450 news items found
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New University Sports Centre officially opened: more than a sports building 14 April 2026Sport brings people together. This became clear on 9 April during the official opening of the new University Sports Centre. In a varied programme with...
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AI agents, missing persons and human smuggling: students advise professionals 14 April 2026How can we become less dependent on the United States in multiple areas? These were the kinds of pressing security questions tackled by third-year Sec...
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From chants to a voice: how young workers organised 13 April 2026‘All the groceries, but not a fig for young workers’, read a banner during the occupation of Ahold’s headquarters in 1981. ‘For a long time, young wor...
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Yung Lin receives Young Scholar Award 2026 13 April 2026Researcher Yung Lin received the Young Scholar Award at the annual conference of the European Association for Taiwan Studies (EATS). She obtained her ...
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Between street culture and care: young people in hybrid worlds 13 April 2026Young people in forensic practice navigate between street culture, digital networks and care; worlds that are increasingly intertwined. This calls for...
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When criminal law works unfairly against people in vulnerable positions 07 April 2026Criminal law can reinforce social inequality. ‘People at the lower end of society are hit harder by criminal law in a range of different ways’, says P...
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This chapter has been removed: American censorship affects academics in the Netherlands 02 April 2026Of course, Jan Melissen is proud of the publication of his new book. Even so, one painful memory lingers: because of American interference, he was for...
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How do you find your way as an early career researcher in the academic pressure cooker? 30 March 2026From inspiring career stories to hands-on workshops, the Career Event for PhD candidates and postdocs offered young researchers an insight into the ma...
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Students connect generations in new podcast 27 March 2026A group of Leiden students launched the Van Leiden tot Later (From Leiden to Later) media platform on 27 March. In podcasts and videos, they talk with...
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Spui University Campus officially opened: the puzzle is now complete 27 March 2026With the six pieces of the puzzle now assembled by the partners of the University Campus and the Mayor of The Hague, Jan van Zanen, the building at th...
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Paper versus practice: border control is in human hands 25 March 2026Even when a border has officially disappeared, it is still people who decide whether others may cross freely. This was also true for the Polish-German...
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Psychology lecturers awarded grant for ‘Family Dinner’ critical thinking app 24 March 2026Lecturers Zsuzsika Sjoerds and Sebo Uithol have been awarded a 100,000-euro Dutch National Education Institute (NKO) Scale-Up Grant for their ‘Family ...
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How vulnerable is the Netherlands to an energy crisis? 24 March 2026The Iran war has pushed up fuel prices and raised concerns about a global energy shortage. How well prepared is the Netherlands? We asked two experts,...
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COIL: virtual exchange between Leiden and Santiago (Chili) 23 March 2026From the first semester of 2026, Leiden University and Universidad Diego Portales (Santiago, Chile) will launch three online virtual exchange programm...
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Researchers awarded NWO grants for green technology and new enzymes 23 March 2026Developing safer alternatives to harmful PFAS filters and seeking new enzymes for medical applications. Two projects with Leiden researchers have been...