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Good governance while politics fails 17 May 2019
The word bureaucracy does not have negative connotations for Ken Meier. Meier, Professor of Bureaucracy and Democracy, has a clear grasp of the relati...
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European Election Dilemmas 17 May 2019
The European Elections are approaching and we get to take a trip to our local polling station. But the turnout in the Netherlands is likely to be low ...
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Financial crisis mainly affected the sale of municipal land 16 May 2019
The effects on local government of the financial crisis that began in 2007 are still largely unknown. As a case study, Jan Porth conducted statistical...
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Governments overly optimistic about the use of digital innovations 16 May 2019
The government is digitalizing and making use of ‘big data’ in its decision making processes. But the expectations of digitalization are often overly ...
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Bram Klievink appointed at new chair Digitalization and Public Policy 10 May 2019
As per 1st May 2019, Leiden University appointed Bram Klievink as professor of Public Administration with a focus on digitalization and public policy....
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Live viewing ‘Spitzenkandidaten’-debate 01 May 2019
On 29 April a live viewing event was held on the Spanish Stairs at the Wijnhaven building in The Hague broadcasting the ‘Spitzenkandidaten’ debate hel...
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Alexandre Afonso on possible Brexit coalition 29 March 2019
How can the United Kingdom find coalitions for a Brexit? Alexandre Afonso, Assistant Professor at the Institute for Public Administration, analysed ho...
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Bram Klievink appointed as Professor at the Institute of Public Administration 01 March 2019
The Institute of Public Administration has appointed Dr. Ing. A.J. (Bram) Klievink as Professor at the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs.
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Dimiter Toshkov wins World Data Visualization Prize 25 February 2019
The World Data Visualization Prize for 2019 was awarded to Dimiter Toshkov, Associate Professor at the Institute of Public Administration, for his wor...
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Green light for master's programme Governance of Sustainability 19 February 2019
In September 2019, the first students will start the new master's programme Governance of Sustainability. The programme has received an official accre...
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Research Agenda United Nations Studies in Peace and Justice 21 November 2018
On 20 November, Special Professor of United Nations Studies in Peace and Justice, Alanna O'Malley, presented her research agenda for the next 3 years....
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Managers play an important role in inclusiveness in organisations 12 November 2018
Team leaders and other immediate supervisors play an important role in facilitating inclusiveness within public organisations. This is the finding of ...
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Midterm elections: surprising results, or not so much? 07 November 2018
In the midterm elections in the United States on 6 November, the Democrats won the majority in the House of Representatives, thus regaining control of...
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Voting in a divided country 26 October 2018
The midterm elections in the United States will be a vote of (no) confidence in president Trump and his divisive leadership style, says Brendan Carrol...
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Become the future change agent with the new master Governance of Sustainability 22 October 2018
For students who want to be an intermediary between scientific experts, policy makers and politicians in the domain of sustainability, the master prog...