In the media
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How Europe can reduce flood risk 06 January 2025With the recent devastating floods across Europe in late 2024 Europe is expected to experience a greater frequency of severe floods. Paul Hudson, Asso...
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The role of chemical weapons in the Ukraine conflict 23 December 2024Anneleen van der Meer, assistant professor in the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA), discusses Russia's alleged use of chemical weapons ...
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From Newry to The Hague: A Journey Through International Studies and Community 10 September 2024
In this article in The Irish Times, Pádraig Corrigan talks about his experience studying abroad at Leiden University College in The Hague.
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Racist riots in the UK: which root causes need to be addressed? 23 August 2024The United Kingdom (UK) has recently been facing racist violence outbreaks. Tahir Abbas, Professor of Radicalisation Studies, discusses this in an art...
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Mark Rutte: The ideal candidate to preserve NATO unity 25 June 2024What can we expect from Mark Rutte as NATO's Secretary General? Lars Brummel, postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Public Administration, expla...
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How Finland managed to halve its suicide rate 18 March 2024Finland reduced its suicide rate from 30 deaths per 100,000 citizens. Marieke Liem and Leah Prencipe, Professor of Violence and Interventions and Post...
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What does the current international security environment look like? 22 December 2023Eva Michaels, Assistant Professor Intelligence and Security, talks about the current international security environment, including intelligence issues...
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What does Islamist rule look like? 13 June 2023Joana Cook, Assistant Professor of Terrorism and Political Violence, talks about Islamist parties increasingly taking power in the last four decades ...
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AI: the judge of speech 31 May 2023AI can help in the online detection of hate speech, but whether the technology would always make the right choices is debatable. Students Tofigh Hasen...
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Are the brains of males different from those of females? Psychologists produce a podcast on brain research and mental health 20 December 2022Women are more often diagnosed with depression, whereas ADHD is much more frequently detected in men. And there are other more striking differences. W...
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Being a guest teacher during master: how do BrainTrain students experience high-school visits? 19 December 2022The outreach and engagement platform BrainTrain consists of five enthusiastic students of the masters programme Forensic Family Science. As part of th...
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Ellen de Bruijn about the social context of making mistakes and learning from it 15 December 2022During the event 'Fout?' by De Jonge Akademie, Ellen de Bruijn held a lecture about the social context of making mistakes and the psychological elemen...
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Anne-Laura van Harmelen about resilience research and public engagement on Dutch radio programme Sleutelstad 14 December 2022In a one-hour interview on Dutch radio programme Sleutelstad, Anne-Laura van Harmelen talks about her research into the role friendships in adolescent...
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Simon Willmetts in the Leiden Security and Global Affairs podcast about the CIA 13 December 2022Simon Willmetts, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs, walks listeners through the founding of the Agency, its successe...
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Marieke Liem explains that the typical Hollywood serial killer image is not scienfically valid 16 November 2022In Belgium Radio 1, Marieke Liem (professor of Violence and Interventions) gives a scientific perspective on serial killers and explains the typical H...