594 search results for “politics in the uit staten” in the Student website
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Joris van de RietFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Henk Schulte NordholtFaculty of Humanities
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Syeda ShawkatFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Daniëlle van der SchaafFaculty of Humanities
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‘Europe actually listens’: three Leiden political scientists about the responsiveness and effectiveness of EU policy
The image of the European Union (EU) as a remote law-making machine is widespread. Quite often journalists and politicians deliberately depict ‘Brussels’ as bureaucratic, even undemocratic, bypassing its citizens. And many of us buy into that image. Nikoleta Yordanova, Anastasia Ershova and Aleksandra…
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Maartje JanseFaculty of Humanities
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Mandy de WildeFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Ruthie PliskinFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Marina CalculliFaculty of Humanities
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Hilde van MeegdenburgFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Alexandra PrégentFaculty of Humanities
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Political scientist Juan Masullo awarded Elise Mathilde Fund/LUF grant for research on public attitudes towards the mafia
Juan Masullo (Leiden University Institute of Political Science) receives a grant from the Elise Mathilde Fund/Leiden University Fund to conduct his research project ‘Forging an Anti-Mafia Culture: Observational and Experimental Evidence from Italy’. Masullo aims to find out what ordinary Italians think…
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Florian Schneider
Faculty of Humanities
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Eelco van der MaatFaculty of Humanities
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Can Russia be stopped?
Tensions are rising between Russia and the West. Can an invasion of Ukraine and an international war be avoided? Political scientist and Russia expert Hans Oversloot warns of the consequences if the West chooses a collision course. ‘Offer Russia a dignified exit strategy.’
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Wanted: student ambassador for the master programme in Political Science at Leiden University
Education, Organisation
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‘War with Russia more likely now Trump has spurned Europe’
Europe’s security suddenly looks uncertain now President Trump has started negotiations with Putin. What does this mean for the Netherlands? What do we need to do?
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Natália KubalováFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Giles Scott-SmithFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Jue WangFaculty of Humanities
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Luuk van Roozendaal wins Political Science Master’s Thesis Prize 2021
In the 2020 presidential elections, voters in several, mostly southern, electoral districts of the United States saw ‘their’ polling stations closed by the local authorities. In order to cast their vote, they had to travel further or use the mail ballot. Media reports and civil rights activitsts often…
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Cleveringa Professor: Holocaust remembrance has led to very different political lessons
From memorials to the armed forces to memory stones for individual victims. It was only later that the Holocaust took a central role in Western remembrance culture, Cleveringa Professor Frank van Vree notes. ‘Nationalists and human rights activists both invoke the experience of the Holocaust.’
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Judith PollmannFaculty of Humanities
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Andrew LittlejohnFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Nidesh LawtooFaculty of Humanities
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Benjamin Fogarty-ValenzuelaFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Ayokunu AdedokunFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Jorrit SmitFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Eric CezneAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Interview Tom Theuns in IQ Magazine: “NATO Resembles a House of Cards”
The rise of authoritarianism, the strengthening of the radical right, and the role of the EU in defending democracy—these are just a few of the issues causing concern today. Is the EU capable of defending democratic values within the Union and beyond its borders? In an interview from the Lithuanian…
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Vishwesh SundarFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Frits Meijerink
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Edwin de VetteFaculty of Humanities
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Jeanne VietFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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P.J. VethNonnensteeg 1-3, Leiden
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Fotini Vassou
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Eldad Vainstoc
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Thomas ScarffFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Understanding public support for budget cuts and tax increases
In her dissertation, political scientist Alessia Aspide explores how public attitudes toward fiscal policy are formed. Her key finding: fiscal preferences are not shaped in a vacuum, but are deeply embedded in institutional, political, and societal contexts.
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Tazuko van BerkelFaculty of Humanities
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Bart VerheijenFaculty of Humanities
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Wim VoermansFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Tom BuitelaarFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Jonathan CrockFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Jiyan IlbrinkFaculty of Humanities
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Matthew HoyeFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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‘If you want to understand China, read what Chinese scholars are writing’
Contrary to what one might expect, societal actors influence China’s foreign policy. PhD candidate Sabine Mokry investigated how Chinese academics and think tanks impact the authoritarian leadership’s views on what constitutes the country’s national interest in the international arena. On 14 November…
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Protecting Democracy in Europe: Tom Theuns Presents His New Book at the European Parliament
On 10 December 2024, the European Parliament played host to an insightful presentation of ‘Protecting Democracy in Europe: Pluralism, Autocracy, and the Future of the EU’, the new book by Tom Theuns, Assistant Professor at Leiden University. Hosted by MEP Thijs Reuten (PvdA/S&D) and his team, the event…