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• Student life The Politics of Artificial Intelligence (MSc)

  Explore student life for the MSc The Politics of Artificial Intelligence at Leiden University: student associations, events, extracurriculars, and living in The Hague.

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  Dorota Mokrosinska Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

• Youth, Media and Protest: Histories of Engaging in Central African politics and social life Research project

  How do old and new Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) relate to new social and political movements in Central Africa? What does this tell us about Africa and the Information Age?

• Student for a day at the MSc Political Science Event - 16 March 2026

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• Student for a day at the MSc Political Science Event - 23 February 2026

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• Student for a day at the MSc Political Science Event - 16 February 2026

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• Lawmaking Politics Under Democratic Decline in Indonesia (LAMPU) Research project

  How has democracy’s decline affected law making processes, enabling powerful stakeholders’ influence while minimalizing the protection of public interest and the environment?

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  Henk te Velde Interim Dean / Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Ingrid van Biezen Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

• Career Foreign Fighters: Expertise Transmission Across Insurgencies Research output

  Jeanine de Roy van Zuijdewijn, Chelsea Daymon and David Malet, wrote RESOLVE Network Research Report that examines career foreign fighters who have traversed from one insurgency to another.

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  Gisela Hirschmann Senior Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Shawn Donnelly Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Joyce Outshoorn Emeritus professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

• Research Terrorism and Political Violence

  The Terrorism and Political Violence research group at Leiden University examines the causes of radicalisation, the tactics of extremist groups, and the effectiveness of counter-terrorism policies. We also explore the role of the media and the influence of postcolonial legacies in the Global South,…

• Political factors affecting European Union legislative decision-making speed Research output

  What political factors affect the speed or duration of EU legislative decision-making?

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  Dario Fazzi Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Mateo Cohen External PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Nikoleta Yordanova Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

• From Wife to Presidential Partner: the Policy Agenda of the First Lady of the United States Research output

  In this article, Kuipers and Timmermans analyze the first lady's relationship with policy problems in the period 1945-2013.

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  Pralay Kanungo University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Tom Barkhuysen Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Rick van Well Promovendus

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

• Application procedure Political Theory: Legitimacy and Justice (MSc)

  Learn how to apply for the Master's programme Political Theory: Legitimacy and Justice at Leiden University with step-by-step application instructions, document submission via Studielink, and next steps after applying.

• Application procedure The Politics of Artificial Intelligence (MSc)

  Learn how to apply for the MSc The Politics of Artificial Intelligence at Leiden University, including steps for submitting your documents, using Studielink, and following up.

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  Faizal Rianto PhD candidate / contract

  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

• Thinking Globally About World Politics: Beyond Global IR Research output

  This book asks what it means to think globally about world politics. In an attempt to contextualise the recent ‘globalising turn’ in International Relations (IR), it takes stock of more than 30 years of efforts at addressing IR’s Eurocentric limitations, and explores what ‘thinking globally’ means in…

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  Katharina Natter Senior assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

• Reading and Transferring the Sublime. The Scholarly Reception and Political Relevance of the Sublime in the Dutch Golden Age Research project

  This research will investigate which aspects of On the sublime received attention in the intellectual milieu of the seventeenth century and how the sublime found its way in the political and artistic discourse of that time. Thus I aim to shed light on the role of art in politics and society in this…

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  Victor Posthuma External PhD candidate/guest

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

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  Christina Luise Toenshoff Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Jelena Belic Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

• Derrida's Politics of Friendship Research output

  25 years after the publication of Derrida’s Politics of Friendship (Politiques de l’amitié, 1994), this edited collection gathers 23 critical chapters that revisit this underappreciated text. Engaging closely with Derrida’s text, the contributors analyse, extend and critique the work. They reconsider…

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  Bruno Verbeek Senior University Lecturer Moral and Political Philosophy

  Faculty of Humanities

• Prepare for your studies The Politics of Artificial Intelligence (MSc)

  Discover how to prepare for the MSc The Politics of Artificial Intelligence at Leiden University: orientation activities, academic resources, visa guidance, and student support services.

• Extra challenge The Politics of Artificial Intelligence (MSc)

  Enhance your MSc in The Politics of Artificial Intelligence with Leiden University’s Honours Academy: choose between the one-year Leiden Leadership Programme (15 EC) or interdisciplinary Master Honours Challenges (3–5 EC) to broaden your skills and impact.

• Extra challenge Political Theory: Legitimacy and Justice (MSc)

  Explore the extra challenge options for the MSc Political Theory: Legitimacy and Justice at Leiden University — including Honour’s Academy programmes, leadership training, and opportunities to deepen your research experience.

• Prepare for your studies Political Theory: Legitimacy and Justice (MSc)

  Prepare for your MSc Political Theory: Legitimacy and Justice at Leiden University with orientation activities, academic resources, visa guidance, student support and tips for arriving in the Netherlands.

• The political effects of intra-EU migration: Evidence from national and European elections in seven countries Research output

  This article examines how immigration from Central and Eastern Europe influences political support for Eurosceptic parties.

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  Jasper van der Steen Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

• From Homo Economicus to Political Animal Research project

  Who is Economic Man? Every economic paradigm presupposes an anthropology, a theory of human nature. This project explores the anthropologies presupposed and produced by ancient Greek economic texts, and the specific knowledge forms that shape these anthropologies.

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  Bastiaan Hoorneman Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Thomas Wells Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

• From Leiden Pilgrim to American president News - 7 May 2015

  Before founding their American colony, the Pilgrim Fathers first lived in Leiden in the early 17th century. This group has no fewer than nine American presidents among its descendants. The University played an important role in the Pilgrims’ life in Leiden.

• History of Africa and the Americas Research project

  Team History of Africa and the Americas

• The political economy of immigration and welfare state reform: a collection of comparative political and economic essays on human mobility and Research output

  On 12 November, Clare Fenwick defended her doctoral thesis, The Political Economy of Immigration and Welfare State Reform: A Collection of Comparative Political and Economic Essays on Human Mobility and Social Protection. The PhD research was supervised by Olaf van Vliet and Kees Goudswaard.

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  Henk Kern Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Sebastian Diessner Assistant professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

• Political discourses and the securitization of democracy in post-1991 Ethiopia Research output

  This thesis attempts to interrogate post-1991-2015 political development in Ethiopia, focusing on the political discourses espoused by the government and opposition, using the discourse analysis method and securitization theory.