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How globalisation is changing the welfare state 03 June 2019
As a result of globalisation, migration and technological advances, politicians have to make complex choices about social security and labour market p...
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10th Anniversary Summer School on Interest Group Politics 03 June 2019
The ECPR summer school on Interest Group Politics is celebrating its 10th anniversary. To celebrate this especial edition, this year’s summer school i...
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New MOOC increases awareness of health care governance 03 June 2019
In March 2019, the Institute for Public Administration launched the MOOC Population Health Governance, in collaboration with the LUMC at Leiden Univer...
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Serbian scholars visit Leiden University 28 May 2019
A delegation from various Serbian universities and government institutions will visit the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs from Monday 27 to W...
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Digesting the EU elections over a continental breakfast 24 May 2019
The topic of conversation at The Great Continental Breakfast the morning after the EU elections in the Netherlands was the election campaign, the – la...
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Two more alumni with their sights on the European Parliament 17 May 2019
It's a no-brainer: of the candidates that you can vote for on 23 May, 14 studied at Leiden University. We asked four of them about their motivation an...
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Good governance while politics fails 17 May 2019
The word bureaucracy does not have negative connotations for Ken Meier. Meier, Professor of Bureaucracy and Democracy, has a clear grasp of the relati...
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European Election Dilemmas 17 May 2019
The European Elections are approaching and we get to take a trip to our local polling station. But the turnout in the Netherlands is likely to be low ...
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Financial crisis mainly affected the sale of municipal land 16 May 2019
The effects on local government of the financial crisis that began in 2007 are still largely unknown. As a case study, Jan Porth conducted statistical...
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Governments overly optimistic about the use of digital innovations 16 May 2019
The government is digitalizing and making use of ‘big data’ in its decision making processes. But the expectations of digitalization are often overly ...
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Bram Klievink appointed at new chair Digitalization and Public Policy 10 May 2019
As per 1st May 2019, Leiden University appointed Bram Klievink as professor of Public Administration with a focus on digitalization and public policy....
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Live viewing ‘Spitzenkandidaten’-debate 01 May 2019
On 29 April a live viewing event was held on the Spanish Stairs at the Wijnhaven building in The Hague broadcasting the ‘Spitzenkandidaten’ debate hel...
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Alexandre Afonso on possible Brexit coalition 29 March 2019
How can the United Kingdom find coalitions for a Brexit? Alexandre Afonso, Assistant Professor at the Institute for Public Administration, analysed ho...
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Bram Klievink appointed as Professor at the Institute of Public Administration 01 March 2019
The Institute of Public Administration has appointed Dr. Ing. A.J. (Bram) Klievink as Professor at the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs.
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Dimiter Toshkov wins World Data Visualization Prize 25 February 2019
The World Data Visualization Prize for 2019 was awarded to Dimiter Toshkov, Associate Professor at the Institute of Public Administration, for his wor...