Fia van Heteren is lecturer at the Institute of Public Administration. She has a background in public management, leadership, diversity and inclusion in public organizations.

Anna D'Agostino is affiliated to the Institute for Private Law as PhD candidate since January 2023.

Jannemieke Ouwerkerk is Professor of European Criminal Law at Leiden Law School's Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology.

Sandra Groeneveld’s research and teaching focus on the human dimension of bureaucracy, with particular attention to leadership, diversity, and inclusion in public organizations. Her work shows that opening the ‘black box’ of organizational behaviour contributes to a deeper understanding of how government…

Alexandre Afonso's research focusses on the comparative political economy of European countries, and the relationship between welfare states, labour market institutions and immigration.

Bram Klievink is Professor of Public Administration, with a special focus on Digitalisation and Public Policy. He has a strong fascination with the interface between digitalisation and government. His research is about how digital innovations challenge the incumbent practices and institutions of public…

In her research, Carola van Eijk mainly focuses on the co-production of public services. In co-production, both the citizens and the government interact to produce several kinds of public services. Carola’s ongoing research includes aspects of why citizens and public professionals are willing to engage…

Arjen Boin is Professor of Public Institutions and Governance at the Institute of Political Science, Leiden University.

In February 2026, it will be four years since Russian forces launched their full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a war that has caused immense human suffering. Ukrainian sovereignty was safeguarded in large part by unprecedented and costly technological innovation and adaptation on the battlefield. From…

Emma ter Mors is an associate professor at the unit of Social, Economic and Organisational Psychology. She is also Head of Advice at the Knowledge Centre Psychology and Economic Behaviour (KCPEG).

Joris Larik is Associate Professor of Comparative, EU and International Law at Leiden University. Since July 2025, he is the Director of Education of Leiden University College The Hague. In addition, he teaches at the Europa Institute of Leiden Law School and the College of Europe. Dr. Larik is an expert…

Bryan Verheul has been a PhD Fellow at the Institute of Private Law since 1 July 2024.

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…

Arash Pourebrahimi Andouhjerdi is a lecturer at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs.

Parto Mirzaei is a PhD candidate in Cyber Security and Public Governance. She holds a MSc in Crisis and Security Management - Cyber Security Governance from Leiden University, and a MSc in Political Science - International Relations from the University of Amsterdam. Her work at ISGA focuses on the…

Merel Sprenger is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA), studying femicide in the Netherlands by linking data from the Dutch Femicide Monitor with CBS microdata.

As a professor of International Governance Kutsal Yesilkagit is driven by the desire to understand how political-administrative systems function. His work is all about doing research and teaching on how politicians, civil servants, and public institutions affect the outcomes of policies, societal events…

How can government institutions communicate effectively to the public about the risk from terrorism, war, pandemics etc. without causing undue fear in the population? Can pre-emptive risk communication mitigate the harm of such threats by building awareness of what to do in a crisis situation and increase…

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…

Veronika obtained her bachelor in International and European Law from the University of Groningen. She later studied European and International Business Law (Advanced LLM) at Leiden University. During her studies she completed an internship at the Asser Institute.

Dr. Young’s primary research agenda focuses on public sector innovation implementation, particularly artificial intelligence (AI) and related technologies. His work examines how institutional arrangements and the fit between technology and task shape available policy choices, and lead to implementation…

Cesare Figari Barberis is Postdoctoral Researcher at Leiden University’s Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA). He is working on the EUMOTIONS project, which analyses the role of Emotions in EU Foreign Policy. His research also focuses on dynamics of Emotions, Stigma and Ideology, with the…

Leah Powell is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Archaeology.

Niek Doelman has a Master of Science degree in Applied Physics from TU Delft and obtained his PhD in Active Control of Sound. He works at TNO as Senior Scientist at the department of Opto-Mechatronics and is a Professor at the Leiden Observatory since 2013.

Maikel Kuijpers is Assistant Professor in European Prehistory at the Faculty of Archaeology. Though trained as an archaeologist, his work blurs the boundaries between the history of knowledge, anthropology, sociology, and archaeology.

George Dikaios is a Marie Curie Fellow at the Institute of Political Science.

Maximilian Wachter is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Political Science.

The European Commission has appointed Dr. Joris Larik, Assistant Professor of Comparative, EU and International Law at Leiden University College The Hague, to a new pool of individuals ‘suitable for appointment as arbitrator’ in the framework of the European Union’s bilateral trade agreements.

Since November 2014 Jan de Keijser is working as a Professor of Criminology at the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology.