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Arco Timmermans and Wilmar Bolhuis Discuss Dutch Lobby Organisation VNO-NCW on BNR Radio
Several media outlets made mention of an accord on the proposal for a 'verplichte arbeidsongeschiktheidsverzekering' (mandatory occupational disabilit...
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Sometimes radicalisation and psychological problems go hand in handJelle van Buuren, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs, discusses the link between radicalisation and psychological pro...
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Gert-Jan Lelieveld in NRC: Fear of the coronavirus is also pervasiveWe’re susceptible not only to viruses, but also to fear of viruses. What are the psychological principles at work here? Social and organisational psyc...
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Rowie Stolk on strategic litigation by interest groupsThe Dutch legal system perhaps appears at first sight not to be very suited for strategic litigation by interest groups. But judgments such as SyRI an...
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Is CETA a barrier to effective climate policy?One of the objections to the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada and Europe (Ceta) is that countries would be surrendering natio...
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‘Holland, invest in the national AI-ecosystem’The European Commission published new plans on artificial intelligence on 19 February. According to Holger Hoos, professor in Machine Learning at the ...
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Peter Rodrigues on ethnic profiling at Royal Netherlands MarechausseeVictims of ethnic profiling have commenced legal proceedings against the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee. Peter Rodrigues, Professor of Immigration Law...
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Professors argue for independent council for government policyNot a parliamentary inquiry, but an independent council for the functioning of government policies. Two Leiden University advocate the creation of suc...
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Gender beliefs father bigger difference on educationProfessor Mesman's research shows that the father's gender beliefs makes a bigger difference on the education than the mother's. The website The Good ...
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Jelle van Buuren Discusses Terrorist Tobias R. in Dutch Newspaper Reformatorisch DagbladOn Wednesday 19 February, terrorist Tobias R. shot nine people with a migrant background in Germany. One of the perpetrator's motives was xenophobia. ...
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Nikki Sterkenburg Discusses Extreme Right Activism in Dutch Newspaper Trouw and on Dutch News Programme RTL NieuwsOn Wednesday 19 February an extreme right activist killed nine people in the German city of Hanau. A pattern can be discerned in the attacks that occu...
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Eric De Brabandere on payment Russia to Yukos shareholdersRussia is required to pay billions of dollars to shareholders of Russian oil company Yukos. This was decided by the appeals court in The Hague.
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Frits van der Meer and Gerrit Dijkstra in Dutch Newspaper Trouw on contradiction in the civil serviceThe issues surrounding the crises at the Dutch Tax Authorities and the Dutch Ministries of Justice and Defence had been known internally for considera...
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Present Day Lobby Efforts: 'Silent Lobby' Becoming Less SuccessfulArco Timmermans, Professor by special appointment Public Affairs, discusses the lobby that is just getting under way and is aimed at the political par...
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Ineke van der Ham in the mediaNeuroscientists are getting to know more about directional and navigation. Ineke van der Ham is an expert on navigation because of her research. Her r...