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Interview Roxane de Massol Rebetz – ‘Vulnerability doesn’t come out of a vacuum. Authorities are responsible for reinforcing vulnerability of migrants.’ 30 May 2023The legal distinction between victims of human trafficking and victims of migrant smuggling is unjust, argues De Massol Rebetz in her PhD thesis. In c...
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Debate on painting of cigar-smoking white men 26 May 2023The brief removal of Rein Dool’s ‘cigar-smoking white men’ painting generated a storm of reactions last November. Students, staff and alumni reflected...
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Covid graduates sign their names in the Sweat Room 26 May 2023A graduation ceremony at your laptop in your student room is a huge anticlimax. Many students who graduated during the pandemic were unable to celebra...
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Interdisciplinary research: brainstorming and bridge-building 25 May 2023Bring over a hundred driven researchers together in one room and the good ideas will start to flow: that was the thinking behind the internal networki...
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Matthew Canfield and Danielle Chevalier (Van Vollenhoven Institute) Win NWO Grants 25 May 2023Matthew Canfield (Assistant Professor, Van Vollenhoven Institute) and Danielle Chevalier (Assistant Professor, Van Vollenhoven Institute) both won XS ...
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Executive Board column: Fire, power cut, evacuate... 25 May 2023We take it for granted that water comes out of the tap and electricity out of the socket. But that isn’t always the case. Last Tuesday began like any ...
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Students HC Law visit neighbourhood centre: 'You think that's bizarre? Welcome to our world' 25 May 2023Do young people trust the law? That is what HC Law students are trying to find out. Regular guest speaker and social worker Carlito Jones invited the ...
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Nearly all buildings at LBSP open and operating again from Wednesday 24 May 24 May 2023Nearly all university buildings at the Leiden Bio Science Park will be open and operating again as of Wednesday 24 May. Last night a team worked hard ...
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A quick call with Caroline de Ruijter about the Kiem grants for interdisciplinary collaboration 23 May 2023Be it in climate change, public health or artificial intelligence, when different disciplines join forces, science often flourishes. The new small-sca...
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Researchers from Leiden visit Indonesia on knowledge mission 23 May 2023A delegation from Leiden University recently embarked on a knowledge mission to various NGOs, universities and government organisations in Indonesia. ...
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Jan Kleijssen to deliver Hans Franken Lecture 2023 22 May 2023On 30 June, the Center for Law and Digital Technologies of Leiden University (eLaw) will hold the annual Hans Franken Lecture. This year, the lecture ...
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NWO Open Competition grants for six researchers 22 May 2023Six researchers from Leiden University have been awarded NWO (Dutch Research Council) Open Competition funding. This funding gives them the opportunit...
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Maartje van der Woude receives NWO grant for research on ethno-racial profiling 22 May 2023Maartje van der Woude, (Professor of Law & Society, Van Vollenhoven Institute, Leiden University) has received an NWO research grant. This year, 60 of...
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Community support officer bows out: ‘My face on a mug got me known’ 17 May 2023He was a popular face in the Leiden student world and even developed his own merchandise, but all good things come to an end. After seven years, commu...
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From Leiden to Japan: ‘As a news correspondent, I really get to know the country’ 17 May 2023It was a family friend who told him to quit his self-destructive work in IT: ‘Go do something with your life!’ So at the age of 23, Anoma van der Veer...