Building sustainable institutions ? : the results of international administration in Bosnia & Herzegovina and Kosovo: 1995-2008
Willigen, N.J.G. van
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Willigen, N. J. G. van. (2009, June 18). Building sustainable institutions ? : the results of
international administration in Bosnia & Herzegovina and Kosovo: 1995-2008. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/1887/13854
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275 Curriculum Vitae
Niels van Willigen (Kedichem, 23 januari 1977) attended secondary school at Merewade College in Gorinchem from 1989 to 1996. After his secondary education, he studied history at Leiden University. He also completed a one year program in the Faculty of Law which resulted in a ‘Certificate of International Law’. Having completed his studies in 2001, Van Willigen did research on the
‘European Security and Defense Identity’ as a part of NATO’s research fellowship program. From 2002 to 2007 he has worked as a PhD-candidate in the Department of Political Science of Leiden University. Since 2007 he is assistant professor of international relations at the same department and university. His teaching includes introductory courses on international politics and more specialized courses on arms control, on peacebuilding and on military interventions. For the Dutch ministry of Foreign Affairs he evaluated Dutch foreign policy on antipersonnel landmines and explosive remnants of war. He has given several guest lectures for a variety of organizations, including the Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael and the Netherlands Defence College. Van Willigen also participates as a teacher in the Rijkstraineeprogramma of Leiden University’s Campus Den Haag.
