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Marjan RijnjaFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Adina Akbik wins Student-led Teaching Award
This September, Adina Akbik received the Political Science Teaching Award at Leiden University. Created by student members of the Bachelor's and Master's Programme Committees (OLC), the award recognises remarkable teaching at the Institute. Akbik was chosen from five finalists after receiving several…
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PE_PP talk: The political cost of tax reform
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Emma KorpershoekFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Mira Burmeister-RudolphFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Natasha WoodFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Slavery excuses: 'Cabinet created its own problem by rushing in'
The excuses for the slavery past? It would have been better if the cabinet had taken some more time on that, thinks university lecturer and Atlantic slavery expert Karwan Fatah-Black. 'Too bad they didn’t wait for the results of the study.'
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Just to be sure... At any cost?
Security seems to most people a basic necessity of life, a prerequisite for a good life. But if you think about it a little longer and deeper, as political philosopher Josette Daemen has done, you realise that security sometimes comes at the expense of other important goods, such as freedom and equality.…
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Kitty ZijlmansFaculty of Humanities
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Robert ZwijnenbergFaculty of Humanities
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Arthur Crucq
Faculty of Humanities
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Janna HouwenFaculty of Humanities
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Nienke van Leverink
Faculty of Humanities
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Elodie Hiryczuk
Faculty of Humanities
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Dettje BakkerFaculty of Humanities
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Anne van DamFaculty of Humanities
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Thomas Bragdon
Faculty of Humanities
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Bo WangFaculty of Humanities
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Judith BosnakFaculty of Humanities
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Hans HulshofFaculty of Humanities
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Jakub Sindelar
Faculty of Humanities
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Michael RowlandFaculty of Humanities
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Seraina RenzFaculty of Humanities
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Olf PraamstraFaculty of Humanities
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Salem Ritenour
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Yra van DijkFaculty of Humanities
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Mathijs PetersFaculty of Humanities
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Louise MüllerFaculty of Humanities
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Gabriel InzaurraldeFaculty of Humanities
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Luz RodriguezFaculty of Humanities
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Boyao ZhangFaculty of Humanities
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Adriaan van der WeelFaculty of Humanities
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Jessie Morgan-OwensFaculty of Humanities
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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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Contemporary Art History and Theory in a Global Perspective - Joint Art Talk by Matthew Rampley and Vera Wolff
Alumni event, Arts and Culture
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Solving the Pachakutik party puzzle
The Ecuadorian Pachakutik party is one of the oldest indigenous political movements in Latin America. Despite not being very successful at the polls and hardly having organisational resources at its disposal, Pachakutik is still part of Ecuador’s political landscape. In her dissertation, Political Scientist…
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'We are already going to see this effect of the coalition agreement in the coming weeks'
Few details, relatively few words. The coalition agreement presented is one of the shortest in the past 20 years, Arco Timmermans knows. Consequently, the outlines were not negotiated for very long, which has its advantages and disadvantages. 'Over the next few weeks, we are mainly going to see the…
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Raymond FagelFaculty of Humanities
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Willem van der DoesFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Judith PollmannFaculty of Humanities
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Giles Scott-SmithFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Casper Wits in POLITICO on the EU's China Policy
University lecturer Casper Wits wrote an opinion piece on the ongoing diplomatic tensions between the European Union and China for POLITICO. In this article, he argues that 'rather than shrinking from the fight, the EU must develop a China policy that prioritizes progressive values and human rights.…
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Daan Roovers in the 54th Huizinga Lecture: ‘Democracy is more than winning elections’
In a packed Stadsgehoorzaal, philosopher and Member of the Senate Daan Roovers delivered the 54th Huizinga Lecture. It was a passionate plea for a form of politics thatt is not only about winning, but also about talking and playing.
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The PolSci Bookshelf: books released in 2023
The end of the year often means looking back with lists, overviews and stories. This combines nicely in a list of all the books published this year by various political scientists at Leiden University. Indeed, in terms of books, these scholars have certainly not been idle. A unique collection of stories,…
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Kaare Strøm award for institute member Thijs Vos
This summer, political scientist Thijs Vos received the Kaare Strøm prize for his paper ‘Power or Ideology? What structures legislative voting behaviour in Dutch municipal councils, ideology or coalition-opposition dynamics?' He was awarded the prize during the ECPR summer school on parliaments in F…
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Student protests in Serbia: Evolution, prospects and lessons
On June 16, 2025, the Institute of Political Science at Leiden University hosted a panel debate about the ongoing mass student-led protests in Serbia. The protests have shaken the increasingly illiberal regime in Serbia to its core and have grown into the largest student protests in Europe since 196…
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Lecture: Individualism and Political Personalism
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