{"id":1105,"date":"2026-03-03T02:22:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T01:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/politicologie.nl\/?page_id=1105"},"modified":"2026-03-03T02:22:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T01:22:34","slug":"who-we-are","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/politicologie.nl\/?page_id=1105&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Who We Are"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The\u00a0Dutch Political Science Association (NKWP)\u00a0organises a wide range of activities for political scientists and serves as a platform for both academic and practitioner political scientists. Our main activities include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In collaboration with the\u00a0Flemish Political Science Association (VPW), we organise the annual\u00a0Belgian-Dutch Political Science Conference (Politicologenetmaal). This conference provides (early-career) scholars and practitioner political scientists with the opportunity to present their research and engage with new developments in the field.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In partnership with\u00a0Palgrave Macmillan, we publish\u00a0<em>Acta Politica<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 an international, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to political science.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We award the\u00a0Els Witte Annual Prize in Political Science\u00a0and the\u00a0Daniel Heinsius Prize. These awards recognise, respectively, the best PhD dissertation and the best Master\u2019s thesis completed in the past year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The NKWP regularly organises symposia and discussion meetings that focus on current political and scientific themes, providing space for in-depth reflection, debate, and professional exchange.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Board Members<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Loes Aaldering<\/strong>\u00a0(VU Amsterdam \u2013 diversity, communication, events, early-career network)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Koen Damhuis<\/strong>\u00a0(Utrecht University \u2013 collaboration with NLVM)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Marcel Hanegraaff<\/strong>\u00a0(University of Amsterdam \u2013 Chair, external partnerships)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mirko Heinzel<\/strong>\u00a0(Maastricht University)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Gisela Hirschmann<\/strong>\u00a0(Leiden University)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Martijn Schoonvelde<\/strong>\u00a0(University of Groningen)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Haley Swedlund<\/strong>\u00a0(Radboud University \u2013 internationalisation and knowledge utilisation)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Denny van der Vlist<\/strong>\u00a0(Leiden University \u2013 PhD candidate, Secretary Els Witte PhD Prize)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Contact<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>For general inquiries, please contact us at:<br>\ud83d\udce7&nbsp;<strong><a>secretaris@politicologie.nl<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For questions regarding the newsletter:<br>\ud83d\udce7&nbsp;<strong><a>nieuwsbrief@politicologie.nl<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For questions regarding events:<br>\ud83d\udce7&nbsp;<strong><a>events@politicologie.nl<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Honorary Members<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>The NKWP may confer honorary membership upon individuals who have made exceptional contributions to Dutch political science and to the association. Currently, the association recognises four honorary members:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hans Daalder (2010)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Arend Lijphart (2015)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Andries Hoogerwerf (2015)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jacques Thomassen (2018)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Statutes<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>The statutes of the NKWP can be found here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Dutch Political Science Association (NKWP)\u00a0organises a wide range of activities for political scientists and serves as a platform for both academic and practitioner political scientists. Our main activities include: Board Members Contact For general inquiries, please contact us at:\ud83d\udce7&nbsp;secretaris@politicologie.nl For questions regarding the newsletter:\ud83d\udce7&nbsp;nieuwsbrief@politicologie.nl For questions regarding events:\ud83d\udce7&nbsp;events@politicologie.nl Honorary Members The NKWP may confer honorary&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1105","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/politicologie.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/politicologie.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/politicologie.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/politicologie.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/politicologie.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1105"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/politicologie.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1106,"href":"https:\/\/politicologie.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1105\/revisions\/1106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/politicologie.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}