Berna Güroğlu is full professor in the Developmental and Educational Psychology unit of the Institute of Psychology at Leiden University.

Christward Gradenwitz is Lecturer in International Politics. He is also Executive Director of the Fulbright Commission the Netherlands.

Isabelle Duyvesteyn is Professor of International Studies / Global History at the Leiden University Institute for History.

Dr. Niels van Willigen is an associate professor of international relations and Director of Undergraduate Studies at the Institute of Political Science.

Nicolas Blarel is Associate Professor of International Relations at the Institute of Political Science.

Corinna Jentzsch is Associate Professor of International Relations at the Institute of Political Science at Leiden University.

Joris van de Riet is a researcher and lecturer at the Department of Jurisprudence, where he is preparing a doctoral thesis on the relevance of Immanuel Kant's political philosophy to international law and international relations.

Rayyan Toutounji (also written as Tutunji), is psychologist and cognitive neuroscientist specializing in stress-related disorders such as depression and burnout. He has previously worked at the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour where he investigated how neural responses to stress…

Rachel O’Connor is a PhD candidate at the Developmental and Educational Psychology unit of the Institute of Psychology at Leiden University.

Iris Koele is a PhD candidate at the Developmental and Educational Psychology Unit of Leiden University's Institute of Psychology.

Matthew Frear is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of History. He teaches and supervises students on the BA International Studies, MA International Relations, BA Russian Studies, and MA Russian and Eurasian Studies programmes. His main fields of research are Russian and Eurasian politics and international…

On 18 January 2025, the Annual Reconnect & Gala of the Advanced MSc International Relations and Diplomacy (MIRD) celebrated over 20 years of bringing together current MIRD students, alumni, and faculty members. This year’s discussions focused on the theme: 'The Future of IR: Digital Innovation, Climate…

Cecilia-Louise von Ilsemann is a scholarship PhD candidate at the History and International Studies Section, Institute for History, Leiden University. Her research focus is on Southeast Asian state’s foreign policy behavior in the contemporary American-Chinese great power rivalry. She researches foreign…

Ramesh Ganohariti is as a lecturer for the Bachelor Security Studies at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs since 2017. In 2023 he obtained his PhD in Political Science from Dublin City University, Ireland.

Liesbeth Kanis is Head of the Library, Documentation and Information (LDI) Department at the African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL). She is in charge of collection, strategy, policy and operations.

Allard de Graaf is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Public Administration.

The research of Roderik Gerritsen focuses on the effect of mindfulness, meditation and other contemplative practices on cognitive enhancement and what mechanisms are involved in this effect.

Marina Calculli is a university lecturer at the Leiden Institute for Area Studies. From 1 February 2022 to 31 January 2025, she will be on leave from Leiden to take up a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellowship at Columbia University in New York and Sciences Po Paris.

Roel Bekker's researches the failures of government: what are government failures, what are the causes of government failures, what are the most used apologies, what can be done to decrease the chance of making failures?

Eelco van der Maat is a University Lecturer at the institute for History.

Giles Scott Smith is Dean of Leiden University College The Hague.

I specialize in the field of modern Middle East studies, concentrating on the region's politics and international relations (history and theory), foreign policy analysis, and diplomatic history. As a historian of international relations I have developed special research interests in the Arab-Israeli…

Francesco Ragazzi is Associate Professor in International Relations at the Institute of Political Science.

Salvador Santino Regilme (born 1986) is an interdisciplinary researcher of International Relations and human rights, and he is a tenured Associate Professor of International Relations (Universitair hoofddocent) based at the Institute of History at Leiden University, the Netherlands. Born in the Philippines…

Ayokunu (‘Ayo’) Adedokun is a political scientist, international development specialist and peacebuilding practitioner. His research focuses on the roles of local actors and the international community in peacebuilding, terrorism and counter-terrorism strategies, democratization and good governance…

Carina van de Wetering is Lecturer at the Institute of Political Science

Raafat Shamieh is a lecturer at the Institute of Political Science at Leiden University.

Seda Gürkan is Senior Assistant Professor of International Relations and European Studies at Leiden University’s Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA). She is also a Visiting Professor at the College of Europe, Bruges campus.

Antoaneta Dimitrova's research brings together different lines of inquiry relating to governance transfer across national borders. An enduring theme in her work has been the effect of the European Union on the democratic and market transformations of the post-communist states of Central and Eastern…

Crystal Ennis is a University Lecturer at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies. Crystal is a scholar of Global Political Economy whose research examines the political economy of dependency on hydrocarbon revenue and foreign labour in Gulf economies. With a regional focus on the Arabian…

Martijn van Ette is a PhD-candidate at Leiden's Institute for History. Being part of Dr. Andrew Gawthorpe's NWO-funded project that focusses on American foreign policy and (il)liberalism, he focuses on Southeast Asia and the perceptions that shaped America's strategic interpretations of the region.

Rogier Creemers is a Lecturer in Modern Chinese Studies. With a background in Sinology and International Relations, and a PhD in Law, his research focuses on Chinese domestic digital technology policy, as well as China's growing importance in global digital affairs. He is the principal investigator…

Dr. Nikki Ikani is Assistant Professor Intelligence and Security. Her key interests are European Security and processes of warning and anticipation of international crises. Her work connects the fields of International Relations, Public Administration and Intelligence Studies. In 2023, Nikki won a NWO…

Daan Scheepers conducts research on group processes, intergroup relations, and stress.

Brendan Carroll is assistant professor at the Institute of Public Administration. Carroll examines how member states’ administrative structures adapt to and seek to influence evolving EU policies through their role in the implementation of regulatory policy. In his research on public organizations,…

Kiki Zanolie is an associate professor in the Developmental and Educational Psychology unit of the Institute of Psychology at Leiden University. Her research focuses on cognitive and social development during adolescence and its relationship with brain development.