How can we cooperate better as a Faculty? Both with each other and with the outside world. Around 70 students and staff discussed this during the latest strategy session in Corpus. Keynote Harry van Dorenmalen, former president of IBM Europe: 'You know best what this Faculty stands for and what it n…

How do you bring education and practice closer together? In the revised Master MPS (Management of the Public Sector) it is done, for example, through the new profile course Leadership & Behaviour inside and between organisations. The Leiden Leadership Centre (LLC) is involved in organising the course.…

Nearly a year since the abrupt switchover to mostly online learning, the Digital Education seminar gave teaching staff the opportunity to review their experiences. What can stay in 2021 and what must go? Frequently voiced opinions: yes please to digital tools that make lectures more interactive; yes…

International prosecutors, for instance at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, investigate particularly serious crimes such as genocide. They decide, among other things, whether or not to prosecute. PhD candidate Cale Davis investigated how prosecutors come to such decisions and will defend…

How do migrants navigate key life events? Researchers from the Living on the Other Side project looked at the experiences of migrants who have settled in Morocco. During a recent tour through Morocco, they shared their insights with respondents and fellow researchers.

Looking to share your academic results or insights with a global audience? Leiden University is a ‘contributing member’ of the international journalism platform The Conversation. In 2024, this resulted in 51 articles, which together were read by more than 667,000 people.

In September 2023 the new minor Sustainability, Climate Change and Food starts. This minor critically examines the complexities of food sustainability through ecological, socio-economic, political, and cultural systems.

Oberon Janszen, alumnus Bestuurskunde, ging na zijn studie als stagiair bij de Inspectie der Rijksfinanciën aan de slag

‘Let us not forget the power of genuine engagement,’ dean Sarah de Rijcke stressed at the New Year's Reception on 7 January 2025, which was also attended by Rector Magnificus Hester Bijl and addressed the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Conference, Focus group

Research, Communication

Personal development

Study support, Career and apply for jobs

Lunchbyte

Study support

Workshop

Are you a social and behavioural sciences student and curious about the opportunities in your field? Discover them at the annual FLO-days! The FLO-days, online this year, offer you the opportunity to learn more about your career. In more than 20 lectures you can meet people from the field and…

Festival, We are Science week

As university staff we can all do our bit for our students’ well-being. But what responsibility does the University actually have and what can you do for students as a staff member? What are the early signs that a student is struggling and what preventive action can you take? At the symposium…

Course

Management, Leadership

Two-day Seminar

Study information

Lecture

At the beginning of June, Field School 1, a course in which all our first year students are being trained in the basic excavation skills, has started. This Field School takes place in an excavation in Oss which is carried out by Archol. All are cordially invited to visit the excavation and the Field…

How can you appeal to students from different programs and with different skills and interests in one course? With his Comenius Senior Fellow grant, Hossam Ahmed aims to put 'individualized learning' or 'student-centred learning' into practice. Hossam Ahmed's lecture explores how we can approach…

On 7 December, the LeidenAsiaCentre together with GLOBTAXGOV and the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), organizes a webinar on Asian-European cooperation in the digital sphere. The webinar will specifically focus on the building of inclusive digital societies. This means that…

Lecture, Global Histories of Knowledge Seminar

Reading group

Study support

Study support, Career and apply for jobs

Workshop

Open forum

Lecture

Lecture

Lecture

Lunchbyte

Communication, Personal development

Every month there is a LIACS PhD seminar in which PhD students come together to learn about each others' work and (importantly), also get to know who their colleagues are. During this informal seminar, presenters get to develop their professional skills, dry-run a conference talk, share…

Course

Seminar

Symposium and Workshops

How do we make sure that every student feels seen and acknowledged? What skills should our graduates have? What function will the physical campus have after the pandemic? These and other questions will be discussed during the mid-term review of the legal programmes. The Faculty Board hereby…