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Alumnus Emma Govaart is fighting for equal opportunities for young people 20 March 2024Leiden alumnus Emma Govaart (24) wanted to make an impact on society, so she took a job in the non-profit sector after graduating. She now promotes eq...
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Five pilot interdisciplinary modules for professionals to start in 2024 19 March 2024Leiden University is known for its pioneering research and teaching. By offering education to professionals (lifelong learning), we want to bring this...
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Statement on collaboration with the fossil fuel industry: businesses must demonstrably commit to ‘Paris’ 18 March 2024Leiden University will not enter into any new research partnerships with companies in the fossil fuel industry that are not intensively and demonstrab...
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‘The battle for sustainability won’t be won in the civil courts’ 18 March 2024Fossil Free against KLM on greenwashing, municipalities against Chemours on PFAS discharge, climate cases against Shell and ING Bank… There are many e...
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It doesn’t really exist, but I am one: a tropical lawyer! 18 March 2024Alumna Janine Ubink is a Professor of Law, Governance and Development at Leiden University. She researches legal pluralism in various areas of Africa ...
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Want to find out more about Academia in Motion? The ambassadors can come and tell you more 14 March 2024An open academic culture, where quality beats quantity, where science and society are closely linked and where we recognise and reward everyone’s cont...
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A semester in Morocco: ‘You see the history that you’re learning about’ 14 March 2024The Netherlands Institute in Morocco is open to students from all Dutch universities. Two students explain why they are spending a semester studying i...
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eLaw presents at the ACM Symposium on Computer Science and Law 2024 14 March 2024On 13 March 2024, Carlotta Rigotti, postdoc researcher at eLaw, and Alexandre Puttick, postdoc researcher at Bern University of Applied Sciences, remo...
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Guest lecture by Wojciech Wiewiórowski, European Data Protection Supervisor 13 March 2024On Thursday 29 February, the European Data Protection Supervisor, Wojciech Wiewiórowski, visited the eLaw Center for Law and Digital Technologies at L...
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Carlotta Rigotti at the ‘Legal Technologies and the Bodies’ conference 13 March 2024On 7 and 8 March 2024, SciencesPo Law School hosted the ‘Legal Technologies and the Bodies’ conference, where Carlotta Rigotti, postdoctoral researche...
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Stretching in the courtyard, yoga in the restaurant: how colleagues keep fit together 12 March 2024It’s not healthy but we often do it anyway: sit hunched at our computer for hours on end. But exercising and relaxing at work doesn’t have to be compl...
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‘Literature explores all sorts of things that the law is not yet ready for’ 11 March 2024As Professor of Literature, Culture and Law, Frans Willem Korsten explores the interplay between literature and law. These are two disciplines that mo...
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Inclusion on International Women’s Day: pulling together for structural change 11 March 2024How do you achieve the structural change needed for a more inclusive university community? What challenges do female staff face in their careers and w...
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Flentrop organ in Academy Building turns 25: ‘It’s a whole orchestra’ 05 March 2024The organ in the Academy Building is 25 years old. University organist Jan Verschuren and tuner Bert Crama talk about the long history of university o...
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Concerns about sexual offences in Leiden 05 March 2024Leiden University is deeply concerned to have learned that several women have recently been harassed and assaulted in the centre of Leiden. In one cas...