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Interview with interim cabinet minister Van Leeuwen: from lawyer to diplomat to politician 17 June 2024In his last week as interim cabinet minister, alumnus and outgoing Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Geoffrey van Leeuwen s...
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Hilde Woker and Renate Reitsma appointed members of National Ocean Decade Committee 14 June 2024The National Ocean Decade Committee has appointed two new members from Leiden University. As members of this committee, Hilde Woker and Renate Reitsma...
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Prison reward systems do not work well and prisoners are the ones who pay 13 June 2024Ten years ago, a new reward system was introduced in Dutch prisons: the only way prisoners could earn extra ‘freedoms’ was through good behaviour. Fre...
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Unique exhibition translates science into music, images and dance 13 June 2024Leiden researchers from different disciplines look together at complex social problems. What happens when they join forces with artists? The results c...
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Farewell to Diversity Officer Aya Ezawa: Tireless advocate for D&I 12 June 2024Aya Ezawa bade farewell as Diversity Officer of Leiden University at a celebration in the Academy Building on 11 June. Since her appointment in 2019, ...
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The environment: victim and initiator of armed conflict 12 June 2024The Third International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding is set to take place between 19 and 21 June at the Wijnhaven building in The Hague. ...
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Using health data for scientific research isn’t that simple 12 June 2024While health data is essential for scientific research, that data also needs to be protected. In her doctoral thesis, Irith Kist found a balance betwe...
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The OIC puts its heads together 12 June 2024The Education Information Centre (OIC) plays a key role in organising the teaching and education provided at our faculty. But what does this departmen...
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Seven Comenius grants for Leiden lecturers 11 June 2024Eleven lecturers from Leiden University have been awarded Comenius grants that will allow them to work with their teams on an innovation project withi...
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Why we are raising everyone’s awareness about cybersecurity: ‘Do things ever threaten to go horribly wrong here? Definitely.’ 11 June 2024The university makes staff aware of the importance of cybersecurity at work. And that is essential, say our privacy and security officers. Because the...
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Symposium report: get out of your silo and become a better scientist 11 June 2024How do you set up a successful collaboration between science and practice? That was the main theme of the final meeting of a triptych of symposia on h...
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Visit to Ghana: Leiden University strengthens ties with partners in Africa 11 June 2024Leiden University will deepen its cooperation with knowledge institutions in Africa. During a trip to Ghana, a delegation spoke with several African k...
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New Council of Europe report authored by Carlotta Rigotti 10 June 2024The Council of Europe has released a groundbreaking report on the digital dimension of violence against women in the Republic of Moldova, authored by ...
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The BIAS project at the Japanese Society on Artificial Intelligence Symposium 2024 10 June 2024On 28 and 29 May, Carlotta Rigotti, postdoctoral researcher at eLaw, held a workshop on fairness and diversity bias in AI-driven recruitment at the an...
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Carlotta Rigotti at Kyoto University 10 June 2024On Thursday 23 May, Carlotta Rigotti, postdoctoral researcher at eLaw, gave a guest lecture on the regulation of image-based sexual abuse (IBSA) in th...