Floris Mansvelt Beck
Assistant Professor
- Name
- Dr.mr. F.F. Mansvelt Beck
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 6789
- f.f.mansvelt.beck@fsw.leidenuniv.nl

Floris Mansvelt Beck is Assistant Professor in Law and Political Philosophy at the Institute of Political Science.
Floris Mansvelt Beck is Assistant Professor in Law and Political Philosophy at the Institute of Political Science at Leiden University. His research and teaching focus on liberal political thought, legal and political philosophy, and the intersections between ideology, law, and governance. He has a particular interest in the impact of technology on democracy, exploring how digitalization and emerging technologies shape political discourse, institutions, and governance.
Before joining Leiden University, Floris taught Public International Law at the Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam, worked as a legal researcher in philosophy of law, and gained professional experience at the Netherlands’ national news agency ANP and the Ministry of Agriculture. He regularly contributes to public discussions on ethics, law, and political theory.
Assistant Professor
- Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
- Instituut Politieke Wetenschap
- Mansvelt Beck F.F. (2017), De tirannie van de redelijkheid. In: Geels M. & Opijnen T. van (Eds.), Waar verzet jij je tegen? 101 wetenschappers, ondernemers en kunstenaars geven antwoord op de vraag van Anton Corbijn. Nederland in Ideeën. Amsterdam: Maven Publishing. 40-42.
- Mansvelt Beck F. (2016), Franse toestanden? Veranderende visies op religieuze vrijheid in Nederland en Europa, Tijdschrift voor Religie, Recht en Beleid 7(3): 6-23.
- Mansvelt Beck F. (2016), Wat te zeggen? Tolerantie en vrijheid van meningsuiting na Parijs, Res Publica 58(1): 83-99.
- Mansvelt Beck F. (2016), Leve de scheiding tussen kerk en staat, PM Publiek Denken (4): 58-61.
- Mansvelt Beck F. (19 January 2016), Nederland wordt liberaler en tegelijkertijd minder vrij: socialevraagstukken.nl. [blog entry].
- Mansvelt Beck F. (2015), Vrijheid van meningsuiting, tolerantie en het PEN-Award-protest, Filosofie & Praktijk 36(3): 66-75.
- Mansvelt Beck Floris Friso (2 December 2015), How we do things here : moral communities, Integration, and toleration in the Netherlands:competing interpretations of liberalism in parliamentary practice, 2000-2013 (Dissertatie. Political Science, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Leiden University). Leiden: Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Leiden University. Supervisor(s): Koole R.A. & Nieuwenburg P.
- Mansvelt Beck F. (8 May 2015), Roep om ‘Nederlandse islam’ miskent essentie liberalisme. De Volkskrant, Opinie en Debat: 21.
- Mansvelt Beck F.F. (2008), The Dutch integration debate and the siren song of liberal identity. [other].
- Mansvelt Beck F. (2007), Hobbes en het gevaar van andersdenkenden. In: Kinneging A. & Wiche R. (Eds.), Van kwaad tot erger: Het kwaad in de filosofie. Utrecht: Spectrum. 119-146.