2,125 search results for “politics en media” in the Public website
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Book presentation Edwin Bakker and Peter Grol: 'Dutch Jihadists'
Peter Grol and Edwin Bakker, professor of Terrorism and Counterterrorism at the University, presented their book ‘Dutch Jihadists’ for a large audience. The book tells individual stories of jihadists in Holland and of Syria-goers and should contribute to a better insight into their backgrounds and m…
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papers: Compassion, Social Engagement, and Discontent: Believing and the Politics of Belonging in Europe Today
Leiden University Centre for the Study of Religion (LUCSoR), Thursday 10 and Friday 11 November 2016
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Advancing Authoritarian Memory: Global China’s New Heroes
Rising geopolitical tensions are causing states and national elites to innovate their use of the past for present-day political ends. This is certainly true for the People’s Republic of China, which celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2024 amid mounting superpower rivalry, ideological tensions with the…
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Graduation ceremony Guus Boelens
Here you will find information about Guus Boelens' graduation ceremony.
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Elevated minds: The Sublime in the public arts in 17th-century Paris and Amsterdam
The aim of this project is to study the influence of Longinus’s treatise ‘On the sublime’ on practice and theory of architecture and theatre in seventeenth-century Paris and Amsterdam.
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"Getting Organized"
In January 2014, the research project The Promise of Organization hosted a fruitful three-day conference:
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Casper Wits in POLITICO on the EU's China Policy
University lecturer Casper Wits wrote an opinion piece on the ongoing diplomatic tensions between the European Union and China for POLITICO. In this article, he argues that 'rather than shrinking from the fight, the EU must develop a China policy that prioritizes progressive values and human rights.…
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NWO Veni grant for Thomas Fossen
Dr Thomas Fossen (Institute for Philosophy) has been awarded with an NWO Veni grant for his research project 'Critical moments: How do events affect how we should judge the legitimacy of political authorities?'
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How democratic are state secrets?
Transparency is seen as an important value for democratic government policy. Does that mean that we should do away with state secrets, such as confidential information involving intelligence agencies and political deals made behind closed doors? Political philosopher and ERC grant recipient Dorota Mokrosinska…
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- Graduation Ceremony MSc Media Technology
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Alumna Tessa Schiethart: 'If I could go back to my student days, I’d go right away'
That Tessa Schiethart finished her bachelor's degree in International Studies with a thesis on Indonesian women's reasons for veiling was a coincidence. Or so she thought. Six years later, her book Seeing and Being Seen, in which she writes about her life with a wine stain and vision loss, is in the…
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Experts discuss nuclear deterrence in Europe: more weapons, more security?
On 22 January, a panel of international experts on nuclear deterrence gathered at the Campus The Hague to discuss the future of nuclear deterrence in Europe. The panel addressed key aspects of nuclear strategy and the impact of Russia's nuclear rhetoric in the context of the war in Ukraine.
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Kaare Strøm award for institute member Thijs Vos
This summer, political scientist Thijs Vos received the Kaare Strøm prize for his paper ‘Power or Ideology? What structures legislative voting behaviour in Dutch municipal councils, ideology or coalition-opposition dynamics?' He was awarded the prize during the ECPR summer school on parliaments in F…
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Modelling Social Dynamics on Social Media: Networks and NLP
LUCDH Lunch Lecture
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Ellen van ReulerSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Joshua Musumi ChibuyiFaculty of Humanities
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Jesse Doornenbal
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Danny Mekić staat weer tegenover X in de rechtbank
Twee jaar geleden klaagde promovendus Danny Mekić het socialmediaplatform X aan, omdat zijn account, zonder toelichting, onvindbaar werd gemaakt. Hij kreeg gelijk van de rechter, maar X verzet zich ertegen: ‘Twitter wil niet transparant zijn.’
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Rutte-III coalition agreement: never has there been so little democratic renewal
The Rutte-III coalition agreement has been presented and the commentary is flooding in. Public administration experts Arco Timmermans and Gerard Breeman examined the new agreement – as they have done for every coalition agreement since 1963 - and made a systematic analysis of it: it is very much about…
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Leerkracht-leerling relaties: leer- én ontwikkelingscontext van kinderen en adolescenten
Inaugural lecture
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Antimicrobiële resistentie en de zoektocht naar de grenzen tussen over- en onderbehandeling met antibiotica
Inaugural lecture
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Tussen idee en aanslag: Onderzoek naar terrorisme en politiek geweld in een veranderend veiligheidslandschap
Inaugural lecture
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Luisteren naar en ondervragen van de natuur, om te begrijpen, te bezinnen, en te beschermen
Inaugural lecture
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‘You get the impression that Elon Musk is acting based on personal motivations’
It increasingly seems that Elon Musk has taken it upon himself to decide what can and cannot be said on Twitter. He bought the platform with the message that there would be room to say whatever you desired, but he himself is casting doubts on that principle.
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Introduction: maritime conflict management, diplomacy and international law, 1100-1800
Maritime conflict management is the regulation of conflict in relation to the sea. It comprises conflict enforcement, conflict resolution and conflict avoidance. How did victims of maritime conflicts claim and obtain damages or demand compensation or reparation?
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Buddhism and social justice: doctrine, ideology and discrimination in tension
In Sri Lanka, a prominent Singhalese Buddhist monk publicly proclaims that it is not a sin to kill Tamils. In Japan, the family register kept in a Buddhist temple and specifying the outcaste status of a lineage is provided to private detectives investigating the marriageability of a young woman. Throughout…
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Student protests in Serbia: Evolution, prospects and lessons
On June 16, 2025, the Institute of Political Science at Leiden University hosted a panel debate about the ongoing mass student-led protests in Serbia. The protests have shaken the increasingly illiberal regime in Serbia to its core and have grown into the largest student protests in Europe since 196…
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Eline Joor
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Anna van Dijk
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Debbie Tromper
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Judy SpruitSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Nynke Heegstra
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Aris Agoglossakis Foley
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Ylva KlaassenSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Fotini Vassou
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Lies van HeterenSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Daniëlle Lovink
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Wencke Appelman
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Sandra MeddelerSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Juan Masullo receives APSA Alexander George Best Article Award
Assistant Professor Juan Masullo of the Institute of Political Science has been awarded the 2025 Alexander George Best Article Award for his work on interviews and process tracing.
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Leiden researchers work on exhibition about growth addiction
Museum De Lakenhal issued an open call for creative solutions to the problem of growth addiction. From over 500 submissions, they selected 15 artworks for the exhibition 'If things grow wrong'. These include the creations of Leiden researchers Peter van der Putten and Evert Jan van Leeuwen.
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Giles Scott-SmithFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Willem van der DoesSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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What does Islamist rule look like?
Joana Cook talks about the Islamist parties increasingly taking power in the last four decades on ABC News.
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Conference: Local Party Politics (LoPaPol)
Conference
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Gaza: Humanitarian and Political Challenges
Lecture
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‘The dream of studying abroad kept me going’
Ukrainian Yana Rudenko lived through the Russian occupation of Bucha in March 2022 and thereafter came to Leiden to study. thereafter De Oekraïense Yana Rudenko (24) jaar heeft in maart 2022 de Russische bezetting van Boetsja meegemaakt en is daarna gaan studeren in Leiden.
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Bram IevenFaculty of Humanities