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• Political elites and regime change in the Middle East and North Africa: accommodation or exclusion? News - 17 March 2022

  Political scientist Kevin Köhler (Leiden University) has been awarded a Consolidator Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). This prestigious grant enables him to set up a research group in the coming five years. Köhler and his team will examine how elite conflict affects processes of regime change…

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  Dirk Alkemade Training Secretary

  Faculty of Humanities

• Winner of the Africa Thesis Award 2024: Baleseng Maeneche News - 13 May 2025

  The jury of the Africa Thesis Award is delighted to announce that the 2024 prize has been awarded to Baleseng Maeneche, a graduate of the Faculty of Arts & Humanities at the University of the Western Cape, for her thesis 'Media Representations of Male Perpetrators of Violence against Women and Children:…

• Political Science Master’s thesis prize 2021: the nominees News - 4 October 2022

  Tradition has it that at the end of each academic year, the best master’s thesis in Political Science is awarded a prize. For 2021-2022, the jury is considering six nominations. All of great quality, but on different topics. These range from political party bans to questions regarding commitment within…

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  Amadou Adamou PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Henk te Velde Interim Dean / Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Tom Theuns Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Rozemund Uljée University Lecturer Continental Philosophy

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Anne Heyer Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Aleksandra Khokhlova PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  David Ehrhardt Associate Professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

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  Denny van der Vlist Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Thomas Fossen University Lecturer Political Philosophy

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Peter Pels Emeritus hoogleraar

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Kathleen Brown Postdoc

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

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  Frank Chouraqui Senior University Lecturer Continental Philosophy

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Ayokunu Adedokun Assistant professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

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  Abdourahamane Idrissa Abdoulaye University Lecturer Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

• Invitation to three mini-lectures on Political Theory Announcement - 24 June 2026

  Education

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  Peter Meel University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Soledad Valdivia Rivera Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Kebadu Gebremariam Postdoc / Marie Curie fellow

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Marco Verschoor Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Diana Davila Gordillo Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Luc Verheij Professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Ruud Koole Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Stefano Bellucci University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Joop van Holsteijn Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Paul Nieuwenburg Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Stefan Cetkovic Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Michael Meffert Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Dorota Mokrosinska Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Ingrid van Biezen Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Nikoleta Yordanova Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Gisela Hirschmann Senior Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Joyce Outshoorn Emeritus professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Juan Masullo Jimenez Assistant professor/guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Anika Altaf Researcher

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

• 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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  Annachiara Raia University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Tom Barkhuysen Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Pralay Kanungo University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

• Africa Thesis Award for Baleseng Maeneche News - 18 June 2025

  Baleseng Maeneche (University of the Western Cape) has won the Africa Thesis Award 2024 with a master's thesis on media representation of male perpetrators of violence against women and children in South Africa. Her research challenges dominant narratives and emphasises the need for fair media representation…

• Wanted: student-member Programme Board Institute of Political Science Announcement - 11 June 2026

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  Rick van Well Promovendus

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Mateo Cohen Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Christina Luise Toenshoff Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Amy Verdun Guest professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Sine Bagatur University Lecturer Political Philosophy and Philosophy of Economics

  Faculty of Humanities

• Winner Africa Thesis Award 2025: Yonwaba Matshobotiyana News - 16 March 2026

  The jury of the Africa Thesis Award is delighted to announce that the 2025 prize has been awarded to Yonwaba Matshobotiyana of the University of the Free State, South Africa, with a thesis on Black women's poetry in South Africa.