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Latin American representatives visit Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences 07 November 2019
Each year, Latin American diplomats meet the researchers and students from Leiden University who specialise in their region. This year, they visited t...
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Commissie-Van der Staaij presenteert revisie Reglement van Orde 31 October 2019
Op 30 oktober presenteerde de Commissie tot Revisie van het Reglement van Orde, onder voorzitterschap van Kees van der Staaij (SGP), haar bevindingen ...
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Is Europe ready for the next financial crisis? 26 September 2019
With Brexit looming, stronger economic governance of the European Union is more essential than ever. It’s high time for action, says Amy Verdun, Profe...
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Who wrote the best master’s thesis in Political Science? Here's the shortlist! 24 September 2019
All master’s students in Political Science conclude their studies with a thesis, showcasing their academic skills and personal interest. For some, it ...
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Social Science Matters: Open Science 12 September 2019
On 20 September 2019, the opening drinks for the Open Science Community Leiden will be held at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences. Open sc...
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Political party in crisis reacts like an institution 05 September 2019
What does a political party do in the wake of a disastrous electoral defeat? Martijn van Nijnanten researched this and discovered that parties turn to...
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Five ERC Starting Grants for young researchers from Leiden 03 September 2019
The ERC has awarded a Starting Grant to five promising researchers from Leiden. Two are from the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, one is fr...
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Thijs Porck wins LUS Teaching Prize 2019 02 September 2019
Lecturer in Old and Middle English Thijs Porck was awarded the annual Leiden University Student Platform (LUS) Teaching Prize at the opening of the ac...
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‘The question is more important than the answer’ 08 August 2019
Francesco Ragazzi loves to talk about international relations. But what makes him really happy is if his students question the discipline. This has wo...
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Femke Bakker wins 2019 Jean Blondel PhD Prize 01 August 2019
Political scientist Femke Bakker (Leiden University) has won the 2019 Jean Blondel PhD Prize. According to the European Consortium for Political Resea...
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A matter of life and death: non-state actors and the Right to Wage War 23 July 2019
Claire Vergerio, political scientist at Leiden University, has been awarded a Veni grant by Dutch research organisation NWO. This will allow her to co...
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Political scientist Gisela Hirschmann awarded Thyssen research grant 16 July 2019
Gisela Hirschmann, lecturer and researcher at Leiden University’s Institute of Political Science, has been awarded a 2-year grant of € 170.000 by the ...
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Leiden political scientist Tom Louwerse obtains Vidi grant for research on government-opposition cooperation in parliament 28 May 2019
Tom Louwerse, lecturer and researcher at Leiden University’s Institute of Political Science, has been awarded a NWO Vidi grant. This will enable him t...
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Vidi grants for nine Leiden researchers 23 May 2019
From artificial intelligence to letters from the Dutch East Indies and from breast-cancer gene BRCA-1 to the collaboration between government and oppo...
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Comenius grants for three Leiden lecturers 01 April 2019
Three lecturers from Leiden University have each been awarded a €50,000 Comenius Teaching Fellows grant to implement an educational innovation project...