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On November 19, HCSS director of research Tim Sweijs will participate in a Roundtable on 'The Dynamics of Contemporary Coercive Statecraft', in the context of the Russia-Ukraine War, at Political Science Leiden. This event is open to all. Please register via: universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/2024…

Hoe beïnvloedt dat wat wij zeggen, ons buitenland beleid? Belangrijk is niet alleen hoe staten zich tot elkaar verhouden, maar ook hoe ze over elkaar denken. Political Science Leiden docent @HvanMeegdenburg onderzoekt dit #ZonderKennenGeenKunnen Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap Eppo Bruins youtube.com/watch?v=2JwyY7…

🇪🇺 Why has the #EuropeanUnion failed to combat rising #authoritarianism within its own ranks? And how can it defend democratic governance inside member countries? Find out in #ProtectingDemocracyinEurope by @TomTheuns Get 25% off w/code THEUNS25 ➡️ tinyurl.com/yc7sxmv8

🔊Podcast: "Complicity by omission" - my New Books Network (@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social) interview with @TomTheuns on his new book Hurst Publishers calling for an EU expulsion mechanism: bit.ly/40NZScY

🙏 Thank you everyone for the inspiring discussions at our Workshop on autocratic policy tools in migration policies by Political Science Leiden and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (inactief)!

Join us at the IEE-ULB (Bruxelles) on Tuesday 10 December 12-14h for the double seminar on rule of law/democratic backsliding in the EU with Kinga Koranyi & @TomTheuns! Pauline Thinus & I will be discussing 👇

Yesterday, Paul 't Hart, Sarah de Lange, Carolien Van Ham and institute member Tom Louwerse offered a copy of the Oxford Handbook of Dutch Politics to prime minister Dick Schoof. 📸 You can still sign up for the book presentation: universiteitleiden.nl/agenda/2024/12…

☺️Two of my articles found their home in a journal issue this week: With Lea Müller-Funk on Tunisia's forced migration governance in Mediterranean Politics & with Natalie Welfens on the impact of migration research in IMR 📌Check them out! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01…

If in The Hague, join me for the launch of my latest book: Radicalisation and Crisis Management: Shifts of Radical Right Discourse! universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/2024…

Privileged for having arjenboin and Prof. Daphne Halikiopoulou in my book launch discussing interconnections of #radicalright and #crisismanagement at Political Science Leiden ! And thank everyone showing up and joining and engaging with the discussion! I am humble to have you all there!

Prof Kopecký Universiteit Leiden delivered the 4th Havel-#CleveringaLecture in Prague. On political patronage, clientalism, and other instruments in the autocrat’s toolbox. And on the need for an impartial bureaucracy as a counterweight. Surely, Prof Cleveringa would have approved!

➡️We're also on Bluesky! Make sure to follow us Political Science Leiden: bsky.app/profile/polsci…

🚨NEW ARTICLE🚨 RezaeeDaryakenari et al. examine how economic sanctions may bolster support for targeted regimes, even in non-democratic states. They analyze 2M tweets finding comprehensive sanctions increased support for Iran’s government #openaccess academic.oup.com/fpa/article/21…

It’s out! Happy to see my chapter on India’s migration governance in this great volume on how states support, co-opt or repress their nationals abroad, edited by Klaus Brummer & Sumit Ganguly Cambridge University Press - Politics , with a stellar collection of comparative chapters & contributions

Hey Twitter! We are proud to announce our *seventh* annual "Political Philosophy of Hannah Arendt Conference" at Leiden, w our Radical Re-Readings workshop (this year: Plato!) Date: Feb 20-21 If interested DM or mail: [email protected] 👇✊👇✊ Political Science Leiden

Hey Twitter! My book #ThePicnic was named one of the best books of 2024 by critics in the NRC (One of the leading newspapers in the Netherlands). Thanks @_ivovdw !! W. W. Norton & Company The Bodley Head nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/12…

Working on party politics at the local level? Please join us on April 8 and 9 in Leiden at the Local Party Politics Workshop. universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/2025…

Update: Now in print!

On 8-9 April, I will be organizing LoPaPol, a conference specifically on Local Party Politics in Leiden. If you are working on research on the role of parties in local politics, please come and visit us! fd24.formdesk.com/universiteitle…