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Patchwork of police checks across Schengen area News - 4 April 2025
The Schengen countries officially abolished border controls, but checks actually still exist. Maartje van der Woude has written a book about these veiled border controls: ‘The danger is that Schengen will have lots of borders, just not visible ones.’

Sustainable The Hague: Sustainable initiatives in your local area News - 3 May 2021
How can you do your bit for sustainability? Students from Leiden University have launched an interactive website with 150 sustainable initiatives in and around The Hague. The website Sustainable The Hague makes it easy to find a sustainable shop, restaurant or community initiative in your local area…

You too can improve biodiversity in your local area News - 16 May 2025
During a recent event, the Leiden Institute of Environmental Sciences presented the breadth of its research on biodiversity.

More than 100 years of studying South Asia: ‘The view of the area is changing’ News - 17 June 2025
At the Leiden Institute for Area Studies (LIAS), scholars have been studying the Indian subcontinent with attention and expertise for more than 100 years. This part of South Asia is an economic giant with a population of over two billion. Nira Wickramasinghe, Professor of Modern South Asian Studies,…

Allocation of the work areas of the Humanities Campus: Who goes where? News - 31 January 2023
It was announced in December that a new draft urban development plan for the Humanities Campus is now ready. In drawing up this plan for the various buildings, outdoor space and traffic routes on campus, the facilities and layout of the buildings themselves were, of course, also considered. Discussions…

Netherlands feed mainly on wild animals – but also target grazing cattle in areas with less prey News - 20 May 2025
Wolves in the Netherlands mainly feed on wild animals such as wild boar and red and roe deer. But in areas such as Drenthe where these are scarce they also prey on free-roaming cattle used for nature conservation

The operations of multinational businesses in conflict areas - towards a conceptual operational framework, the LEIDEN Protocol Event - 8 July 2025
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