Frans Osinga has been appointed as Professor by special appointment of War Studies at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs in the Hague. Osinga is both professor and an officer of the Dutch Royal Air Force. Given current global developments, the concept of ‘war’ is far from an abstract concept. Read more 

Alanna O'Malley was Chair of United Nations Studies in Peace and Justice, a newly-created position at Leiden University’s Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs. This Chair, in honor of the former Dutch Foreign Minister and Mayor of The Hague Jozias Van Aartsen, is shared with The Hague University of Applied Sciences. Read more

On 1 September 2009 Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Professor Emeritus of International Relations and Diplomatic Practice, was appointed to the Pieter Kooijmans Chair for Peace, Law and Security. Currently, Bert Koenders, Professor Peace, Justice and Security, holds the chair.

The GTGC programme brings together scholars from different faculties at Leiden University, working in highly interdisciplinary teams. Our projects also reach out to official agencies, civil society, media and local communities. We moreover develop courses for Leiden University’s teaching programmes, stimulating students to think creatively about addressing today’s world-scale changes.

The Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) received a grant in 2019 from the German Ministry of Defence to advice on how to strengthen Germany’s approaches to the protection of civilians in UN peace operations. Read more

JUSTREMIT is an ERC-funded project that brings together political theory, ethnography, and security studies in an interdisciplinary study of remittances and global justice.

The main aim of this project is to reveal and unravel the invisible histories of the UN, transcending the dominant Western perspective to recover the historical agency of Global South actors. The research will investigate how the UN has both facilitated and limited their role in shaping global order from 1945-1981. Read more

Women In International Security (WIIS) is the premier organisation in the world dedicated to advancing the leadership and professional development of women in the field of international peace and security. WIIS (pronounced 'wise') sponsors leadership training, mentoring, and networking programmes as well as substantive events focused on current policy problems. WIIS also supports research projects and policy engagement initiatives on critical international security issues, including the nexus between gender and security. Vanessa Newby founded the first official WIIS NL chapter in March 2020 and is the current President. Read more

CYDIPLO will explore the emerging field of cyberdiplomacy, in the EU and with key strategic partners. Drawing on perspectives from computer science, political science, law, and behavioural science, it explores a variety of questions, including, how is cyberdiplomacy implemented at the state, non-state, regional and global levels across key issue areas? What are the major challenges and the core diplomatic instruments applied to tackle them? Does cyberdiplomacy require new tools and mechanisms? Read more

What is 'teaching excellence' in Higher Education? Which different teaching excellence training, promotion and reward schemes exist across Europe? How can a common European teaching scheme look like? The e-NOTE project led by Leiden University seeks to answer these question in cooperation with five partners across Europe. Read more

The Jean Monnet Chair with a focus on ‘The European Union’s Role in Security and Global Affairs’ (EURISGA) will  benefit from accompanying funding for activities by a wide range of associated ISGA colleagues with an aim to create a strong ISGA EU hub. Read more