Professor Amir Zadpoor is developing biomaterials, and engaging in 3D, 4D, and bioprinting. 'Collaboration and regular contact with clinicians serve as a sanity check for all our ideas.'

After completing one bachelor’s and two master’s programmes at Leiden University, alumnus in Philosophical Perspectives on Politics and the Economy Matthieu Agustoni finished his student life with a bang: he got his master's thesis published in a prestigious journal.

Leiden University College The Hague received the 'Top rated Programme' seal from the Keuzegids Universiteiten 2022 (Dutch University Guide). It is the ninth consecutive time the Liberal Arts & Sciences programme focusing on Global Challenges is awarded the honorary seal.

Professor of cardiology Douwe Atsma (LUMC) looks beyond the traditional boundaries of hospitals and healthcare institutions for solutions to increasing pressure on the current healthcare system.

For my Policy in Practice research project, Elise van Dansik engaged with a problem that Leiden ‘Social Domain’ policy officers saw themselves confronted with, which was why migrant organizations of Slaaghwijk (a socio-economically disadvantaged neighborhood in Leiden’s north) do not cooperate with…

Starting with the ‘why’, putting herself in her students’ shoes and providing structure. These are three ways in which environmental scientist Ranran Wang tries to make her course as interesting and manageable as possible. With success: she has been nominated for Science Teacher of the Year 2022.

Roderick Geerts, a PhD candidate of the Faculty of Archaeology in Leiden, takes us on a short journey through the rich history of the Red Sea port of Berenike in Egypt.

Heike Vethaak is assistant professor at the department of Economics.

Anne-Charlotte Dubbelman studied Chemical Engineering at Eindhoven University of Technology, and obtained her BSc degree in 2005 with honor. Later in 2005 she started the master program of Medical Engineering, which was a collaboration study between Eindhoven University of Technology and the University…

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…

Hak, lawyer, international imagery law lecturer, and adjunct associate professor, talks about his PhD research on the use of images in international criminal prosecutions. He was a public prosecutor in Canada for over 30 years and dealt primarily with the prosecution of homicides and other major cri…

Title research: Iran’s Transcendental Legitimacy of Law

Joseph (Joe) Finnerty is an Assistant Professor in European Human Rights Law at the Europa Institute, Leiden University. His primary research interest is the regulation of restrictions on rights and freedoms, particularly the purposes that are permitted or prohibited. In his research, Joe focuses on…

Title research: Persian Echoes: Irish Nationalism, Politics, and Orientalism in the Works of Vallancey, Moore, Mangan, and McCarthy

Title research: The Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict: A Comparison under the International and Islamic Laws of War

Title research: Crime Victim’s Rights to Restitution in Indonesia: The Role of Public Prosecutor

I study the functional genetics of egg development time in the red flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum), with the aim of determining the adaptive potential of this trait in wild insect populations in response to climate change.

Title research: Judicial independence in the context of accession to the European Union.

Joep is conducting research into the effectiveness of subsidy provision.

Title research: EU rule of law promotion in the Western Balkans through judicial reforms: strengthening the rule of law through the EU driven judicial vetting process in Albania

Michael Liu is an external PhD candidate at the Van Vollenhoven Institute for Law, Governance and Society.

Title research: Addressing business-related economic, social and cultural rights violations in post-conflict transitional justice: A case study on the extractive industries’ role during conflict and transition.

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Title research: Violent political attacks by state-hired organised crime actors: towards legal resilience in the Netherlands

Luísa Pinto e Netto is an assistant professor at Leiden University specialized in fundamental rights, with a particular focus on social rights. Following her career as a state attorney in Brazil and a PhD on the development of fundamental rights, she is building a research agenda in the Netherlands…

Title research: The Role of Partnerships in Supporting and Advancing the Corporate Responsibility to Respect human Rights in Supply Chains.

Daniel Daineko is affiliated to the department of Jurisprudence as researcher/teacher.

Title research: The status of the human intellect, according to Blaise Pascal. By articulating the above, I should better understand why Pascal appears sometimes to be a relativist concerning (human) nature, truth, and law.

Title research: Do the ECtHR judgments and decisions dealing with applications that concern unrecognized states have an impact on the political process of conflict resolution? If yes, is this impact positive or negative?

Title research: The hermeneutics of radicalization. A philosophical-theological perspective

Title research: Digital Labour Platforms and the Upholding of Fundamental Labour Rights.

Title research: Peace Accords and their relation with Criminal Liability and Prosecution.

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As of 1 May 2019, McGonagle holds the chair in Media Law & Information Society. The chair is financed by the A.W. Hins Fund, administered by the Leiden University Fund. Tarlach specializes in a range of issues relating to media law and the information society: freedom of expression; the interface between…

Title research The extent to which modern illiberal democracies can be reconciled with international human rights law

Title research: Does Dutch medical disciplinary law guard and promote the quality of health care, and if not, would there be an alternative?

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