On Thursday 9 September, Lord Martin Richardson (Scottish Supreme Court judge) gave a keynote speech to the new group of Advanced Master’s students.

From 27 September onwards, almost all coronavirus-related safety measures at Leiden University Libraries will be lifted.

The Young Academy Leiden (YAL) acquired six new members on 1 September. We talked to the new and former chair of this platform for young academics abo...

Children who come into contact with the police are not destined to become long-term offenders. This appears from research conducted by Babette van Haz...

What does research support involve? And what should we do to improve the support for researchers at the University? We spoke to Maribel Adame Valero, ...

Aleydis Nissen was awarded the René Cassin Thesis Prize 2021. The René Cassin Foundation - International Institute of Human Rights organises the compe...

The number of insect species is plummeting, which is why the University is creating a more biodiverse environment around its buildings. Annetje Ottow,...

The European Space Agency (ESA) introduces the members of the European Center for Space Law (ECSL) on its website through interviews with its members....

Leiden University has a new FNV representative: Thecla Meyknecht. Employees can come to her with questions and problems related to the workplace. ‘All...

After the Second World War almost three million people emigrated from the Netherlands to countries such as Canada and Australia. The government inform...

With the long lockdown, it’s been a hard year for Leiden businesses. How can the local economy bounce back and how can the University help? Two talk s...

In the context of the 2021 Day of General Discussion of the UN Committee on Rights of the Child, this time dedicated to alternative care, Defence for ...

Leiden University and the Municipality of Leiden will develop new plans for an alternative Humanities Campus in the city centre. This means they will ...

Cathalijne van der Plas will become Professor of Private International Law (0.4 fte) at Leiden University as of 1 October 2021. She succeeds Prof. Sie...

International alumnus Alejandro tells us in a flash about why it is so important to physically be in Leiden for your studies, about how important his ...