83 search results for “discrimination” in the Staff website
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    Christa ToblerFaculty of Law
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    Saniye ÇelikFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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    Titia LoenenFaculty of Law
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    Peter RodriguesFaculty of Law
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    Moritz JesseFaculty of Law
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    Anti-Asian racism deserves much more attention
        
    
Racism and discrimination come in many different shapes and forms – in the Netherlands too. Verbal attacks, stereotypes and violence: some people are confronted with these on a daily basis. A group that is often not included in research and the debate on racism is people of Asian descent. The Diversity…
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    Jip StamFaculty of Law
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    Interactive lecture 'Brown Eyes Blue Eyes'
    
    
Diversity
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    Argumentation training for lecturers and supervisors
    
    
Diversity
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    Support from a confidential counsellor
    
    
Our confidential counsellors can provide confidential advice on a range of issues, including bullying, intimidation, sexual harassment, aggression and discrimination. You can also approach them with concerns about your manager or potential breaches of academic integrity.
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    Unacceptable behaviour and integrity
    
    
All staff are entitled to a workplace free from unacceptable behaviour such as bullying, sexual harassment, intimidation, discrimination and violence at work. The same applies to integrity issues such as theft or a conflict of interest. If you experience or witness such behaviour or suspect a breach…
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    Abrasive conversations
    
    
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    Staff Ombuds Officer
    
    
Marjan van Dasselaar is the Staff Ombuds Officer. The Staff Ombuds Officer gives independent advice to the University on how the staff’s work environment can be made safer.
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    Social safety
    
    
Have you experienced or witnessed unacceptable or transgressive behaviour? This page gives information about what you can do yourself and which ‘helplines’ can assist you in this situation.
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    ‘Polarisation is good. Much better than an uneasy silence’
        
    
If a young person from a migrant background climbs the social ladder despite internship discrimination, the exclusion often gets worse. It is only when we acknowledge these problems that we can resolve them, say Nadia Bouras and Tikho Ong, who are both experiential and academic experts. ‘Racism and…
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    Evaluation and improvement
    
    
A test evaluation helps assess and improve the quality of your test.
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    Executive Board President Annetje Ottow on fighting racism: ‘It’s the responsibility of all of us’
        
    
‘We may have taken steps together, but there is still much to do in the fight against racism and discrimination’, says Annetje Ottow, President of Leiden University’s Executive Board. ‘We have to be aware of this and continue to focus on this difficult, uncomfortable and often confronting topic.’
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    Racism: a daily reality
        
    
March 21 is International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. We spoke to Leiden University’s Diversity Officer, Aya Ezawa, and asked her how we can combat racism and discrimination.
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    Cleveringa Professor Lilian Gonçalves-Ho Kang You: ‘Exclusion is dangerous’
        
    
Amid rising polarisation and discrimination, lawyer and human rights activist Lilian Gonçalves-Ho Kang You wants to show in her Cleveringa Lecture on 26 November how dangerous exclusion is.
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    ‘Migration’, ‘migrazione’ and ‘migracja’: Free teaching modules on migration in six languages
        
    
Social scientists from Leiden University have worked with an international team to create teaching modules on migration.
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    PhD candidates
    
    
Are you a PhD candidate, and is there something you’d prefer to discuss with someone other than your thesis director or supervisor? The confidential counsellor for PhD candidates is here to help. You can speak to him/her in confidence and receive advice. If you experience symptoms of physical or mental…
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    Andrew Gawthorpe on The Conversation: 'Trump's Greenland plan ignores a history of segregation'
        
    
University Lecturer Andrew Gawthorpe discusses on The Conversation how Trump's Greenland proposal overlooks the historical discrimination faced by Indigenous Alaskans.
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    Equality as a driver for diversity: ‘Seek out contradiction and the unknown’
        
    
The freedom to be who you are – woman, man, homosexual, heterosexual, transgender, religious, atheist, and so on – is perhaps the Netherlands’ greatest attribute. The principle of equality and the right not to be discriminated against are in the very first article of our constitution. Yet there is a…
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    ‘People are equal but not the same’: diversity and inclusion from a legal perspective
        
    
What is written in law and what equality, inclusion and diversity mean in practice is not always the same. This was the focus of this year’s D&I symposium on 13 January. The plenary sessions were watched by hundreds of participants and there was a wide range of workshops covering different aspects of…
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    Annemie Halsema appointed professor by special appointment: ‘I want to contribute to thinking about diversity
        
    
The Institute for Philosophy further expands its knowledge: As of 1 September, Annemie Halsema holds the chair of Wijsgerige antropologie en de grondslagen van het humanisme (Philosophical anthropology and the principles of humanism, ed.). In the coming five years, she will study current societal issues…
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    Jonathan SilkFaculty of Humanities
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    Walkout on 13 May
        
    
A national walkout will be staged on Monday 13 May. Leiden Scholars for Palestine has called on students and staff from Leiden University to meet at 11.00 at the Lipsius building in Leiden and the Wijnhaven building in The Hague.
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    Report incidents and accidents
    
