News
-
Registration for 'Politicologenetmaal' 2018 is open 12 April 2018
From 7 to 8 June 2018 Leiden will host the annual 'Politicologenetmaal'. Political scientists active in The Netherlands and Belgium will convene in an...
-
Academics explain the elections 22 March 2018
Why are the local parties so popular? Researchers at Leiden University gave their reaction the day after the elections of 21 March.
-
Vincent Bakker wins second prize in Leiden University’s Thesis Award 19 February 2018
During this award ceremony for alumni op Saturday, 10 February 2018, Vincent Bakker was awarded second prize in Leiden University’s 2018 Thesis Award....
-
'Promoting universal values is a good strategy for resilience' 12 January 2018
Many Western defence strategies concentrate on maintaining the status quo. Actively promoting universal values can also be a good strategy for resilie...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
‘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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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 ...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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 ...