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Ab van der Touw new Chairman of the Board of Governors
A.F. (Ab) van der Touw (1955) is to become the new Chairman of the Board of Governors of Leiden University. Jet Bussemaker, Minister of Education, Culture and Science (OCW), has appointed him from 1 September 2016 for a period of four years. Van der Touw succeeds Nout Wellink whose term of office comes…
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Maartje van der Woude joins the Board of Trustees Law and Society Association
Maartje van der Woude, Professor of Law and Society at the Van Vollenhoven Institute for Law, Governance and Society, has been elected, after a vote among the members of the Law and Society Association (LSA), as one of the eight ‘elected trustees’ to join the ‘Board of Trustees’ of the LSA.
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Emma van der Vos in Trouw on domestic workers’ right to unemployment benefit
Due to an exception in the law, domestic workers employed by private persons cannot automatially benefit from social security schemes. Home help Carol Kollmann did not agree with this and took her case to court.
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Simone van der Hof in podcast on GDPR and children’s rights
In a podcast of the Netherlands Internet Governance Forum (NL GF) and the Safer Internet Centre Nederland, Simone van der Hof, Professor of Law and Digital Technologies at Leiden University and Thijs Hannema, a lawyer at Kennedy van der Laan, discuss online privacy of children.
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Ben Van Rompuy discusses application of EU competition law to sports governance at GCLC Lunch Talk
Ben Van Rompuy was a guest speaker at the 138th Lunch Talk of the Global Competition Law Centre (College of Europe), which took place in Brussels on 15 January 2024.
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Ben Van Rompuy speaks at Association of European Competition Law Judges annual meeting
Ben Van Rompuy participated as an invited expert in the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Association of European Competition Law Judges (AECLJ), which took place in Berlin between 30 May and 1 June 2024. The event was co-organised by the European Commission.
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Van Engelshoven’s Letter to Parliament calls for more funding for science
‘Academics have descended from their ivory tower, but there’s still too little action or financing.’ Leiden professor of Science Communication Ionica Smeets saw all her wishes come true on 28 January, with the presentation of the Letter to Parliament sent by Minister Van Engelshoven of the Ministry…
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Van Middelaar in Buitenhof on Europe’s position on world stage
On 5 December, Luuk van Middelaar appeared as a guest on Dutch current affairs programme Buitenhof to talk about various European issues, including how Europe had tackled the coronavirus pandemic.
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Simone van der Hof appointed member of commitee of Weizenbaum Institute
Simone van der Hof is appointed as member of the evaluation committee of the Weizenbaum Institute, founded in Berlin in 2017.
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Maartje van der Woude member of new Police Academic Advisory Board
Police, administrators and other parties will from now on have access to the advice of the new Academic Advisory Board for the Police. Maartje van der Woude, professor of socio-legal studies, is one of the members of this council.
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Olaf van Vliet on Dutch radio about solving staff shortages: labour migration and other options
Employers are calling on rules to be relaxed on labour migrants from outside the EU as a way of attracting more labour migrants to solve staff shortages. Professor of Economics Olaf van Vliet explains on Dutch radio new programme BNR Nieuwsradio that there are various options to reduce staff shortag…
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Paul van der Heijden arbitrator for new Free Trade Agreement between United Kingdom and Japan
Paul van der Heijden, professor emeritus International Labour Law, was recently appointed by the British Minister for Trade as an independent arbitrator under the dispute settlement provisions of the United Kingdom’s Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Japan.
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Olaf van Vliet in Intermediair on which jobs are threatened by migration, climate transition and digitalisation
Due to technological change, jobs and professions are constantly changing. For instance, it has long been known that some jobs are becoming redundant due to automation. Digitalisation and the rise of artificial intelligence are more recent developments that affect the labour market.
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Rising staff shortages despite fear of recession – Olaf van Vliet in NRC
Economists are warning for a contraction of the economy during the second half of this year. The United States are already facing a ‘technical recession’: two successive quarters of economic contraction. A recession can lead to a freeze in recruitment and even redundancies. Will employers take precautionary…
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Simone van der Hof in online talk show about Behavioral Design in Video Games
On 7 October 2021 Simone van der Hof participated in an online talk show as part of the Dutch Media Week. The theme was the research project she is working on with Tony van Rooij of the Trimbos Institute and Max Birk of TU Eindhoven: Behavioral Design in Video Games.
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Luuk van Middelaar speaks at Copenhagen conference on “EU Constitutional Imagination”
On 1-2 November, Professor Luuk van Middelaar spoke at the Academic Conference “EU Constitutional Imagination: Between ideology and utopia” at the University of Copenhagen.
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Yannick van den Brink appointed Assistant Professor at the Child Law Department
Y.N. (Yannick) van den Brink (LL.M, MA) will be appointed Assistant Professor at the Child Law Department of the Leiden Law School as of 1 August 2016.
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Universe Awareness finalist van de WISE Awards 2015
Universe Awareness is one of fifteen projects chosen by WISE for providing compelling and innovative solutions to today’s most pressing challenges in education.
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January 23: Maptime University, Ineke van der Ham will speak at Maptime University
On the 23rd of January, Ineke van der Ham will speak at the next meet up of Maptime University, an interactive meeting for cartography enthusiasts of all skill levels.
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Conference: Jan van Eyck and the Northern Renaissance in Bruges (Brugge, 25/26 April)
Henri Pirenne Institute for Medieval Studies (Ghent University) & BRON Research Centre (Musea Brugge) are organising a two-day conference on new and ongoing research on Jan van Eyck and the Northern Renaissance in Bruges.
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Vidi grant for Esther van Ginneken for research into violence in prisons
Why do violent incidents occur in prisons? And how do staff respond? Assistant Professor Esther van Ginneken will use a grant from the NWO Vidi Talent Programme to conduct research into these and other questions. She intends to make use of virtual reality.
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Two Van Bergen Prize winners: bringing Dutch and international students together
The Van Bergen Prize was awarded to not one, but two initiatives at the Diversity Symposium on 22 January. ‘Leiden City Safari’ is a fun city tour that will help incoming Dutch and international students get to know the city of Leiden – and each other. The interactive ‘OpenUP!’ symposium will invite…
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Onderzoek naar de toekomst van de arbeidsmarkt ontvangt 3,4 miljoen euro
Een internationaal consortium onder leiding van Olaf van Vliet heeft een Horizon Europe subsidie van 3,4 miljoen euro gewonnen. In het onderzoek staat centraal hoe wereldwijde sociale veranderingen zoals migratie, digitalisering en de klimaattransitie de arbeidsmarkt beïnvloeden en wat daar de gevolgen…
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Jan Vleggeert and Jan van de Streek on ethics and tax law
If we want tax evasion to become a thing of the past then there has to be more balance in how tax advisers are educated, according to tax professors Jan Vleggeert and Jan van de Streek.
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Simone van der Hof gives lecture on AI and combating online sexual abuse in Trier
On 20 February 2018, Simone van der Hof will give a lecture on the use of AI in combating online sexual abuse of children at the Academy of European Law (ERA) in Trier during the seminar The Life Cycle or Electronic Evidence - Handling E-Evidence in Child Sex Abuse Material.
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Max van Duijn and Tom Kouwenhoven in national media about dangers of AI
How dangerous are AI tools, such as chatGPT? Media Technology researchers Max van Duijn and Tom Kouwenhoven explain the potential dangers of AI for EenVandaag national news outlet. "We must develop a critical view for applying such tools."
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Brand-new professor Gerard van Westen wants to cross boundaries
Brand-new professor Gerard van Westen works at the intersection of artificial intelligence and drug development. For the new chair in Artificial Intelligence and Medicinal Chemistry, he uses computer models to make drug development more efficient. Our ultimate goal is a virtual human which allows you…
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Simone van der Hof gives keynote about 'Data Protection and Children's Rights' in Amsterdam
On 15 February 2018, Simone van der Hof gave a keynote lecture entitled 'Data Protection and Children's Rights - the reasoning behind the protective provisions for children in the GDPR' at the International School of Amsterdam conference on Strategic marketing & communications for international scho…
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Guus Heerma van Voss speaks in Miskolc Hungary on developments in European Labour law
On 7 April 2017 Labour Law professor Heerma van Voss spoke on reduction of working time in European countries during the economic crisis at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Miskolc, Hungary.
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KNAW Thorbecke-grant awarded to Luuk van Middelaar and Vestert Borger
Luuk van Middelaar and Vestert Borger, both affiliated with the Europa Institute of Leiden University, have recently been awarded a research grant by the Statesman Thorbecke Fund Programme of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). The aim of the fund is to promote knowledge about…
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Zeger van der Wal: The Public Manager in the 21st Century'
Managers in the public and semi-public sector work in an increasingly complex and unpredictable environment, which demands new knowledge and competences but also offers tremendous opportunities. This was the view presented by Zeger van der Wal, professor by special appointment in Public Administration…
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Vincent Delhomme and Carina Van Os on 'The European Health Union'
On 1 and 2 December 2022, Vincent Delhomme and Carina van Os participated (Europe Institute) in the workshop ‘The European Health Union - Setup, challenges and global outlook’, held at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg. Vincent had the opportunity…
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De Roy van Zuijdewijn gave a speech during Meeting of the Global Coalition against Daesh (IS)
Jeanine de Roy van Zuijdewijn was invited to give the subject matter expert speech during the plenary meeting of the working groups of the Global Coalition against Daesh in Copenhagen on 28 January 2020.
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Rick Lawson elected member of the Management Board of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency
In November 2020 former dean Rick Lawson, professor of European Human Rights Law, was elected member of the Management Board of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency in Vienna. He was nominated by the Dutch Government following an open selection procedure.
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Crimmigration
Migration and crime are in the spotlight in society. Within the Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology, research in this area has strongly developed in recent years. The concept of Crimmigration is central to this.
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Irregularities in the vicinity of insolvency
Every year, more than three thousand businesses are declared insolvent in the Netherlands. The purpose of bankruptcy is to divide the assets of these companies among the creditors. However, the value of the claims of the creditors often exceed the value of the assets of the company
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Patrick van Berlo: 'Outsourcing the reception of asylum seekers has its downsides'
Asylum seekers wanting to get to Australia often end up in a detention centre on the tiny island state of Nauru. What effect does this ‘outsourcing’ of asylum seekers have on human rights? PhD candidate Patrick van Berlo went to Australia to investigate.
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Cleveringa Professor Frank van Vree: ‘It’s high time to discuss the ritualisation of the past’
The annual commemoration of the nation’s war dead on Dam Square and at Waalsdorpervlakte, the Dutch apologies for historical slavery and the Cleveringa Lecture itself: our relationship with history is often ritualistic, Cleveringa Professor Frank van Vree will say in his inaugural lecture on 27 Nove…
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Interdisciplinary Activity Grant for Alex Brandsen and Wouter Verschoof-van der Vaart
Alex Brandsen and Wouter Verschoof-van der Vaart, PhD candidates in the Digital Archaeology research group and the Data Science Research Programme, have been awarded a 444 grant by Young Academy Leiden. They are going to use it to hold a session in Oxford on improving collaboration between researchers…
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Céril van Leeuwen wins Jaap Doek Children’s Rights Thesis Award 2016
On the 6th of December, Céril van Leeuwen has won the Jaap Doek Children’s rights thesis award for her thesis ‘The right to be heard restricted: is this desirable in the civil law proceedings?’ This award, for the best master thesis in the area of Children’s Rights, is annually granted by Defence for…
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Clara van Dam speaks at VI RIDE conference 2019 in Madrid
On Friday 13 December the VI RIDE Conference on the Modernization of European Administrative Law took place at the National Institute of Public Administration in Madrid.
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Hendrik Lenstra honored Ridder in de Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw
On Friday April 24th, after a day of festivities in honor of his 60th birthday, Hendrik Lenstra was awarded the distinction of `Ridder in de Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw' by the mayor of the city of Leiden.
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Simone van der Hof on GDPR, children and marketing at CPDP 2018
During the 11th International Congress Computers, Privacy and Data Protection (CPDP) in Brussels, Simone van der Hof gave a presentation on the General Data Protection Regulation during the panel 'GROWING UP WITH ADVERTISING IN A DIGITAL MEDIA ENVIRONMENT: DATA PROTECTION SAFEGUARDS IN DISGUISE' marketing…
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Ben Van Rompuy speaks at event organised by Dutch Competition Law Association
On 10 January, Ben Van Rompuy spoke at the New Year's meeting of the Dutch Competition Law Association in Amsterdam.
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2011 Laura van Broekhoven participates in the Museum Leadership Institute (MLI)
The chief curator of the National Museum of Ethnology, Laura van Broekhoven, is participating in the Museum Leadership Institute at the Claremont Graduate University.
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Committee Heerma van Voss findings: Chroom-6 payment regulation is equitable
In 2014, the Dutch Ministry of Defence received signals from employees and former employees suspecting that they had become ill from working with chrome paint and CARC. Among them, former and current employees who had previously worked at the former American storage sites (POMS-sites). As a response,…
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Stefaan Van den Bogaert and Armin Cuyvers speak and moderate Ambassadors forum on ASEAN Conference
On 2 and 3 September 2016, the International Conference on ASEAN Development (ICAD) 2016 took place in Leiden. The conference aimed to draw comparative lessons from the EU for the development of the ASEAN Economic Community, which was launched in 2015.
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Ben Van Rompuy and Daniel Mandrescu speak at yearly ASCOLA conference
On 25-27 June the Academic Society for Competition Law (ASCOLA) organized its 15th yearly conference discussing the most recent developments in the context of competition law policy.
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Yannick van den Brink participated in live webinar ‘Child Pre-trial Detention’
On 20 May 2019, Dr Yannick van den Brink, Assistant Professor at the Department of Child Law, participated in a live webinar titled ‘Child Pre-trial Detention. A Global Movement to Reduce Length of Stay’, together with colleagues from the United States and Mexico.
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Maartje van der Woude on the advisory board of Oxford Law’s Border Criminologies
As of today, Maartje van der Woude (Professor of Sociology of Law, Van Vollenhoven Institute for Law, Governance & Society) has become a member of the advisory board for Oxford Law’s research platform Border Criminologies.