News
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Is politics boring and far removed from you? 23 May 2017
On 22 May, the Dutch House of Representatives invited one hundred citizens to pose critical questions regarding the Ministries’ annual reports. This f...
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EBM-student Danique Reidsma presents research at symposium NGSZ 19 May 2017
Danique Reidsma, student Economics, Policy and Management (EBM) at Leiden University, recently gave a presentation at a symposium of the Dutch Associa...
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Back to Morocco 08 May 2017
Hayat Essakkati grew up in the Netherlands and studied Public Administration in Leiden. She started her own company in Morocco, the country where her ...
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Johan Christensen: 'The Power of Economists within the State' 28 April 2017
This month Johan Christensen, assistant professor at the Institute of Public Administration, published his new book: ‘The Power of Economists within t...
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Team from Leiden wins the Rotterdam100 with plan for more environmental-friendly ships 25 April 2017
Capture the emissions of ships and use it to cultivate algae, which you can then use to make biofuels. This was the idea that won the team from Leiden...
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Sandra Groeneveld and Eduard Schmidt receive award for best conference paper 25 April 2017
At the conference of the International Research Society for Public Administration (IRSPM), Professor Public Management Sandra Groeneveld and PhD candi...
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Spotlight on integrity 12 April 2017
‘Leiden University's code of conduct on Integrity is comprehensive and complete,' says Zeger van der Wal, Professor by Special Appointment in Public ...
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Prestigious Journal of European Public Policy selects Leiden-based research for Special Issue 04 April 2017
The Journal of European Public Policy has dedicated this year’s Special Issue to the theme of European Union Enlargement and Integration Capacity, on ...
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What are the ingredients of high performing district teams? 10 March 2017
Since the decentralizations in the social domain in 2015, nearly all Dutch municipalities use district teams to organize care. However, the management...
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The public manager in the 21st century 27 February 2017
Managers in the public and semi-public sector work in an increasingly complex and unpredictable environment, which demands new knowledge and competenc...
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Working towards a better world together 16 February 2017
Global problems such as diseases of affluence or microplastics in the sea are too complex to be dealt with from a single scientific discipline or by j...
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Experience Day in Wijnhaven 13 February 2017
Experience for yourself what studying is like, or explore the city where you will be attending lectures. On Saturday 11 February, future students came...
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Predictive policing wins group presentation in CSM elective Governance of crime and social disorder 02 December 2016
If you know a crime is about to occur, should you be able to prevent it before it has even happened? This was one of the questions that was posed in l...
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Public Administration students ‘brutally honest’ about the reorganization of the Tax Authorities 24 November 2016
Recently three Public Administration students of Leiden University gave a sturdy advice to the Tax Authorities about the effects of the reorganization...
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New approach for more diversity in government 07 November 2016
The government could do more to improve its diversity, says Saniye Çelik. By hiring people from a variety of backgrounds, the government will be bette...