908 search results for “pionier van de universiteit leiden” in the Student website
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Luuk van Roozendaal wins Political Science Master’s Thesis Prize 2021
In the 2020 presidential elections, voters in several, mostly southern, electoral districts of the United States saw ‘their’ polling stations closed by the local authorities. In order to cast their vote, they had to travel further or use the mail ballot. Media reports and civil rights activitsts often…
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Cleveringa Professor Frank van Vree: ‘It’s high time to discuss the ritualisation of the past’
The annual commemoration of the nation’s war dead on Dam Square and at Waalsdorpervlakte, the Dutch apologies for historical slavery and the Cleveringa Lecture itself: our relationship with history is often ritualistic, Cleveringa Professor Frank van Vree will say in his inaugural lecture on 27 Nove…
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Koos Biesmeijer and Claire van Megen nominated for Person of the Year
Koos Biesmeijer, Professor of Natural Capital, and Claire van Megen, an Educational and Child Studies student, are in with a chance of winning Leiden’s Person of the Year title.
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Joanne van der Leun to chair new knowledge security and fossil industry committees
Leiden University has set up two committees to consider issues that are the focus of much attention within our community and society at large. They are the Knowledge Security Committee and the Fossil Fuel Industry Collaboration Committee. Former dean Joanne van der Leun will chair both.
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Sarah de Lange, new professor of Dutch Politics: ‘We should not take our democratic constitutional state for granted’
‘Dutch politics are changing, but they also are characterised by stability; that tension fascinates me.’ Sarah de Lange studies, among other things, the Dutch party system, and specifically how the rise of extremist parties influences democracy. She will start as a professor in Leiden in mid-October…
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Top 450 continues: lawyer Lizzy van Dorp is the 100th entry
Lawyer, economist, politician and women’s rights activist Lizzy van Dorp is the 100th entry in our Top 450. Who or what is your favourite?
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Presenteren met de Stad
Leren met de Stad
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Beibei YuanFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Ana Parrón CabañeroFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Werken bij de overheid
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Julia Röhrig wins Daniël Heinsius prize for master’s thesis about states’ responses to EctHR rulings
Julia Röhrig, a graduate from Universiteit Leiden’s Political Science master’s programme, has won the 2026 Daniel Heinsius Prize of the Flemish and Dutch Political Science associations. Her thesis about the impact of populism on state compliance with European Court of Human Rights rulings, according…
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Spui Campus: a store of knowledge
Spui Campus has opened its doors to students, working professionals and researchers. At the site where the iconic V&D department store stood since 1928, Universiteit Leiden, TU Delft, Open Universiteit, LUMC en Universiteiten van Nederland are collaborating on solutions to current societal challenges,…
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Bericht van het CvB over demonstratie en bezetting Wijnhaven
On Tuesday 6 May our university was the scene of an unscheduled demonstration and occupation at Campus The Hague. We understand that this incident and its consequences have shaken both the university and the wider community. We look back at the events and their effects.
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Aleksandrina SkvortsovaFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Neeltje BlankensteinFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Juan Claramunt GonzalezFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Judith SchomakerFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Nikki NibberingFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Adrien Martinet -
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Marloes van Moort
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Thed van LeeuwenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Jan MelissenFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Bjørn Peare Bartholdy -
Chenxiao Zhao -
Sabine van der AsdonkFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Linda van Leijenhorst
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Julia Folz -
Peter MeelFaculty of Humanities
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Kathleen Brown awarded Dutch-Flemish thesis prize
The 2026 Els Witte Annual Prize in Political Science has been awarded to Kathleen Brown. As a PhD candidate at Leiden University’s Institute of Political Science, she wrote a thesis on sovereign debt politics, risk, and state agency in emerging markets. According to the jury, which presented the prize…
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Michelle AchterbergFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Gamal Adel Elgamal -
Mandela Scholarship Fund
Bachelor, Master
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Janna Marie Bas-HoogendamFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Leonardo Lenoci -
Céline ZaepffelFaculty of Humanities
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Symfonie van Onvrede
Book lecture + panel
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Lara WierengaFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Rachel PlakFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Shelley van der Veek
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Chris VerhoevenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Voorlichtingsdag bij de AIVD voor studenten Russische studies
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- Well-being moment: Yoga bij de Hortus
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Julian KarchFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Anne UraiFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Anna van 't VeerFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences