As part of their M.Sc. program, ICT in Business students work on projects inspired by concrete problems coming from an actual situations at companies.

Binnen het project eCodicesNL (Huygens ING) kunnen stagiairs aan de slag van februari tot en met mei 2022. Tegen een stagevergoeding van 250 euro per maand mag je handschriftbeschrijvingen in XML-TEI creëren, corrigeren en updaten. Ben je geïnteresseerd? Stuur dan je motivatiebrief en CV voor 11 december…

My first fieldwork in Nigeria began up in the air, as we were approaching the runway of Lagos’ Murtala Muhammed Airport.

Art history lecturer Marion Boers was awarded the Humanities Education Award at the opening of the academic year this afternoon. Every year, the most inspiring teacher receives the award. The judges praised Boers for her enthusiasm and sense of humour.

On June 3rd at 10:15, Kay Boers (Utrecht University) will defend his PhD thesis, titled "CIVIS: Rhetoricity, Citizens, and Citizenship in Seventh-Century Hispania." The defense will take place in the Senaatszaal of the Academy Building of Utrecht University (Domplein 29).

Astronomer Jos de Boer has received the Chesneau Prize in Nice for his research into so-called protoplanetary disks. The prize is awarded to the best astronomical dissertation in the field of high angular resolution. 'I consider it a good opportunity to talk about my research.'

Psychology alumna Inge Schilperoord works as a forensic psychologist in the Pieter Baan Centre, a psychiatric observation clinic. Her debut novel 'Muidhond' about a man struggling with his paedophilic tendencies, has received the Bronze Owl 2015 for best Dutch debut novel. Schilperoord: 'The detective…

On September 20th, Leiden University Child Law Department hosted a public lecture and Q&A session with Ms. Maud de Boer-Buquicchio UN Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, Mr. Nigel Cantwell, international expert consultant, and Prof. David Smolin on the…

In the new video series 'The World of Linguistics', alumni and researchers talk about their passion for their field. PhD candidate Meike de Boer knows everything about the word ‘uh’.

Monica den Boer, who has decades of experience within police and defence and was also active as a Member of Parliament (D66), has been appointed extraordinary professor of Police Studies.

Experimental research

On Friday 17th September 2021 an inaugural lecture was held by prof.dr.ing. Bram Klievink entitled: 'Hollen én stilstaan: hoe data en digitalisering de overheid veranderen'.

Inaugural lecture

The following students have been part of LAPP:

Jacques Sevat discussed the practical and legal aspects of global collateral management: collateral management to reduce the credit risks a global bank such as ING Bank runs every day.

Dutch knowledge institutions are taking steps to recognise and reward open science. On 13 December, the Open Science NL Steering Board approved a total of 1.2 million euros in grants to 23 institutions. The Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) will lead the national coordination of the local…

The institute is lead by the Scientific Director, prof.dr.ing. Martina G. Vijver, Director of Operations: Drs. Paul C. de Hoog and Director of Education Dr. Stefano Cucurachi in collaboration with the Management Team.

The project focuses on communication processes regarding spirituality and existential issues in the medical health care in the Netherlands

Do you have any questions about the bachelor's programme International Studies? Don't hesitate to contact us!

The chemical synthesis of inhibitors and probes targeting endo-glycosidases.

The Institute of Private Law is located in the Kamerlingh Onnes Building.

The Advisory Board consists of five eminent scientists with specialist expertise in complementary disciplines. They all have prominent positions in the field of Computer Science in the Netherlands outside our own institute.

Arts and culture

Associates of Leiden University Center for Intercultural Philosophy

Which features characterize speakers’ voices, and how are these features determined by what a speaker is saying?

Lucas den Boer defended his thesis on 23 April 2020

This thesis investigates the historical development of Japanese pitch accent.

On 14 September 2021, Bram van der Sar defended his thesis 'Fiscale geheimhoudingsplicht: art. 67 AWR ontrafeld'. The doctoral research was supervised by Prof. J.P. Boer and Prof. A.O. Lubbers.

Het Empower your PhD-project is een universiteitsbreed project, geïnitieerd vanuit de Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen (FSW)

Department of Civil Law.

Johannes Boer's research intends to question the way explicit knowledge is applied in order to restore and perform music from the past with the intention to get as close as possible to its original meaning.

To design the ideal water oxidation catalyst, understanding of the catalytic mechanism and decomposition pathways is essential.

The aim of this thesis was to develop and evaluate a Ecological Professional Development Model to support preservice biology teachers to direct their own subject-specific ecological professional development route.

On 18 November 2021, Anneke Keulemans defended the thesis 'Het Unierechtelijke verdedigingsbeginsel'. The doctoral research was supervised by Prof. J.P. Boer and Prof. A.O. Lubbers.

When is (or becomes) an out-of-body experience a R/S experience? (How) do people make sense of their experiences and is this related to mental health? Which motives do people have to (not) communicate their out-of-body experiences with regular and/or alternative caregivers? And what does it tell us…

Below you will find an overview of the publications of The Leiden Advocacy Project on Plastic.

The Science Council is an advisory committee to the Board of the Institute and consists of the full professors of the Institute.

Department of Private International Law.

Promotor: Prof.dr. G.R. de Snoo, Co-promotores: Dr. ing. M.G. Vijver, J.P.M. Vink

On January 30th, Lennart van der Velden succesfully defended his doctoral thesis and graduated. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Lennart on this great result.

The main topic of this PhD thesis is the Arakelov ray class group of a number field, an algebraic object that contains both the ideal class group structure and the unit group structure.

Taal als sleutel tot het begrijpen van de mens.

Marietje Beemsterboer defended her thesis on 12 June 2018 (in Dutch)

Leiden University has received a €50,000 grant from Open Science NL to develop a roadmap for integrating open science into the strategic priorities of various institutes and translating this into human resource (HR) policies.

In this research group, led by Dr. Joost Beltman, the aim is to employ mathematical and computational dynamical modelling approaches in order to quantitatively and mechanistically understand the dynamical behaviour and regulation of intracellular networks of genes, proteins and metabolites as well as…

This inspiring collection adds stories to the fact that 68% of PhDs in the Netherlands continue their career outside academia.

The Private International Law Department provides academic education and performs research in the field of private international law.

Promotor: Prof.dr. W.J.G.M. Peijnenburg, Co-promotor: Dr. ing. M.G. Vijver