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Serbian scholars visit Leiden University28 May 2019A delegation from various Serbian universities and government institutions will visit the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs from Monday 27 to W...
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Digesting the EU elections over a continental breakfast24 May 2019The topic of conversation at The Great Continental Breakfast the morning after the EU elections in the Netherlands was the election campaign, the – la...
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Two more alumni with their sights on the European Parliament17 May 2019It's a no-brainer: of the candidates that you can vote for on 23 May, 14 studied at Leiden University. We asked four of them about their motivation an...
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Good governance while politics fails17 May 2019The word bureaucracy does not have negative connotations for Ken Meier. Meier, Professor of Bureaucracy and Democracy, has a clear grasp of the relati...
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European Election Dilemmas17 May 2019The European Elections are approaching and we get to take a trip to our local polling station. But the turnout in the Netherlands is likely to be low ...
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Financial crisis mainly affected the sale of municipal land16 May 2019The effects on local government of the financial crisis that began in 2007 are still largely unknown. As a case study, Jan Porth conducted statistical...
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Governments overly optimistic about the use of digital innovations16 May 2019The government is digitalizing and making use of ‘big data’ in its decision making processes. But the expectations of digitalization are often overly ...
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Bram Klievink appointed at new chair Digitalization and Public Policy10 May 2019As per 1st May 2019, Leiden University appointed Bram Klievink as professor of Public Administration with a focus on digitalization and public policy....
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Live viewing ‘Spitzenkandidaten’-debate01 May 2019On 29 April a live viewing event was held on the Spanish Stairs at the Wijnhaven building in The Hague broadcasting the ‘Spitzenkandidaten’ debate hel...
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Alexandre Afonso on possible Brexit coalition29 March 2019How can the United Kingdom find coalitions for a Brexit? Alexandre Afonso, Assistant Professor at the Institute for Public Administration, analysed ho...
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Bram Klievink appointed as Professor at the Institute of Public Administration01 March 2019The Institute of Public Administration has appointed Dr. Ing. A.J. (Bram) Klievink as Professor at the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs.
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Dimiter Toshkov wins World Data Visualization Prize25 February 2019The World Data Visualization Prize for 2019 was awarded to Dimiter Toshkov, Associate Professor at the Institute of Public Administration, for his wor...
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Green light for master's programme Governance of Sustainability19 February 2019In September 2019, the first students will start the new master's programme Governance of Sustainability. The programme has received an official accre...
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Research Agenda United Nations Studies in Peace and Justice21 November 2018On 20 November, Special Professor of United Nations Studies in Peace and Justice, Alanna O'Malley, presented her research agenda for the next 3 years....
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Managers play an important role in inclusiveness in organisations12 November 2018Team leaders and other immediate supervisors play an important role in facilitating inclusiveness within public organisations. This is the finding of ...