The DeepL translation tool can help members of participation bodies prepare for meetings. The tool can be used to automatically translate meeting documents from Dutch into English. It can also be used to properly consult and inform non-Dutch-speaking staff and students represented by board and council…

Katinka Zeven is a lecturer at the Centre for Linguistics. Her research focuses on the impact of translation choices on female and racial stereotypes in literary works.

Susana Valdez is an Assistant Professor of Translation Studies at Leiden University Centre for Linguistics and a Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Study at the University of Warwick. With a PhD in medical translation, her research intersects machine translation, AI, health communication, and migration.…

Dr. Mahmood Yenkimaleki is a guest researcher in LUCL at Leiden University, The Netherlands.

Thomas Willems is a PhD candidate at the Department of Clinical Psychology and his research focuses on the mechanisms and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Specifically, the aim of his PhD-project is to reduce the gap between experimental research that is done in the laboratory, and…

Yinzhi Zhang is a Lecturer at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies.

Mark van Buchem is Professor of Neuroradiology.

Yiorgos Evgenios Douliakas is a lecturer at the Centre for the Arts in Society

Frank Baas (25 februari, 1956) is Professor of Molecular Genetic Diagnostics and head of the laboratory for genome diagnostics (LDGA) of the Department of Clinical Genetics. He is also visting scientist at the Koch Institute of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and co-founder of Regenesance…

Michaël Opgenhaffen is an assistant professor at the Centre for Linguistics.

Rob van Wijk is Principal Investigator “Translational Immuno-Pharmacology” at the Division of Systems Pharmacology & Pharmacy.

Non-Dutch-speaking students and staff can also be elected members of participation bodies. To support these members in their role, the University offers a range of language facilities. It is important that all members of participation bodies have access to the information they need and are given enough…

Marieke Wermer is professor of Neurology with emphasis on neurovascular diseases in the Leiden University Medical Center. Personal research awards and grants 2011 VENI grant NWO/ZonMw 2011 Dekker Grant Netherlands Heart Foundation Junior Staff member 2014 Fellowship Netherlands Brain Foundation 2016…

Raymund AC Roos became MD in 1977 and defended his PhD thesis in 1984. The topic of his thesis was Nuclear Membrane Indentations in Huntington disease, an electron microscopical study. Initially as head of the outpatient department of the LUMC in Leiden he managed a movement disorder clinic with the…

Alisa van de Haar is Assistant Professor in historical French Literature. Her research focuses on historical multilingualism, the history of the language sector, and the intersection between language and migration. From 2022 to 2026, she conducted a Dutch Research Council Veni project titled ‘Languages…

There are several ways in which the participation body can support board/council members who do not speak Dutch or do not speak it well. In addition to the translation tool and a language buddy, agreements can be made with the chair or secretary to help non-Dutch-speaking members before, after and during…

Emma Grootveld is a University Lecturer at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society.

Internist-Endocrinologist in the LUMC, involved in multidisciplinary and topreferent care of endocrine tumors, in particular pituitary conditions.

Onno C Meijer is professor in neuroendocrinology of corticosteroids, at the department of Medicine.

On January 8, 2013, I was appointed professor of eating disorders at the department of psychiatry of Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC). Since 1992 I have been employed as director at Rivierduinen Eating Disorders Ursula, a center of excellence for eating disorders in Leiden. My ancillary activities…

Andrew G.Webb is a Professor of Radiology and the founding Director of the Gorter MRI Center at the Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum. He has been awarded a Wolfgang Paul Prize from the German Humboldt Foundation (2004), Simon Stevin Meester Prize from the NWO (2017), two ERC Advanced Grants (2014-2020,…

Nic J.A. van der Wee is psychiatrist and professor of Psychiatry, in particular Biological Psychiatry, at Leiden University Medical Center. He is member of the management teams of the LUMC research profile area Translational Neuroscience and the interfaculty Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition,…

Arn M.J.M. van den Maagdenberg is professor of molecular and functional neurogenetics at the departments of Human Genetics and Neurology of the Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC). In addition, he is member of the LUMC research theme Neuroscience. In addition, he is the principle investigator of…

Annemieke Aartsma-Rus is professor of translational genetics at the department of human genetics at the LUMC.

Members of participation bodies can be supported in their work by a language buddy. A language buddy is someone who can help board/council members to understand and speak the language used during meetings (usually Dutch). This may be another board/council member or a student or University employee.

The Planing & Control Department advises, informs, and supports the Faculty Board with regard to the financial management of the Faculty, using the University’s planning and control cycle as a guide. The department translates the University’s cycle to the Faculty level and prepares the relevant…

These regulations supplement the provisions of the Work and Care Act (Wet Arbeid en Zorg; WAZO), the Working Hours Act (Arbeidstijdenwet) en de Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities (Collectieve Arbeidsovereenkomst Nederlandse Universiteiten; CAO NU) Employees must consult their (line) manager…