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Leila Cornips

Leila Cornips is a PhD Researcher at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. Her current research interests are the inclusiveness of citizen participation in the third sector and the role of nonprofit organizations in fostering democracy and political engagement. 

Leila studied Public Administration at Leiden University, and specialized in International and European Governance. Before working at the Institute for Nonprofit Management, Leila worked as a Teacher and Researcher at the Erasmus University Rotterdam (Department of Public Administration and Sociology) where she focused on topics like local governance, citizen participation and the inclusiveness of co-production.