Afghans who came to the Netherlands in a hurry, refugees who were used as leverage by Belarus and boat refugees who tried to reach Europe in an increasingly desperate manner: the newspapers were once again filled with news about migrants. Today, on International Migrants Day, we talk to professor Marlou…

Hari Nugroho explores the role of local dynamics in shaping Indonesian labour movements. By focusing on the micro-level, this research reveals how labour organisation strategies are influenced by individual actors' personal histories, their interactions, and the way in which they respond the local economic…

Marike Knoef (1983) is Dean of the Tilburg School of Economics and Management, and professor of Economics at Tilburg University. Until February 2023, she held the position of professor at the Economics department of Leiden University and she is currently a guest researcher there.

Glenn is a researcher from Costa Rica that has developed his career in the sustainability field. He holds a bachelor degree in Chemistry from the University of Costa Rica and a master of Sustainability from the University of Sydney, Australia.

The Leiden interdisciplinary research programme Global Transformations and Governance Challenges (GTGC) and the Embassy of Ireland are jointly organising a special book launch in The Hague. On 13 November, Gerry Finnegan, author and a former director of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), will…

eLaw - Center for Law and Digital Technologies at Leiden University, hosted the first Horizon Europe BIAS Project co-creational workshop geared towards defining the requirements for identifying and mitigating diversity bias in AI systems used for recruitment purposes.

Olaf van Vliet is Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics and at the Institute of Public Administration, Leiden University. He is also Head of the Department of Economics.

My work lies at the intersection of political economy, political geography, development studies, and critical geopolitics. I am particularly interested in South-South relations, China’s global footprint (with a specific focus on China’s engagement in Latin America and the Caribbean), conflict around…

Nikki Mulder is a PhD candidate and teacher at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology of Leiden University. Her dissertation 'Financing Afterlives' examines how racial inequality shapes the consumption and use of life insurance policies in New Orleans, USA. This project is…

Mark Roelofsen is a dual PhD candidate at Leiden University Dual PhD Centre. Working title thesis: 'Is het mogelijk een consistent Technisch Analysesysteem te ontwerpen, toepasbaar op aandelenmarkten, dat aantoonbaar succesvol is?'

Arnold Tukker is Professor of Industrial Ecology at the Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML) at Leiden University.

In a paper, researchers suggest how the next European Commission can develop an alternative policy model that centres people’s well-being.

Shashank is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Environmental Sciences and is working on the development and operationalization of a Safe and Sustainable-by-Design framework for additive manufacturing-enabled repair and remanufacturing within the NWA ADD-reAM project.

Many humanities graduates find work in digital heritage, but a good pedagogical model to match education is lacking. University lecturers Karin de Wild and Peter Verhaar want to change this with a Comenius grant.

Cristina Grasseni is Professor Cultural Anthropology at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology of Leiden University.

You should start working now, and the positive results will only be seen long after your term has expired. That is just about the worst thing you can say to politicians and policymakers. Yet that is exactly the message of two recent reports on sustainable resource use from the Centre for Environmental…

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Mies Grijns is a Guest Researcher at the Van Vollenhoven Institute.

Philippe van Gruisen is an Associate Professor at Leiden University's Department of Economics.

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…

From 13 to 16 July, Leiden will host the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF), the largest multidisciplinary scientific conference in Europe. Lars van Doorn from Leiden Law School will give a presentation.

Jelle Brands (1985) works as assistant professor at the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology.

Brenda is a PhD candidate researching the sustainability of future recycling pathways to produce rare-earth magnets.

Three directors of PostNL have been arrested in Belgium, suspected of human trafficking among other things. Abuses also exist in the Dutch parcel delivery sector. Why does the Netherlands act less firmly?

Leo Lucassen is Professor of Global Labour and Migration History at the Leiden University Institute for History and director of the International Institute of Social History (IISH) in Amsterdam. His research focuses on Global Migration History, Integration, Migration Systems, Migration Controls, Gypsies…

Migrants are expensive. Or are they? Professor Olaf van Vliet collaborated on a big research project from Leiden University to map the costs of migration. During the last episode of this season of the podcast Open Geesten (Open Minds), he talks about the initial results. Do migrants really put a lot…

Self-employed workers’ hours have significantly decreased during the coronavirus crisis. Their average hours worked decreased most at the start of the crisis, by more than five hours per week. And it was difficult to return to their pre-crisis hours in the quarters that followed. This is the conclusion…

Walter Gam Nkwi is Assistant Professor at the Institute for History.