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ISGA Contributes to Training African Officers in Military Diplomacy29 June 2022The Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) of Leiden University contributed to the design and teaching of modules of this year’s edition of t...
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Broadening the scope of the Social Resilience & Security programme28 June 2022The Social Resilience & Security interdisciplinary programme broadens its scope by embedding two research projects lead by Dr. Joanne Mouthaan. The pr...
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‘Build resilience in traumatised children and young people’21 June 2022Many children experience trauma and if they are unable to deal with it properly, it can have a huge personal and societal effect. Building resilience ...
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Inaugural lecture: facts and myths about resilience after childhood adversity13 June 2022Anne-Laura van Harmelen, professor Brain, Safety and Resilience will give her inaugural lecture ‘Resilience does not exist’ (in Dutch) on Monday 27 Ju...
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Farewell Paul Abels as Professor01 June 2022On 25 May, Professor Paul Abels retired as professor by special appointment. Abels has been working as Professor by special appointment Governance of ...
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Video: Is the hypersonic rocket system the new super weapon?01 June 2022Missiles that travel at approximately six thousand kilometres per hour, up to 5 or 6 times the speed of sound. Has Russia used those against Ukraine a...
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The person behind the murderer26 May 2022Are all murderers calculating psychopaths with an obscene predilection for bloody chainsaws? Yes, if Hollywood is to be believed, but in the real worl...
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Becoming a terrorist provides income, safety and identity06 May 2022How do people become involved in terrorist organisations? Liesbeth van der Heide sought the answer to this question in a Malian prison, where she inte...
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The interdisciplinary programme Social Resilience and Security brings out a new minor: Violence Studies03 May 2022In the academic year 2022-2023 the Social Resilience and Security interdisciplinary programme will offer a new minor for students who are interested i...
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Registration open new minor Violence Studies22 April 2022In the academic year 2022-2023 the Social Resilience and Security interdisciplinary programme will offer a new minor for students who are interested i...
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Very successful conference marks end of Integrated Project for students Security Studies12 April 2022Last week, third-year students of the Bachelor Security Studies concluded a seven-week intensive programme with a two-day conference. They presented t...
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Podcast - Marieke Liem releases 'Hotel met tralies' on Dutch national broadcaster NPO Radio 104 April 2022What does it mean to be in a Dutch prison? What is true about the prejudices about being in jail? Criminologist Marieke Liem has released a podcast on...
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NWA grant for Anouk de Koning and consortium for research on social resilience18 March 2022A 5 million euros grant from the Dutch Research Agenda allows Anouk de Koning and co-applicants Femke Kaulingfreks and Maartje van der Woude to study ...
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Book: The Politics of Cybersecurity in the Middle East02 March 2022Five questions for James Shires, assistant professor at ISGA, about his new book, The Politics of Cybersecurity in the Middle East. The book is availa...
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‘We should have anticipated the invasion of Ukraine’25 February 2022The West has missed several opportunities to prevent the invasion of Ukraine or, at the very least, to better support the Ukraine, claims Frans Osinga...