School of International Service of American University visit
On 16 June, twelve graduate students of international affairs from the School of International Service of American University (Washington DC) visited us at the department of Political Science.
Working for global change: Nathalie's role at Save the Children
Nathalie Veenman, alumna of International Relations (Political Science), is Team Lead International Development Programmes at Save the Children. In this article, she shares her experiences, talks about her career and gives advice to students.
SSH-XS grant for research into DIY deepfakes in political science
Michal Mochtak has received the Open Competition SSH-XS grant from the NWO for his research into DIY deepfakes in political science.
Evening of debate on peace, security and freedom
Last week, De Balie organised a debate evening on peace, security and freedom together with DNK (De Nieuwe Kolk). Niels Terpstra was speaker on a panel together with colleagues Eske van Gils and Wilbert van der Zeijden, led by Margreet Spijker.
Our conflict scholars in the news
Two of our colleagues, Niels Terpstra and Romain Malejacq were recently in the news.
Jutta Joachim co-editor of the newly published ‘Handbook on Gender and Security’
The Handbook on Gender and Security presents a comprehensive overview of the connections between gender and (in)security in international relations.
The educational passion of Angela Wigger
As a counterpart to educational burdens, we invite a Radboud lecturer each month to talk about their educational passion. This time, Angela Wigger, Assistant professor Global Political Economy, talks about what energises her in teaching.
Video lectures by Alex Lehr
Our own Alex Lehr has made video lectures for an intermediate statistics course on using linear and logistic regression for theory-testing social science research freely available online on edusources.nl.
Successful start of research community on defence, security and crisis management
The departments of Political Science and Public Administration had the pleasure of welcoming PhD candidates from the Swedish Defence University and from the Netherlands Defence Academy for a four-day workshop.
Our staff in the media
Sanne Weber visited ‘The Newsmakers’, TRT News’ flagship current affairs program, to discuss peace and conflict in Colombia and Chris Nijhuis' expertise discussed Trump's executive order to abolish the US Department of Education.
Handbook Moral Injury in Context: an in-depth and practical guide to moral injury
The Handbook Moral Injury in Context was published by Boom on Thursday 27 March. The book is an in-depth and practical guide to moral injury, directly resulting from the research project Moral Injury.
Bringing 'angry citizens' back into the fold with participatory budgets and referendums works
Governments are doing everything they can to involve angry citizens in democracy again with referendums and participatory budgets. Research by Rosa Kindt shows that this is having an effect: these meetings provide a feeling of being heard.
Tine Molendijk co-leads research project on “Armed Forces and Society”
Tine Molendijk studies how citizens in the Netherlands, Germany, and Lithuania view the transformation of the armed forces from an instrument of interventionism to one of self-defence and deterrence.
Wissenburg and Machin develop and edit Handbook of Environmental Political Theory in the Anthropocene
Over the past five years, Wissenburg and Machin have developed and edited the Handbook of Environmental Political Theory in the Anthropocene. Among other things, the book offers an up-to-date overview of environmental political thought.
Contributing to understanding in the media: ‘As a researcher, you can sometimes provide the missing pieces of a puzzle’
Radboud Assistant Professor of Conflict Studies Nora Stel is nominated for the Woman in the Media Award and talks about her media appearances as a female researcher
Vote for Nora Stel | Woman in the Media Award
Assistant professor in conflict studies Nora Stel has been nominated by a jury consisting of three journalists from Gelderland for the national Woman in the Media Award. Voting is possible until 26 February.
‘A citizens’ council can be a wake-up call.'
January sees the launch of the National Citizens' Climate Consultation in which 175 citizens will sit down together to help think about climate policy. Kristof Jacobs will evaluate this Citizens' Consultation.
Our staff in the news
Four of our Political Science staff members appeared in the media recently.
Katerina Manevska in NRC podcast ‘Haagse Zaken’
In this episode, sociologist Katerina Manevska and political scientists Simon Otjes and Sarah de Lange discuss, among other things, the popularity of the PVV.
Keuzegids Universiteiten 2025: First place for Political Science in their subject area
The Political Science bachelor's programme has been ranked first in their field of study in the Keuzegids Universiteiten 2025.
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