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Tim Kaasjager: 'If you know you can make a unique contribution, you just have to start' 17 November 2022
Trail, FGGA’s online internship platform, exists one year in November. High time to get to know the organisations making use of Trail. What do these o...
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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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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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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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‘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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Grant for research into the influence of experts 20 September 2022
Johan Christensen, Assistant Professor at the Institute for Public Administration, has received a grant of 1.2 million euros from the Research Council...
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Getting to grips with invisible interests 09 September 2022
With the childcare benefits scandal in the Netherlands, certain interests in society were hidden for long to politics and governance. With the farmers...
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Sebastian Diessner wins research grant from Leverhulme Trust 19 July 2022
Sebastian Diessner, assistant professor at the Institute of Public Administration, has won a grant from the Leverhulme Fund together with three resear...