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883 search results for “contemporary africa politics” in the Student website

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  Andrew Gawthorpe University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Crystal Ennis University Lecturer Political Economies of the Middle East

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Yasco Horsman University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

• Aïsha MacDougall wins Political Science Master’s Thesis Prize 2025 News - 5 November 2025

  Writing a master’s thesis in Political Science is a demanding yet rewarding journey. Every year, students deliver impressive research that showcases their analytical skills and academic rigor. This year, one thesis stood out for its exceptional quality. On 31 October 2025, during the master’s graduation…

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  Jennifer Dowling PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

• Nina Schmal wins Political Science Master’s Thesis Prize 2024 News - 21 October 2024

  Successfully completing a master’s thesis in Political Science is no small feat. Not only is this for most students the most extensive and in-depth research report they have ever written, the work is also held to very high standards. Yet, every year students manage to impress their instructors and demonstrate…

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  Karla Paola Cabrera Acuña External PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

• Wanted: student ambassador bachelor Political Science (Dutch specialisation) Announcement - 18 May 2026

  Education, Organisation

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  Hilde van Meegdenburg Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Anchrit Wille Associate Professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

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  Bernhard Rieger Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Brendan Carroll Assistant professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

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  Pieter Slaman Assistant Professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

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  Alexandra Prégent PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Anoma van der Veere Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Mandy de Wilde Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Marina Calculli Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Ruthie Pliskin Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Florian Schneider Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Eelco van der Maat Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Havar Solheim Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Crisófia Langa da Câmara
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  Henric Jansen PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Maria Gabriela Palacio Ludeña University Lecturer Development Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

• From politics to psychology: the power of games and play News - 25 January 2023

  The Bachelor Honours Class 'Homo Ludens: Why We Play' combines games, theory, and practice. Students dive into all aspects of humanity in which games play a part and discuss them, both on a theoretical an experiential level: 'Occasionally, you touch upon what play is, but then it eludes you.'

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  Nikkie Buskermolen PhD candidate / Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Kirsty Rolfe University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Looi van Kessel University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Manon Portos Minetti PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

• Spui updates for Political Science students in The Hague Announcement - 29 January 2026

  Facility

• ‘Europe actually listens’: three Leiden political scientists about the responsiveness and effectiveness of EU policy News - 14 June 2022

  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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  Sara Polak University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Ivan Dunduro
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  Emmanuel Ogwuche Okpe
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  Aaron Atimpe

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

• Political scientist Juan Masullo awarded Elise Mathilde Fund/LUF grant for research on public attitudes towards the mafia News - 14 July 2022

  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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  Pepita Hesselberth University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

• Spui updates for Political Science students in The Hague Announcement - 18 November 2025

  Facility

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  Jue Wang University Lecturer Chinese Economy

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Bart Verheijen Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Andrew Littlejohn Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

• ‘Young people are cannon fodder in the Central African Republic’ News - 20 November 2023

  A bloody civil war has raged for years in the Central African Republic. PhD candidate Crépin Mouguia points out a tragic pattern: young people have been recruited as fighters or soldiers for generations and thus fuel the conflicts.

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  Corey Williams Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Jacqueline Hylkema Assistant Professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

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  Benjamin Fogarty-Valenzuela Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Haye Geukes Guest PhD

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  Jorrit Smit
• Number 1 in The Netherlands; number 22 in the world: Political Science at Leiden University News - 4 March 2021

  Where to study ’politics’? According to the QS World University Rankings, Leiden University is a good choice. In the 2021 edition, Leiden and The Hague retain their position in the top 25 of the most esteemed institutes worldwide. Within the Netherlands, we again claim the first position.

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  Natália Kubalová PhD Candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Frans Willem Korsten Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities