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‘Legal AI is a bit of a Wild West right now’ 15 January 2024A growing number of AI tools are being developed for the legal sector, to help professionals search lengthy texts or check court rulings. Leiden SAILS...
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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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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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‘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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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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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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University Council approves university budget 19 December 2023The University Council (UR) approved the outline of the University’s 2024 budget on 18 December 2023. It will also advise in favour of the 2024-2028 b...
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These were Leiden University’s interdisciplinary milestones of 2023 19 December 2023Connecting worlds, enhancing research and teaching, and providing innovative solutions to complex social issues: that is the idea behind interdiscipli...
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Ineke Sluiter and Arnold Tukker first distinguished professors at Leiden University 18 December 2023The Executive Board has appointed Ineke Sluiter and Arnold Tukker as distinguished professors at Leiden University. They will be the first to give sha...
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Climate and elections: these were your top stories from 2023 18 December 2023The year 2023 saw the earthquake in Turkey and Syria, the Wagner Group rebellion and wildfires and floods as all the weather records were smashed. Our...