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PhD candidate Auke-Florian Hiemstra named Person of the Year 26 January 2023Auke-Florian Hiemstra, an external PhD candidate at Naturalis Biodiversity Center, is the Leidsch Dagblad Person of the Year 2022. With more than 1,00...
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Conference on final evaluation of Dutch Child Protection Act: 'Give children a voice’ 24 January 2023‘The system is failing’, ‘the goals are only being achieved to a limited extent’, ‘we’re letting children down’. These are some of the newspaper headl...
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A quick call with Jan Willem Erisman about the interdisciplinary research symposium 24 January 2023Conducting research with academics from different disciplines is not easy. ‘But collaboration is vital to society,’ says Professor of Environmental Su...
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‘We should stop celebrating diversity. It should be a given’ 24 January 2023Language matters. It can mean that people feel they do, or do not, belong. How can inclusive communication make people feel welcome? This was the them...
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Jan Willem Erisman appointed chair of Scientific Climate Council 20 January 2023The Council of Ministers has appointed Jan Willem Erisman, Professor of Environment and Sustainability at Leiden University, as chair of the new Scien...
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What is there to do at Leiden University in 2023? Six events to look forward to 20 January 2023From sponsored runs to festivals and from open days to concerts: Leiden University hosts all manner of events every year. To make sure these events ge...
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GTGC lunch seminar series: an international, interdisciplinary scope 19 January 2023Starting February 6, the Leiden interdisciplinary research programme Global Transformations and Governance Challenges (GTGC) will host a lunch seminar...
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Research: Tax and Customs Administration/Benefits needs to improve communication with citizens 17 January 2023The Dutch Ministry of Finance commissioned the scientific institute for economic research SEO Amsterdam Economics to investigate to what extent the be...
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Presentation second part of 'A History of Russian Law' 17 January 2023Five years after the presentation of 'A History of Russian Law', emeritus professor Ferdinand Feldbrugge presented the second volume of his unique ref...
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Ten lecturers obtain Senior Teaching Qualification 17 January 2023On 12 January ten driven lecturers obtained their Senior Teaching Qualification (SKO). Rector Magnificus Hester Bijl congratulated them in the Academy...
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Research Project on the Future of the Labour Market receives 3.4 million euros 17 January 2023An international consortium led by Olaf van Vliet has been awarded an Horizon Europe grant of 3.4 million euros. The project investigates how global c...
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Alumna Charlotte Vrendenbarg: ‘I get energy from students’ 16 January 2023Charlotte Vrendenbarg is Assistant Professor intellectual property rights (IP) at Leiden University. She was recently sworn in as deputy judge at the ...
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Executive Board column: Downtime as a source of new inspiration 16 January 2023We asked a lot of everyone last year. The Personnel Monitor showed that the workload was high in 2022 and Covid took its toll. I therefore think every...
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From law student to successful entrepreneur in the water-quality industry 13 January 2023Yousef Yousef (39), a successful entrepreneur in the water-quality industry, just can’t seem to bid farewell to the university where he did his law de...
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Executive Board of the University asks University Council for advice on activating person counters/sensors 12 January 2023The Executive Board of Leiden University has asked the University Council to advise on its proposed decision to reactivate the person counters/sensors...