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Social Science Matters: The (non)sense of conspiracy theories15 April 2021Climate change is made up, the secret services murdered Pim Fortuyn and JFK, and the moon landing was a fake show. Conspiracy theories are of all time...
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Number 1 in The Netherlands; number 22 in the world: Political Science at Leiden University04 March 2021Where to study ’politics’? According to the QS World University Rankings, Leiden University is a good choice. In the 2021 edition, Leiden and The Hagu...
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Social and Behavioural Sciences: from insight to impact11 February 2021Working towards resilient communities, transparency in science and connecting with the employment market – these are the three key themes being addres...
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Corona and the gulf between citizens and experts02 February 2021Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker will retire on 8 February. If there’s one theme running through his career, it’s the links between the University and ...
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Polarising chats? Political misinformation on discussion apps in India and Brazil09 December 2020Political scientist Simon Chauchard (Leiden University) has been awarded a Consolidator Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). This brings him ...
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ERC Consolidator Grants for four Leiden researchers09 December 2020From fake news via WhatsApp to mini hearts from a 3D printer: four Leiden researchers have been awarded a Consolidator Grant by the European Research ...
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Protecting democracy in Europe10 November 2020Political scientist Tom Theuns (Leiden University) has been awarded a Veni grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). This means that he is recognis...
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Marie Münch and Wouter de Rijk win Political Science bachelor’s thesis prizes for 202005 November 2020For the first time in the history of the Van den Berg prize, there are two winners: the ‘traditional’ one for the best thesis by a student in the Dutc...
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The democratic consequences of decentralisation05 November 2020Political scientist Wouter Veenendaal (Leiden University) has been awarded a Vidi grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). This enables him to fur...
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NWO Vidi grant for 11 Leiden researchers04 November 2020Eleven Leiden researchers have been awarded an 800,000 euro Vidi grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). This will enable them to develop their own...
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Hugo ’t Hart wins Political Science Master’s Thesis Prize 202029 October 2020In an attempt to give European citizens a say over who should lead the European Commission, the European Parliament has opted for so-called 'Spitzenka...
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Urgent research projects funded by LUF21 October 2020Misleading graphs, the erosion of democracy and the weakening of bones as a side-effect of medication. Researchers are starting work on these very top...
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Social Science Matters: How useful is deprivation of liberty?14 October 2020A new bill is currently under debate in the Netherlands, advocating raising the prison sentence for manslaughter from 15 to 25 years. ‘This very serio...
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Where does the hegemony lie in the 21st century?24 September 2020The book: Hegemony and World Order: Reimagining Power in Global Politics will be published this week. Jan Aart Scholte: 'We hope that students, lectur...
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Master’s thesis prize 2020: the nominees23 September 2020As a Leiden University’s master’s student in Political Science you conduct independent research and report your findings to fellow academics and, who ...