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Minor Violence Studies: interesting encounters and flying wooden blocks 21 March 2024
The English taught interdisciplinary minor Violence Studies looks into various facets of interpersonal violence. Is this minor for all Leiden students...
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Quality of master’s programmes assessed in new guide 21 March 2024
The Air and Space Law (Advanced LL.M.) master’s programme at Leiden University is among ten ‘excellent master’s programmes’ at Dutch universities. Thi...
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Alumnus Emma Govaart is fighting for equal opportunities for young people 20 March 2024
Leiden alumnus Emma Govaart (24) wanted to make an impact on society, so she took a job in the non-profit sector after graduating. She now promotes eq...
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Five pilot interdisciplinary modules for professionals to start in 2024 19 March 2024
Leiden University is known for its pioneering research and teaching. By offering education to professionals (lifelong learning), we want to bring this...
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Statement on collaboration with the fossil fuel industry: businesses must demonstrably commit to ‘Paris’ 18 March 2024
Leiden University will not enter into any new research partnerships with companies in the fossil fuel industry that are not intensively and demonstrab...
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‘The battle for sustainability won’t be won in the civil courts’ 18 March 2024
Fossil Free against KLM on greenwashing, municipalities against Chemours on PFAS discharge, climate cases against Shell and ING Bank… There are many e...
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It doesn’t really exist, but I am one: a tropical lawyer! 18 March 2024
Alumna Janine Ubink is a Professor of Law, Governance and Development at Leiden University. She researches legal pluralism in various areas of Africa ...
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Want to find out more about Academia in Motion? The ambassadors can come and tell you more 14 March 2024
An open academic culture, where quality beats quantity, where science and society are closely linked and where we recognise and reward everyone’s cont...
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A semester in Morocco: ‘You see the history that you’re learning about’ 14 March 2024
The Netherlands Institute in Morocco is open to students from all Dutch universities. Two students explain why they are spending a semester studying i...
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eLaw presents at the ACM Symposium on Computer Science and Law 2024 14 March 2024
On 13 March 2024, Carlotta Rigotti, postdoc researcher at eLaw, and Alexandre Puttick, postdoc researcher at Bern University of Applied Sciences, remo...
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Guest lecture by Wojciech Wiewiórowski, European Data Protection Supervisor 13 March 2024
On Thursday 29 February, the European Data Protection Supervisor, Wojciech Wiewiórowski, visited the eLaw Center for Law and Digital Technologies at L...
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Carlotta Rigotti at the ‘Legal Technologies and the Bodies’ conference 13 March 2024
On 7 and 8 March 2024, SciencesPo Law School hosted the ‘Legal Technologies and the Bodies’ conference, where Carlotta Rigotti, postdoctoral researche...
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Stretching in the courtyard, yoga in the restaurant: how colleagues keep fit together 12 March 2024
It’s not healthy but we often do it anyway: sit hunched at our computer for hours on end. But exercising and relaxing at work doesn’t have to be compl...
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Lunch meeting on the rise of AI and challenges for governance 12 March 2024
Students and researches from all faculties at Leiden University are warmly invited to a lunch meeting on Monday 25 March, discussing the rise of AI an...
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‘Literature explores all sorts of things that the law is not yet ready for’ 11 March 2024
As Professor of Literature, Culture and Law, Frans Willem Korsten explores the interplay between literature and law. These are two disciplines that mo...