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Vincent Bakker wins Research Master’s Thesis Prize 2017 11 January 2018
Vincent Bakker, PhD Candidate at the Department of Economics, was awarded the Research Master’s Thesis Prize 2017 of the Faculty of Social and Behavio...
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Philosophical pragmatism and political crisis management 11 December 2017
Philosophical pragmatism has found more and more applications. But thus far it has not been applied to political crisis management. Political scientis...
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Preventing terrorism... At which cost? 20 November 2017
Preventing terrorism before it happens seems like an idea no one would disagree to. But is it possible? How do counter-radicalisation policies look li...
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Which master's? Spoilt for choice! 14 November 2017
On Friday 10 November, Leiden University welcomed curious students from all corners of the world to the Master's Open Day. One thing is clear: student...
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‘Politicologenetmaal’ 2018: call for workshops 09 November 2017
On Thursday 7 June and Friday 8 June 2018 the ‘Politicologenetmaal’ (‘24-hour Political Science Conference’) will take place in Leiden. The event is o...
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Robbert Visser wins Political Science Master’s Thesis Prize 2017 01 November 2017
Robbert Visser has won the Political Science Master’s Thesis Prize 2017. His study in the field of Political Theory is the latest milestone along Viss...
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Vincent Bakker wins Thesis Prize 2017 Research Master Political Science and Public Administration 01 November 2017
Vincent Bakker has won the 2017 Thesis Prize of the research master’s programme Political Science and Public Administration. His study of labour marke...
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Social Science Matters: Confidence in the future? 26 October 2017
After a long period of formation, the Rutte III cabinet presented itself on 26 October 2017. The coalition agreement on which ministers will build is ...
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Code red: we're barely prepared for a borderless crisis 16 October 2017
Worldwide, countries are barely prepared for major borderless crises such as extreme natural disasters or other unexpected calamities that destabilise...
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Politics and International Relations at Leiden score highly in THE World University Rankings 12 September 2017
Leiden University continues to do well in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. For the subject area Politics and International Relati...
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Pieter's Corner: Can diversity be engineered? 11 May 2017
In discussions about today’s society and multiculturalism the word is constantly bandied back and forth: diversity. At Leiden University we aspire to ...
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Cynthia van Vonno shortlisted for ECPR PhD prize 06 April 2017
Political scientist Cynthia van Vonno’s (Leiden University) 2016 dissertation has been shortlisted for the European Consortium for Political Research ...
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‘The influence of the media on legislation is limited’ 14 March 2017
News articles have only a limited influence on the course of legislative processes. This is the finding of political science expert Lotte Melenhorst i...
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Leiden Political Science and International Studies ranked number 1 in Netherlands 14 March 2017
Leiden University’s Political Science and International Studies programmes have consolidated their firm academic reputation. In the 2017 QS World Univ...
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‘Private member's bill on Ending Life with Dignity too defective' 13 March 2017
The D66 proposed bill on Ending Life with Dignity is inadequately substantiated and contains contradictions. This is the view expressed by Professor o...