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Deconstructing a more assertive China: How did its foreign policy change?20 March 2023Since 2009-2010, the West viewed China as more assertive. Especially after Xi Jinping came to power in 2012, the country abandoned Deng Xiaoping’s ‘lo...
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Joining forces for the responsible use of algorithmic systems17 March 2023The symposium ‘Transdisciplinary Study of Just Public Algorithmic Systems’ in The Hague on Friday 24 March will focus on the use of algorithmic system...
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Photo report Career Prep15 March 2023On Thursday 2 March, Career Prep took place at the end of the afternoon for the third time this year. Enthusiastic students were able to participate a...
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Meet & Mix: Speed dating with Traineeships: 'Thanks to the event, I have a clearer idea about what I want to do after my studies'15 March 2023On Wednesday 8 March, the 'Meet & Mix: ‘Speed dating with Traineeships’ event took place in Wijnhaven. Trainees, employees and HR advisers from differ...
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Rianne Scheerhoorn: 'I am extremely happy that I joined the Central Government Traineeship Programme'15 March 2023Rianne Scheerhoorn is a government trainee at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy and the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Qua...
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The Power of Evidence unravelled in new research programme14 March 2023Governments and public sector organisations consider evidence-based or evidence-informed policymaking as one of the pillars of good governance. That i...
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Alumni event Brussels: ‘Europe and the new geopolitical reality’06 March 2023On 23 February 2023, Leiden University organised an alumni event in Brussels, which was attended by around a hundred people. Joris Larik, representing...
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Broader perspective on leadership needed: use all the tools in the toolbox06 March 2023Leadership in a public organisations is no longer just the domain of the management. Modern leadership also requires the use of a diverse repertoire o...
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Two Security Studies students took part in the 2023 SAGANET Awards finals01 March 2023On 23 February, Daniel Somart and Karolina Wróbel, students of the Bachelor Security Studies took part in the 2023 SAGANET Awards, a competition in wh...
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Join the Crafting Resilience Kick Off on 30 March 202327 February 2023The Crafting Resilience Kick Off on 30 March seeks to inspire conversations around new state-citizen relations in the social domain. At this conferenc...
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Interdisciplinary minor ‘Violence Studies’: ‘It felt like we were going to fight a group of people’27 February 2023The interdisciplinary, English-taught minor ‘Violence Studies’ looks at violence from very diverse scientific perspectives. What are the benefits of t...
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Interdisciplinarity offers ‘golden opportunities’ but not without big changes23 February 2023How should we organise interdisciplinary work within Leiden University? This was the key question at a symposium organised by the Liveable Planet inte...
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Turkish and Syrian students talk to Rector about possible support22 February 2023A group of Turkish and Syrian students from the university are raising money for victims of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. Two of them met Recto...
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Leiden Governance Programme to start offering their first modules21 February 2023
The Institute of Public Administration is launching the Leiden Governance Programme: an exclusive educational programme for experienced practitioners ...
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A year of war against Ukraine: What now?16 February 2023After a year of war against Ukraine, professors André Gerrits, Antoaneta Dimitrova and Frans Osinga look back at Russian aggression and Western unity ...