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The Hague mayor Jan van Zanen: ‘If you want to strengthen democracy, start close to home’symposium 11 March 2025What is the current state of democracy and how do we understand the effects of public support on democracy? The two-day symposium 'Support for Democra...
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Congratulations, Dr. Sarah Coombs!PHD DEFENCE 24 February 2025On 21 February 2025, Sarah Coombs successfully defended her PhD thesis at Leiden University in which she analysed the impact of research conducted by ...
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FGGA in 2024: This was the year of our faculty18 December 20242024 was a remarkable and eventful year for the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs. In this year overview, we look back month by month at the ke...
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Pieter Slaman moved by the LUS Education Prize: ‘The most beautiful prize there is’07 October 2024‘What more could I want?’ University and education historian Pieter Slaman is still deeply touched to have been awarded the LUS Education Prize for be...
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Why rules don’t work for some of the population16 September 2024Excessive regulatory burden causes economic harm and can undermine trust in government. Policymakers wishing to ease this should be more mindful of pe...
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‘As a government official, you are one of those buttons to turn’, according to researcher Mathilde Witkam12 September 2024We spoke with Mathilde Witkam about her research as a dual PhD candidate at the Dual PhD Centre. Her dissertation is about the effect of open governme...
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‘When I'm in the Hortus, it feels like I'm walking through the print’27 May 2024Four prints, ten years of research. Not that she got bored of them, on the contrary. Corrie van Maris, who receives her PhD this week, has always rema...
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How the United States used threats to influence foreign nuclear programmes18 April 2024Presenting Saddam Hussein’s fate as the future or raising sanctions to unprecedented levels; these are just some of the threats the United States used...
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Surprising results of research on counterterrorism: ‘Assumptions surrounding Trump may be wrong’27 March 2024It was pouring rain when Alexander Gallo received his diploma from West Point Military Academy. A bad sign, people said back then. It was June 2001, t...
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FGGA in 2023: This was the year of our faculty13 December 20232023 was another year full of highlights and special moments for the faculty of Governance and Global Affairs. Find out what the year was like in this...
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Fifteen years of Dual PhD Centre: ‘The programme is solid as a rock’05 December 2023December marks the 15th anniversary of the Dual PhD Centre (DPC). Director Johannes Tromp and associate professor Mark Dechesne look back and ahead. D...
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‘Think what you want to do about international students before developing your housing policy’09 November 2023Students used to live with a landlady or even with the professor whose course they were taking. Student accommodation has since become more profession...
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FGGA in 2022: This was the year for our Faculty22 December 2022We started this year as we ended it in 2021: in a lockdown. But the world continues to open up. We are occasionally allowed to go into the office and ...
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Being able to host international organisations by taking that extra step22 November 2022The number of international organisations has increased over the last decades. As has the number of cities interested in housing these organisations. ...
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Conversation leads to understanding: influence of peer-educators on thoughts about LHBT persons09 September 2022A peer educator intervention can give pupils more knowledge and awareness about their LGBT peers, and sometimes also a more positeve view. This is the...