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Experiment in Leiden SSH labs: a peek inside a civil servant's head 04 June 2024You would normally not see public administration experts and water authority officials in a laboratory, let alone together. This is changing now, spec...
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FGGA students look back: ‘My life has never been busier, but I would not change it’ 03 June 2024It is the final stretch for the students of FGGA. Summer is approaching and they are working hard to complete everything before the summer holidays. W...
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Planting polder rice barefoot in the mud: ‘Searching for the agriculture of the future’ 30 May 2024After decades of intensive farming, the peatland area is under pressure. Researchers, farmers and policymakers work together in the Polderlab to ident...
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‘Ties with Leiden University important for prospective prime minister Dick Schoof’ 30 May 2024Dick Schoof can also be called the neighbour of the faculty in The Hague. Especially from his role at the NCTV, he worked together a lot with Leiden U...
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Migrants cost European governments less than their native-born citizens do 29 May 2024Migrants are far less of a burden on the budget of European countries than is often thought. In many cases, they make a more positive contribution tha...
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‘When I'm in the Hortus, it feels like I'm walking through the print’ 27 May 2024Four prints, ten years of research. Not that she got bored of them, on the contrary. Corrie van Maris, who receives her PhD this week, has always rema...
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Collaboration across borders: virtual learning between Leiden University College and Myanmar 27 May 2024Being in class with students more than 8,000 kilometres away might sound impossible, but Jyothi Thrivikraman, Assistant Professor at Leiden University...
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Attention to education and culture at lowest point in 20 years 22 May 2024After an extensive content analysis of the coalition agreement, a sharp fall can be seen in the focus on education & culture, science & technology and...
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Internship at well-known newspaper in Paris: ‘I got to interview a minister’ 22 May 2024Zoé is a second-year bachelor student at LUC, where she is studying Culture, History & Society. Last summer, she did an internship at Le Parisien news...
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'We are already going to see this effect of the coalition agreement in the coming weeks' 17 May 2024Few details, relatively few words. The coalition agreement presented is one of the shortest in the past 20 years, Arco Timmermans knows. Consequently,...
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Shadowing a municipality manager for a week: 'I saw him mostly putting out a lot of fires' 08 May 2024After a week of shadowing for her master's degree Management of the Public Sector, it has become very clear to student Loes what a manager's day looks...
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'Elections are in the air here in Brussels, the energy is surreal' 08 May 2024German-American Mia Müller (26) has been working at the European Parliament for three years now as Press Officer at The Greens/EFA Group. She was stil...
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Interdisciplinary symposium on restitution policies seeks more diverse perspectives 08 May 2024Taking responsibility concerning colonial heritage and restitution is a pressing issue for countries and museums worldwide. On 23 and 24 May, a Leiden...
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Leiden conference to look for emerging trends in global governance 07 May 2024Global challenges require global governance answers. For that reason, between 5 and 7 June, the interdisciplinary research programme Global Transforma...
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Interim vice-dean Maarja Beerkens focuses on happiness and trust: ‘Very proud of teachers and students’ 23 April 2024A new face is strengthening FGGA's Faculty Board as vice-dean in the coming months. Maarja Beerkens comes from the Institute of Public Administration,...