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Partner organisations in Leiden: ‘Leadership is responding to the needs of others’ 27 August 2024
An important part of the Leiden Leadership Programme (LLP) is the practical assignment that students are given by a partner organisation. How does thi...
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Sign up for the Opening of the Academic Year on 2 September 27 August 2024
The Opening of the Academic Year 2024 will be held in Pieterskerk on Monday 2 September. This year’s theme is ‘Science for Policy’. Students, staff an...
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Fourteen hundred international students explore Leiden during OWL 26 August 2024
With its FestivOWL theme, Orientation Week Leiden (OWL) promises to be one big festival for new international students in Leiden. During this introduc...
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RARE-NL: LUMC joins consortium to find treatments for rare diseases 26 August 2024
RARE-NL, a new collaboration between university hospitals, hopes to find treatments for rare diseases. Professor Teun van Gelder is representing the L...
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Five tips for The Night of Discoveries 26 August 2024
Discover budding creators, artists and researchers at the Night of Discoveries art and knowledge festival. And many researchers from Leiden University...
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Sun, sea, city and campus: 850 first-years get to know The Hague 19 August 2024
From chilling on the beach to a speech by the mayor. HOPweek is a speedy way for hundreds of ‘Leiden’ students who are going to be studying in The Hag...
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Wim Voermans appointed Distinguished Professor 19 August 2024
The Executive Board has appointed Wim Voermans to the position of distinguished professor. This is a unique role that allows professors to take the le...
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Funding Advisor Jekaterina Savicka helps researchers break new ground 13 August 2024
Jekaterina Savicka is Leiden Law School's funding advisor. She is part of the Department of Research, which is responsible for organisational and poli...
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Heated debate about combatting bankruptcy fraud: should the trustee have the final say? 12 August 2024
Bankruptcy fraud is not being combatted effectively. When the trustee finds irregularities, the fraudster is not always punished. Politicians and the ...
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Tropical start to 55th edition of EL CID 12 August 2024
Armed with sunglasses, a thick layer of sunscreen and several bottles of water, over 3,300 students have arrived in Leiden for their introduction week...
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Carlotta Rigotti attends UNFPA Moldova 08 August 2024
In anticipation of future legal reforms on gender-based violence in the Republic of Moldova, Dr Carlotta Rigotti was invited by the United Nations Pop...
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Leiden researchers predict seller success on dark web markets 30 July 2024
Researchers from Leiden University have developed a method to predict which sellers will be successful in illegal online marketplaces. This could help...
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Creating space for dignity and empathy: examining algorithms in government decisions 29 July 2024
Automated government decisions can be cost-effective. But using algorithms also makes understanding the reasons behind decisions particularly complica...
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Real-life data ask for strong algorithms: Mitra Baratchi designs them 26 July 2024
How do we deal with large sources of greenhouse gases? Do schools provide a socially-inclusive environment for all children? And how can we protect Ea...
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Obituary Geert-Jan van den Hoek 25 July 2024
On 22 July 2024 our colleague Geert-Jan van den Hoek passed away. Geert-Jan started in the role of Strategic Secretary for Leiden University in Februa...