450 news items found
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Cleveringa Professor Landemore: ‘I want to patch the holes in our democracy’ 05 November 2025Rich, white, urban: Western politicians often represent a small segment of the population. Political scientist Hélène Landemore advocates for a more i...
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Open Day as a compass for prospective students 03 November 2025Chinese Studies, History or Urban Studies? How do you choose the right degree programme for you? Hundreds of prospective students tried to find out at...
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Faculty Board responds to most frequently asked questions 03 November 2025Following the announcement of revised financial projections at the start of the academic year, the Faculty Board was keen to engage in dialogue with t...
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‘Teach young people to take control of technology’ 30 October 2025Technology is spreading its tendrils into the classroom. But who is in control? In her inaugural lecture, Professor Nadira Saab calls for ‘digital age...
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How can we make unacceptable behaviour a man’s issue? 27 October 2025During Consent is Key Week, we’re exploring ways to eliminate sexual violence within our university community. We spoke to Assistant Professor Mischa ...
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New eye tracker for the Babylab 27 October 2025The Babylab, part of the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL) and SSH Labs infrastructure, has recently introduced a new eye tracking devic...
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Civility, not opinions, was the real surprise in student debate 24 October 2025The student debate in Leiden’s Stadsgehoorzaal promised to be ‘the key to your vote’. That may sound hyperbolic, but what this well-attended debate d...
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‘Plastic politics’: how ideological debate was supplanted by abstract jargon 23 October 2025Over the course of the 20th century, politicians increasingly came to rely on experts. Their language was peppered with terms like ‘policy pathways’ a...
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Early hunter-gatherers reshaped Europe’s ecosystems long before agriculture 22 October 2025In a new study published in PLOS One, Leiden archaeologist Anastasia Nikulina, together with an international team from France, Denmark, the United Ki...
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Jonathan Powell: ‘In early modern England, people went to court very often.’ 20 October 2025Jonathan Powell came to Leiden from England to conduct research into the role of women in early modern court cases. In addition to all kinds of exciti...
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CV of Failures exhibition opens in the Herta Mohr Building 17 October 2025Doctorates, scholarships, or a trip around the world during a sabbatical: when it comes to our careers, we often talk about what went well. The CV of ...
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Alisa van de Haar: ‘People with linguistic skills have always played a very important role in society’ 17 October 2025Who was professionally involved in language between 1550 and 1650? And what were the financial returns of this language sector? Assistant Professor Al...
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Do’s and don’ts for an effective immigration policy 17 October 2025Stopping people at the border does not result in less refugee migration, but providing relief in the region where migrants come from does. What else w...
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Why biologist Rafael Martig became an artist: ‘Art opens people’s eyes’ 15 October 2025In his art, Rafael Martig shows how drastically human activity changes nature. Fieldwork during his studies reinforced this view. ‘On Ameland I found ...
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From market-driven thinking to ‘Build, build, build’: Leiden experts on the housing crisis 14 October 2025The housing crisis is affecting a substantial group of Dutch citizens and is one of the main election themes this year. How did things get this far an...