
From 23 to 27 January 2017, the Child Law Department and the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies of Leiden Law School organized the first regional edition of the Leiden University Frontiers of Children’s Rights Summer School. The Frontiers of Children’s Rights in the ASEAN Region was set…
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Winning group CSM debate on Pacifying Police Unit
Governance of crime and social disorder debate on Pacifying Police Unit (UPP) winning lot! In the group presentation in the CSM-elective ‘governance of crime and social disorder’ of teacher Elke Devroe CSM students battled again for the winning lot, namely this blog published in the Leiden University…
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Leiden University hosts conference uniting 80 world-class scientists
A team of researchers from Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS) recently hosted a big international conference (EMO 2023). At the conference, computer scientists discussed algorithms that are important in areas such as drug discovery, industrial production planning, and sustainable…
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The UN and I: What can the UN mean for My Future?
What is the first thing you think of when you hear the word UN? Is it just the Security Council and the ‘blue helmets’ or is there more to it? These are some of the questions tackled by the Chair’s research group.
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Co-participation and LUGO unite for a sustainable university
Leiden University needs to become the sustainability frontrunner of the Dutch universities, the co-participation and the Leiden University Green Office (LUGO) call for. This means that sustainability needs to be further integrated into education and research, as well as the university’s business ope…
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Armin Cuyvers speaks at Liverpool Law School on the role of national parliaments in EU Democracy
On 17 February 2016 Armin Cuyvers was invited to speak at the Liverpool European Law Unit (LELU) in a seminar on ‘Legitimacy and participation in the EU’. In his presentation, entitled ‘National parliaments as training wheels of EU democracy?
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Jay Huang
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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André Gerrits
Faculty of Humanities
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Rik de Ruiter
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Pablo Isla Monsalve
Faculty of Humanities
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Raoel Nanhekhan
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Jan Michiel Otto
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Martijn Mos
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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The Changing Global Order: Challenges and Prospects
This edited volume evaluates the concept of global order, with a particular emphasis on the role of regional organisations within global governance institutions such as the United Nations. Several researchers at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) have contributed to this volume in the…
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Paul van der Heijden arbitrator for new Free Trade Agreement between United Kingdom and Japan
Paul van der Heijden, professor emeritus International Labour Law, was recently appointed by the British Minister for Trade as an independent arbitrator under the dispute settlement provisions of the United Kingdom’s Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Japan.
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National Week without Meat
National Week Withouth Meat: March 9th-15th @ Leiden University PURE restaurants
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Book Presentation: Building the League of Nations and the International Labour Organisation
The Embassy of Ireland in the Netherlands and Leiden University's GTGC proudly presented the joint event ‘Building the League of Nations and the International Labour Organisation’.
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Palestinian music-making experience in the West Bank, 1920s to 1959: Nationalism, colonialism, and identity
Before 1936, musical practices in Palestine relied heavily on colloquial poetry, especially in rural communities, which constituted most of the population. In this dissertation, Issa Boulos has examined historical records that revealed many differences and similarities between Palestinian communities…
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Benevolent conquerors, besieged homelands, threated state: the reproduction of political myths in cold war Turkey
On 1 September 2022 Güldeniz Kibris successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.
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Hans de Iongh
Science
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Jacqueline Hylkema
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Peacekeeping in South Lebanon: Credibility and Local Cooperation
In this book, Vanessa Newby provides the first detailed examination of credibility’s essential place in peacekeeping.
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