450 news items found
-
Small fire in Snellius building: no injuries, building reopened on Wednesday 09 April 2024At around noon on Tuesday 9 April, a small fire started in the basement of Leiden University’s Snellius building. The fire brigade was quickly on the ...
-
The internet has many bosses. It’s chaotic but it works 08 April 2024Governing the internet is rather chaotic, says Professor Jan Aart Scholte. ‘But it works.’ Not only do national and local governments have a say but a...
-
Creating a sustainable university: ‘You need breathing space for activist work’ 08 April 2024More papers, more grants, more students: constant growth is still the gold standard at universities. Neuroscientists Anne Urai and Claire Kelly argue ...
-
Child rights expert sounds the alarm: ‘Global crises are hitting children hardest’ 08 April 2024Wars, climate change and the effects of covid have caused a global decline in children’s well-being. In her inaugural lecture Ann Skelton, Professor o...
-
Working towards a healthier society: learn all about it in this new minor 08 April 2024Why are health problems such as loneliness and obesity so persistent? What causes them to occur more frequently in some neighbourhoods than others? An...
-
Renovation news PdlC 05 April 2024Over the next few years, the Pieter de la Court building will be refurbished. This summer, the first to be tackled is the basement. What will happen?
-
Black hole images are not just simple "photographs", but the product of complex human choices (and can be seen at the Rijksmuseum Boerhaave) 02 April 2024In April 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration released the first-ever image of a black hole. Anthropologist Rodrigo Ochigame was inte...
-
Anthropologist working for the government 01 April 2024Saskia van Otterloo works as a policy advisor on climate adaptation at the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management in the Netherlands. She gra...
-
Floor van Meer receives news Trial & Error Award 28 March 2024Psychologist Floor van Meer won the first Trial & Error Award for her research on the effect of being distracted while eating on eating behavior. This...
-
How can we banish racism from education? 28 March 2024A safe haven for students, more bicultural staff and more powers for diversity officers. In a national expert meeting at Campus The Hague, administrat...
-
The Top 450 is growing: entry number 50 published 27 March 2024We have reached our first milestone: the 50th Top 450 entry has now been published. In the run-up to the university’s 450th anniversary in 2025, we ar...
-
The lessons we can learn from leaders of colour 26 March 2024With diversity and inclusion, organisations too often focus only on cosmetic change. ‘Interview bias training alone is not enough’, says Distinguished...
-
'An international classroom is about opening up to different voices' 26 March 2024There is a lot of discussion about international students and Dutch universities. The Cultural Anthropology and Sociology of Development programme is ...
-
Ronald Giphart writer in residence at Leiden University this autumn 25 March 2024Writer in residence Ronald Giphart will explore a number of his own fascinations with Leiden students.
-
Leiden University and University of Edinburgh to deepen collaboration 22 March 2024Joint masters and PhD programmes. A research and teaching hub. A delegation from the University of Edinburgh recently visited Leiden University to dee...