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1,182 search results for “africa in the world” in the Student website

• ‘Young people are cannon fodder in the Central African Republic’ News - 20 November 2023

  A bloody civil war has raged for years in the Central African Republic. PhD candidate Crépin Mouguia points out a tragic pattern: young people have been recruited as fighters or soldiers for generations and thus fuel the conflicts.

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  Azeb Amha Lecturer

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

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  Erik Bähre Associate Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

• How the world can achieve climate goals with clean hydrogen production News - 22 February 2024

  Hydrogen can help to solve the climate problem. At least, if we start producing it in the right, clean way. Leiden researchers mapped out the global environmental impact of hydrogen production and looked ahead to 2050. They published their work in Energy & Environmental Science.

• experiments but equations: how Daoyi Wang uses math to understand the world News - 21 June 2024

  How do you study the growth of microorganisms, the spread of epidemic diseases or the healing of wounds, without actually performing experiments? Daoyi Wang, PhD candidate at the Mathematical Institute, worked on a specific mathematical model that can describe the growth of microorganisms and many other…

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  Stephan Raaijmakers Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Nicky Schreuder PhD candidate

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  Manolis Fragkiadakis Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Miko Flohr University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

• Vineet Thakur

  Vineet Thakur is University Lecturer in International Relations at the Institute for History, Leiden University.

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  Jürgen Zangenberg Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

• Igor Boog

  Igor Boog is the Director of Studies and an Assistant Professor Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology at Leiden University.

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  Priscilla Lam PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Ayokunu Adedokun Assistant professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

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  Hilde Gunnink Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

• Alette Vonk

  Alette Vonk holds an MA in Development Sociology and Practitioner certificates in the fields of Intercultural Management, Organizational Development, Organizational Culture and NLP. She has more than 25 years experience in both organizational and community development in international settings: she…

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  Jenneke van der Wal Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Metje Postma Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Emmanuelle Radar Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

• Wouter van Beek

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  Agnieszka Kazimierczuk Guest Researcher

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

• A hopeful start to the year: ‘As a university, we can make the world a better place’ News - 7 January 2026

  Working together in times of change. With enthusiasm, passion and connection as our keywords. That was the message emphasised by administrators Jasper Knoester and Luc Sels at the start of this new year for our Science faculty. ‘Hope for a better world means working together actively towards progres…

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  Peter Verhaar University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Jelena Prokic Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Sara Petrollino University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

• Tanja Hendriks

  Tanja Hendriks is an assistant professor at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs and a research affiliate with the African Studies Centre Leiden. With a background in cultural anthropology, development studies and African Studies, her ethnographic research focuses on state bureaucracies and…

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  Josien de Klerk Associate Professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

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  Inocêncio Joao Raul Zandamela PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Marja Spierenburg Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

• Katharina Natter

  Katharina Natter is Senior Assistant Professor at the Institute of Political Science.

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  Danny Jol Guest

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Nuranisa Nuranisa PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Karin de Wild University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

• Miguel John Versluys

  Miguel John Versluys is Professor of Classical & Mediterranean Archaeology at the Faculty of Archaeology.

• The whole world knows the way to the Leiden institute in Morocco News - 5 March 2024

  A delegation from Leiden University visited the Netherlands Institute Morocco (NIMAR) in Rabat at the end of February.

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  Anne-Isabelle Richard University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Maarten Kossmann Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Roeland Emaus PhD candidate

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  Gjovalin Macaj Assistant professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

• Antjie Krog writer in residence at Leiden University this autumn News - 7 June 2021

  South African poet Antjie Krog will be the writer in residence at Leiden University in autumn 2021. Krog is famous for her poetry collections and books, which are often inspired by the history of South Africa. In her role as writer in residence, she will give the annual Albert Verwey Lecture and a series…

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  Pepita Hesselberth University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Leila Demarest Associate Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Crisófia Langa da Câmara PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Deborah Oyuu PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

• Alies Jansen

  Alies Jansen is a PhD candidate in Global Transformations and Governance Challenges at the Institute for History at Leiden University. In 2025, she is a visiting researcher in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

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  Jan Sleutels Senior University Lecturer Philosophy of Mind and Media Philosophy

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Aron van de Pol PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Alexandra Prégent PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

• John Bintliff

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  Jimmy Mans Head of Research Affairs