News
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Tackle debt with healthcare funds: researchers on a healthier society for all 16 November 2022
Technology, medical knowledge, social measures and the design of the living environment: all these needed to achieve a healthier society. In a series ...
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Recap second Night of the Lobbyist: a diverse group of guests and new insights 15 November 2022
On Thursday 10 November, the Night of the Lobbyist was held. During this public event, organised by Leiden University and the Public Affairs Academy, ...
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Leiden Healthy Society Center: making Leiden the healthiest city in the Netherlands 10 November 2022
How can the people of Leiden age as well as possible? And what is needed to reduce health disparities? That is the mission of Leiden Healthy Society C...
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Brand new specialisation ‘Digitalisation, Data and Governance’ launched during the Bachelor Open Day 07 November 2022
The new specialisation Digitalisation, Data and Governance (DDG) that is part of the Bachelor Public Administration will start in September 2023. This...
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From the kitchen table to the highest government circles: everybody lobbies 27 October 2022
Submerge yourself in the world of the lobby. You will get the chance to do just that on Thursday 10 November during the Night of the Lobbyist. When Le...
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Omar Al Sadeh: ‘My heart told me to go to Foreign Affairs’ 27 October 2022
Trail, FGGA’s internship platform will be one-year old in November. In the upcoming weeks, we will be interviewing some FGGA students who went on inte...
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‘Participation on the sustainability transition is still too ad hoc' 24 October 2022
To support policies and decision-making on sustainability, it is important to involve citizens and stakeholders in the process. The term used for this...
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Governing Polarized Societies (GPS): new research programme to be launched 19 October 2022
Researchers from the Institute of Public Administration and the Institute of Security and Global Affairs at FGGA are launching a new research programm...
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Four migration professors doubly appointed in the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus network 11 October 2022
Four professors specialising in migration will soon be appointed as Leiden-Delft-Erasmus professors: Professor Thea Hilhorst and Professor Peter Schol...
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How to disappoint your parents? 06 October 2022
On Thursday 29 September the workshop ‘How to Disappoint your Parents’ took place at Wijnhaven. Lenore Todd, Student Life Officer and Assistant Profes...
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Anouk Booten: 'Cyber security is becoming bigger every day because threats are becoming bigger every day' 04 October 2022
Trail, FGGA’s internship platform will be one-year old in November. In the upcoming weeks, we will be interviewing some FGGA students who went on inte...
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Using online platforms for citizen participation: Not a magic cure for inclusivity 30 September 2022
You may have noticed this happening more often: your municipality sends you an online questionnaire to find out your opinion on the renovation of a ce...
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Alexander van Oudenhoven appointed Director of Education of the master Governance of Sustainability 29 September 2022
Alexander van Oudenhoven has been appointed as the new Director of Education of the Governance of Sustainability master's programme. Van Oudenhoven ha...
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‘How expensive is migration?’ 29 September 2022
Migrants are expensive. Or are they? Professor Olaf van Vliet collaborated on a big research project from Leiden University to map the costs of migrat...
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Dutch citizens in favour of generous welfare but with job-seeking obligation 22 September 2022
Dutch citizens are not opposed to additional earnings and financial gifts for people on welfare, but believe it is important that there should also be...