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Leiden research projects awarded NWO Open Competition grants14 July 2022Various researchers from Leiden University have been awarded NWO (Dutch Research Council) Open Competition funding. Nine social sciences and humanitie...
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Matt Young wins Camilla Stivers Award: 'It means a lot more to me than I expected'28 June 2022Matt Young, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Public Administration, has won the 2022 Camilla Stivers Award last week. Young and his co-authors ...
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Ten Leiden researchers awarded a Veni grant11 April 2022Ten Leiden researchers will receive funding of up to 280,000 euros from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). They will use this grant to develop their re...
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Distinguished Scholar Award presented to Jan Melissen: ‘Very honoured’28 March 2022Professor Jan Melissen (ISGA) is the recipient of the 2022 ISA Distinguished Scholar Award in Diplomacy Studies. It is the first time this prize has b...
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LUC education team nominated for Dutch Higher Education Award15 March 2022The Leiden University College team behind the Learning Mindset project has been nominated for the Dutch Higher Education Award, an award for innovativ...
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2021: This was the year of our faculty17 December 20212021 was an eventful year once again for the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs (FGGA). Hybrid, working from home, online education, on-campus e...
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Sanneke Kuipers appointed professor of Crisis Governance: 'Crises arise from very mundane causes'15 December 2021The Executive Board appointed Sanneke Kuipers as full professor effective January 1, 2022. Her chair is Crisis Governance. She combines this chair wit...
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Students Ruşen and Rana fight for diversity in higher education29 November 2021Two Leiden students stand a chance of winning the ECHO Award for Higher Education. Deniz Rana Kuseyri (Rana for short) and Ruşen Koç are two of the si...
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Olaf van Vliet appointed Professor of Economics25 November 2021The Executive Board has appointed Olaf van Vliet as Professor of Economics at Leiden University, specialising in social security and labour market pol...
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Grant for workshop series on Ocean Governance09 November 2021Dr. Vanessa Newby (ISGA) and Dr. Catherine Jones from St Andrews won a grant worth over €23.000 from the RSE Saltire Facilitation Network Award entitl...
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Spinoza and Stevin Prizes for three Leiden professors14 October 2021Three Leiden professors have recently been awarded the most prestigious scientific accolade in the Netherlands: Maria Yazdanbakhsh and Marc Koper have...
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Jaap van den Herik receives royal distinction on his retirement08 October 2021Jaap van den Herik was appointed Officer in the Order of Orange Nassau on 8 October on his retirement as professor of Law and Information Technology.
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Tahir Abbas becomes Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences30 September 2021Tahir Abbas, associate professor at ISGA, has been appointed as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. The Academy of Social Sciences is the UK’s...
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Elif Naz Kayran received APSA Best Dissertation Award29 September 2021Dr. Elif Naz Kayran received the Best Dissertation Award from the Migration & Citizenship Section of the American Political Science Association (APSA)...
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François Delerue Wins 2021 Book Prize of European Society of International Law15 September 2021Senior Researcher at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs and Associate Fellow of The Hague Program of Cyber Norms François Delerue was awarde...