790 search results for “academic onderwijs” in the Public website
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The AFITE Project successfully hosts the Una Europa Conference on Academic Freedom
On 22–24 October 2025, Leiden University welcomed scholars, policymakers and higher education leaders for the Una Europa Conference on Academic Freedom. Organised by the AFITE project team and supported by Una Europa Seed Funding 2024, the three-day programme examined current pressures on academic freedom…
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Olga Ceran awarded the Mellon/SAR Academic Freedom Fellowship 2025/26
Dr Olga Ceran has been selected as a 2025/26 Mellon/SAR Academic Freedom Fellow. As one of 11 fellows in this year’s cohort, she will work on a project titled ‘The Linguistic Dimension of Academic Freedom: A Human Rights Analysis of Higher Education in Europe’.
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Vasiliki Kosta delivers keynote speech on academic and scientific freedom and commercialisation in EU law
On 12 October 2023, Kosta delivered a keynote speech on academic freedom at the 30th anniversay conference of the (European) Education Law and Policy Association. The conference was entitled ‘Shaping Education Law for the Future’ and took place at Lisbon University, faculty of law (Universidade de Lisboa,…
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First ever summer school in Africa for and by deaf academics
Academic studies or an academic career are a big challenge if you are deaf. Particularly in Africa, where many countries don’t even have secondary schools for the deaf. A team of Leiden academics has organised the first summer school for and by deaf academics on the African continent, in Ghana. We spoke…
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Anna Wallerman wins 2015 Common Market Law Review Young Academics Prize
During the 55th Leiden-London meeting, held on 25 June 2016 in Leiden, the Editorial Board of the Common Market Law Review awarded the 2015 Common Market Law Review Young Academics Prize to Dr Anna Wallerman, for her article entitled “Towards an EU law doctrine on the exercise of discretion in national…
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Vasiliki Kosta and Olga Ceran speak about academic freedom at the University of Bologna, Italy
On 26 June, Dr Vicky Kosta and Dr Olga Ceran visited the University of Bologna, Italy, to present the Vidi research project ‘The EU fundamental right to
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The Annual Conference of the Academic Council on the United Nations System
On 23-24 June 2022, Jan Aart Scholte and Valentina Carraro were invited to the Annual Meeting of the Academic Council on the United Nations System. Jan Aart Scholte gave a paper on the ‘Institutional Sources of Legitimacy at ICANN’. Valentina Carraro was a roundtable speaker during the collective entry…
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Social Resilience and Security
Social resilience and security has never been more important. Over the last 2 years, the COVID-19 pandemic has created a considerable disturbance to our personal and social lives. As a result, the general population reports more stress, loneliness and decreased quality of life. At the same time, there…
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Ermioni Xanthopoulou wins 2017 Common Market Law Review Young Academics Prize
During the 57th Leiden-London meeting, held on 30 June 2018 in Leiden, the Editorial Board of the Common Market Law Review awarded the 2017 Common Market Law Review Young Academics Prize to Dr Ermioni Xanthopoulou, for her article entitled “Mutual Trust and Rights in EU Criminal and Asylum Law: Three…
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Successful authors’ workshop on the EU fundamental right to academic freedom
On 9 June 2023, the workshop on ‘Academic Freedom and its Philosophical Underpinnings in EU law’ took place at the Academy Building, Leiden. It was organized in the framework of the Vidi research project The EU fundamental right to ‘freedom of the art and sciences': exploring the limits on the commercialisation…
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Daniel Peat to represent the ISDS Academic Forum at Investor-State Dispute Settlement Reform Discussions
Daniel Peat will represent the ISDS Academic Forum, a group of over 150 academics whose research focusses on investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS), at forthcoming discussions on the reform of the ISDS system taking place in New York.
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Iris Wuisman speaker at the launch of the Partnership, LLP and LLC Academic Forum
Prof. Iris Wuisman was invited to be a speaker at the inaugural conference of the Partnership, LLP and LLC Academic Forum in Nottingham on 5th April together with David Milman, Geoffrey Morse, Jonathan Hardman, Jason Ellis, Brett Freundenberg and Marco Speranzin.
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Faculty of Science opens academic year with live stream in homely setting
From a white leather armchair, on which Barack Obama once sat, Dean Michiel Kreutzer opened the academic year. This time not with visitors, but completely corona-proof via a live stream. In a homely setting, Kreutzer spoke with several guests, including Covid-19 researcher Thomas Hankemeier and brand…
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presentation about the use of ePortfolios as an assessment method in academic teaching
On 4 April 2019, the University of Basel held a conference on the subject of digitisation in academic teaching.
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In the media: Rector Carel Stolker on the new academic year
How is Leiden University doing in these times of corona, and what kind of new academic year can we expect? Rector Carel Stolker was interviewed by Dutch broadcasting companies Omroep West, Sleutelstad FM and JortCall.
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Academy Leiden: ‘helping young researchers focus in a fast moving academic world’
Young Academy Leiden (YAL) will change its board this month and welcome six new members. Outgoing chair Rachel Plak and incoming chair Ahmed Mahfouz talk about what the platform has achieved for young academics over the past year and what the plans are for the future.
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Executive Board column: How we are tackling the smarter academic year
Research by The Young Academy on the length and intensity of the Dutch academic year has given us food for thought. Do our staff have enough time and space to conduct research? And do we ask too much of our students? The Ministry of Education, Culture and Science asked us universities to think about…
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PhD candidate Vincent Walstra features his research and academic work in various media
It is always a pleasure when a young academic can reach out to the broader public and discuss his/her research's societal relevance and impact. Our own Vincent Walstra has been doing very well on disseminating his work and featuring in various media. This is a list of his recent publications and int…
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Jaap de Hoop Scheffer to open 2018-2019 Academic Year
During the official opening of the 2018-2019 Academic Year on Monday 3 September, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer will talk about Europe and the future of our continent in a turbulent and unpredictable world. He will do this in the form of a lecture and a discussion with Imane Maghrani, an alumna of World Politics…
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Academics call for more powers for international organisations
Organisations like the UN and the EU should be given more powers to combat transboundary problems. This is the message of a report published by the Swedish SNS Democracy Council, whose authors include Prof. Jan Aart Scholte of Leiden University. The researchers also wrote the following article.
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Aole ZhengFaculty of Science
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Errol BoonFaculty of Humanities
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Anish KanhaiFaculty of Science
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Marloes van OosterhoutFaculty of Science
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Laura de JongFaculty of Science
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Raju SharmaFaculty of Science
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Anna WitteveenFaculty of Science
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Tim MainhardFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Iris van WissenFaculty of Science
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Ranwa Alamsi
Faculty of Humanities
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Sietse van MierloFaculty of Humanities
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Donovan StewartFaculty of Humanities
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Roy SnijckersFaculty of Science
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Eveline de VliegerFaculty of Science
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Anne-Grete MärtsonFaculty of Science
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Imke BrunsFaculty of Science
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Mariona Oliver LloberasFaculty of Science
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Gabriela SchäferFaculty of Science
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Tahmina FariabyFaculty of Science
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Peter BouwmanFaculty of Science
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Sophieke LemsFaculty of Science
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Jeroen MolenaarFaculty of Science
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Danxia ZhaoFaculty of Science
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Anita LiaoFaculty of Science
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Tan ZhangFaculty of Science
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Pier LindenberghFaculty of Science
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Romy DijklandFaculty of Science
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Timur Khan
Faculty of Humanities
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Bamdad AminzadehgoharriziFaculty of Humanities
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Cecilia BergonziniFaculty of Science