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How does artificial intelligence influence democratic processes?
An international team of researchers, including scholars from Leiden University, has received a Seed Funding Grant within the Una Europa network. The project, Democracy and AI, focuses on the impact of artificial intelligence on the functioning of democratic systems.
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Alumnus Shivan Shazad: 'I would like to have been a member of a diversity and inclusion committee'
It was his thesis supervisor during his master's in Film and Photographic Studies who encouraged Shivan Shazad to pursue a second master's in diversity policy at Ghent. He is now Manager of Diversity and Inclusion at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
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Bernet ElzingaFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Willem van der DoesFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Philip SpinhovenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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From lone genius to cocreator: how AI is changing the role of composers
Who is the real creator when a musician uses AI? This was the burning question for Adam Lukawski, himself a composer. During a fascinating premiere at Amare, The Hague’s cultural hub, he demonstrated what cocreation sounds like.
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Archaeologist Valerio Gentile investigates Bronze Age spear combat
How can we tell whether and how a prehistoric weapon was used? How can we better understand the dexterity and combat skills involved in Bronze Age spear fighting? A research team from Leiden and Göttingen University present a new approach to answering these questions: they simulated the actual fight…
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Maartje JanseFaculty of Humanities
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Laura SteenbergenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Bart Verkuil
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Kyra VerboonFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Nina EggensFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Semiha AydinFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Nina van CapelleveenFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Sanne van LuenenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Nikkie BuskermolenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Wilma WentholtFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Geert-Jan WillFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Lennart Schada von BorzyskowskiFaculty of Science
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Lisanne van HoutumFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Selin TopelFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Archaeological Forum: Sarah Schrader and Alejandra Roche Recinos
Lecture
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Laurie Cosmo: ‘Dutch museums have a very contemporary exhibition practice’
University lecturer Laurie Cosmo, having grown up in New York, came to the Hague from Rome, Italy, where she fell under the spell of the Kunstmuseum. ‘I loved the building even before I worked at Leiden University.’
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Opinion: AI is taking over our jobs – or is the reality more nuanced?
Following the news that TomTom is cutting 300 jobs due to the use of artificial intelligence (AI), FGGA researchers Friso Selten and Alex Ingrams responded with opinion pieces. They place the news in a broader context and call for a more nuanced debate on AI and job losses.
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Honours Class makes cultural heritage tangible: ‘You are dealing with people’
An Honours Class about the ostensibly unrecognisable worlds of insular Southeast Asia teaches students a fundamental piece of wisdom: "We do not differ much from the people at the other end of the world."
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How polluting are the clothes in your closet?
Cotton is the most widely used natural fibre for clothes. But how polluting are our jeans and shirts actually? Environmental scientist Laura Scherer coordinated an international research project on the impacts of cotton. ‘The purchases of consumers in Europe can contribute to water scarcity in China…
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These were Leiden University’s interdisciplinary milestones of 2023
Connecting worlds, enhancing research and teaching, and providing innovative solutions to complex social issues: that is the idea behind interdisciplinary research. In that respect, a huge amount happened at Leiden University in 2023.
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Digital Humanities Pilot Project Symposium 2025
Symposium
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Anne Krause-Utz
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Dario FazziFaculty of Humanities
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Ton LiefaardFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Herman SpainkFaculty of Science
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Ellen de BruijnFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Liesbeth van VlietFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Mariëlle BruningFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Nadia GarnefskiFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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‘Europe actually listens’: three Leiden political scientists about the responsiveness and effectiveness of EU policy
The image of the European Union (EU) as a remote law-making machine is widespread. Quite often journalists and politicians deliberately depict ‘Brussels’ as bureaucratic, even undemocratic, bypassing its citizens. And many of us buy into that image. Nikoleta Yordanova, Anastasia Ershova and Aleksandra…
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‘Humans are storytellers’: the power of stories in language development of children and AI models
What do ten-year-old children and chatbots have in common? PhD researcher Bram van Dijk studied language development in both children and AI language models. ‘It’s actually quite practical that we attribute human traits to a chatbot.’
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Archaeologist Martin Berger explores Latin American collections with an ERC grant
All over Europe you will find ethnographic museums with large collections of indigenous objects from Latin America. These collections shaped the image of native populations in the European mind. An ERC Starting Grant allows Dr Martin Berger to look at the bigger picture, contextualizing individual collections…
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Using AI to track greenhouse gas emissions
PhD candidate Julia Wąsala searches for greenhouse gas emissions in satellite data. As a computer scientist, she bridges the gap between computer science and space research. ‘We really can't do this research without collaboration.’
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Human language inspired AI – and now we can use that AI to learn about language
Yuchen Lian defended her thesis on AI and language evolution at Leiden University.
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Phone nearly empty? Uber’s fare might be higher
If you buy something online, the webshop can adjust the price based on your data. Kimia Heidary investigated the phenomenon of online price discrimination. ‘It’s not necessarily unfair. Different prices for different people has been around for years.’
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Digital Humanities Winter School
Workshops
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Digital Humanities Pilot Research Projects and COIn Infrastructure Symposium 2026
Symposium
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Muslim Futures Festival
Arts and culture, Festival
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Beyond Academic Freedom: The Palestinian Condition and the Production of History
Lecture, LUCIS Keynote
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Digital Humanities Winter School 2026
Workshops
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Driving Gigs in Oman: Women and Techno-Fixes in the Platform Economy
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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A message in the local group chat during a measles outbreak, and other solutions for a healthier city
How can we ensure that young people vape less? How do we prevent the spread of scabies among students? And how can we encourage physical activity at work? Students from Health and Medical Psychology recently presented their answers to these questions to professionals in the field.