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Safety, responsibility and connection: especially now 15 January 2024We, the Executive Board and deans, have recently heard from different sources that the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues to evoke strong fee...
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Transdisciplinary health improvement in The Hague: ‘Neighbourhoods tell us what they need’ 15 January 2024Health conditions and social problems often go hand in hand. To address this complex issue in families in The Hague, researchers, managers, support se...
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NWA Project on Vulnerability and Social Media awarded to Gianclaudio Malgieri and eLaw colleagues 15 January 2024The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has recently awarded a significant grant of 863,000 euros to the project proposal 'RESOCIAL' led by Dr Gianclaudio Ma...
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Rein Dool painting in new place in the Academy Building 12 January 2024The painting by Rein Dool, depicting former board members of Leiden University, has been moved to the Reception Room of the Academy Building. An expla...
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Construction work starts on new accommodation for international PhDs 11 January 2024Work began on an accommodation complex for international PhD candidates and postdocs at the Leiden Bio Science Park on 10 January. The building will b...
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Education and teaching: an exciting year at the faculty 11 January 2024There are lots of important items on the education and teaching agenda for 2024. Reaccreditation for the Law programmes including Notarial Law and Tax...
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‘The university has many roots in the colonial past. How deep and wide were they?’ 11 January 2024Historians recently started preliminary research on Leiden University’s role in colonialism and historical slavery. Our knowledge about this is too li...
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Leiden Law School: 2023 in a nutshell 10 January 20242023 was a busy year for the faculty. Many colleagues won awards and important progress was made on the Kernvisie. We said farewell to the previous Fa...
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Koos Biesmeijer and Claire van Megen nominated for Person of the Year 09 January 2024Koos Biesmeijer, Professor of Natural Capital, and Claire van Megen, an Educational and Child Studies student, are in with a chance of winning Leiden’...
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YounginLeiden helps young people feel more in control of their lives 08 January 2024Clear information about support services, a well-being self-test and advice on finding a room. YounginLeiden.nl helps students and other young people ...
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Each country interprets human rights differently. But why? 08 January 2024Why are universal human rights not applied in the same way across the world? This question has long been a topic of debate. Obiora Okafor, Professor o...
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Social Citizenship and Migration symposium - three reasons to come along 08 January 2024The Social Citizenship and Migration interdisciplinary research programme is holding its annual symposium on 17 January 2024. This is the chance for L...
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How queer is Artificial Intelligence? 22 December 2023AI is playing an increasingly important role in our lives, but that is not without danger. Eduard Fosch-Villaronga at eLaw warns that AI does not pay ...
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End of year message from the Executive Board for staff and students 21 December 2023With the holidays just around the corner in this dark month of December, when we light candles as a symbol of warmth and hope, we would like to take a...
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Leiden Law School's Happy Holidays Drinks 21 December 2023The faculty Happy Holidays Drinks for all staff and student assistants was held on Tuesday 19 December. There was a great turn out and fun was had by ...