1,026 search results for “contemporary afrika politics” in the Student website
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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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Paul CliteurFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Sayeh MohammadiFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Rodrigo OchigameFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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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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Martina Revello LamiFaculty of Archaeology
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Antoaneta DimitrovaFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Lecture: Individualism and Political Personalism
Lecture
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Call for interest: MARS staff exchange programme “Non-Western Migration Regimes in a Global Perspective”
Are you working at Leiden University and researching migration regimes outside of the Global North? Are you interested in doing fieldwork or a research visit at one of our partner universities? Then you might want to join the Leiden team of the EU-funded Marie Curie Staff Exchange Network on non-western…
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Rafal Matuszewski receives Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award
Assistant professor Ancient History Rafal Matuszewski has been honored with the prestigious 2026 Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. This distinguished award, accompanied by 60,000 € in funding, recognizes Matuszewski’s outstanding contributions to research…
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Juan Masullo receives APSA Alexander George Best Article Award
Assistant Professor Juan Masullo of the Institute of Political Science has been awarded the 2025 Alexander George Best Article Award for his work on interviews and process tracing.
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Katie HudsonFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Gerard van der VeerFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Karolina KudlekFaculty of Humanities
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Lars DorrenFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Henriëtte Van den HeuvelFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Diego Salazar MoralesFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Lukas ObholzerFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Bionda Kijk in de Vegte
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Denise Zeeuw-van Veen
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Sjoerd KeulenFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Rosalie JoostenFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Annemarie KokFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Justin SpruitFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Radostina Sharenkova-Toshkova
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Joana CookFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Sarah Louise CarthyFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Sarah StevensFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Georgios DikaiosFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Ellen van ReulerFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Pouria MirelmiFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Christofer TalvitieFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Jesse Doornenbal
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Martijn MosFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Jan Aart ScholteFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Sander van Eijkern
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Violet BennekerFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Nika Kratsashvili
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Ben SchoenmakerFaculty of Humanities
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Sara KulicFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Dyon van VelzenFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Seran de LeedeFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Dimiter Toshkov and Honorata Mazepus in The Economist about the 'winner-loser gap'
The Economist published an article about a working paper about the effects of democratic elections on satisfaction with democracy. The paper was written by Dimiter Koshkov, Associate Professor at the Institute of Public Administration and Honorata Mazepus, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Security…
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Katharina Natter receives IMR Book Review Award
Katharina Natter of the Institute of Political Science has been awarded the 2025 IMR Book Review Award for her book on migration politics in Morocco and Tunisia.
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Alumnus teaching at a Texan university: pizza, guns and heated debate in the lecture theatre
Americans are electing a new president in November but they also have other choices to make in the polling booth. Alumnus Sanne Rijkhoff works at a Texas university and is trying to help make students more aware of the elections.
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Evening of the Political Debate
Debate
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Pluriversal Politics: Otomi History, Language, Culture and Cosmovision
Lecture and Exhibition
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Pluriversal Politics: Otomi History, Language, Culture and Cosmovision
Film screening and Book Launch