Governance and Global Affairs
About
The Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs is one of a total of seven faculties of Leiden University, located in The Hague.
The Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs is an internationally acclaimed academic knowledge hub that studies world-wide issues from the varied perspectives of governance, politics, law, sociology and economics.
We contribute to far-reaching socio-cultural debate through our acquired knowledge. We aim to do this not only through education and research, but also by organising lectures and debates to learn from.
Our faculty has an entrepreneurial mind set, expressed through a continuous quest for links with other academic disciplines and innovative educational methods.
Tenets
- Academic and post-academic education and research in the fields of politics, administration, international law and security
- Interdisciplinary approach: innovative combinations of traditional academic disciplines
- Academic entrepreneurship: market-oriented and demand-driven
- Modern teaching philosophy and didactic methods
Strategy 2020-2025
In December 2019 the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs launched its strategy 2020-2025. Read more about it here.
Follow-up strategy plan 2026-2030
The current Strategisch Plan FGGA expires after 2025. Therefore, the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs is renewing the plan for expansion, up and until Leiden University established the new Strategic plan at university level. From then on, all faculties will continue in the same rhythm.
Together with the institute boards and and the centre directors, supported by the heads of the faculty office, the faculty board chose six themes. Small writing teams will create content on these matters. The themes are:
- Consolidation strategy 2020-2025
- Recognition and reward / Academia in Motion
- Profiling areas Leiden University
- Strategic growth (including internationalization, Brussels strategy and funding ambitions)
- The campus as our working environment
- AI, as a cross-cutting theme
More information can be found in the Folluw-up Strategy FGGA 2026-2030 (in Dutch).
Structure
The faculty is governed by the Faculty Board, supported by the Faculty Office.
The faculty consists of three academic institutes.
- Institute of Public Administration
- Institute of Security and Global Affairs
- Leiden University College The Hague
In addition to these, the faculty encompasses the following knowledge centres: