702 search results for “politics in germaine” in the Student website
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Soledad Valdivia RiveraFaculty of Humanities
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Graig KleinFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Anouk van Vliet
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Political Scientist Matthew Longo wins Orwell Prize for his book
The latest book by political scientist Matthew Longo came out this spring: 'The Picnic: A Dream of Freedom and the Collapse of the Iron Curtain'. In addition to its many favourable reviews, the book received the prestigious Orwell Prize this summer, which highlights exceptional books on politics.
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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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Randal SheppardFaculty of Humanities
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Sarthak BagchiFaculty of Humanities
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Aritri DuttaFaculty of Humanities
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Christian HendersonFaculty of Humanities
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A quick call about the war in Ukraine: ‘Did Putin underestimate his opponent?’
The war in Ukraine has lasted almost two weeks now. What does Putin expect to achieve with his invasion and how big is the chance that the West will get involved? We phoned André Gerrits, professor and expert on Russia.
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Bernhard Willem Holtrop - master of the political cartoon
If you look at the postwar cartoonists of Dutch origin, Bernhard Willem Holtrop is certainly the most interesting, according to Frenk Driessen. He wrote his PhD thesis on Holtrop - who drew for HP/De Tijd and Charlie Hebdo, among others - and then also published it as a book.
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A quick call about Ukraine: 'Putin wants to be taken seriously'
Suddenly there they were, the Russian soldiers near the border of Ukraine. Since then, reports of tensions between Russia on the one hand and the United States and Europe on the other have dominated the news. What is going on? An interview with Russia expert André Gerrits.
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‘Let politics be the focus at the State Opening of Parliament’
A big performance by André Rieu, food trucks in The Hague and more contact with the Royal Family: grand plans were announced in April to make the State Opening of Parliament (Prinsjesdag) a real ‘crowd puller’. For this year, however, we will just have to make do with slight differences in emphasis.…
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Dario FazziFaculty of Humanities
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Diah AngendariSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Alexandre AfonsoFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Edmund FrettinghamFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Adam LichtenheldFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Arman HasanSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Elsa CharletySocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Reijer PasschierFaculty of Law
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Andrew LittlejohnSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Simon WillmettsFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Ingrid SamsetFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Lydie CabaneFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Eva PolmanFaculty of Law
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Frank PiekeFaculty of Humanities
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Tim MeijersFaculty of Humanities
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Peter MeelFaculty of Humanities
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How democratic is our kingdom? New ministry chair for Leiden political scientist
When we talk about the Kingdom of the Netherlands, it is not just about the Netherlands. On the contrary: our Kingdom consists of no less than four countries, three of which are Caribbean islands. This structure is complex, to say the least. Although all countries are officially equivalent, in practice…
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Political Scientists Jelena Belic and Tom Theuns Receive NWO XS Grants
Dr. Jelena Belic and Dr. Tom Theuns have each been awarded XS grants from the NWO to develop innovative lines of research. Dr. Belic’s project examines distinctive ways in which the deployment of digital technologies interferes with freedom, while Dr. Theuns explores the ideological tensions between…
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Maartje JanseFaculty of Humanities
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Bastiaan RijpkemaFaculty of Law
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Constance MalySocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Marieke van der Maden
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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William Michael SchmidliFaculty of Humanities
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Sara Polak: 'We have seen a failed attempt at a revolution'
A flood of news reports, push notifications and even extra news broadcasts: on Wednesday, the world was shocked by the storming of the Capitol in Washington. Americanist Sara Polak discusses the events.
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Carina van de Wetering
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Bionda Kijk in de Vegte
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Grant for research on politics and play: ‘In both cases, a world is created’
How do politics and play relate to each other? Six Leiden academics hope to find an answer to that question over the coming years. They have received an NWO grant of 750,000 euros. Professor Sybille Lammes and University Lecturer Bram tell us how they plan to spend the money.
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Sovereign debt as strategy: Kathleen Brown on the politics behind the numbers
On Tuesday 30 September 2025, PhD candidate Kathleen Brown will defend her dissertation 'Deception, Risk, and Evasion: The Politics of Sovereign Debt in Emerging Markets' in Leiden’s Academy Building. Her research sheds light on the hidden world of sovereign debt politics, revealing how governments…
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Sarah de Lange, new professor of Dutch Politics: ‘We should not take our democratic constitutional state for granted’
‘Dutch politics are changing, but they also are characterised by stability; that tension fascinates me.’ Sarah de Lange studies, among other things, the Dutch party system, and specifically how the rise of extremist parties influences democracy. She will start as a professor in Leiden in mid-October…
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Jan AbbinkAfrican Studies Centre
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Nidesh LawtooFaculty of Humanities
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Nominees bachelor's thesis prize Political Science 2024
The nominees for the IRO Thesis Prize 2024 and the Prof. Dr. J.Th.J. van den Berg-prijs 2024. Who authored the best thesis in Leiden University’s bachelor’s programme in Political Science?
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Adina Akbik
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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David ZetlandFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Mark DechesneFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Roeland SpruytFaculty of Law