News
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New ISGA Research Group: Physical Violence and Public Order26 January 2018
On January 1, the research group Physical Violence and Public Order was launched. Previously part of the group Terrorism and Political Violence, the n...
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Municipalities as testing grounds in sustainability24 January 2018
Researching as a student how you can make your own student house free of natural gas. That is now possible because of a new collaboration between Leid...
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Minister Kajsa Ollongren offers renewed training programme for council members at congress in Den Bosch23 January 2018
Minister Kajsa Ollongren has offered the new training programme for council members at the congress for council members in Den Bosch. The training pro...
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EU Commissioner Oettinger visits the Public Administration Institute22 January 2018
The heavy storm on Thursday 18 January did not prevent EU Commissioner Günther Oettinger from visiting the Hague. In addition to a visit to Prime Mini...
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Yearly educational conference Institute of Public Administration19 January 2018
Thursday 18 January, the annual educational conference for the staffmembers of the Institute of Public Administration took place. This year it was abo...
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‘Expats get red-carpet treatment'18 January 2018
Expats in the Netherlands receive a much warmer reception than other migrants, Leiden University's Aniek Smit has discovered. ‘But municipalities nee...
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Christmas dinner with international flair18 January 2018
Over fifty international students celebrated last Christmas at the homes of staff or students of Leiden University. As part of the Holiday Hosting Pro...
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New MOOC on Arbitration of International Disputes open for enrolment17 January 2018
On 29 January 2018, the new “Arbitration of International Disputes” MOOC (massive open online course), taught by Prof. Eric De Brabandere and Dr. Giu...
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The Hague Program for Cyber Norms welcomes visiting fellow Caitríona Heinl16 January 2018
We are delighted to welcome Caitriona Heinl as Visiting Fellow of The Hague Program for Cyber Norms at Leiden University’s Institute of Security and G...
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Studio Leon Thier has been nominated for the architectural award ‘New Berlage Flag’16 January 2018
Studio Leon Thier Architectuur/Interieur is the architectural firm behind the interior design of Wijnhaven, and with this project they have been nomin...
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From Tax Havens to Tax Justice27 November 2017
On Friday 17 November 2017, H.E. Dr. María Fernanda Espinosa, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility of the Republic of Ecuador gave a lecture...
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Call for papers FGGA Research Symposium - extended!24 November 2017
Are you curious to know more about the research interests of your colleagues? Are you looking for new collaboration? Would you like to share your late...
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‘You bring an international flavour to the city’21 November 2017
Students and PhD candidates come to Leiden and The Hague from all corners of the world. On 16 November, the municipality of Leiden presented current i...
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Dual PhD Centre enters into collaboration with Leiden City Council16 November 2017
On 17 November 2017 the Board of the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs (FGGA) in The Hague welcomed the Mayor of Leiden, Henri Lenferink, and A...
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Making policy with big data14 November 2017
Governments have increasing amounts of data at their disposal. How can big data be used in policymaking? And are governments ready to deal with all th...