In the media
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Leiden professors warn that EU tax package comes with a price tag 24 August 2026A proposal by European Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra to reform European tax rules could cost the Dutch treasury as much as €8 billion a year in lost rev...
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Children need stronger legal protection in the virtual world 21 August 2026Young people are big spenders of virtual money online. In an interview with 'NRC' newspaper, Simone van der Hof, Professor of Law and Digital Technolo...
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Maartje van der Woude on Schengen agreement in US podcast 07 July 2026Professor Maartje van der Woude was invited by the American podcast ‘Things That Go Boom’ to explain more about the Schengen Agreement and border cont...
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How is the Netherlands supporting scholars at risk? 03 June 2026Episode of Stop de Sloop (Stop the Demolotion), a podcast about higher education.
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eLaw publishes editorial for CLSR Special Issue on Law and Technology 15 April 2026eLaw – Center for Law and Digital Technologies has published the editorial to the Special Issue Law and/versus Technology: Trends for the new decade i...
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Spui Campus: a store of knowledge 02 February 2026Spui Campus has opened its doors to students, working professionals and researchers. At the site where the iconic V&D department store stood since 192...
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Why are children still unprotected online despite strict EU laws? 22 October 2025In a new blog, Simone van der Hof, Professor of Law and Digital Technology, explains why existing European regulations such as the GDPR, AVMSD, and DS...
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Should states use Social Media to warn civilians in armed conflict? 06 February 2025In a new essay for Ethics & International Affairs, Dr Henning Lahmann, Assistant Professor of International Law & Technology at eLaw, addresses the qu...
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Bart Custers about extremists on Telegram 19 December 2024Extremist users of Telegram are moving en masse to other chat apps, such as the anonymous SimpleX. In this way, they hope to avoid detection, now that...
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New article on EU law and image-based sexual abuse 15 December 2024Carlotta Rigotti co-authors a new publication on EU law and image-based sexual abuse in the German Law Journal.
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Leiden University to continue membership of The Conversation 09 December 2024Looking to share your academic results or insights with a global audience? Leiden University is a ‘contributing member’ of the international journalis...
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Border control and checks: a symbolic measure 30 October 2024As part of its plans to introduce a stricter asylum policy, the Dutch cabinet wants to expand checks at internal borders within the EU. Professor of L...
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The police has been storing personal data for years – but is it allowed? 17 October 2024The Dutch police force has been deliberately storing personal data relating to millions of Dutch people for many years now. In doing so, the instituti...
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Ruling on FIFA transfer rules could have major impact 09 October 2024According to the European Court of Justice, FIFA's rules governing million-dollar transfers in global professional football violate European legislati...
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Outcry over unorthodox measures: victims of Dutch childcare benefits scandal bought out 02 October 2024The proposal made by the Dutch Benefits Agency (part of the Ministry of Finance) to issue one-off compensation payments of €5,000 in the wake of the D...