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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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• Humanitarianism a key element of Frontex border policing

  23 Apr 2015

  Frontex, the European Union border management agency, has adopted a markedly more humane approach to the issue of border control and security. This is one of the chief findings of UvA researcher Polly ...

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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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• New summer course on Grant Writing and Proposal Development

  10 Mar 2015

  The summer course on Grant Writing and Proposal Development is an intensive two-week course on conceptualising and developing a grant proposal.

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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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• Authoritarian governance of overseas citizen - Call for papers

  12 Feb 2015

  This project aims to bring together country and regional specialists, migration and diaspora scholars who are engaged in research on the authoritarian governance of overseas citizens, in order to facilitate ...

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• Call for papers `Recursive Learning'

  10 Feb 2015

  Learning by individuals, groups, and institutions through reflection on past experiences and practices, both positive and negative, including those of others as well as their own.The workshop invites contributions ...

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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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• European Legitimacy in Governing through Hard Times:the role of European Networks (ENLIGHTEN)

  9 Jan 2015

  AISSR researchers participate in this interdisciplinary ‘next generation’ research team that integrates insights from Comparative Political Economy, European Studies, International Political Economy, and Sociology. ...

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• Two ERC Starting Grants for AISSR researchers

  19 Dec 2014

  The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded a Starting Grant to Dr Eelke Heemskerk for his project on corporate network governance and to Dr Daniel Mügge for his project on global politics of macroeconomic ...

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• Resistance from Activist Da'Wa Networks in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany

  16 Dec 2014

  In this IMES Series Report the sort of activism employed in networks like Sharia4Belgium and Sharia4Holland is analysed. The authors address how the activism of such networks interact with practices of the government ...

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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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• 'Turkish voters who have more trust in Dutch politics have significantly less trust in Turkish politics'

  4 Nov 2014

  For the first time Turkish voters who live abroad could vote in their country of residence during the presidential elections 2014 in Turkey. The Turkevi Research Centre and the Institute for Migration and Ethnic ...

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• Moving Traditions - the story of Zwarte Piet

  24 Oct 2014

  Zwarte Piet is a much beloved but controversial Dutch tradition. Visit this symposium on 5 November for a dialogue among academics and artists and a reflection on the current debate.

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• UvA launches thematic series of MOOCs on Coursera

  22 Oct 2014

  Starting from the 2015-2016 academic year, the University of Amsterdam will be the first university in the Netherlands to offer a specialisation, a series of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in a specific field, ...

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• UvA-VU Europe platform designated a Centre of Excellence

  15 Oct 2014

  The Amsterdam Centre for Contemporary European Studies (ACCESS EUROPE), a joint initiative of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and VU University Amsterdam (VU), has been designated a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence ...

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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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