    
What are you supposed to do if something goes or has gone wrong? Whether it be a break-in, an accident or an unsafe situation of any other kind, or data breach or cyber-attack; please read how to report each type of incident below.
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    Report incidents and accidents
    
    
What are you supposed to do if something goes or has gone wrong? Whether it be a break-in, an accident or an unsafe situation of any other kind, or data breach or cyber-attack; please read how to report each type of incident below.
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    Leiden University joins Global Coalition for Social Justice
        
    
Leiden University has become a partner of the Global Coalition for Social Justice.
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    Child rights activist Graça Machel speaks in Leiden on justice between generations
        
    
Mozambican politician and child rights activist Graça Machel speaks October 27 at Leiden University about her work.
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    Exhibition on Anton de Kom’s second life, which began in Leiden
        
    
Few people would associate the name Anton de Kom with Leiden. Yet the Surinamese freedom fighter is the subject of an exhibition at Museum De Lakenhal.
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    A message from the Executive Board
        
    
These are turbulent times at Dutch universities. We have all seen what has been and is still happening at various campuses in the country. Protests, demonstrations, occupations. Situations and scenes that deeply affect us all.
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    Good party? Good cause
        
    
A leaving do, birthday or other celebration? Many people like to ask for a donation to a good cause for their birthday or anniversary present. Leiden research can be one such cause.
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    Colleagues on The Conversation
        
    
Over the past year, twelve articles by Leiden humanities scholars have been published on The Conversation, an English-language platform that translates science-related news for a broad audience. Read their articles here!
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    Berthe JansenFaculty of Humanities
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    ‘We have to stay alert and keep on feeling the past’
        
    
Space for open dialogue on historical slavery was created at the Keti Koti Table at Museum De Lakenhal, organised by Leiden University and the Municipality of Leiden. There, just metres away from 17th-century paintings, Leideners shared a ritual meal and spoke about the effects of slavery and our colonial…
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    Friend or foe? The role of AI in mitigating biases in HR
        
    
AI is already widely being used in HR processes, but it’s unclear whether these applications contribute to fair and inclusive decision making. Leiden researcher Carlotta Rigotti is involved in BIAS, a big consortium research project that aims to provide answers and develop a new, trustworthy AI app…
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    Growing diversity of Dutch population not immediately visible at universities
        
    
The intake of bachelor’s students from classic immigration countries whose prior education was in the Netherlands does not reflect the growing diversity in society. This is according to data from Statistics Netherlands.
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    Executive Board column: How can we deal with hate speech?
        
    
I was disgusted by the recent Ongehoord Nederland broadcast on 15 September. The racist and hateful comments made by alumna Raisa Blommesteijn were, as far as I am concerned, way over the line and in my opinion also violate Article 1 of the Constitution of the Netherlands.
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    Leiden’s slavery past laid bare
        
    
The Mapping Slavery project will place markers that tell the story of Leiden’s slavery past. Why is this important and what does it mean for today’s society? Before the markers are placed, a panel came together on 24 March to discuss the slavery past of not only the city but the University too.
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    175 years of the Constitution: ‘Its dryness makes it a success'
        
    
175 years ago, the Netherlands took great strides towards parliamentary democracy with a revamped Constitution. Where does the Constitution stand today?
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    Exhibition - Hello Darkness, My Old Friend: Shadowy art from Leiden University Libraries
        
    
Ominous witches, gruesome monsters, and hideous freaks: from Saturday 15 June, Kunsthal Rotterdam will be putting the spotlight on the shady depths of human imagination in the exhibition Hello darkness, my old friend. Seventy works on paper from the collection of the Leiden University Libraries confront…
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    Honorary doctorates for Safiya Umoja Noble and Catherine Malabou during 2026 Dies Natalis
        
    
Leiden University will award two honorary doctorates at its Dies Natalis on 9 February 2026. They will go to internet studies scholar Safiya Umoja Noble and philosopher Catherine Malabou.
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    Safety, responsibility and connection: especially now
        
    
We, the Executive Board and deans, have recently heard from different sources that the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues to evoke strong feelings of tension, anxiety and insecurity within our university community. We take this very seriously and so are once again addressing you all.
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    Free course on AI and Ethics: ‘Every citizen should know more about this’
        
    
The free AI and Ethics course (in Dutch) is available online to anyone who wants to find out more about the ethical implications of artificial intelligence. One of the eight experts featured in the course is Professor Reijer Passchier. ‘Artificial Intelligence is spreading so fast and has such an impact…
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    'Language is part of your identity’
        
    
Rik van Gijn was appointed professor of Ethnolinguistic Vitality and Diversity in the World from 1 December 2024. He is keen to use the position to set up research on language vitality. ‘People almost never give up their mother tongue entirely voluntarily.’
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    Leiden University Nationalism Network
    
    
Lecture, Leiden University Nationalism Network
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    Cleveringa lecture
    
    
Inaugural lecture