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Public Administration celebrates its anniversary, professors reflect: '40 years young!' 23 September 2024Public Administration has been around for 40 years, and that deserves to be celebrated. Before the festivities begin, four figures from the Institute ...
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How do you keep citizens engaged in democracy? An interview with Carola Schoor 19 September 2024If you want easy answers to governance questions, you might as well abolish democracy, believes Dr. Carola Schoor. A democracy should challenge and ra...
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Why rules don’t work for some of the population 16 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 Witkam 12 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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‘Digital services lean heavily on the social infrastructure’ 09 September 2024Governments worldwide invest huge sums in their digital services and data strategies. Efficiency and effectiveness are key. But these are not achieved...
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NWO grant for research on new type of global organisation 05 September 2024To what extent can global issues be solved by multistakeholder collaboration, a relatively new type of organisation? Jan Aart Scholte, the coordinator...
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What responsibility do we have towards the Earth System science? An interview with Joeri Reinders 05 September 2024More and more people are facing climate change. How can we ensure that we act climate-proof and climate-neutral? We asked climate and earth scientist ...
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LUC's Marco Cinelli wins EURO Award with decision analysis paper 04 September 2024Marco Cinelli from Leiden University College (LUC) and the Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML) was awarded the 2024 EURO Award for the Best EJOR...
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AI-enabled ultrasound: LUC alumna empowers women in rural Africa 29 August 2024In 2017 Enya Séguin graduated with a Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Leiden University College (LUC). Her interest in global public health le...
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Graduation ceremony BSc Security Studies: 'Look beyond your own beliefs' 28 August 2024On Monday, August 26, there was a big party at Wijnhaven for the graduates of the BSc Security Studies. Among other things, a blue carpet was rolled o...
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Grant worth millions for research on the socio-economic impact of hydrogen transition 17 July 2024A consortium including economists, psychologists and public administration scholars from Leiden University will study public acceptance of the hydroge...
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Graduation MIRD Class of 2024: 'The world is better off with students like this' 17 July 2024On Friday 5 July 2024, the graduation of the two-year Advanced MSc International Relations and Diplomacy (MIRD) programme was celebrated at Wijnhaven ...
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Joris Larik gives keynote address on the EU and multilateralism 15 July 2024Dr Joris Larik, Assistant Professor at the Europa Institute and Leiden University College, was invited to give a keynote address in Brussels. He gave ...
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AI and the green transition: a ‘match made in heaven’ or risk of oppression? 15 July 2024Artificial intelligence (AI) is often portrayed as a technological saviour for addressing climate change. But there are risks associated with its deve...
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Kiem project on safety and dangers in the digital world results in new research network 15 July 2024No less than 33 project received a Leiden Kiem grant in 2023. How did they fare? Olga Bogolyubova shares experiences from her project ‘Interdisciplina...