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Midterm elections: surprising results, or not so much?07 November 2018In the midterm elections in the United States on 6 November, the Democrats won the majority in the House of Representatives, thus regaining control of...
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Voting in a divided country26 October 2018The midterm elections in the United States will be a vote of (no) confidence in president Trump and his divisive leadership style, says Brendan Carrol...
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Become the future change agent with the new master Governance of Sustainability22 October 2018For students who want to be an intermediary between scientific experts, policy makers and politicians in the domain of sustainability, the master prog...
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PhD thesis on citizen participation nominated for public administration prize18 October 2018Citizens and government collaborate increasingly, for exampe in neighborhood prevention teams. Assistant professor Carola van Eijk looks into these ki...
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Jeroen Romeijn wins Best Paper Award at ECPR 201811 October 2018The Convenors of the Standing Group on Interest Groups and the ECPR 2018 Section Chairs, have announced the winners of the best paper awards.
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Coalition agreements consistently stray from promises in election manifestos09 October 2018Dutch households, especially those on middle and high incomes, pay billions of euros more in tax than promised in election manifestos. Companies, on t...
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Researchers publish book on public organizations04 October 2018Researchers Wim van Noort, Sandra Groeneveld, Marieke van der Hoek, Jelmer Schalk en Joris van der Voet published a book on public organizations.
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Leiden online course among the world's best21 September 2018An online course offered by Leiden University on the European Union is among the top 50 MOOCs in the world. This was announced recently by MOOC platfo...
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‘Woolly’ King's Speech reflects broad coalition19 September 2018
The 2018 King's Speech was a string of statements containing little or no substance. It was obvious that, in an attempt to keep all the coalition part...
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King’s Speech trending topic at Wijnhaven19 September 2018This year the King’s Speech, read out loud by King Willem-Alexander, was analyzed live again at Leiden University. Scientists, students, and even a ha...
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Meet & Greet with Mayor Krikke06 September 2018Thursday 6 September mayor Krikke came to Leiden University to have a dialogue with students. Mayor Krikke thinks students bring a special atmosphere ...
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From Baker to Added Public Value06 September 2018Thursday 12 July the first Leiden Leadership Lunch took place. In the boardroom in Wijnhaven there was an informal lunch with researchers, students an...
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This faculty is the perfect fit for me!31 August 2018From 1 September Erwin Muller will be the new Dean of the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs (FGGA) in The Hague. What makes him the right perso...
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Ken Meier Professor of Bureaucracy and Democracy at the Institute of Public Administration30 August 2018The Executive Board of Leiden University has appointed Professor Ken Meier to the Chair of Bureaucracy and Democracy at the Institute of Public Admini...
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‘I now know where the locals eat in The Hague’21 August 2018During the HOP week, new students in The Hague get to know the city, their study programme and - most important of all - one another. In 2018, The HOP...