1,440 search results for “worden s representation” in the Public website
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Defence Minister at Ukraine Symposium: 'We Europeans have only one chance to get this right'
Three years on, and interest in Ukraine certainly hasn't waned. The auditorium at the Wijnhaven location was fully booked on Monday. Hundreds of people, including top military brass, listened to Defence Minister Brekelmans' speech. He pointed out to them: 'Here in the Netherlands, we're now living in…
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Social Science Matters: Climate change
Climate change is a hot topic and constantly in the news. Thousands of Dutch high school students protested at the Malieveld in The Hague. News website Nu.nl has barred climate change deniers from their comments section to prevent ‘fake news’. How does climate change impact the research community, and…
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Five History projects selected for Research Traineeship Programme 2016-2017
Five research projects of the Institute for History have been selected for the Research Traineeship Programme 2016-2017. The programme was initiated by The Faculty of Humanities to offer motivated students the opportunity to develop themselves in academic research. In December the research trainees,…
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Guest lecture asylum lawyer Bart Toemen
As a lawyer, how can you contribute to ensuring that the best interests of the child play a greater role in immigration law? That question was the topic of asylum lawyer Bart Toemen's guest lecture in the course ‘Kind en migratie’ (child and migration), given in the master’s programme ‘Jeugdrecht’ (Child…
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Andrew Gawthorpe in The Guardian about the Republicans’ more radical agenda
University lecturer Andrew Gawthorpe argues in The Guardian that the Republican's new agenda for a second Trump term is more radical than the first. He says that they seek to take control of federal agencies by replacing civil servants with ‘American First footsoldiers’.
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Parkinson Protein α-Synuclein Binds Surprisingly Strong with Membrane
Α-synuclein, a protein associated with Parkinson’s disease, proves to bind with membranes in a surprisingly efficient way. It confirms scientists’ suspicion of the protein’s leading role in the transmission of neurotransmitters between nerve cells in the brain. Publication in PLoS ONE.
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Celebrating 30 years of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child at the (Y)our Rights Festival
It is 30 years ago this month that the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child was ratified. UNICEF is celebrating this on 20 November in collaboration with Leiden University and the Municipality of Leiden at the (Y)our Rights Festival in Leiden. Children, youths and adults will discuss children’s…
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Veni Grant for Lucia Bossoni
Postdoc Lucia Bossoni has received an NWO Veni grant to research brain diseases for the next three years. She will work in labs at both the LUMC and the Leiden physics institute.
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Humanities and International Relations Graduate
Conference
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Department of Child Law advises UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
Researchers of the department of Child Law have submitted an advice to the Committee on the Rights of the Child of the United Nations, which monitors the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, on 7 January 2019.
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Experts sound alarm over emergency accommodation for child asylum seekers
The Dutch cabinet faces a challenging task. On 1 December, they are expected to present a plan for the accommodation of child asylum seekers at locations where there are adequate arrangements in place for education, healthcare and indoor and outdoor play facilities. Mark Klaassen, Assistant Professor…
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Class invariants for tame Galois algebras
Promotores: B. Erez, P. Stevenhagen, Co-Promotor: B. de Smit
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International Symposium on Social Work in Juvenile Justice in Beijing
Stephanie Rap and Julia Sloth-Nielsen have presented at the International Symposium on Social Work in Juvenile Justice in Beijing, from 27-28 October 2018.
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Third Party Intervention to UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
Upon invitation by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, a large group of academics have submitted a third party intervention in a case against France.
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Peter van BodegomFaculty of Science
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The Mastermind approach to brain research
The brain is a complex organ, and researching medicine to treat brain disorders is equally if not more complex. Elizabeth (Liesbeth) de Lange, Professor of Predictive Pharmacology, calls for a structured approach. ‘In effect, it's like playing Mastermind.’ Inaugural lecture on 22 March.
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Invariant manifolds and applications for functional differential equations of mixed type
Promotor: S.M. Verduyn Lunel
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Kenyan governor signed declaration at Leiden University to protect the rights of children
On 6 September 2019, the Governor of Murang'a County, Mwangi wa Iria, signed a declaration at Leiden University to protect the rights of children.
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Simone van der Hof: ‘Banning social media solves nothing’
The Australian parliament passed a law banning social media for youth under sixteen in late November. This solves nothing, argues Simone van der Hof, Professor of Law and Digital Technologies, in NRC. ‘Services should be held to the law.’
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Research ‘Involuntary (after) care for vulnerable young adults?' presented to the Parliament
On Monday November 7th the research outcome ‘Involuntary (after) care for vulnerable young adults? A study to the legal possibilities for the provision of (involuntary) care to vulnerable young adults after child protection’ was presented to the members of the Parliament.
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Interdisciplinary Europe Hub – Meet the Hub
Festival
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Our Hirāk: The Tishreen Revolution
Lecture, LUCIS Meets
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(In)equalizers - Social and Economic Histories of Inequality(ies) and Difference(s), 1500-2000
Conference, Workshop
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Exposure Time: the moving body of art
Lecture
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Conservation and study of the Pahari collection of drawings and paintings
Lecture, VVIK lecture
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Tuesday Talks: Science Insights | 12 November 2024
Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights
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Standing up for science workshop
Course
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Kress Talks with Juliet Huang and Alec Aldrich
Lecture
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OCP Workshop on Vowel Harmony
Conference, Workshop
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Exposed: interdisciplinary approaches to the Greek and Roman body
Conference
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LCCP Research Seminar "Geoconstitutionalism: Authoritative Lawmaking in the Anthropocene"
Lecture
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LUCDH Lunchtime Speaker Series: What Use are Networks Anyway?
Lecture
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Do we have a standard model of cosmology?
Lecture, Oort lecture
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Online Kress Talks with Felicity Good and Alec Aldrich
Lecture
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Joint Lectures on Evolutionary Algorithms - October 2024
Lecture
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LUCAS PhD Symposium “Research in Progress”
Conference
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Kress Talks with Juliet Huang and Christine Quach
Lecture
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The European legal framework for research data
Seminar
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Open Q&A with the European Parliament President Roberta Metsola
Lecture
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Memory in Antiquity Workshop
Workshop
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Van de Waallezing 2023: Maarten van Heemskerck, Rome and classical mythology
Alumni event, Lezing
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From Free Trade to Economic Security, a Paradigm Shift?
Lecture
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Women's Rights in the New Geopolitical Landscape
International Women's Day 2025 - Seminar
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Human Reference Atlas: Mapping the human body at single-cell resolution
Seminar
- European Union Seminar Series
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Counting events: Syntax and semantics of Chinese verbal classifiers
Lecture, CHiLL series
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Leiden students advise the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
On Wednesday 18 May, the students of the LL.M. Advanced Studies in International Children’s Rights presented their work to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child with the aim to provide recommendations on how to make its decision more accessible to children.
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International Human Rights of Children
Comprehensive, scholarly compilation of legal studies of substantive and procedural children’s rights, breaking new ground by analysing a wide range of international children's rights issues.
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Stephanie Rap wins publication prize
On 24 November 2016 dr. Stephanie Rap received the publication prize of the Society for Family and Child Law for her publication ‘A children’s rights perspective on the participation of juvenile defendants in the youth court’, published in The International Journal of Children’s Rights, vol. 24(1),…
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Child rights expert sounds the alarm: ‘Global crises are hitting children hardest’
Wars, climate change and the effects of covid have caused a global decline in children’s well-being. In her inaugural lecture Ann Skelton, Professor of Children’s Rights in a Sustainable World, points to the disastrous effects of multiple interacting crises.