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These were Leiden University’s interdisciplinary milestones of 202417 December 2024Connecting scientific fields, enhancing research and teaching, and providing innovative solutions to complex social issues: that is the idea behind in...
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Migrants cost European governments less than their native-born citizens do29 May 2024Migrants are far less of a burden on the budget of European countries than is often thought. In many cases, they make a more positive contribution tha...
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‘Immigration doesn’t threaten welfare states’02 May 2024It is often thought that immigration threatens the solidarity on which redistribution relies. But looking at the post-war period, PhD candidate Emily ...
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New publication on fairness, AI and recruitment18 April 2024Carlotta Rigotti and Eduard Fosch-Villaronga have published a new article that offers an insightful and critical literature review on fairness and AI ...
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These were Leiden University’s interdisciplinary milestones of 202319 December 2023Connecting worlds, enhancing research and teaching, and providing innovative solutions to complex social issues: that is the idea behind interdiscipli...
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A government that works with citizens brings hope, but also many dilemmas20 November 2023The promise of personal, democratic and effective government has enormous appeal. The welfare state is tottering, the security of livelihoods is at st...
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‘A country’s immigration narrative really influences the people arriving there’16 October 2023Immigration and naturalisation policies are an important theme in the upcoming Dutch elections. The Netherlands should be mindful of its immigration n...
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Liberal immigration policies in autocratising countries? Systematic research awarded with Veni grant03 August 2023The world is autocratising. In 2022, a record number of states across all continents, including Europe, was shifting towards autocracy. But against th...
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Briitta van Staalduinen receives Best Dissertation Award from the American Political Science Association22 June 2023Assistant Professor Briitta van Staalduinen has received the Best Dissertation Award from the American Political Science Association, Section on Class...
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Interdisciplinary research: labour market on the move22 May 2023Migration, globalisation, technological developments, climate change: the greatest challenges of our time all affect our labour market. But how exactl...
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Philippe van Gruisen receives KNAW grant for interdisciplinary research on (labour) migration from a broad perspective on societal wellbeing04 May 2023The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) has awarded a KNAW Early Career Partnership 2023 to Philippe van Gruisen for interdisciplina...
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How migration policy in autocracies and democracies differs from what we expect11 April 2023What is the effect of a certain regime on a country’s migration policy? Political scientist Katharina Natter compared the migration policy of autocrat...
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Conference on the gap between government and citizens21 March 2023It’s often said that citizens have lost trust in their governments. But who exactly are these ‘citizens’? And which aspects of people’s contact with ...
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Research Project on the Future of the Labour Market receives 3.4 million euros17 January 2023An international consortium led by Olaf van Vliet has been awarded an Horizon Europe grant of 3.4 million euros. The project investigates how global c...
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‘How expensive is migration?’29 September 2022Migrants are expensive. Or are they? Professor Olaf van Vliet collaborated on a big research project from Leiden University to map the costs of migrat...