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Migration from Remindo to Ans
Starting from the academic year 2024-2025, the entire university is using testing platform Ans for digital assessment. The Faculty of Humanities has made this switch from Remindo to Ans in the second semester (February 2025).

LDE Governance of Migration and Diversity Seed Fund Scholarship
Master, PhD

Webinar: Policy Challenges in Immigration, Non‑Standard Employment and Remote Work Event - 31 March 2026

‘How expensive is migration?’ News - 29 September 2022
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…

‘Migration is more about hope than economy’ News - 18 December 2021
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…

‘Migration’, ‘migrazione’ and ‘migracja’: Free teaching modules on migration in six languages News - 16 December 2022
Social scientists from Leiden University have worked with an international team to create teaching modules on migration.

Migration scholar Katharina Natter wins Gratama Science Prize News - 16 May 2025
For her research into migration policy under different political regimes, Katharina Natter has been awarded the Gratama Science Prize for young, talented researchers.

Social Citizenship and Migration symposium - three reasons to come along News - 8 January 2024
The Social Citizenship and Migration interdisciplinary research programme is holding its annual symposium on 17 January 2024. This is the chance for Leiden researchers to share their experiences with a large network of colleagues with expertise in migration and social impact.

Benoit Pols on European Lawblog: ‘The EU is reluctant to link trade to migration enforcement’ News - 10 July 2025
Why doesn’t the EU use market power to enforce migration readmission? Student Benoit Pols explains on the European Lawblog why trade sanctions remain politically sensitive — and legally tricky.

How migration policy in autocracies and democracies differs from what we expect News - 11 April 2023
What is the effect of a certain regime on a country’s migration policy? Political scientist Katharina Natter compared the migration policy of autocratic Morocco with that of democratising Tunisia. Her findings challenge some of the core assumptions.

Junior multidisciplinary workshop on Migration: three reasons why you should attend News - 25 March 2024
The Economics Department at Leiden University is pleased to announce a junior workshop focusing on The Economic, Social and Political Effects of Migration, which will be held Friday 19 April 2024, at the Gravensteen in Leiden.

Five questions about the research programme Citizenship, Migration and Global Transformations News - 28 May 2021
De onderzoeksteams zijn opgezet, samenwerkingen zijn gestart, projecten afgetrapt, de eerste startsubsidies zijn binnen en de websites zijn in de lucht. Het stimuleringsprogramma Citizenship, Migration and Global Transformations, dat bestaat uit de twee pijlers Social Citizenship and Migration en Global…

Pioneers in Migration History Event - 27 March 2026
Conference, Symposium

statements of interest: MARS staff exchange programme "Non-Western Migration Regimes in a Global Perspective" News - 16 April 2024
Are you working at Leiden University and researching migration regimes outside of the Global North? Are you interested in doing fieldwork or a research visit at one of our partner universities? Then you might want to join the Leiden team of the EU funded Marie Curie Staff Exchange Network on non western…