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1,488 search results for “child studies” in the Staff website

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  Ivo Smits Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  i.b.smits@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272545

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  Gabe van Beijeren Bergen en Henegouwen Language Skills Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  g.g.van.beijeren.bergen.en.henego@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276509

• Summer School Science Communication News - 16 February 2026

  During the Summer School Science Communication, you will learn everything about science communication.

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  Bareez Majid Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.majid@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275154

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  James McAllister Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.w.mcallister@phil.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272004

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  Judi Mesman Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  j.mesman@luc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Lukas Milevski Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.milevski@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271288

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  Murat Dirican Postdoc / Marie Curie fellow

  Faculty of Archaeology

  m.dirican@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Anne Sytske Keijser Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.s.keijser@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272217

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  Petra de Bruijn University Lecturer Turkish Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.de.bruijn@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272592

• Mariëlle Bruning in the media on new agreement in Dutch youth care News - 24 March 2023

  Mariëlle Bruning, Professor of Children and the Law at Leiden University, responded in various media to the new draft agreement aimed at reducing work pressure of youth protectors.

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  Mies Grijns Guest postdoc

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  m.grijns@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Lucas da Costa Maciel Postdoc

  Faculty of Archaeology

  l.da.costa.maciel@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• ‘If you know how the system works, you can stand up for your rights’ News - 15 March 2023

  Legal protection. What do those involved in youth care and child protection understand by this concept? And what needs to change to improve legal protection? This question was explored by researchers from Leiden University’s Department of Child Law. Their research fits with the government’s ambition…

• Leiden Study System Student success

  Leiden University has a high rate of student success. The Leiden Study System was developed to help students study faster and more effectively. They receive the optimum support while choosing which programme to study and during their studies themselves.

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  Anoma van der Veere Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.p.van.der.veere@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Carina van den Hoven Guest researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.van.den.hoven@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Lieke Bes Research assistant

  Faculty of Archaeology

  l.m.c.bes@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Max Willem Lenssen PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

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  Esmaralda van 't Net External PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  e.van.t.net@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Alexandra Tutwiler PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

  a.a.tutwiler@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Judith Naeff University Lecturer International Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.a.naeff@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8004192

• Study and training expenses Individual Choices Model

  If you follow a study or training programme, you can under certain conditions offset your study and training costs against your gross salary.

• Birth leave Leave

  If your partner is pregnant, you are entitled to various forms of leave, including birth leave. You can also take leave during the period surrounding your child’s birth, so as to be sure that you are there when your child is born.

• Middle East Studies Lectures Event
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  Katarzyna Cwiertka Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.j.cwiertka@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272599

• Erasmus+ for Studies Scholarship

  Bachelor, Master

• Lies’l Goossens wins Jaap Doek Children’s Rights Thesis Award for thesis on detention collateral News - 12 December 2025

  The winner of this year’s Jaap Doek Children’s Rights Thesis Award wants to raise more awareness for children who have a parent in detention: ‘It’s time we stop looking the other way and actually think about the impact.’

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  Casper Wits University Lecturer East Asia Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.wits@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276006

• Major international study links genes to brain structural changes over time News - 4 July 2022

  There seem to be genes that influence how our brains develop over time. A large international consortium has discovered this with an extensive study. The results of the study were recently published in Nature Neuroscience.

• New publication on EU law sexual imagery of minors News - 9 January 2026

  Carlotta Rigotti and Christina Pasvanti Gkioka from eLaw – Center for Law and Digital Technologies, have published an article titled 'Overlapping Offences, Divergent Logics: Reconciling EU Law on Sexual Imagery of Minors' in the New Journal of European Criminal Law.

• Barrier-free studying

  Leiden University strives to provide equal opportunities for students with disabilities. With this aim, the Barrier-Free Studying project works with both staff and students to promote awareness, share knowledge and propose improvements in the following areas:

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  Jamaseb Soltani External PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  j.soltani@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009512

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  Mirjam de Baar Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.p.a.de.baar@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276416

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  Hossam Ahmed Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.i.a.a.ahmed@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274417

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  Emi Yamamoto Skills Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.yamamoto@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271565

• Simone van der Hof writes UNICEF Essay on 'Towards better protection of children's rights as consumers of play' News - 2 February 2024

  Children have the right to play and relax. Games, social media and video platforms are attractive new ways to do that. However, hardly any online games are designed specifically for children, nor do they factor in children's rights.

• New Visiting Professor for Central European Studies Saskia Jaszoltowski delivers talk about her work News - 16 February 2026

  On Tuesday, February 10, 2026, Professor Saskia Jaszoltowski, the new Visiting Professor for Central European Studies at Leiden University joined students, colleagues and friends of Austrian Studies at Leiden for a lunch-time talk that introduced her exciting research to our community.

• Simone van der Hof awarded EU funding for research on age verification and consent mechanisms News - 23 April 2021

  As part of the euCONSENT consortium, the Center for Law and Digital Technologies (eLaw) has been awarded European Commission funding to create a child rights’ centred cross-border system for online age verification and parental consent.

• Mariëlle Bruning in Trouw about extra money for youth protection News - 16 September 2022

  The Dutch cabinet will allocate a total of 40 million euros extra for institutions providing youth protection and youth rehabilitation over the next four years. Local councils must make the same amount available. Will that be enough to solve the problems?

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  Wim Willems Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  w.h.willems@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Simon van der Straten PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

  s.van.der.straten@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jacqueline Hylkema Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  j.j.hylkema@luc.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

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  Michaël Opgenhaffen University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.p.a.opgenhaffen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272969

• Adoption leave and fostering leave Leave

  If you adopt a child, you are entitled to a maximum of six weeks of paid adoption leave. If you adopt several children at the same time, you are entitled to one period of adoption leave only. If you are a foster carer, you are entitled to six weeks of fostering leave. This is on the provision that the…

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  Ae Ree Nam Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.r.nam@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276415

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  Lindsay Black Associate Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.black@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272218

• Let your voice be heard! News - 20 May 2021

  Until Friday 21 May 2021 (16:00), you can cast your online vote for up to seven candidates for the Faculty Council. Curious who our candidates are and what they stand for?

• New report on age assurance by Simone van der Hof and Mohammed Raiz Shaffique News - 25 April 2024

  Simone van der Hof, Professor of Law and Digital Technologies at eLaw, and Mohammed Raiz Shaffique, Researcher and PhD candidate at eLaw, have published a report on age assurance for the European Commission.

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  Liesbeth Minnaard University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.minnaard@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272358