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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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One-off elective ‘Policy Evaluation in Practice’ great success at Masters CSM14 December 2021Last academic year, Johan van Wilsem, strategist researcher at the Netherlands Court of Audit, taught the one-off elective ‘Policy Evaluation in Pract...
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Organisations and young alumni provide valuable career tips during Meet the Employer Week13 December 2021Career Services of the Faculties Governance and Global Affairs, Social Sciences, and Humanities joined forces to organise the ‘Meet the Employer’ Week...
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Call for Applications: Teaching Excellence Training for Academic Staff02 December 2021What is 'teaching excellence' in Higher Education? Which different teaching excellence training, promotion and reward schemes exist across Europe? How...
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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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Looking for connection through the power of Storytelling09 November 2021Anyone can tell a story. That is the guiding principle Hans Dekker, Senior programme leader at the Centre for Professional Learning (CPL), and his col...
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Thesis project: ‘Something is actually being done with my research’08 November 2021The LDE universities work together with the Municipality of The Hague in The Hague Southwest Thesis Project. On 28 October students from the first gro...
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ISGA launches education partnership with Germany’s University of the Armed Forces, Hamburg22 October 2021In December 2020, the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs and Helmut Schmidt University of the German Armed Forces in Hamburg signed a cooperatio...
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Integrated Project on physical violence and public order 202124 September 2021The student podcasts are back! Just like last year, first year students of Security Studies wrapped up their last block with the course Integrated Pro...
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ISGA gains major European cyber project: EU Cyber Direct13 September 2021Dennis Broeders, professor of global security and technology at ISGA (Institute of Security and Global Affairs), together with two partners, has been ...
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Teaching Prize winner Ayo Adedokun: teaching is a calling09 September 2021‘Teaching is not merely a profession; it’s a calling.’ These were the words of Ayo Adedokun on winning the LUS Teaching Prize at the opening of the ac...
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ICCT-Leiden University’s Online Summer Programme on Violent Extremism06 September 2021
From 16 to 18 August, 30 participants from 18 different countries gathered online to participate in the Online Summer Programme: Preventing, Detecting...
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Learn Anywhere: more possibilities and an equal learning experience for students in the classroom and online06 September 2021During the summer break, three lecture halls at Wijnhaven were equipped with advanced equipment and an education system in order to provide the best h...