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  Yumeng Wang PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

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  Stephanus Huijbregts Assistant Professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

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  Faculty of Science

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  Faculty of Science

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  Faculty of Law

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  Duygu Uysal Dincol Lecturer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

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  Social & Behavioural Sciences

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  Manuel Cabal Lopez Assistant professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

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  Sebastian David Pantoja Barrios Lecturer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

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  Ruben Gonzalez Vicente Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Hans-Martien ten Napel Associate Professor

  Faculty of Law

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  Mark Dechesne Associate professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

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  Wouter Kalf University Lecturer Moral and Political Philosophy

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Morena Skalamera Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Corinna Jentzsch Associate professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

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  Abdourahamane Idrissa Abdoulaye University Lecturer Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa

  African Studies Centre

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  Social & Behavioural Sciences

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  Matthew di Giuseppe Director of Studies / Associate Professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

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  Social & Behavioural Sciences

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  Social & Behavioural Sciences

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  Salwa Tareen Postdoc

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

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  Eamon Aloyo Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

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  Bart van der Boom University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Aernout Schmidt Professor emeritus Law and Information

  Faculty of Law

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  Alex Brandsen Postdoc

  Faculty of Archaeology

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  Joost Augusteijn Senior University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

• How to say goodbye to politics? News - 15 March 2021

  New ministers, new state secretaries and new members of parliament. Around the time of the elections, we often talk about the new faces, but there are also many politicians who leave during this period, sometimes out of necessity. How do you say goodbye to a political career? Henk te Velde, professor…

• Dorota Mokrosinska in Trouw on the advantages of political secrecy News - 3 September 2021

  Many people wish for political transparency in The Hague. However, political philosopher Dorota Mokrosinska argues in an article in the Dutch newspaper Trouw that there are certain advantages to political secrecy. She states that politicians are better at compromising with one another behind closed…

• Video: Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Leiden University News - 14 February 2015

  Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) in Leiden is a unique interdisciplinary master’s programme, considering topics of freedom, justice and citizenship in the 21st century. Watch this video to learn more about the programme!

• Nominees bachelor thesis prizes Political Science 2021 News - 30 September 2021

  The nominees for the IRO thesis prize 2021 and for the Prof. Dr. J.Th.J. van den Berg prize 2021. Who wrote the best Political Science bachelor’s theses?

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  Aslihan Öztürk PhD Candidate

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

• ‘Plastic politics’: how ideological debate was supplanted by abstract jargon News - 23 October 2025

  Over the course of the 20th century, politicians increasingly came to rely on experts. Their language was peppered with terms like ‘policy pathways’ and ‘evaluation frameworks’. This made debates more abstract and less ideological.

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  Bernardo Reis dos Santos PhD candidate

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

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  Maartje van Diest PhD Candidate

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

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  Francesco Ragazzi Associate professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

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  Arco Timmermans Associate professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

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  Bert Koenders Professor emeritus Peace, Justice and Security

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

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• Political Scientist Christina Toenshoff Wins Virginia Walsh Dissertation Award News - 13 June 2024

  Christina Toenshoff has been awarded the Virginia Walsh Dissertation Award for her PhD dissertation on corporate climate lobbying. The Leiden Political Scientist, according to the jury, ‘makes a significant contribution to the study of climate and business politics.’

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  Karolina Pomorska Associate professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

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  Paul Wouters Professor Emeritus of Scientometrics

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

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  Valérie Pattyn Associate professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

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• Leiden political scientists Claire Vergerio and Kathleen Brown win awards News - 6 December 2023

  Two researchers from the Institute of Political Science were recently awarded prizes. Claire Vergerio received the Francesco Guicciardini Prize for her book on the historical origins of the primacy of the state in international law ('best book in the historical international relations category'). In…

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  Jaroslaw Kantorowicz Associate professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

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  Abhimanyu Chettri PhD candidate

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

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  Zane Kripe Lecturer

  Faculty of Science