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‘I can feel the pain on both sides of the border’ 24 June 2025How can the Netherlands help secure a peaceful future for Israel and Palestine? At a recent meeting at the university, two remarkable speakers shared ...
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Update Executive Board: Implications of caretaker government for the university 24 June 2025The Schoof cabinet has presented its budget. As expected, higher education is facing severe cuts. In the coming period, the Executive Board will regul...
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Human Rights and Food Security – Legal Training for Professionals at LUC 23 June 2025Food security is increasingly under pressure due to rising inequality, climate change, and armed conflict. From 28 October, Leiden University College ...
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From horror to silence that speaks volumes: Leiden researches emotions at Lowlands 23 June 2025This summer, Leiden University will be setting up camp at Lowlands with two research projects. From a spine-chilling haunted house to a silent perform...
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Experience ‘Shelter’: An underground VR-experience about Ukraine 20 June 2025In a world increasingly shaped by conflict, it becomes ever more important to create space for empathy, understanding, and informed public discourse. ...
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Leiden University College writing project brings students together: ‘I am a kitchen in Gaza, and now it is dark’ 19 June 2025What happens when students from three very different contexts come together to explore the social determinants of health? This spring, students from L...
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'No study is as relevant as Security Studies, you learn about everything that is going wrong in the world right now' 18 June 2025Four students who completed the Bachelor's in Security Studies share their experiences. What did they learn? Where did they end up after graduating? A...
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How hand gestures and a brief hallway chat encourage policy-making 17 June 2025What if the real decisions aren’t found in policy documents, but are rather made in the hallway? In international book project ‘Informality in Policym...
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Four Leiden researchers receive ERC Advanced Grant 17 June 2025From social inequalities in prehistory to placebo effects in medical treatments. Four researchers from Leiden University have been awarded a prestigio...
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An ethical compass is crucial to intelligence work 16 June 2025Intelligence and security services often operate in the shadows – a place where ethics must shine bright. In his inaugural lecture, Michael Kowalski c...
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MIRD students engage with high-level diplomacy during Geneva study trip 16 June 2025From 26 to 28 May, second-year students of the Advanced MSc International Relations and Diplomacy (MIRD) participated in the programme's annual visit...
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A village on campus: De Kattekop nursery run by psychologist Ellen Buschman 16 June 2025Parents from all corners of the university bring their children to De Kattekop, the university’s day nursery. De Kattekop is celebrating its 45th anni...
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This course brings opera into the classroom: ‘Many themes are still relevant today’ 13 June 2025What can opera tell us about societies in the past and present? Leiden honours students went looking for an answer, together with students from the Du...
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‘Whenever you need European partners, Una Europa should be your first step’ 12 June 2025Eight Leiden University research teams recently received €15,000 each to take their research to the next level through Una Europa. Dario Fazzi, one of...
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‘Don’t let open science degenerate into a data dump’ 12 June 2025An endless stream of publications, data and software accessible to all. It might sound idealistic, but Professor of Science Studies Thed van Leeuwen w...