923 search results for “the need politics” in the Student website
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Sandra MeddelerFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Judy SpruitFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Lies van HeterenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Ian Lau
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Wencke Appelman
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Wendy Wiersma
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Ylva KlaassenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Marjan RijnjaFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Eline Joor
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Ester Blom
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Desiree van DrongelenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Daniëlle Lovink
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Henk DekkerFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Nathalie van DoorenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Anna van DijkFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Pawan Kumar SenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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PE_PP talk: The political cost of tax reform
Lecture
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Adina Akbik wins Student-led Teaching Award
This September, Adina Akbik received the Political Science Teaching Award at Leiden University. Created by student members of the Bachelor's and Master's Programme Committees (OLC), the award recognises remarkable teaching at the Institute. Akbik was chosen from five finalists after receiving several…
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Natasha WoodFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Georgios DikaiosFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Emma KorpershoekFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Esra Nartok-van der KistFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Mira Burmeister-Rudolph
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Justin SpruitFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Benjamin Kester
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Just to be sure... At any cost?
Security seems to most people a basic necessity of life, a prerequisite for a good life. But if you think about it a little longer and deeper, as political philosopher Josette Daemen has done, you realise that security sometimes comes at the expense of other important goods, such as freedom and equality.…
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Age checks need to respect children's rights
A variety of age checks are required, both in order to protect children and to ensure that they can participate online, a new study funded by the European Commission finds. The article on the study, co-authored by Simone van der Hof, Professor of Law and Digital Technologies at eLaw, was published in…
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Sara PolakFaculty of Humanities
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Frans Willem KorstenFaculty of Humanities
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Bahar Simsek: ‘Research does not need to be holistic’
How does audio-visual material shape the identity of people when those people do not own their own land and are being oppressed? Bahar Simsek delved into the effect of film on the Kurdish identity. She will obtain her PhD on 4 May.
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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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Deborah OyuuFaculty of Humanities
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Alp YenenFaculty of Humanities
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Willem van der DoesFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Giles Scott-SmithFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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'We are already going to see this effect of the coalition agreement in the coming weeks'
Few details, relatively few words. The coalition agreement presented is one of the shortest in the past 20 years, Arco Timmermans knows. Consequently, the outlines were not negotiated for very long, which has its advantages and disadvantages. 'Over the next few weeks, we are mainly going to see the…
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Casper Wits in POLITICO on the EU's China Policy
University lecturer Casper Wits wrote an opinion piece on the ongoing diplomatic tensions between the European Union and China for POLITICO. In this article, he argues that 'rather than shrinking from the fight, the EU must develop a China policy that prioritizes progressive values and human rights.…
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Pepita HesselberthFaculty of Humanities
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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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‘If we want to be really inclusive, we need to step outside our comfort zone’
The experiential expertise of people with a disability needs to be integrated in diversity & inclusion policy. This message was the common thread at the annual Diversity & Inclusion symposium. Students and staff members engaged in conversation about how the university can become more accessible.
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Policy and politics pre-analysis plan workshop
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Be The First!
Are you the first person in your family to study in the Netherlands?
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Marcel Schaaf: 'Lecturers need to come off their islands'
Biologist Marcel Schaaf is one of four science faculty members who achieved the Senior Teaching Qualification in Leiden last year. How was that and what drives him? ‘Students receive way too often feedback that they cannot put into practice.’
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Why we need to look underwater to understand our past
Traces of the past remain hidden in rivers, lakes and seas. In his inaugural lecture Martijn Manders will explain why underwater archaeology is important to understanding our history.
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‘You don’t need to be Greta Thunberg to make a difference’
Sharing his passion for sustainability with students—that’s what Thijs Bosker enjoys most about his work. As an environmental scientist, he conducts ecotoxicological research, but next to this he loves teaching. ‘Everyone can make a difference in their own way.’
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Launch of LDE Space & Society Honours: ‘I hope students learn they need each other’
Connecting space to society and gaining problem-solving experience: that’s the goal of LDE Space & Society, a new honours programme for bachelor’s students in Leiden, Delft and Rotterdam. What does the programme look like? And what do students hope to learn? We visited a kick-off session full of exc…
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Inequality in medical science: ‘We need to better understand the flexibility of the female brain’
During a well-attended Studium Generale lecture at Rijksmuseum Boerhaave, Professor Ellen de Bruijn demonstrated how hormonal fluctuations influence the female brain. 'We urgently need more attention for the mental health of girls and women during transitional periods.'
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Care and social-work professionals need to collaborate better – and reflect more
Veel Nederlanders hebben fysieke, psychische en sociale problemen tegelijk. Zij hebben hulp nodig van meerdere professionals uit verschillende organisaties. Fia van Heteren onderzoekt hoe deze professionals met elkaar én met cliënten samenwerken, en welke factoren deze samenwerking versterken of bel…
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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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Lecture: Individualism and Political Personalism
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