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.

The new Humanities Hub in the Huizinga Building was officially opened on Tuesday 3 December. In the different labs, researchers presented the options for using digital technologies in humanities research.

Mandy de Wilde is a lecturer at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology of Leiden University. The core question driving her work is how ecological sustainability plays out in local practices, and the situated harms as well as the opportunities that emerge from it.

Friso Selten is a Ph.D. candidate in the SAILS project. In this interdisciplinary research project, a collaboration between the Institute of Public Administration, Advanced Computer Science, and eLaw, he investigates the digital transformation of public organisations, with a focus on the J&V-domain.

Erik Kroon is a postdoctoral researcher at the Faculty of Archaeology.

Eleftheria is an assistant professor at the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS) since 2023. Her research interests lie mainly in the field of Applied Cryptography, and Privacy Enhancing Technologies; specifically, technologies and applications of Computing on Encrypted Data (e.g.,…

Victoria Nyst is associate professor linguistics whose research interests include historical sign language studies, sign language documentation & description, sign language technology, lexicography, linguistic iconicity, and the gesture-sign language interface. She also works with the Africa Studies…

Dennis Broeders is Full Professor of Global Security and Technology and Senior Fellow of The Hague Program on International Cyber Security at Institute of Security and Global Affairs of Leiden University. His research and teaching broadly focuses on the interaction between international security, technology…

From scanners in lecture halls to systems for working from home: the discussion about new technology is being held on various fronts. That is why the University wants to make more use of its in-house experts. At the Technology and Trust symposium at Leiden University on 2 February, researchers from…

Technology and privacy, trust and mistrust. A discussion about this broke out when the University installed scanners and students protested. On Wednesday 2 February experts from Leiden University will explore this topic at the eponymous symposium. We called Roy de Kleijn, as a computer scientist and…

Digitalisation can make a huge contribution to a greener future, but it must also be as sustainable as possible. To make significant progress, more collaboration and national leadership will be needed. Leiden University has therefore signed the Digital Sustainability Manifesto, which was presented on…

Rogier Creemers is a Lecturer in Modern Chinese Studies. With a background in Sinology and International Relations, and a PhD in Law, his research focuses on Chinese domestic digital technology policy, as well as China's growing importance in global digital affairs. He is the principal investigator…

Simcha is the Professor of Management and Healthcare Innovation and Deputy Director Research at the University College London Global Business School for Health (GBSH). He is also the Program Director of the DBA Health program at UCL GBSH. Simcha has been a Professor at Leiden University since 2016.…

Ilios Willemars is Assistant Professor in Cultural Analysis and Literary Studies at Leiden University. Ilios works on placeholders, replacement, contagion, insurance, immunity, infrastructure, digitalization, the work of Franz Kafka, and animals that commit suicide.

Carmen Van den Bergh is assistant professor in Italian Literature at the Leiden University Centre for Arts in Society (LUCAS) where she is director of the Italian Language and Culture Department, track leader for Italian in the MA Literary Studies and quartermaster for the new BA programme Modern Languages.…

Abolfazl is a Ph.D. candidate at Leiden university. His research interests lie in cryptographic primitives, and digital hardware design. His area of expertise is to describe digital hardware using VHDL and Verilog based on ASIC or FPGA procedure. He is currently working on the PROACT project, which…

Julia Cramer is a quantum physicist and science communication researcher, interested in the boundary between fundamental science and society. She is fascinated about communicating science to the (non-obvious) publics. Her research focus is on Quantum and Society.

Miriam Waltz is assistant professor in gender justice and health technologies with a joint appointment between the Institute for Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology and the African Studies Centre.

Jana started as a PhD researcher at the Industrial Ecology department of CML in November 2018.

Dheeraj Kumar Suryakari is a PhD candidate in Cryptography at LIACS. He previously studied Cybersecurity with a focus on Cryptography at KU Leuven and holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Mathematics from IISER Tirupati.

Mohammed Raiz Shaffique is a Researcher and PhD candidate at eLaw - Center for Law and Digital Technologies. He is conducting research on Age Assurance and Online Child Safety, as part of the Better Internet for Kids+ initiative of the European Union. He is doing his PhD on Law and Robotics (Physical…

Simone van der Hof is a full Professor of Law and Digital Technology at the Center for Law and Digital Technology (eLaw) at Leiden Law School, Leiden University.

Monique van den Dries is associate professor at the Faculty of Archaeology and teaches archaeological heritage management. She is also Head of the Department of Archaeological Heritage and Society.

Lettie Dorst is an associate professor at the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics. She teaches a range of different courses in the Minor Translation and the MA Translation, including courses on Translation Studies, Translation Technology, Multimodal Translation and Subtitling. Her research focuses…

Nearly a year since the abrupt switchover to mostly online learning, the Digital Education seminar gave teaching staff the opportunity to review their experiences. What can stay in 2021 and what must go? Frequently voiced opinions: yes please to digital tools that make lectures more interactive; yes…

Wouter Hins is since July 2007 connected to eLaw - Center for Law and Digital Technologies.

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Arturo García De Léon is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Archaeology funded by a PhD Grant by the National Council of Science, Technology and Innovation of Panama (SENACYT).

Alessandro Aleo is a PhD candidate at Leiden University and Delft University of Technology.

Kristie started as a PhD candidate at the department of Industrial Ecology in November 2023, and is focusing on how to quantify and improve the sustainability of pharmaceutical manufacturing.

Gitta Veldt has been a member of the Civil Law Department of the Institute for Private Law since December 2012, first as PhD-fellow and assistant professor, and currently as associate professor.

Dunja Wackers is a postdoctoral researcher in the research group Quantum & Society (part of Science Communication and Society, IBL, and LION). She is a linguist specialised in argumentation analysis and metaphor analysis. Her current research focuses on the use of metaphors in popular-scientific…

Lysanne Post is an assistant professor at ICLON.

My research focuses on understanding the evolution of human communities, settlement patterns, and technological complexity. Through modeling and multiple analytical methods, I seek structural variables that influence human adaptation and collective problem-solving.

Jesse Wichers Schreur is a lecturer teaching morphology, historical linguistics, Georgian and Ancient Greek⁠. In his research he focuses on languages of the Caucasus, in areas of language contact, areal typology and reconstruction⁠.