329 search results for “asylum and migration policy” in the Student website
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Punishment or refuge? ‘Women sometimes aimed to be convicted’
Over a thousand women ended up in a State workhouse between 1886 and 1934. This was a place for vagrants, beggars and drunkards: people who were said to be too lazy to work. Who were these women who were sent there? PhD candidate Marian Weevers found out.
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Should you leave academia to handle democracy?
The relationship between academia and democracy is a complicated one. Should policy makers listen to scientists or to citizens? That is the dilemma Valérie Pattyn and Johan Christensen will discuss with a panel of experts during the academic conference EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF).
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Eefje CuppenFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Cesare Figari BarberisFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Sander ten CaatFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Eline WestraFaculty of Humanities
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Ilse RasFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Annemiek de LoozeFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Manon van der HeijdenFaculty of Humanities
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Nadia SonneveldFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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the role of Social Democracy in the History of European Competition Policy
Lecture, CHEI Seminar - Book launch
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Evelien WalhoutFaculty of Humanities
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Christian TudoracheFaculty of Science
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Jeroen TouwenFaculty of Humanities
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Francianne Dos Santos VelhoFaculty of Humanities
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Marcel SchaafFaculty of Science
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Nada HeddaneFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Judith van UdenFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Josette DaemenFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Emile CammeraatFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Hsini HuangFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Valentina CarraroFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Georgios DikaiosFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Janne van DoornFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Marlieke ErnstFaculty of Humanities
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Zakia ShirazFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Matt YoungFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Sergei BoekeFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Linyuan WangICLON
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Hanum AtikasariFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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DNA study reveals remarkable stability in prehistoric Low Countries populations
For thousands of years, the prehistoric communities of the Low Countries followed their own path, compared with the rest of Europe. An international research team has now published these findings in Nature.
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De-registering as a student
Your student registration will expire automatically at the end of the academic year. However, if you end your study programme earlier, you must cancel your student registration.
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From chants to a voice: how young workers organised
‘All the groceries, but not a fig for young workers’, read a banner during the occupation of Ahold’s headquarters in 1981. ‘For a long time, young workers were not taken seriously, but they managed to put themselves on the map’, says historian Rosa Kösters.
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Three new Master's specialisations in History: ‘More in line with students’ wishes’
The Master's programme in History at Leiden University is set to change. From September 2026, three of the five specialisations will be replaced by new subjects that are more closely aligned with the field of research and students’ interests. One of these new specialisations will also be taught entirely…
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Rens TacomaFaculty of Humanities
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Peter MeelFaculty of Humanities
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Vidi grants for eight researchers from Leiden University
Eight scientists from Leiden University have been awarded a grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). With this Vidi funding, the researchers can set up an innovative line of research and further expand their own research group over the next five years.
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When criminal law works unfairly against people in vulnerable positions
Criminal law can reinforce social inequality. ‘People at the lower end of society are hit harder by criminal law in a range of different ways’, says Professor Marloes van Noorloos. ‘That has to change.’
- In Praise of Community Building - World Refugee Day 2025
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Fighting for power in Mali: 'Land resources are crucial'
In the Malian Dogon region, various militias have been fighting for power since 2015. Land resources play a major role in this, doctoral student Ibrahima Poudiougou discovered. 'Power in the area is intrinsically linked to control over land and its resources.’
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Passionate debate on university’s fossil fuel ties
Should Leiden University cut its ties with the fossil fuel industry forthwith? This was the main question in a debate between students and staff. The answer was clearer for some than for others.
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Carlotta RigottiFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Leiden conference to look for emerging trends in global governance
Global challenges require global governance answers. For that reason, between 5 and 7 June, the interdisciplinary research programme Global Transformations and Governance Challenges (GTGC) has selected 'Emerging trends in global governance' as the theme of its annual conference. Researchers, students…
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Student Cabinet presents ‘coalition agreement’
The Student Cabinet, a shadow cabinet with students from the Dutch universities, has presented its first ‘coalition agreement’. As Minister for New Democracy, Leiden student Zeineb Romdhane says inclusion should form ‘the basis of our democracy’.
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Hans SlabbekoornFaculty of Science
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Eric Storm: ‘Nationalist politicians have a more international orientation than traditional parties’
Nationalism is so prevalent in our society that we hardly realise it once didn’t exist. In his new book, senior university lecturer Eric Storm reveals the global history of the phenomenon. ‘Nationalist movements have always influenced each other.’
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Value of science the focus of 448th Dies Natalis
The importance of science communication and cross-boundary collaboration, and the ‘mantra’ of diminishing social cohesion in society: these all came up at Leiden University’s 448th Dies Natalis. A panel discussion including Leiden’s mayor Lenferink, music and two honorary doctorates completed the special…
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Catia AntunesFaculty of Humanities