The Institute of Cultural Anthropology/Development Sociology is managed by the Institute Board. The Institute Board manages the workflow of the employees and stimulates the connection between education and research in the field of anthropology and sociology.

Director of Operations Pim Overgaauw Mathematical Institute  Dennis Janssen Leiden Observatory  Maribel Adame Valero Institute of Biology Leiden Monique de Ridder Leiden Institute of Physics  Caroline de Bruin Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science  Lian Olsthoorn-Tieleman…

Each Institute is managed by an Academic Director: Institute of Private Law Professor V. Mak Professor P.C. van Es (deputy)   Institute of Public Law Professor Y.E. Schuurmans  Professor E.C.P.D.C. De Brabandere (deputy) Institute of Criminal Law & Criminology Professor…

At the head of a research discipline is a Scientific Director. Once every two weeks, the Scientific Directors of the Faculty’s eight institutes come together with the Faculty Board to discuss the research portfolios of science, administration, faculty and administration of the budget plan. The Dean…

The Institute of Education and Child Studies is part of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences at Leiden University. The institute is governed by an Institute Board under the direction of a rotating chairman, i.e., the Scientific Director and the Director of Studies. The Institute Board…

The Institute of Psychology is managed by the Executive Board and the Board of Education. The Institute Council advises the Executive Board in carrying out their tasks. Additionally various committees make specialised contributions, such as the Research Ethics Committee or the Board of Examiners. Students…

The Department of Research has a Deanship of PhD Studies, supported by the Graduate School Office. The PhD Deans supervise the progress of individual PhD candidates’ research and provide them and their supervisors with solicited and unsolicited advice.

The executive board of the Institute of Psychology is responsible its strategy, managing the personnel and finances of the institut and distributing tasks among staff members.

Institute Board Clusters Institute bureau: operations, HR and financial management, secretariat, education support, communications Institute Council Onboarding Committee Advisory Council

CWTS is managed by the Institute Board, which is responsible for research and education and for the employees and finances of the institute. Members Institute Board Prof. Ludo Waltman (research director) Dr. Wolfgang Kaltenbrunner (deputy director, Research and Education portfolio) Dr. Tjitske…

An institute that conducts leading research and education and that is able to make a difference in society That is the Institute of Psychology, and that is our mission. We operate in a societal context filled with opportunities, but also with challenges. Behavioural issues have never…

The faculty's Human Resources Department advises and supports the Faculty Board and management staff at the institutes and staff departments on personnel matters, organisational development, staff planning, recruitment and selection, employment conditions, job classification, sickness absence, dismissal…

The ‘Regulations for student registration, tuition fees and examination fees’ and the ‘Institutional tuition fee tariffs and other educational tariffs’ address amongst other matters, student registration and de-registration and the scope thereof, tuition fee payments and refunds, and compensation.

The Research Committee of the Institute of Political Sciences advises the Institute Board on research and PhD policy. The committee consists of representatives from the thematic research clusters, the research grants coördinator and a chair. The current composition is as follows: Arjen Boin Matthew…

From 2018-2025, researchers at our faculty conducted research within two themes of the Nederlands Sectorplan Rechtsgeleerdheid (information only available in Dutch): Institutions for Conflict Resolution and Empirical Legal Studies.

The faculty's education and research is executed by five institutes: Centre for Science and Technology Studies Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology Education and Child Studies Political Science Psychology

Psychology Connected is a recurring event organized by the Science Committee in collaboration with the Institute Board for all Psychology Institute staff.

The Permanent Committee for Academic Promotions (WeCo) consists of professors, including the chairman. They are appointed for four years and their fields are evenly spread across the disciplines of the faculty.  WeCo tasks and responsibilities: The committee's primary task is to advise the Faculty…

The Ethics Review Committee of the Institute of Education and Child Studies oversees the ethical approval procedures for research conducted within the institute. Research must be reviewed by the Ethics Committee before it carried out. The main task of the Ethics Review Committee is to evaluate…

All members of the Institute’s scientific staff are a member of one of its clusters, which serve as a forum for the coordination and further development of teaching and research. The Institute has three clusters: International Relations and European Politics Comparative and Dutch Politics Security and…

The Marketing & Communication Department handles marketing and communication for both students and staff in close cooperation with the institutes and central departments. The department focuses on student recruitment, science-, internal and social media communication. It also regularly sends out…

The Psychology PhD council consists of the six PhD representatives of the research units at the Institute of Psychology. The PhD council meets every six weeks.

The Financial and Economic Affairs Department (FEZ) is responsible for the administration of the financial resources. Each Institute/Department has its own account manager who is the first point of contact. In the event the account manager is absent, a FEZ colleague provides a back-up function. Staff…

The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL) is one of the institutes within the Faculty of Humanities. The Institute unites the linguistic research and teaching at Leiden University. LUCL is also responsible for the Academic Language Centre as well as for most language teaching within the Faculty.…

The Selection and Placement Committee takes care of the preparation and execution of the numerus fixus procedure in the bachelor’s programmes of the Institute of Political Science.

The African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL) is the only multidisciplinary academic knowledge institute in the Netherlands devoted entirely to the study of Africa. It has an extensive library that is open to the general public. The ASCL is an interfaculty institute of Leiden University. Read…