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Who would be in the House of Representatives if only preferential votes counted?Opinion 05 November 2025‘Men must make way. GroenLinks–PvdA voters are sending at least three additional women into the House of Representatives through preferential votes,’ ...
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Aïsha MacDougall wins Political Science Master’s Thesis Prize 202505 November 2025Writing a master’s thesis in Political Science is a demanding yet rewarding journey. Every year, students deliver impressive research that showcases t...
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Ronny Wijling and Michelle Fairman win Political Science bachelor’s thesis prizes 202522 October 2025During the annual graduation ceremony, not only were the Bachelor's students in Political Science honoured, but also those students who had written ex...
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Democracy measured: Simon Otjes on political science and practiceSocial Sciences Connect 14 October 2025Political scientists study topics that affect society, but their work often remains out of the spotlight. Not always: the research of Leiden political...
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Bachelor thesis prizes Political Science 2025: the nominees22 September 2025The thesis is the ‘pièce de résistance’ in all the programmes offered by the Institute of Political Science. Students are requested to give their all ...
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Sarah de Lange, new professor of Dutch Politics: ‘We should not take our democratic constitutional state for granted’17 September 2025‘Dutch politics are changing, but they also are characterised by stability; that tension fascinates me.’ Sarah de Lange studies, among other things, t...
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Juan Masullo receives APSA Alexander George Best Article Award16 September 2025Assistant Professor Juan Masullo of the Institute of Political Science has been awarded the 2025 Alexander George Best Article Award for his work on i...
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Political Science Master’s thesis prize 2025: the nominees15 September 2025Every Political Science master’s student at Leiden University completes their degree with thesis. The thesis provides students with the opportunity to...
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Understanding far-right communities on alternative platforms: Jonathan Collins on his PhD researchPhD dissertation 12 September 2025On Tuesday 30 September 2025, PhD candidate Jonathan Collins will defend his dissertation A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of the ...
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Sovereign debt as strategy: Kathleen Brown on the politics behind the numbersPhD dissertation 11 September 2025On Tuesday 30 September 2025, PhD candidate Kathleen Brown will defend her dissertation 'Deception, Risk, and Evasion: The Politics of Sovereign Debt ...
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A better understanding of democracy across cultures and contextsPolitical Theorist Tom Theuns’ new collaborative monograph The Sciences of the Democracies 26 August 2025A new collaborative monograph of democratic theory, The Sciences of the Democracies, was released by UCL Press on August 7. The book, in the style of ...
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Katharina Natter receives IMR Book Review Award26 August 2025Katharina Natter of the Institute of Political Science has been awarded the 2025 IMR Book Review Award for her book on migration politics in Morocco a...
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Student protests in Serbia: Evolution, prospects and lessons10 July 2025On June 16, 2025, the Institute of Political Science at Leiden University hosted a panel debate about the ongoing mass student-led protests in Serbia....
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‘We’re already at war – we’re just acting as though we’re not’Just Peace Dialogues 10 June 2025‘Our infrastructure is under attack, elections are being influenced and political assassinations being committed. We’re already at war – it just looks...
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Call for Participants: Researching Migration Policy in Autocratizing CountriesFrom the Desk to the Field 10 June 2025Are you doing research on migration policy in a country that is facing democratic backsliding or breakdown, or that is deepening its already-autocrati...