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Rudy Andeweg appointed as member of the Dutch Electoral Council 13 June 2016
Rudy Andeweg, professor of empirical political science at Leiden University, joins the Dutch Electoral Council as of 1 January 2017. He was nominated ...
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Call for Papers and Kick-off Conference Research Group: From Disorder to Order 31 May 2016
On October 20 and 21, 2016, Leiden University will host an international conference under the title "From Disorder to Order: Conflict and the Resource...
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Pre-call for applications for Marie Skłodowska-Curie individual fellowships 02 May 2016
Leiden University invites pre-applications from scholars who wish to spend 12-24 months in the Institute of Political Science as part of the Marie Skł...
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Jan Erk elected Smuts Memorial Fellow at Cambridge University 28 April 2016
Jan Erk, political scientist at Leiden University, has been selected as the 2016-2017 Smuts Memorial Fellow at the University of Cambridge. During his...
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Scholars and senators on the legitimacy of the Dutch Senate 05 April 2016
The Leiden Research Profile Area Political Legitimacy organizes a public symposium on the 12th of May 2016 on the legitimacy and future of the Dutch S...
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Hans Daalder (87), Professor Emeritus in Political Science, passes away 05 April 2016
It is with great sadness that we have learned of the death Professor Hans Daalder (4 May 1928 – 4 April 2016).
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The association agreement with Ukraine: road to conflict or cooperation? 05 April 2016
Will the association agreement between the EU and Ukraine lead to a new ‘Cold War’ between Russia and the West? That was one of the questions posed to...
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Leiden Political Science and International Studies rank highly 24 March 2016
Leiden University’s Political Science and International Studies programmes continue to enjoy a solid academic reputation. In the 2016 QS World Univers...
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Referendum: new in the Dutch polder 15 March 2016
On 6 April the Netherlands will vote on far-reaching cooperation with Ukraine. Referenda are exceptional in Dutch political history, according to Prof...
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Room for women in Senate Chamber 07 March 2016
For the duration of a month, the portraits of female professors only will hang in the Senate Chamber of Leiden University. This is the initiative of A...
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Reconciling conflicting interests 24 December 2015
A far-reaching understanding of human behaviour is necessary to get to grips with conflicts in society and to encourage parties to meet each other hal...
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Call for bidders: Survey on internet and social media use in China 10 December 2015
The research project Authoritarianism 2.0, funded by the European Research Council, invites eligible research institutions to submit applications. The...
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Diminishing tolerance in the Netherlands threat to liberal society 01 December 2015
The Upper and Lower Houses of the Dutch Parliament are struggling with how tolerance should best be interpreted. As a result, the freedom in the Nethe...
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Boyd Leupen wins MSc Thesis Prize 2015 02 November 2015
Boyd Leupen has won the Institute of Political Science MSc Thesis Prize 2015. With 'Refuting asymmetrical Kantianism: On the moral standing of animals...
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Leiden political scientists advise US diplomats 02 November 2015
Leiden political scientists Yvonne Kleistra and Niels van Willigen have advised the United States State Department as to how to evaluate its foreign p...