In the media
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Presentation of College of Europe’s postgraduate programmes11 November 2025On 6 November 2025, the Europe Hub at Leiden University welcomed Pierre Bachelier, Director of Student Affairs at the College of Europe. He presented ...
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How can youth political participation in Africa be encouraged?21 August 2025Do political knowledge and democratic values encourage young people to participate in politics or not? Political Scientist Leila Demarest had a closer...
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Interview Tom Theuns in IQ Magazine: “NATO Resembles a House of Cards”01 April 2025The 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...
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How do you measure democracy? Leiden political scientist collaborates on international freedom report01 February 2024Wouter Veenendaal, a political scientist at Leiden University, is an analyst for the Freedom House report. Freedom House is an American non-profit org...
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Towards the Hinduisation of India?Experts discuss causes and consequences of the Ayodhya temple consecration 25 January 2024The recent consecration of India’s Ayodhya temple by Prime Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party figurehead Narendra Modi raises important questions. Is...
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Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl in El Mundo on Libya and quagmire22 February 2021In the Spanish daily newspaper 'El Mundo', Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Leiden, was asked about his book 'Quagmi...
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Politics and International Relations at Leiden score highly in THE World University Rankings12 September 2017Leiden University continues to do well in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. For the subject area Politics and International Relati...