660 search results for “politics in island” in the Student website
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Dutch election results expose new political divide – can D66 bridge the gap?
What do the election results say about the Netherlands today? Students and experts discussed this at an Election Breakfast organised by study association Diqit. Analysts, including Hans-Martien ten Napel, Associate Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law, notice a new dividing line in Dutch…
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Wanted: student ambassador for the master programme in Political Science at Leiden University
Education, Organisation
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Andrew LittlejohnFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Peter PelsFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
- Discuss open democracy and political participation with Cleveringa Professor Hélène Landemore
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Number 1 in The Netherlands; number 22 in the world: Political Science at Leiden University
Where to study ’politics’? According to the QS World University Rankings, Leiden University is a good choice. In the 2021 edition, Leiden and The Hague retain their position in the top 25 of the most esteemed institutes worldwide. Within the Netherlands, we again claim the first position.
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Nidesh LawtooFaculty of Humanities
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Natália KubalováFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Benjamin Fogarty-ValenzuelaFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Ayokunu AdedokunFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Eric CezneAfrika-Studiecentrum
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“Audio Visual Methods in Collaborative Archaeology: Exploring the Politics of Heritage” in Athens
Education
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Relations Hosts Roundtable on Duterte’s ICC Detention and the Global Politics of Justice
The MA International Relations program at Leiden University convened a roundtable forum at Leiden University The Hague Campus to examine the international and domestic stakes of Rodrigo Duterte’s arrest and detention under an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant.
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Luuk van Roozendaal wins Political Science Master’s Thesis Prize 2021
In the 2020 presidential elections, voters in several, mostly southern, electoral districts of the United States saw ‘their’ polling stations closed by the local authorities. In order to cast their vote, they had to travel further or use the mail ballot. Media reports and civil rights activitsts often…
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Leiden Leadership Lunch: Political leadership and the COVID-19 crisis
Even though the COVID-crisis continuously evolves and is marked by new realities and uncertainties, we can carefully begin to take stock looking back on the first phases of Dutch crisis management. What can we learn reflecting on the crisis strategies of this extraordinary and transboundary crisis that…
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Saga Sjöberg and Thijs Brinksma win Political Science bachelor’s thesis prizes 2024
All students receiving their bachelor diploma in Political Science last week had a reason or two to celebrate. Two of them especially so: they won the annual award for the best thesis in the International Relations and Organisations and the Politicologie/Internationale Politiek programmes. Congratulations,…
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media: 'Collapse of Dutch Government Highlights Europe’s New Migration Politics’
The numbers of asylum seekers and the direct family members hoping to join them were not the problem, says Mark Klaassen. The stumbling block was the housing market. He says the asylum crisis is being used for electoral gain.
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Cleveringa Professor: Holocaust remembrance has led to very different political lessons
From memorials to the armed forces to memory stones for individual victims. It was only later that the Holocaust took a central role in Western remembrance culture, Cleveringa Professor Frank van Vree notes. ‘Nationalists and human rights activists both invoke the experience of the Holocaust.’
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Student Assistant – Research on Global Payment Systems and International Politics
Organisation, Human resources, Research
- Daring questions in Islam
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Military pilot and political scientist Jorik ter Veer: ‘I work with the invisible heroes of society’
Jorik ter Veer studied Political Science in Leiden. How does he look back on his student days?
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Matthew DiGiuseppe receives NWO XS grant for research on AI governance
Matthew DiGiuseppe, Associate Professor at the Institute of Political Science at Leiden University, has been awarded an NWO XS grant for his project ‘Political Polarization and Public Support for AI Governance’. The project examines whether growing political polarisation affects citizens’ willingness…
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Annaya Taradyla Rangkuty and Femke Verhelst win Political Science bachelor’s thesis prizes 2023
All Political Science graduates have good reasons to be proud of themselves, having successfully completed their studies and having demonstrated considerable personal growth. This October, fifteen bachelor students can be extra proud: their theses were nominated for a thesis prize. In the class of 2023,…
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Interview Tom Theuns in IQ Magazine: “NATO Resembles a House of Cards”
The rise of authoritarianism, the strengthening of the radical right, and the role of the EU in defending democracy—these are just a few of the issues causing concern today. Is the EU capable of defending democratic values within the Union and beyond its borders? In an interview from the Lithuanian…
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Leïla Gfeller and Tobias van Brandwijk win Political Science bachelor’s thesis prizes for 2021
2021, again, sees a rich harvest of bachelor theses in Political Science. Students have been tackling fascinating subjects—ranging from European solidarity in the COVID-19 crisis to the representation of women in democratically elected parliaments—and crowning their research projects with interesting,…
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Vishwesh SundarFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Frits Meijerink
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Jelke BethlehemFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Crammed with meaning: what museum collections tell us about our political system
What does a 19th-century exhibition of traditional utensils from the province of Zeeland tell us about the current rise of populism? A lot, Ad Maas will say in his inaugural lecture.
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Essi Pekonen and Ingmar Jansen win Political Science bachelor’s thesis prizes for 2022
October and November not only bring a number of proud Political Science graduates, it is also the season to determine who wrote the best bachelor’s thesis. For 2021-2022, fifteen theses were nominated. During the various graduation ceremonies the two final winners were announced: Essi Maria Teresia…
- Diplomacy and Global Affairs Research Seminar Series
- Diplomacy and Global Affairs Research Seminar Series
- Diplomacy and Global Affairs Research Seminar Series
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Maartje JanseFaculty of Humanities
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‘War with Russia more likely now Trump has spurned Europe’
Europe’s security suddenly looks uncertain now President Trump has started negotiations with Putin. What does this mean for the Netherlands? What do we need to do?
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Jeanne VietFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Roos van der Haer
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Fotini Vassou
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Eldad VainstocFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Thomas ScarffFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Bart VerheijenFaculty of Humanities
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Wim VoermansFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Tom BuitelaarFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Jiyan IlbrinkFaculty of Humanities
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Matthew HoyeFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Reza Shaker ArdekaniFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Maarten van LeeuwenFaculty of Humanities
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Jonathan CrockFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid