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Conference on the gap between government and citizens 21 March 2023It’s often said that citizens have lost trust in their governments. But who exactly are these ‘citizens’? And which aspects of people’s contact with ...
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Leiden students reach finals of International and European Tax Moot Court Competition 21 March 2023A team of three Leiden tax law students have reached the finals of the most prestigious worldwide moot court competition in the field of international...
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Olaf van Vliet in AD on the impact of new technology on jobs 21 March 2023Technological developments never stop. Machines can already perform many tasks and in the future they will probably take over even more of the work we...
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How can we live healthier lives? Universities and hospitals are going to find out 21 March 2023Getting out and exercising rather than slobbing on the sofa, breathing in fresh air instead of cigarette smoke and grabbing healthy snacks instead of ...
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Racism: a daily reality 21 March 2023March 21 is International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. We spoke to Leiden University’s Diversity Officer, Aya Ezawa, and asked h...
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How did trade networks arise in the third millennium BC? 17 March 2023Lapis lazuli from Afghanistan, amber from the Baltic and tin from Tajikistan. In the third millennium BC objects and raw materials were transported ov...
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Monique Koemans likes a front-row seat to history in the making 16 March 2023She moved from Sydney to London to Washington, but Leiden was there throughout. ‘Leiden is a surprising constant in my life,’ says alumnus Monique Koe...
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‘If you know how the system works, you can stand up for your rights’ 15 March 2023Legal protection. What do those involved in youth care and child protection understand by this concept? And what needs to change to improve legal prot...
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A quick call with Manon Osseweijer about the Leiden Research Support Network 14 March 2023The rules of play for researchers are becoming increasingly complex. This makes it essential that they receive the best possible support with challeng...
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Executive Board column: interdisciplinary collaboration, from suspicion to snowball effect 14 March 2023How is interdisciplinary collaboration faring at Leiden University? And has disciplinarity been completely abandoned? I’d like to reflect on some conc...
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Media attention for research into Dutch financial health 13 March 2023Research conducted by Deloitte, with advice from Leiden University and Nibud (National Institute for Family Finance Information), shows that six out o...
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Exhibition: The untold Caribbean story 13 March 2023The Caribbean Ties exhibition at Oude UB aims to reveal the many unwritten stories of indigenous cultures and peoples of the Caribbean. It rewrites th...
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Bart Schermer in the media about attack on citizens' right to demonstrate 13 March 2023Media outlets Investico, de Groene Amsterdammer and Trouw reported on the wide-scale collection by the Dutch police of personal data of demonstrators ...
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Professor by special appointment Rogier Hartendorp on collaboration with The Hague District Court 13 March 2023Rogier Hartendorp is professor by special appointment of social effectiveness of justice at Leiden University and a judge at The Hague District Court....
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ERC grant to find out how children fight respiratory infections 13 March 2023The nursery and classrooms are perhaps the most favourable places for pathogens. Yet relatively little is known about how children react to viruses an...