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• UvA programmes rise in latest QS World University Rankings

  29 Apr 2015

  In the latest edition of the QS World University Rankings by Subject, Communication & Media Studies are ranked 8th globally. Last year these subject areas, which are bundled by QS, were ranked in 10th place. Several ...

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• Eric Schliesser, professor of Political Science

  13 Apr 2015

  Dr E.S. Schliesser (1971) has been appointed professor of Political Science, with a focus on Political Theory, at the University of Amsterdam’s (UvA) Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences.

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• Geert-Jan Knoops, professor by special appointment of Politics of International Law

  30 Mar 2015

  Prof. G.G.J. Knoops (1960) has been appointed professor by special appointment of Politics of International Law at the University of Amsterdam's (UvA) Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences. This chair was ...

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• Focus on hidden genocides in new summer programme

  9 Mar 2015

  The term genocide quickly evokes associations with the Holocaust. However, many other genocides have taken place in recent decades – events hardly known to the general public and not labelled ‘genocide’ as such. The ...

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• ERC Starting Grant for research on economic indicators

  27 Jan 2015

  The economic health of a country is based on figures indicating growth, unemployment, inflation and government deficits. These figures are often far from objective, however. Daniel Mügge has received an ERC Starting ...

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• The power of international elites

  27 Jan 2015

  Companies are strongly interconnected worldwide: they have mutual ownership, and share executive board members. But what is the structure of this complex network, and where does the power lie exactly? Eelke Heemskerk ...

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• ERC Starting Grants for nine UvA and AMC-UvA researchers

  11 Dec 2014

  The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded a Starting Grant to nine researchers from the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and Amsterdam Medical Center (AMC-UvA).

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• The Transnationalization of Chinese National Oil Companies and the European Union Energy Security

  10 Nov 2014

  This special journal issue brings together 11 individual research papers that analyse three interconnected themes: 1) China’s energy policies, 2) China’s dilemma regarding the expansion of fossil fuel production to ...

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• UvA Social Sciences once again top QS Rankings

  18 Sept 2014

  Once again this year, social and behavioural sciences at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) achieved top positions in the QS Ranking by Subject.

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• Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) relocates to Roeterseiland Campus

  9 Sept 2014

  The Faculty of Social and Behavioural Science’s disciplines of Sociology, Anthropology, Human Geography and Urban and Regional Planning, Political Science, Educational Sciences and Child Development, and ...

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• UvA Social Sciences climbs in Shanghai Top 50 Ranking

  15 Aug 2014

  This year Social Sciences at the University of Amsterdam has climbed in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) field ranking, also known as the Shanghai Ranking, from 50 to 39 globally.

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• The political choices behind 'hard figures'

  21 July 2014

  Ostensibly, a simple glance at key figures on inflation and unemployment would seem an easy way to see how a country is faring. But what do such figures really tell us, and how are they derived? Politicologist Daniel ...

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• IMES Seed-Grant Announcement

  3 July 2014

  This year IMES will again award one or two seed grants of up to 2,500 EURO each. The aim of the IMES seed grant is to support research initiatives of the members of IMES, and to stimulate original research in the ...

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• UvA awarded record number of Vidi grants

  26 May 2014

  Nineteen UvA researchers have been awarded a Vidi grant as part of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) Innovational Research Incentives Scheme. Having secured 19 of the 88 grant allocations for ...

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• Rutgerd Boelens, professor by special appointment of the Political Ecology of Water in Latin America

  24 Apr 2014

  Dr R. A. Boelens (1965) has been appointed professor by special appointment of the Political Ecology of Water in Latin America at the University of Amsterdam’s (UvA) Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences. The ...

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• Darshan Vigneswaran joins IMES directorship

  15 Apr 2014

  Darshan Vigneswaran will join the IMES directorship as of 1 May 2014. Darshan will take over most tasks from Floris Vermeulen (such as communication, organising conferences/workshops and PR). This also means that the ...

