The Board of Governors is pleased to announce that Professor Cisca Wijmenga has been appointed by outgoing Minister of Education, Culture and Science Robbert Dijkgraaf as its new member.

Lecture, LIMS seminar | Book Talk

Netwerkbijeenkomst

Last Saturday, Wijnhaven Campus and the Anna van Buerenplein were the setting for the first 'on campus' Experience Days in The Hague since the restrictive measures in higher education were introduced in March 2020. Spread over the day, some 200 students visited the campus to delve deeper into the 3…

A few law students were given the opportunity to conduct an eight-week internship at the Rechtbank Den Haag. They took part in hearings as clerks, in discussions about cases in the judges’ chambers, and contributed to the formation of decisions. They held a presentation about their experiences during…

Wat is er allemaal te doen rondom de universiteit in Den Haag?

On 20 September 2024, Leiden University colleagues Associate Professor Gianclaudio Malgieri (Main Applicant), Assistant Professor Michael Klos (Co-Applicant), Professor Simone van der Hof (Co-Applicant), Constanta Rosca, Maria-Lucia Rebrean and Maëlle Picout gladly welcomed RESOCIAL’s consortium members…

It has been just over a decade since the first students graduated with Leiden University’s unique Liberal Arts and Sciences Bachelor degree. We caught up with one of those pioneering graduates.

Lecture

Alumni event

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 Hague to get to know each other. Many of them come from abroad. ‘I actually dare to cycle here.’

How did you get to where you are now? This is a key question in the Academic Life Course board game, developed by and for academics. ‘In a normal working week we hardly ever talk about the career choices we make, but with this game, we do.’

‘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.

You are cordially invited to our first SAILS event of the new academic year! On September 9 we will visit the newly opened BrAINpower exhibition at Museum Boerhaave, followed by drinks at the museum's conference room. Please register here if you want to join. Programme:…

From deepfakes, streaming services and dating apps to facial recognition, self-driving cars and medical applications, we can no longer ignore artificial intelligence. It is changing our lives, just as steam engines once did at the time of the industrial revolution. The exhibition BrAInpower shows where…

You are cordially invited to our first SAILS event of the new academic year! On September 9 we will visit the newly opened BrAINpower exhibition at Museum Boerhaave, followed by drinks at the museum's conference room. Please register here if you want to join. Programme: 16:00 - welcome…

Lecture

D&I Event

In de Toeslagenaffaire ging de afgelopen jaren veel mis. Wetgever, bestuur en rechter bleken onvoldoende in staat om een wet rechtmatig te laten uitvoeren. Ouders lukte het vervolgens niet om hun recht in de rechtszaal te halen. Welke oorzaken liggen daaraan ten grondslag en wat leert dat ons over het…

Come to the Living Lab and discover what lives above, on and under water. Water is full of life. It's not just fish or ducks that swim in it. There is also a lot buzzing around it. How much life is there in our waters? And what influence do people have on it? The Living Lab was set up in 2016 with…

The Convergence AI Mixers bring together the brightest minds from TU Delft, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Leiden University with thought leaders from industry and society to explore pressing AI challenges. In an informal setting these experts exchange views and interact with the audience to find…

VVIK Symposium

Lecture, Symposium

Lecture

Even voorstellen het HR team stelt zich voor

Lecture

During the lecture, an outline will be given of the major research questions in the atmospheric climate domain, and their importance for air quality and climate policy. Further, the satellite measurement technique will be explained, and what these measurements can bring for as well research as climate…

Conference, Public Event

PhD defence

PhD defence

Leiden European City of Science 2022, in collaboration with the New European Bauhaus initiative of the European Commission and the Urban Health Campus Almere Leiden, present a programme entitled ‘Urban Health’ on Thursday, the 13th of October 2022. The multidimensionality of health in an urban environment…

Prof. W. van der Does Prof. A van Minnen (Radbout University) Prof. M. Schoorl Summary: Fysiek of seksueel misbruik in de kindertijd kan langdurige psychische klachten veroorzaken zoals een posttraumatische stress stoornis (PTSS). ‘Prolonged exposure’ (PE), een vorm van gedragstherapie, is…

Lecture

Conference

Lecture, Conversation

Prof. P.R. Rodrigues Prof. P. Boeles Summary: Het concept ‘vrijwillige terugkeer’ is een cruciaal maar vaak slecht begrepen onderdeel van de EU-Terugkeerrichtlijn, die regels stelt voor de terugkeer onrechtmatig in EU-lidstaten verblijvende migranten. Vrijwillige terugkeer biedt hun de kans…

Expert meeting

In 2022, every euro in the Netherlands lost about 10% of its value, price increases comparable to the stagflation period of the 1970s. In the same year, the value of the Argentine peso halved, while prices in China only rose by 2%. How well do we understand the economic mechanisms behind inflation?…

Education, Organisation, Research

Lecture, Conversation

Lecture, Conversation

Lecture, Conversation

Lecture, Conversation

Conference

Lecture

Unfortunately, this Liveable Planet event is in Dutch. Please stay tuned for the next English event! Op 14 april van 13:00 tot 16:00 vindt in Leiden een het Liveable Planet congres plaats over lokaal en integraal beleid voor het aanpakken van duurzaamheidsdoelen (o.a. Global Goals en het klimaatakkoord)…