News

On 24-25 October, the Department hosts a mini-conference dedicated to the multitude of projects that political scientists have begun, and then, for whatever reason, abandoned. Organized by Gustav Meibauer together with Neil Renic (IFSH Hamburg) and Johanna Rodehau-Noack (Columbia University), the conference will feature a keynote roundtable and multiple panels over two days.
3 October 2022
In the new 'Science Dates' series, an initiative that stems from a collaboration between the Association of Public Administration and the Netherlands Institute of Governance (NIG), promising young scientists are linked together in a video series.
30 September 2022
New article by Maurits Meijers and Mariken van der Velden
20 September 2022
Publication Alert! “HAWIJA” riffs off of assistant professor Nora Stel's article on the Hawija bombings
20 September 2022
Jutta Joachim, Associate Professor in Global Governance, offers a critical evaluation of feminist foreign policy in the Clingendael Spectator. She argues that “feminist foreign policy has moved gender equality not only further up on the agenda, but also resulted in more resources being devoted to the subject”.
8 August 2022
On 6 July, Nikki-Rie van der Meer received the first Thomas Eimer Thesis Prize for her master's thesis "Explaining the international resistance movement of the Q'eros from Peru against encroaching tourism".
7 July 2022
The department was the proud host of the annual conference. The organizing team was lead by Dr. Andrey Zaslove and Dr. Maurits Meijers.
24 June 2022

On June 10, 2022, departmental staff and student teams met to re-establish the balance of power on the football pitch. Joep Boonekamp-van Lit was there to witness events.
17 June 2022
Jutta Joachim, Associate Professor in Global Security Governance, is in the news with insights on mercenaries and foreign fighters in Ukraine.
31 May 2022
The University Study Prize 2022 goes to Cherelle de Leeuw for her master's thesis "The Hold Digital Platforms Have On Us. On freedom of expression & the libertarian case for state intervention", written in 2021 within the specialization Political Theory. The award ceremony will take place during the Opening of the Academic Year on Monday 5 September from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in De Vereeniging.
26 April 2022