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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...
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How can the humanitarian disaster in Gaza be stopped?Interview 26 May 2025Famine, bombing of civilians and the almost complete destruction of Gaza. The world looks on at an unfolding humanitarian disaster. Why have our inter...
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Understanding public support for budget cuts and tax increases01 May 2025In her dissertation, political scientist Alessia Aspide explores how public attitudes toward fiscal policy are formed. Her key finding: fiscal prefere...
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Decentralisation scrutinised: Research reveals downsides of small-scale governance25 April 2025On 16 May, three researchers from Leiden University will present their findings on the democratic consequences of decentralisation at a workshop in Le...
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Unknown, but not unlovedDutch people know little about the Caribbean islands; yet they want to maintain the connection 16 April 2025Do you know what the capital of St Eustatius is? Or which province Curaçao belongs to? No idea? You are not the only one: the majority of European Dut...
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Between Power and Public Opinion: State Reform in Nepal08 April 2025On 24 April 2025, political scientist Pawan Kumar Sen will defend his PhD dissertation, "Transforming Nepal’s Political System: Party Positions and Pu...
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Fieldwork in the Favela's: Political scientist Juan Masullo Receives Award03 April 2025Juan Masullo J., Assistant Professor at Leiden University’s Institute of Political Science, has been named a 2025 Harry Frank Guggenheim Distinguished...
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Interview Tom Theuns in IQ Magazine: “NATO Resembles a House of Cards”01 April 2025The rise of authoritarianism, the strengthening of the radical right, and the role of the EU in defending democracy—these are just a few of the issues...
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‘Strengthen the position of the Caribbean parts of the Kingdom of the Netherlands’Oratie 03 March 2025Relations within the Kingdom of the Netherlands are imbalanced, says Professor by Special Appointment Wouter Veenendaal. The Caribbean autonomous coun...
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Call for interest: MARS staff exchange programme “Non-Western Migration Regimes in a Global Perspective”Call for interest 18 February 2025Are you working at Leiden University and researching migration regimes outside of the Global North? Are you interested in doing fieldwork or a researc...
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Political Scientists Jelena Belic and Tom Theuns Receive NWO XS Grants05 February 2025Dr. Jelena Belic and Dr. Tom Theuns have each been awarded XS grants from the NWO to develop innovative lines of research. Dr. Belic’s project examine...
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Protecting Democracy in Europe: Tom Theuns Presents His New Book at the European Parliament17 December 2024On 10 December 2024, the European Parliament played host to an insightful presentation of ‘Protecting Democracy in Europe: Pluralism, Autocracy, and t...
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Political scientist teaches VWO pupils: ‘some knew more than I did at that age’05 November 2024It is a full classroom: more than 30 pupils from 5 and 6 vwo are present to listen to political scientist Leila Demarest's lecture. She gives a brief ...
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An overview of Dutch politics and Political Science in the Netherlands: the Oxford Handbook of Dutch Politics31 October 2024Dutch politics has long been a paragon of stability. Think, for example, of our party system until, say, the last decade. At the same time, we also se...
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Nina Schmal wins Political Science Master’s Thesis Prize 202421 October 2024Successfully completing a master’s thesis in Political Science is no small feat. Not only is this for most students the most extensive and in-depth re...