507 search results for “politics in germaine” in the Student website
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Hilde van MeegdenburgSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Political elites and regime change in the Middle East and North Africa: accommodation or exclusion?
Political scientist Kevin Köhler (Leiden University) has been awarded a Consolidator Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). This prestigious grant enables him to set up a research group in the coming five years. Köhler and his team will examine how elite conflict affects processes of regime change…
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Natália KubalováSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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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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Saga Sjöberg and Thijs Brinksma win Political Science bachelor’s thesis prizes 2024
All students receiving their bachelor diploma in Political Science last week had a reason or two to celebrate. Two of them especially so: they won the annual award for the best thesis in the International Relations and Organisations and the Politicologie/Internationale Politiek programmes. Congratulations,…
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Ronny Wijling and Michelle Fairman win Political Science bachelor’s thesis prizes 2025
During the annual graduation ceremony, not only were the Bachelor's students in Political Science honoured, but also those students who had written exceptional theses. The thesis prizes reward work that excels in originality, social relevance and academic quality. This year's winners are Ronny Wijling…
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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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(urgent!): student-member of the Programme Board of the Institute of Political Science
Organisation, Human resources
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Wanted: student-member of the Programme Board of the Institute of Political Science
Organisation
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Annaya Taradyla Rangkuty and Femke Verhelst win Political Science bachelor’s thesis prizes 2023
All Political Science graduates have good reasons to be proud of themselves, having successfully completed their studies and having demonstrated considerable personal growth. This October, fifteen bachelor students can be extra proud: their theses were nominated for a thesis prize. In the class of 2023,…
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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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Jue WangFaculty of Humanities
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Leïla Gfeller and Tobias van Brandwijk win Political Science bachelor’s thesis prizes for 2021
2021, again, sees a rich harvest of bachelor theses in Political Science. Students have been tackling fascinating subjects—ranging from European solidarity in the COVID-19 crisis to the representation of women in democratically elected parliaments—and crowning their research projects with interesting,…
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Ayokunu AdedokunFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Jacqueline HylkemaFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Jorrit SmitSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Pieter SlamanFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Essi Pekonen and Ingmar Jansen win Political Science bachelor’s thesis prizes for 2022
October and November not only bring a number of proud Political Science graduates, it is also the season to determine who wrote the best bachelor’s thesis. For 2021-2022, fifteen theses were nominated. During the various graduation ceremonies the two final winners were announced: Essi Maria Teresia…
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Hans MolFaculty of Humanities
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Müge Kinacioglu
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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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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Afshin EllianFaculty of Law
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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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Vishwesh SundarSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Mayke KaagAfrican Studies Centre
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Frits Meijerink
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Tin KapetanovicFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Tom BuitelaarFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Reza Shaker ArdekaniSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Ratna Saptari Soetikno Slamet
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Bart VerheijenFaculty of Humanities
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Jiyan IlbrinkFaculty of Humanities
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Jorge Duran SolorzanoFaculty of Humanities
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Ruben RosFaculty of Humanities
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Marina TerkourafiFaculty of Humanities
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Antonella MaielloFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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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…
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Yasco HorsmanFaculty of Humanities
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Johan ChristensenFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Mark RutgersFaculty of Humanities
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Jeanne VietSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Jay HuangFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Madeleine HosliFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Toon KerkhoffFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Clare FenwickFaculty of Law
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Anna NotsuSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Noa SchonmannFaculty of Humanities
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Amy EaglestoneSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Ruben Verheul
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Fotini Vassou
Social & Behavioural Sciences