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Green light for master's programme Governance of Sustainability 19 February 2019
In September 2019, the first students will start the new master's programme Governance of Sustainability. The programme has received an official accre...
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Research Agenda United Nations Studies in Peace and Justice 21 November 2018
On 20 November, Special Professor of United Nations Studies in Peace and Justice, Alanna O'Malley, presented her research agenda for the next 3 years....
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Managers play an important role in inclusiveness in organisations 12 November 2018
Team leaders and other immediate supervisors play an important role in facilitating inclusiveness within public organisations. This is the finding of ...
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Midterm elections: surprising results, or not so much? 07 November 2018
In the midterm elections in the United States on 6 November, the Democrats won the majority in the House of Representatives, thus regaining control of...
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Voting in a divided country 26 October 2018
The midterm elections in the United States will be a vote of (no) confidence in president Trump and his divisive leadership style, says Brendan Carrol...
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Become the future change agent with the new master Governance of Sustainability 22 October 2018
For students who want to be an intermediary between scientific experts, policy makers and politicians in the domain of sustainability, the master prog...
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PhD thesis on citizen participation nominated for public administration prize 18 October 2018
Citizens and government collaborate increasingly, for exampe in neighborhood prevention teams. Assistant professor Carola van Eijk looks into these ki...
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Jeroen Romeijn wins Best Paper Award at ECPR 2018 11 October 2018
The Convenors of the Standing Group on Interest Groups and the ECPR 2018 Section Chairs, have announced the winners of the best paper awards.
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Coalition agreements consistently stray from promises in election manifestos 09 October 2018
Dutch households, especially those on middle and high incomes, pay billions of euros more in tax than promised in election manifestos. Companies, on t...
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Researchers publish book on public organizations 04 October 2018
Researchers Wim van Noort, Sandra Groeneveld, Marieke van der Hoek, Jelmer Schalk en Joris van der Voet published a book on public organizations.
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Leiden online course among the world's best 21 September 2018
An online course offered by Leiden University on the European Union is among the top 50 MOOCs in the world. This was announced recently by MOOC platfo...
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‘Woolly’ King's Speech reflects broad coalition 19 September 2018
The 2018 King's Speech was a string of statements containing little or no substance. It was obvious that, in an attempt to keep all the coalition part...
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King’s Speech trending topic at Wijnhaven 19 September 2018
This year the King’s Speech, read out loud by King Willem-Alexander, was analyzed live again at Leiden University. Scientists, students, and even a ha...
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Meet & Greet with Mayor Krikke 06 September 2018
Thursday 6 September mayor Krikke came to Leiden University to have a dialogue with students. Mayor Krikke thinks students bring a special atmosphere ...
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From Baker to Added Public Value 06 September 2018
Thursday 12 July the first Leiden Leadership Lunch took place. In the boardroom in Wijnhaven there was an informal lunch with researchers, students an...