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Can ‘diploma democracy’ be stopped? 04 July 2017
Almost all the members of the Dutch House of Representatives, ministers and government officials are university educated. At the same time, the large ...
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Follow the Governance and Global Affairs Blog 08 June 2017
Stay in touch with the recent developments at the faculty!
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Alumni Public Administration now mayor of Almere 30 May 2017
Franc Weerwind studied Public Administration at Leiden University from 1986 to 1992. Right now, mr. Weerwind is the mayor of the municipality of Almer...
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Is politics boring and far removed from you? 23 May 2017
On 22 May, the Dutch House of Representatives invited one hundred citizens to pose critical questions regarding the Ministries’ annual reports. This f...
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EBM-student Danique Reidsma presents research at symposium NGSZ 19 May 2017
Danique Reidsma, student Economics, Policy and Management (EBM) at Leiden University, recently gave a presentation at a symposium of the Dutch Associa...
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Back to Morocco 08 May 2017
Hayat Essakkati grew up in the Netherlands and studied Public Administration in Leiden. She started her own company in Morocco, the country where her ...
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Johan Christensen: 'The Power of Economists within the State' 28 April 2017
This month Johan Christensen, assistant professor at the Institute of Public Administration, published his new book: ‘The Power of Economists within t...
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Team from Leiden wins the Rotterdam100 with plan for more environmental-friendly ships 25 April 2017
Capture the emissions of ships and use it to cultivate algae, which you can then use to make biofuels. This was the idea that won the team from Leiden...
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Sandra Groeneveld and Eduard Schmidt receive award for best conference paper 25 April 2017
At the conference of the International Research Society for Public Administration (IRSPM), Professor Public Management Sandra Groeneveld and PhD candi...
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Spotlight on integrity 12 April 2017
‘Leiden University's code of conduct on Integrity is comprehensive and complete,' says Zeger van der Wal, Professor by Special Appointment in Public ...
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Prestigious Journal of European Public Policy selects Leiden-based research for Special Issue 04 April 2017
The Journal of European Public Policy has dedicated this year’s Special Issue to the theme of European Union Enlargement and Integration Capacity, on ...
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What are the ingredients of high performing district teams? 10 March 2017
Since the decentralizations in the social domain in 2015, nearly all Dutch municipalities use district teams to organize care. However, the management...
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The public manager in the 21st century 27 February 2017
Managers in the public and semi-public sector work in an increasingly complex and unpredictable environment, which demands new knowledge and competenc...
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Working towards a better world together 16 February 2017
Global problems such as diseases of affluence or microplastics in the sea are too complex to be dealt with from a single scientific discipline or by j...
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Experience Day in Wijnhaven 13 February 2017
Experience for yourself what studying is like, or explore the city where you will be attending lectures. On Saturday 11 February, future students came...