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Experimentalist Governance in the European Union: Towards a New Architecture
7 Apr 2010
Jonathan Zeitlin and Charles F. Sabel claim in their book book that the EU's regulatory successes rest on the emergence of a recursive process of framework rule making and revision by European and national actors ...
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IIAS thesis prize for UvA alumna
25 Mar 2010
University of Amsterdam (UvA) alumna Marloes van Houten has scooped the Master's thesis prize at the International Institute of Asian Studies (IIAS) for her MA thesis ‘Nepal's Civil War and its Impact'.
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The political power of mass media
2 Dec 2009
Dr Rens Vliegenthart who will be conducting research to assess whether the media's influence is really as pervasive as many believe, as well as determining the factors that play a key role in shaping this influence.
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FMG earmarks funds for interdisciplinary research projects
24 Nov 2009
Edward de Haan, dean of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG), has designated two interdisciplinary research focal areas. These research projects, Institutions and Inequality and The Entertainization ...
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Political scientist Mügge receives prestigious Jean Blondel Award 2009
19 Oct 2009
Daniel Mügge, university lecturer at the University of Amsterdam’s Department of Political Science, has won the Jean Blondel Award 2009. He received the award in recognition of his thesis "Widen the Market, Narrow ...
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Study of pan-Asian identity in the Netherlands
3 Sept 2009
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded UvA alumnus Reza Kartosen a Mozaïek grant. Kartosen received the € 200,000 grant, intended for talented young alumni from ethnic minorities, in ...
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‘Underhill Group’ makes key contribution to economic crisis debate
16 June 2009
A team of researchers gathered under Geoffrey Underhill, Professor of International Governance in the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG), is making an important contribution to the financial crisis debate.
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Bringing nuance to the counter-terrorism ‘carnival’
27 Jan 2009
Society understandably is concerned about radicalism and potential attacks, but we must not overestimate the risks, says the new professor by special appointment in Radicalisation Studies Frank Bovenkerk. ‘My job is ...
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AIDS patients’ treatment endangered by drug patent monopolies
27 Jan 2009
New rules surrounding patent law have fuelled exorbitant price hikes for medicines, with potentially disastrous results in particular for AIDS patients in third world countries. Researcher Ellen 't Hoen argues for ...
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