Matthew Frear is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of History. He teaches and supervises students on the BA International Studies, MA International Relations, BA Russian Studies, and MA Russian and Eurasian Studies programmes. His main fields of research are Russian and Eurasian politics and international…

On 8 December, in honour of Human Rights Week, Roeland Böcker gave a public lecture about his experiences as ambassador to the Council of Europe. Between 2017 and 2021, Roeland Böcker was the representative of the Netherlands in the Council of Europe.

Michel Wyss is a PhD student at the Institute for History.

Title research: Living with the limits of EU non-discrimination law: In search of alternatives

Title research: The Interaction between Competition Law and International Investment Law

Jiaxuan Huang is a PhD candidate at the Institute for History.

Title research: Judicial independence in the context of accession to the European Union.

Title research: EU rule of law promotion in the Western Balkans through judicial reforms: strengthening the rule of law through the EU driven judicial vetting process in Albania

Title research: Competition law enforcement.

Title research: Addressing business-related economic, social and cultural rights violations in post-conflict transitional justice: A case study on the extractive industries’ role during conflict and transition.

Title research: The Role of Partnerships in Supporting and Advancing the Corporate Responsibility to Respect human Rights in Supply Chains.

Travis Bowman is a PhD candidate at the Institute for History.

Research title: Financial regulatory law through a philosophical lens

Juliette Staüdt is a PhD candidate at the Institute for History.

Talha Gunay is a Meijers PhD candidate at the Europa Institute of Leiden Law School. His research concerns the judicial and administrative implications of the increased cooperation on return between the EU authorities (Frontex) and Member States under EU law.

Title research: Do the ECtHR judgments and decisions dealing with applications that concern unrecognized states have an impact on the political process of conflict resolution? If yes, is this impact positive or negative?

Title research: Digital Labour Platforms and the Upholding of Fundamental Labour Rights.

Title research The extent to which modern illiberal democracies can be reconciled with international human rights law

Rosanne Baars is a NWO-Veni postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for History.

Title reacherch:Environmental Migration in a Regional Perspective: Protection and Opportunities through Regional Free Movement Regimes and Regional Human Rights Treaties.

Mario de Jonge is an educational adviser and researcher at ICLON.

Johan de Jong is assistant professor in Continental Philosophy at Leiden University. He also holds a research fellowship in the project “Nietzsche: Experiment en nihilisme” at the Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen.

Ron Vollebregt is a PhD candidate at the Institute for History.

Title research: The domestic impact of European Law in the new Member States

Hein Drop is an external PhD candidate / guest at the Institute for History.

On Monday 10 October a debate was held at the KOG, ‘Tax in the Boardroom’. During this inspiring event, students and tax experts from the business sector and public bodies considered the tax issues that are dominating the public debate. The tax experts were Joost Kutsch Lojenga (Shell), Sebastiaan de…

Harold Koster is a Professor of Company Law at the Institute of Private Law and is Head of the Department of Company Law and Financial Law.

Cooperation is the solution to international problems, demonstrated the final seminar of the Master Honours Class ‘Smart Regional Integration’ – even when it is sometimes easier said than done. “You can see the students struggle with that.”

Graduation ceremony

Het asielbeleid blijft een hoofdpijndossier voor het kabinet. Een akkoord zou bereikt zijn waarin iedere partij een kleine concessie zou doen. De VVD gaat uiteindelijk toch niet akkoord met deze nieuwe asielwet die gemeentes kan dwingen om asielzoekers op te vangen. De VVD fractie heeft moeite met ‘dwang’…

Jeffrey Fynn-Paul is a university lecturer at the Institute for History.

Dr. Henning Lahmann is Assistant Professor at eLaw - Center for Law and Digital Technologies.

Annelies Schulte Nordholt is a University Lecturer at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society.

Maria Gabriela Palacio Ludeña is University Lecturer Development Studies at the Institute for History.

Gelijn Molier works since 1 September 2006 for the Institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of the Law at the department of Jurisprudence, first as an assistant professor and since 2013 as an associate professor.

Prof.dr.ir. van Bodegom is professor Environmental Biology and professor Circular International Horticulture Systems within the Institute of Environmental Sciences. He investigates biodiversity and ecosystem patterns to support transitions to a sustainable society.

Imagine: you’re seeking asylum in the Netherlands due to your sexual orientation or gender identity. The immigration authorities might question you about your sexuality. PhD candidate Elias Tissandier-Nasom, who is researching asylum applications submitted by LGBTQI+ children, explains that the process…

I am the Special Chair for Central European Studies, Assistant Professor of Judaism & Diaspora Studies and Director of the Austria Centre Leiden. From 2025-2030, I am the Principal Investigator of “A Century of Care: Invisible Work and Early Childcare in central and eastern Europe, 1905-2004” or CARECENTURY,…

Leonor Alvarez Francés is a PhD candidate at the Institute for History that specializes in transnational history and digital tools for research in cultural history.

Leiden researchers Max van Duijn (Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science) and Vasilika Kosta (Leiden Law School, Europa Institute) will join The Young Academy (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences) KNAW)).

Arbeidsuitbuiting van migranten wordt als een vorm van het strafrechtelijke delict mensenhandel beschouwd. De rechtspositie van de slachtoffers is mede daardoor ondergeschikt aan de strafrechtelijke procedure. Dat kan en moet anders, stelt Gerrie Lodder in haar proefschrift. Promotie op 21 april 202…

The euro crisis of 2010 has shown that the Eurozone lacks economic cohesion and that EU fiscal integration is needed for a stable euro. But can this integration exist without clashing with the national constitutional interests of the Member States? Frederik Behre looked into this matter in his PhD-thesis…