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Terrorists who use the internet are less successful 17 January 2022
There is too much focus on online radicalisation, says Joe Whittaker, when this is just one of the factors that make someone become a terrorist. In fa...
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The Hague Program on International Cyber Security: looking for the elephant in the room 12 January 2022
A new year, a new project, a new name: The Hague Program on International Cyber Security. Professor Global Security and Technology Dennis Broeders was...
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Professor Hester Bijl, Rector of Leiden University, to open ENOTE’s first Academic Training Week 09 January 2022
The Steering Committee of the European Network on Teaching Excellence (ENOTE) is delighted to announce that Professor Hester Bijl, Rector Magnificus o...
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Partnership of ISGA in the LIFE SECURDOMINO project 16 December 2021
With a Kick Off Meeting on 10 December 2021, we are proud to present the partnership of Leiden University’s Institute of Security and Global Affairs (...
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Sanneke Kuipers appointed professor of Crisis Governance: 'Crises arise from very mundane causes' 15 December 2021
The Executive Board appointed Sanneke Kuipers as full professor effective January 1, 2022. Her chair is Crisis Governance. She combines this chair wit...
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One-off elective ‘Policy Evaluation in Practice’ great success at Masters CSM 14 December 2021
Last academic year, Johan van Wilsem, strategist researcher at the Netherlands Court of Audit, taught the one-off elective ‘Policy Evaluation in Pract...
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Welcome to the world of cybersecurity governance 14 December 2021
Our digital infrastructure brings new opportunities, but it also makes us vulnerable. The answer does not lie in technology alone. But how do we help ...
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First comprehensive study on gun violence in Europe identifies alarming trends 13 December 2021
The steady decline in lethal gun violence in the EU came to halt in 2012 and some countries, such as Sweden, have even noticed an increase since then....
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Bert Koenders new chairman of the Foreign Policy Advisory Council 13 December 2021
Bert Koenders, professor of Peace, Law and Security at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs, has been appointed chairman of the Advisory Counc...
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‘The Afghan state has collapsed, but the democratic gains of the past 20 years are not lost’ 13 December 2021
The international conference ‘Lessons from Afghanistan’ touched on many serious issues and raised several reasons for concern. But it also ended on a ...
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In memoriam - Prof. Herman Schaper 1949-2021 07 December 2021
It is with sadness that we have learned of the passing of our former colleague professor Herman Schaper on Tuesday 30 November this year. Herman held ...
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Call for Applications: Teaching Excellence Training for Academic Staff 02 December 2021
What is 'teaching excellence' in Higher Education? Which different teaching excellence training, promotion and reward schemes exist across Europe? How...
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Campus Den Haag hosts 'On Campus' Experience Days 01 December 2021
Last Saturday, Wijnhaven Campus and the Anna van Buerenplein were the setting for the first 'on campus' Experience Days in The Hague since the restri...
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Lecture Antoaneta Dimitrova in Prague: Freedom is Precious 30 November 2021
Antoaneta Dimitrova, Professor Comparative Governance, presented the Cleveringa Lecture at the Vaclav Havel Library in Prague last week. We spoke to h...
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‘The historical pedigree of New Wars and New Terrorism’: meet LUCIR scholar Isabelle Duyvesteyn 17 November 2021
Isabelle Duyvesteyn, Professor of International Studies and Global History at the Institute of History and member of the advisory board of Leiden Univ...