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• AI and emotion recognition: ‘It could disrupt social interactions’ News - 21 July 2025

  Just imagine new AI technology is able to read human emotions flawlessly. How would that affect us as humans? That is the question PhD candidate Alexandra Prégent is exploring.

• A treasure trove of legal data News - 13 September 2016

  Data science offers great opportunities for legal research, according to Simone van der Hof and Bart Custers (eLaw). But at the same time, we have to keep an eye on the unwanted side effects of big data - such as ethnic profiling.

• Exhibition Herstory: Leiden's Leading Ladies in the Oude UB News - 25 April 2019

  In all the 444 years since Leiden University was founded, almost nothing has been written about women at the University. That's why a group of 25 female students have prepared the exhibition Herstory: Leiden's Leading Ladies. University history through women's eyes. Now open to the public in the Oude…

• Civil Liberties Under Pressure: Maartje van der Woude to hold webinar for Indonesian university News - 17 July 2020

  On Wednesday 22 July, Professor Maartje van der Woude will hold a webinar for Nusantara University (Indonesia). Her lecture is entitled ‘Governing Through Crises: Civil Liberties Under Pressure’.

• Studenten onderzoeken maatschappelijke Leidse vraagstukken News - 23 June 2023

  Studenten onderzochten maatschappelijke vraagstukken voor het project Leren met de Stad en presenteerden hun resultaten tijdens een informatiemarkt.

• Use of virtual girl 'Sweetie' to fight child abuse problematic in the Netherlands News - 19 October 2016

  The use of virtual girl Sweetie, used by the police to investigate pedofiles, is problematic in the Netherlands. Researchers of Leiden University and Tilburg University conclude that this is due to the criminal law applicable at the moment.

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  Maartje van der Woude Professor of Law and Society

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

• Economic and Social History Research project

  The key subject of the Team Economic and Social History is Inequality (at local, national and global levels). We study this from an intersectional perspective: gender, class, ethnicity or race, religion, sexuality, age, ability/disability, citizenship and legal status. We study these categories of power…

• Who is the rightful owner of colonial art? News - 26 November 2019

  Colonial art and artefacts were not necessarily looted. Pieter ter Keurs, Professor of Museums, Collections and Society, calls for more nuance in the debate on art and collectors’ items from a loaded past. Inaugural speech on 2 December.

• Royal honour for emeritus professor Ad IJzerman News - 26 April 2022

  Ad IJzerman, Emeritus Professor of Pharmacochemistry, was made a Knight of the Order of the Lion of the Netherlands on 26 April. He was presented with the royal honour by Mayor Elbert Roest in the town hall in Bloemendaal.

• The rocking researcher: Marjolein Fokkema connects disciplines with algorithms and pop songs News - 16 October 2023

  From predicting Alzheimer’s to the growth of organisms: psychologist Marjolein Fokkema’s algorithms can be used in many disciplines. They also provide inspiration for her songs, theatre shows and life lessons. What drives this rocking researcher?

• Good Health for All: An Ethnographic Study of Frontline Professionals in General and Mental Healthcare and Social Welfare Event - 2 December 2025

  PhD defence

• Navigating adolescence through COVID-19: a multi-system view on mental health in the Chilean context Event - 27 January 2026

  PhD defence

• Unbefitting healing objects? Event - 12 February 2026

  PhD defence

• Rudy Andeweg appointed to Dutch Electoral Council News - 13 June 2016

  Rudy Andeweg, professor of empirical political science at Leiden University, joins the Dutch Electoral Council as of 1 January 2017.

• Leiden researchers win public award in Smartest Project contest News - 4 October 2016

  A research project by Developmental Psychology professor Carolien Rieffe and researchers of the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science has been voted Smartest Project of the Netherlands 2016.

• Manioc and Amazonian Prehistory: Veni grant for Konrad Rybka News - 4 September 2019

  How did manioc, a poisonous root, become the staple of Amazonia and change the lives of prehistoric Amazonian peoples? Veni grant recipient, Konrad Rybka aims to unravel this mystery using a variety of research methods across different disciplines.

• Laurie Cosmo: ‘Dutch museums have a very contemporary exhibition practice’ News - 20 March 2025

  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.’

• The 1st Indonesian-Australian-Netherlands Socio-Legal Studies Conference News - 8 August 2017

  The international conference “Legal Reform in Indonesia: towards Justice” will be held on 6-7 September 2017 at Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

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  Anna Babl Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Marike Kooistra Researcher

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Federica Lucchi PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Benthe van Delft PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Jos Brosschot Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Peter Putman Associate Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Mark Klaassen Assistant Professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Jet Bussemaker Professor

  Faculty of Medicine

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  Niki Antypa Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Manja Koenders Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Linda de Voogd Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Karin van der Hiele Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Cosima Nimphy Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Evin Aktar Senior assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Serge Rombouts Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Rayyan Toutounji Researcher

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Danielle Oprel

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Ed Kuijper Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Medicine

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  Rehana Dole Programme Manager UNICEF Chair in Children's Rights

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Martin Taphoorn Pofessor

  Faculty of Medicine

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  Sayeh Mohammadi PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Katrien Klep Assistant professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Hanneke Hulst Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Lucy Opoka PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Mara van Osch PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Eva Schmidt Guest

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Oana Georgiana Rus-Oswald Researcher

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Christi van Asperen Professor

  Faculty of Medicine

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  Carien Creutzberg Professor

  Faculty of Medicine

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  Liia Kivelä Researcher

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Jelle Goeman Professor

  Faculty of Medicine