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• Brian Burgoon appointed AISSR director

  5 Mar 2014

  On 1 June 2014, Prof. Brian Burgoon will be appointed director of the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR).

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• Nine UvA subject areas listed in QS World University Rankings top 50

  27 Feb 2014

  In the QS World University Rankings by Subject, published on Wednesday 26 February, nine of the University of Amsterdam's (UvA) subject areas are in the top 50. Communication & Media Studies is the highest ranked ...

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• UvA and VU pool knowledge on Europe

  8 Jan 2014

  The new Amsterdam Centre for Contemporary European Studies (ACCESS EUROPE), run jointly by VU University Amsterdam (VU) and the University of Amsterdam (UvA), has been set up to gain a better understanding of the ...

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• Territory, Migration and the Evolution of the International System

  5 Nov 2013

  Contemporary international migration makes border controls, bounded citizenship, and sovereign jurisdictions appear increasingly outdated. These policy tools are poor responses to a world characterized by ...

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• UvA’s Social Sciences best in the Netherlands

  8 Oct 2013

  The discipline of Social Sciences at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) is the best in the Netherlands, according to the THE World University Ranking.

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• UvA top Dutch university in QS World University Rankings

  10 Sept 2013

  For the fourth consecutive year, the University of Amsterdam is the highest ranked Dutch university in the QS World University Rankings. Previously ranked 62nd, the UvA has moved up four places and is now ranked 58th ...

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• UvA in top 50 of ARWU Ranking for Social Sciences

  10 Sept 2013

  The University of Amsterdam has been placed in the top 50 for the discipline of Social Sciences by the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). This ranking of the world’s 500 best universities is published ...

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• Terrorism financing barely traceable using data analysis

  28 Aug 2013

  Doctoral research by Mara Wesseling has shown that the data analyses being performed as part of the European fight against terrorism financing are of little use for preventing terrorism. Wesseling will receive her ...

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• Migration and Integration Research: Filling in Penninx's Heuristic Model

  1 July 2013

  Rinus Penninx's groundbreaking work has helped to systematise and classify existing research in the field of migration and ethnic studies.

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• New research on election violence

  1 July 2013

  Political scientist Ursula Daxecker will collect and analyse data on election violence in Afghanistan, Kenya, the Cote D’Ivoire, Nigeria, and Pakistan with competitive elections for the 1990-2010 period. These ...

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• Three UvA professors appointed to the KNAW

  30 May 2013

  The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) has appointed UvA professors Eveline Crone, Martin van Hees and Annemarie Mol as members. Membership of the KNAW, which includes leading academics from every ...

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• IMES Seed-Grant Announcement

  17 May 2013

  This year IMES will again award two seed grants of up to 2,500 EURO each. The aim of the IMES seed grant is to support research initiatives of the members of IMES, and to stimulate original research in the area of ...

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• Marieke de Goede is 2013's recipient of the International Political Sociology Book Award

  19 Apr 2013

  Marieke de Goede won this award for her book 'Speculative Security: The Politics of Pursuing Terrorist Monies' (University of Minnesota Press, 2012).

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• Marie Curie Pre-Doctoral Research Positions in the field of Integration and Migration Open call

  26 Mar 2013

  The Consortium of European institutions taking part in the project "INTEGRIM: Integration and international migration: pathways and integration policies" offers 8 full-time pre-doctoral research positions.

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• Dr M. van Hees, professor of Political Theory

  1 Mar 2013

  Professor M. van Hees (1964) has been named Professor of Political Theory at the University of Amsterdam’s (UvA) Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences.

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• Dr M. E. Glasius, professor of Political Science

  29 Jan 2013

  Dr M. E. Glasius (1969) has been appointed professor of Political Science, with a particular focus on International Relations at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences of the University of Amsterdam (UvA).

