Op welke manieren kan inclusieve communicatie ervoor zorgen dat mensen zich welkom voelen? Hierover ging het D&I-symposium van Universiteit Leiden.

A more inclusive and diverse society is what Talisha Schilder, Hawra Nissi and Chiraz Hassoumi spend many hours a week working towards. Their hard work led them to being nominated for the ECHO Award.

The university is committed to providing an accessible learning and working environment for students and staff. They should be able to feel at home at our faculty. That is why there is now an all-gender toilet in every humanities building to contribute to that feeling of recognition and safety.

Protests against textbooks on trans persons in America and against a reading hour by drag queens in Rotterdam: it has been raining protests recently against people with a gender expression that does not match their birth sex. Why does this evoke such resistance? We asked Professor by special appointment…

That Tessa Schiethart finished her bachelor's degree in International Studies with a thesis on Indonesian women's reasons for veiling was a coincidence. Or so she thought. Six years later, her book Seeing and Being Seen, in which she writes about her life with a wine stain and vision loss, is in the…

What is the best way for us as a society to deal with all the different forms of diversity? Professor Marlou Schrover will use the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) to explore this question with colleagues and the public.

Policy in Practice onderzoeksstage naar schulden in Slaaghwijk van het masterprogramma Culturele Antropologie van de Universiteit Leiden.

Wat zijn verwachtingen van buurtbewoners van de overheid? Wat zijn ‘beelden’ die bij hen van de overheid bestaan, met name bij degenen die actief zijn in een van de wijkorganisaties? Hoe werken in hun ervaring verschillende overheidsinstanties samen?

Hoe kan de City Deal Kennis Maken bijdragen aan het formuleren van maatschappelijk relevant onderzoek dat de stad in al haar diversiteit centraal stelt? In de stad Leiden zijn burgers momenteel maar in beperkte mate betrokken bij het bepalen van de agenda van de lokale City Deal Kennis Maken. Dit onderzoeksproject…

De Slaaghwijk is een aankomstwijk voor nieuwkomers met een laag inkomen, maar ook een wijk met een groot verloop. Welke factoren beïnvloeden de doorstroming vanuit de Slaaghwijk naar elders? Wanneer en waarom besluiten mensen om de wijk uit te gaan, of er juist te blijven wonen?

Policy in Practice onderzoeksstage naar Netwerken met vrienden in Slaaghwijk van het masterprogramma Culturele Antropologie van de Universiteit Leiden.

A group of postdoc and PhDs at our Focus on Emotions lab organized an escape room for staff and students to increase their awareness of diversity and accessibility matters. It was designed particularly for this year’s EUniWell FestiWell, which ran under the headline “Towards global sustainable well-being”.…

Vanuit de Gemeente Leiden zijn de afgelopen jaren een groot aantal initiatieven genomen om de leefbaarheid in de Slaaghwijk te verbeteren. Hoewel het gemeentelijk beleid soms in succesjes heeft geresulteerd, heeft dit tot op heden niet geleid tot een trendbreuk. De slechte score van de Slaagwijk, als…

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Staying in contact with other students might not always be easy but it is very important. Find out about the different ways in which you can meet other students.

How do you turn your thesis into an academic article? That's a question Floortje Fontein, who conducted research into inclusive leadership, can answer. She looked at how public managers manage a diverse team. She got a 9 for her thesis and is currently working on several articles based on the results…

Yesterday marked the start of the National Accessibility Week. How accessible is Leiden University for people with a disability? We asked Lucia Langerak, disabled herself and working at the Honours Academy, about her experiences: ‘Significant improvements are being made.’

Racism and discrimination come in many different shapes and forms – in the Netherlands too. Verbal attacks, stereotypes and violence: some people are confronted with these on a daily basis. A group that is often not included in research and the debate on racism is people of Asian descent. The Diversity…

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‘Culture change takes time,’ said Vice-Rector Hester Bijl at the closing panel of the University’s Diversity Symposium on 26 January. She talked about the road to a diverse and inclusive university. The symposium provided plenty of concrete examples of small steps that can already be taken.

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