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Timo Kos on the cuts and elections: ‘We’re fighting for the future of our university’ 28 October 2025The university may seem a bit subdued in the run-up to the Dutch elections on 29 October. The media has barely mentioned education as an election issu...
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What our experts have to say about the key issues in the Dutch elections 28 October 2025Is your strategic vote actually strategic? How can the Netherlands form a stable government? And what should the next government do about migration, d...
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How can we make unacceptable behaviour a man’s issue? 27 October 2025During Consent is Key Week, we’re exploring ways to eliminate sexual violence within our university community. We spoke to Assistant Professor Mischa ...
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Civility, not opinions, was the real surprise in student debate 24 October 2025The student debate in Leiden’s Stadsgehoorzaal promised to be ‘the key to your vote’. That may sound hyperbolic, but what this well-attended debate d...
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Anthropologist Andrew Littlejohn on NU.nl: 'With Trump taking office, the tide is turning on disaster management'" 23 October 2025More than twenty years ago, Hurricane Katrina devastated the southern United States with nearly 1,400 deaths. Due to climate change, the lessons from ...
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‘Plastic politics’: how ideological debate was supplanted by abstract jargon 23 October 2025Over the course of the 20th century, politicians increasingly came to rely on experts. Their language was peppered with terms like ‘policy pathways’ a...
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Skeletons and beer at ArcheoHotspot 23 October 2025How can you figure out if a skeleton is male or female? How did they brew beer in the distant past? Visitors to ArcheoHotspot could examine archaeolog...
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Fourteen Leiden University researchers receive Vidi grant 23 October 2025The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded Vidi grants to 14 Leiden researchers. This grant of a maximum of 850,000 euros will enable them to start ...
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Early hunter-gatherers reshaped Europe’s ecosystems long before agriculture 22 October 2025In a new study published in PLOS One, Leiden archaeologist Anastasia Nikulina, together with an international team from France, Denmark, the United Ki...
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Meet the new student Programme Committee members of Cultural Anthropology 22 October 2025Maria Moser, Mischa de Jong, and Ander Damiano Delliturri are the newly appointed student representatives on the Programme Committee (OLC). This commi...
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Lou Boshart, Xiaohui Liu, and Sarah Noordeloos winners of the Metje Postma Awards 20 October 2025Lou Boshart won the Excellence in Visual & Multimodal Ethnography Thesis Prize for his film ‘Layers of Confidence’. Lou produced a multimodal thesis a...
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Do’s and don’ts for an effective immigration policy 17 October 2025Stopping people at the border does not result in less refugee migration, but providing relief in the region where migrants come from does. What else w...
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Narrating Highland Heritages of Bhutan 16 October 2025Highland Bhutan is facing unprecedented challenges from a combination of climate change, new economic opportunities, and changing cultural aspirations...
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Academia in Motion: ‘A safe environment where mutual respect and listening to one another are priorities’ 16 October 2025How do we work together to create an open university where everyone’s contribution is recognised and valued. For Dean and Professor of Science, Techno...
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No loss of patient confidence in environmentally friendly doctors 16 October 2025The doctor suggests opting for a treatment that is better for the environment. How do patients react to this? Doctors and psychologists together disco...