News
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Under the spell of right and wrong 07 November 2016
Today, radical right-wing parties like the Dutch Party for Freedom (PVV) are full partners in debates in the political arena. In the 1980s and 1990s, ...
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Ross Gildea wins 2016 Research Master Thesis Prize 02 November 2016
Ross Gildea has won the Institute of Political Science Research Master Thesis Prize 2016. ‘The Political Psychology of Humanitarian Issue (Non-)Adopti...
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Samuel Jong wins MSc Thesis Prize 2016 02 November 2016
Samuel Jong has won the Institute of Political Science MSc Thesis Prize 2016. With ‘Bridging the Gap: Do Ideological Differences Determine Whether Cen...
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Social Science Matters: Clinton vs. Trump - race over? 28 September 2016
Monday 26 September, 2016 saw the first confrontation between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Expectations were high – not only about the content o...
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The legitimacy of political power 15 September 2016
A fair distribution of goods and services is the most important factor in justifying political power. This is the conclusion of Honorata Mazepus in h...
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Political Legitimacy Digest 13 September 2016
This month's news and events by the profile area Political Legitimacy features the announcement of two PhD defences and several interesting seminars a...
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Femke Bakker appointed to ISPP Early Career Committee 25 August 2016
Femke Bakker, PhD candidate at Leiden University‘s Institute of Political Science, has been appointed to the Early Career Committee of the Internation...
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Face-to-face politics: why small states matter 02 August 2016
Political scientist Wouter Veenendaal received an NWO Veni grant for his research on the political stability of small states. 'I find small states fas...
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To target or protect? Militias and political order in African civil wars 25 July 2016
Political scientist Corinna Jentzsch received an NWO Veni grant for her research on the conditions of collaboration between militias and state forces ...
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Veni grants for 19 young Leiden researchers 15 July 2016
Nineteen researchers who have recently been awarded their PhD are to receive a Veni grant of up to 250,000 euros. Science funding agency NWO has awar...
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Two Leiden political scientists honoured with NWO ‘Veni’-grant 14 July 2016
Corinna Jentzsch and Wouter Veenendaal, two political scientists affiliated with Leiden University’s Institute of Political Science, have been awarded...
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Alternative story forms: a fresh approach to historical case material 07 July 2016
Students taking the new bachelor’s course ‘Social Movements and Political Violence’ are about to do something new. In addition to studying textbooks a...
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Welcome, new political science students! 04 July 2016
Monday 5 September 2016, the political science bachelor’s and master’s programmes kick off. We are looking forward to meeting our new students. And we...
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Entertainment and enlightenment for the masses: reality television in China 27 June 2016
In the state-controlled, censored, and taboo-ridden media landscape of communist China, one would not expect seeing a television show featuring real p...
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Six questions about the British referendum and a possible Brexit 20 June 2016
The shocking murder of MP Jo Cox has brought it home to the British public that the referendum debate is in disarray. How has the campaign been handle...