1,822 search results for “new and public opinion” in the Student website
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New professor Suzan Verberne aims to bring large language models and search engines closer together
Suzan Verberne has been appointed professor of Natural Language Processing at the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS) from 1 October. Verberne has been at LIACS since 2017 as group leader of the Text Mining and Retrieval group.
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How democratic is our kingdom? New ministry chair for Leiden political scientist
When we talk about the Kingdom of the Netherlands, it is not just about the Netherlands. On the contrary: our Kingdom consists of no less than four countries, three of which are Caribbean islands. This structure is complex, to say the least. Although all countries are officially equivalent, in practice…
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Hubertus IrthFaculty of Science
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Mo GordonFaculty of Humanities
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NSE results: high scores for Humanities again
Each year the NSE (National Student Survey) gives students the opportunity to express their opinion on their studies. The results are important not only for improving study programmes but also for helping new students to choose the programme that’s best for them. This year the survey was completed by…
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‘New Rutte IV administrative culture will be difficult to create’
The Rutte IV cabinet is more or less complete. It includes more women than ever. For the first time ever, the Netherlands will have two ethnic minority ministers, and ministers without political experience but with plenty of professional expertise will also be making their debut. However, political…
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Ancient Greek spelling mistakes shed new light on language development
If you had something important to write down in ancient times, you would usually write in Greek in the eastern Mediterranean. University lecturer Joanne Stolk has been awarded an ERC grant to explore the kinds of spelling mistakes that were made in these scripts. And, more importantly, what improvements…
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Markus DavidsenFaculty of Humanities
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Science for Sustainable Societies: a new bachelor’s programme
The new interdisciplinary bachelor's program in Science for Sustainable Societies starts in the 2025-2026 academic year.
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Sustainable Humanities Internship Fund
Bachelor, Master
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Uhlenbeck conference scholarship
Master
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Zeger van der WalFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Shana HeppingFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Lianne VisserFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Public pen test of classroom scanners in Lipsius
On Monday 28 March a ‘pen test’ will be carried out to check the security of the classroom scanners. These people counters in University buildings were temporarily switched off in December after there was growing disquiet about privacy aspects of the devices. The pen test will be carried out in the…
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Havar SolheimFaculty of Humanities
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WOO request on security measures: additional documents now public
Organisation
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Criminal Justice Public Lecture: Maarten Kunst on victim rights
On 1 June 2022, Maarten Kunst, Professor of Criminology at Leiden Law School, gave a lecture on his research into the effects of the right to be heard on both the defendant and the victim. Victims have certain rights in the Dutch criminal process, including the right to be heard in criminal proceedings.…
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Jason LaffoonFaculty of Archaeology
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Meet the new members of the Cultural Anthropology OLC 2023-2024
Liselotta Jahnke, Jason Irwin, Rachel Cruickshank and Paula Kovač are the new student members of the Programme Committee (OLC). This committee advises the Executive Board and the Faculty Board of CADS about educational matters, such as determining the Course and Examination Regulations and evaluating…
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Patricio SilvaFaculty of Humanities
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Aernout SchmidtFaculty of Law
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Frank de Zwart
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Aitor Burguet-CocaFaculty of Archaeology
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Hans Oversloot
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Femke ReidsmaFaculty of Archaeology
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Areti LeventiFaculty of Archaeology
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Igor DjakovicFaculty of Archaeology
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Alexander WilkinsonFaculty of Archaeology
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Alexander VerpoorteFaculty of Archaeology
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Harry BerghuisFaculty of Archaeology
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Karel KuipersFaculty of Archaeology
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Amanda HenryFaculty of Archaeology
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Anastasia NikulinaFaculty of Archaeology
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Cynthia van Vonno
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Karolina PomorskaSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Tim MicklerSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Roos van der Haer
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Maria Spirova
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Marijn NagtzaamSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Three questions to Maurits Berger about his new Islam podcast
Maurits Berger's new English-language podcast, Matters of Humanities: History of Islam in Europe covers no fewer than thirteen centuries of history. In eight episodes, professor of Islam and the West Maurits Berger argues that the Islam and Muslims are an important part of European history: ‘That was…
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Get to know the new Faculty Council of Archaeology
Organisation
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Student Ambassador International and European Governance (Master of Public Administration)
Organisation, Social
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Alumnus teaching at a Texan university: pizza, guns and heated debate in the lecture theatre
Americans are electing a new president in November but they also have other choices to make in the polling booth. Alumnus Sanne Rijkhoff works at a Texas university and is trying to help make students more aware of the elections.
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New ‘university centre’ to be created in former Hudson’s Bay building in downtown The Hague
Leiden University, together with the Open University and Universities of the Netherlands, will take up residence in the Spui building at Grote Marktstraat 48-50/Spui 3 in downtown The Hague from 2025. The partners signed the leases on 7 November.
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Five questions on event 'Leadership in the digital transition'
Minister Alexandra van Huffelen will attend the 'Leadership in the digital transition' event at Campus Wijnhaven organised by Alex Ingrams on 16 February. Five questions to Ingrams about the event.
- Public installation & meme battle on anti-Asian racism - 21 March
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How the municipality of Amsterdam manages developments in the digital public domain.
The issue of how to deal with a development such as digitalisation in the public domain raises difficult questions for the municipality: who is responsible and when do you intervene?
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Two new programme directors to start in the new year
In early 2026, two new programme directors will begin their roles at FWN. Joost Broekens will take charge of the bachelor’s programme in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DSAI), while Sander van Kasteren will become programme director of the MSc in Life Science and Technology (LST).
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Meet the Faculty’s new Student Assessor: Imen el Idrissi
After two years in the Faculty Board, Student Assessor Zoë van Litsenburg makes room for a successor per September 1, 2022. Let’s meet the new Student Assessor Imen el Idrissi. ‘I want to focus on the communication between the Faculty and the students.’