News
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Executive Board column: Cybersecurity is our shared responsibility so what do we need to do? 28 March 2023
Cyber threats are on the increase. This won’t have escaped anyone’s notice. Monitoring by our cybersecurity experts has shown that there are non-stop ...
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Charlotte Holt: 'This internship has allowed me to grow as a person, intellectually, and mentally’ 27 March 2023
Charlotte Holt is a second year International Justice student at Leiden University College. She did an internship at Academia Neerlandesa; a language ...
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The spy elephant in the room. Inaugural lecture by Dennis Broeders on the tangled web of cyber espionage 27 March 2023
Secret services are engaging in increasingly extreme forms of cyber espionage. But nobody talks about this. Dennis Broeders knows why and is trying to...
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‘Nice tool but what are we supposed to do with it?’ 27 March 2023
Public agencies are keen to use new technology such as AI to speed up their primary processes. But the internal organisation is often a major stumblin...
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University launches Vision on Student Well-Being: ‘An open culture where we look out for one another’ 23 March 2023
How can we work together to create a safe study and learning environment and offer students the support that they need? The Vision on Student Well-Bei...
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Warfare: technology and ethics - a reading list 23 March 2023
While the United States continues to carry out drone strikes, and China conducts large-scale cyber and information operations, Ukrainian and Russian s...
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Twenty years of MIRD: Alumni and Students' Reflections and Advice 21 March 2023
On 25 March, the Advanced Masters of Science in International Relations and Diplomacy (MIRD) celebrates its 20th Anniversary. The celebration will foc...
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Conference on the gap between government and citizens 21 March 2023
It’s often said that citizens have lost trust in their governments. But who exactly are these ‘citizens’? And which aspects of people’s contact with ...
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How can we live healthier lives? Universities and hospitals are going to find out 21 March 2023
Getting out and exercising rather than slobbing on the sofa, breathing in fresh air instead of cigarette smoke and grabbing healthy snacks instead of ...
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Racism: a daily reality 21 March 2023
March 21 is International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. We spoke to Leiden University’s Diversity Officer, Aya Ezawa, and asked h...
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Deconstructing a more assertive China: How did its foreign policy change? 20 March 2023
Since 2009-2010, the West viewed China as more assertive. Especially after Xi Jinping came to power in 2012, the country abandoned Deng Xiaoping’s ‘lo...
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Joining forces for the responsible use of algorithmic systems 17 March 2023
The symposium ‘Transdisciplinary Study of Just Public Algorithmic Systems’ in The Hague on Friday 24 March will focus on the use of algorithmic system...
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How did trade networks arise in the third millennium BC? 17 March 2023
Lapis lazuli from Afghanistan, amber from the Baltic and tin from Tajikistan. In the third millennium BC objects and raw materials were transported ov...
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Monique Koemans likes a front-row seat to history in the making 16 March 2023
She moved from Sydney to London to Washington, but Leiden was there throughout. ‘Leiden is a surprising constant in my life,’ says alumnus Monique Koe...
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Photo report Career Prep 15 March 2023
On Thursday 2 March, Career Prep took place at the end of the afternoon for the third time this year. Enthusiastic students were able to participate a...