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New research: how do officials shape your citizenship application? 28 September 2026How do Dutch and German street-level bureaucrats put naturalisation law into practice? Researcher Hannah Bliersbach hopes to gain more insight into th...
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Research Public Administration at Leiden University among world’s best 23 September 2026Leiden University’s research in Public Administration has been ranked first worldwide in the 2026 Shanghai Ranking. Leiden tops the list of 100 univer...
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Weekend of Science: discover how science works in Leiden and The Hague 23 September 2026Do you understand what your dog is trying to tell you? How does NATO work? And can you tell different smells apart? On 3 and 4 October, you can invest...
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Opinion piece Luc Sels: What The Hague sees more clearly than Brussels 22 September 2026Both Dutch and European leaders speak about research and innovation in their plans for the future. But the Netherlands is now making the case for them...
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New student and staff representatives: ‘It’s easy to criticise, but you also need to build bridges’ 22 September 2026A new academic year also marks the start of a new term for student and staff representatives. Two new council members tell us what motivates them and ...
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Research into Roman board game nominated for ‘Research of the Year’ 21 September 2026Leiden researcher Walter Crist and his team reconstructed the rules of a 2,000-year-old board game. For this extraordinary research, Quest magazine ha...
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Universities strengthen research collaboration with Ministry of Defence 21 September 2026The Dutch universities will strengthen their research collaboration with the Ministry of Defence.
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Rector Sarah de Rijcke: academic freedom makes reliable knowledge possible 21 September 2026Governments and research funders are intervening in universities with increasing frequency, often in the name of safeguarding quality. In an opinion p...
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Institute managers connect through their own network: ‘Everything comes together in this role’ 21 September 2026It’s a complex role, and an unusual one at that, say the managers of the institutes in Leiden and The Hague. That’s why they started the IMpact networ...
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New members of Leiden Teachers’ Academy dedicated to educational innovation 18 September 2026Five new Teaching Fellows have joined the Leiden Teachers’ Academy. Their educational innovation projects will introduce students and teaching staff t...
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From doorstep to dashboard: how neighbourhood police officers use technology 17 September 2026A chat on the street, an alert on a phone, information in a database: neighbourhood police work is becoming increasingly digital. For his PhD research...
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A degree 36 years later: ‘It’s never too late to study’ 17 September 2026Theresa Bell (54) from the USA had to give up her studies 34 years ago. She graduated with a Master’s in Arts and Culture this year. ‘I can’t believe ...
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European scientists sign open letter on relaxation of pesticide regulations 16 September 2026More than 500 scientists and doctors from the EU are calling on the European Parliament to suspend its consideration of new European regulations on fo...
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Budget Day: government invests in higher education and research again 16 September 2026The government will invest more than €580 million extra per year in higher education and research in the coming years. This largely reverses the earli...
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From bystander to upstander: the role of men in street harassment 15 September 2026Since July 2024, sexual harassment in public spaces has been a criminal offence in the Netherlands. While street harassment was long approached primar...