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Compensation for researchers affected by coronaThe COVID-19 pandemic has meant that many researchers and PhD candidates with a fixed-term contract have fallen behind in their research. The facultie...
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Help make the University more sustainable with the Sustainability NetworkLeiden University has a new Sustainability Network. This online network was launched on 25 September, international Sustainable Development Goals Acti...
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Call for papers on law and artificial intelligenceeLaw, Center for Law and Digital Technologies of Leiden University, invites you to contribute a chapter in a book on law and artificial intelligence (...
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University Council discusses Development Strategy and Implementation Plan for Campus The Hague 2020-2030On Monday 28 September, the University Council (UR) will discuss the Development Strategy and the Implementation Plan for Leiden University's Campus T...
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Group violence: collective and individual issueThe out of control ‘Project X’ event in Haren, hooligans who arrange to meet up to fight and beach riots at the Hoek van Holland: group violence is in...
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Aleydis Nissen wins the European Public Law Organization Thesis PrizeThe postdoc received the 2020 Thesis Prize for her PhD research on the role of the EU Member States in regulating and remedying corporate human rights...
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Formal land tenure in East-Timor: an insider's perspectiveWho has control over which piece of land? Since independence in 2002 East Timor has been struggling to create a land tenure system that can deal with ...
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Ann Skelton first holder of Rotating Honorary Chair Enforcement of Children's RightsThis new rotating professorship has been established to offer renowned academics the opportunity to teach and conduct research on international childr...
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Leiden Law School and University of Stirling investigate migrant homelessness within ‘crimmigration’ systemsThis collaborative study examines the major challenges facing migrant groups and the implications of deep social exclusion for policy and practice.
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How colour-blind is the criminal justice system?Should the media refer to a criminal’s ethnicity? Law students held an online afternoon symposium on discrimination in the criminal justice system – a...
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Tanja Masson: Huge changes in space lawFor years now, collaboration has been the operative word when it comes to successful space missions. But this can only be achieved with good agreements.
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Daniel Peat Wins European Society of International Law Book Prize 2020The European Society of International Law (ESIL) awarded its 2020 Book Prize to Daniel Peat, an Assistant Professor of Public International Law at the...
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How can we tell the story of multivocal the Netherlands?At a time when statues of figures from history have an uncertain future Valika Smeulders has just become Head of History at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum. W...
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Van Vollenhoven Institute concludes NWO study on police vetting in KenyaFollowing periods of oppression and widespread violations of human rights, there is often a need for transitional vetting – a sort of ‘cleansing’ of t...
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Rising infections: how is the University responding?The infection rate is rising again in the Netherlands, which means it may also be rising among Leiden University’s students and staff. How is the Univ...