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• New textbook on International Migration Studies

  17 Jan 2013

  Intended for advanced students of international migration, this book presents theoretical and empirical perspectives on a range of central topics. Its main focus is on European experiences, including Eastern Europe, ...

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• Call for Papers- European Security Culture

  26 Oct 2012

  We invite paper proposals from scholars across the social sciences and humanities studying anticipatory security politics in Europe from multiple perspectives.

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• Symposium on Experimentalist Governance

  4 Oct 2012

  The journal Regulation and Governance has published a symposium on Jonathan Zeitlin's work with Charles Sabel on Experimentalist Governance in the EU.

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• University of Amsterdam one of top 150 universities in global ARWU rankings

  17 Aug 2012

  The University of Amsterdam (UvA) is ranked, just as previous years, in the top 150 of the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). This ranking of the 500 best universities in the world is published annually ...

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• Attend inspiring lectures by renowned UvA professors in the Glass House of Science and Scholarship

  17 Aug 2012

  This year marks the 380th anniversary of the University of Amsterdam (UvA). In honour of this 76th ‘lustrum’ (anniversary occurring every five years), the UvA will be celebrating the opening of the academic year on a ...

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• Veni grant for 19 researchers from the UvA and AMC-UvA

  24 July 2012

  Nineteen researchers who recently obtained their doctorates have been awarded a Veni grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). Each researcher will receive up to 250,000 euros, which they ...

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• AISSR-GSSS PhD Courses 2012-2013

  6 July 2012

  Hereby we announce the PhD Courses that will be organised by the AISSR and GSSS in the academic year 2012-2013. AISSR PhD Candidates can already register for these courses.

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• Small Worlds of Corporate Governance

  5 July 2012

  Eelke Heemskerk contributed to various chapters in this edited volume in which 30 countries are compared on networks of corporate governance.

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• 'LAB': interdisciplinary centre for research

  20 June 2012

  All the research facilities and advanced equipment of the University of Amsterdam’s Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) – including a sleep lab, baby lab, fMRI brain scanner and virtual reality lab – ...

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• Roads from Rio – Views from the World of Experts

  18 June 2012

  A documentary by Maarten Hajer in which he interviewed experts at Rio+20, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development.

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• Jonathan Zeitlin named FMG Distinguished Research Professor

  23 May 2012

  Professor of Public Policy and Governance Jonathan Zeitlin has been named Distinguished Research Professor by Dean Edward de Haan of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, effective 1 May 2012.

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• Neda Delfani wins the SER Thesis Prize

  27 Apr 2012

  For her thesis Neda Delfani examined the role of partisanship in the effectiveness of the European Strategy for Growth and Jobs (ESGJ).

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• Hunderd citations ISI

  27 Apr 2012

  Last month two articles authored by AISSR members, originating from research carried out at the UvA have reached 100 citations in the ISI Web of Science database.

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• Grant for three UvA projects concerning sustainable urban areas

  11 Apr 2012

  Three research projects of UvA academics will receive a grant as part of the research programmes Urban Regions in the Delta and Sustainable Accessibility of the Randstad organised by the Netherlands Organisation for ...

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• Renewed funding IS Academie Education and International Development

  29 Mar 2012

  After a successful first phase (2006-2011) of the IS Academie cooperation between the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DSO-OO) and the research group on Education and Development (part of the AISSR Governance and ...

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• Maarten Hajer appointed honorary professor in Copenhagen

  14 Mar 2012

  Maarten Hajer, Professor of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam and Director of the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL), was recently appointed honorary professor at the University of ...

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• ERC for research into the social and political aspects of sports migration

  31 Jan 2012

  UvA anthropologist Niko Besnier received an ERC Advanced Grant for his research into the consequences of sports migration.

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• Dealing with feelings: the role of emotions in political communication

  4 Jan 2012

  Communication scientist Andreas Schuck recently received a Veni grant for his research into the mobilising/demobilising role of emotions in political news reporting.

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