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Update Executive Board: Agreement about education budget, but cuts not cancelled 12 December 2024The Schoof cabinet has presented its budget. As expected, higher education is facing severe cuts. In the coming period, the Executive Board will regul...
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Leiden University Global Fund grants 14 project proposals 12 December 2024On 9 December, a lottery to conclude the first call of the Leiden University Global Fund (LUGF) Seed Fund has granted 14 project proposals €15.000. Th...
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Leiden University joins the Planetary Health Alliance: ‘We really do have to work together’ 12 December 2024The international Planetary Health Alliance network is a consortium of more than 450 organisations committed to addressing the health impacts of globa...
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Research acknowledges potential of community justice 12 December 2024Theoretical evidence shows that community justice can be effective. This appears from a study presented today, commissioned by the Dutch Research and ...
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Blowing the whistle on the government cuts 11 December 2024Hundreds of students and staff from Leiden University gave a ‘whistle concert’ on 11 December against the planned cuts to higher education. Similar pr...
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PhD defence Constanta Rosca 10 December 2024eLaw is Proud to announce that our colleague Dr Constanta Rosca successfully defended her PhD thesis 'Digital Arms for Digital Consumer Harms: Mapping...
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Leiden Bio Science Park fastest growing of the larger campuses in the Netherlands 10 December 2024Of the 900 new companies that have set up shop on the Netherlands’ largest campuses since 2018, 194 chose Leiden. This makes the Leiden Innovation Dis...
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What do global problems have to do with the individual human rights holder? 10 December 2024On Human Rights Day 2024, the International Court of Justice is charged by the General Assembly with delivering an Advisory Opinion asking, in effect,...
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Synthetic dataset protects privacy in criminological research 10 December 2024Few public datasets are available for criminological research, especially when it comes to homicides. Privacy laws often prevent data sharing. The SEN...
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Preventing legal disputes at the press of a button 09 December 2024Can algorithms function as a tool for lawyers and their clients to negotiate contracts? Georgios Stathis' PhD research shows that it can be done in th...
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Slight increase in percentage of female professors in Leiden 09 December 2024The proportion of professors at Leiden University who are female has risen slightly to 32.0%. These are the results of the Women Professors Monitor 20...
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Leiden University to continue membership of The Conversation 09 December 2024Looking to share your academic results or insights with a global audience? Leiden University is a ‘contributing member’ of the international journalis...
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Marietje Schaake confirmed as keynote speaker for eLaw’s 40th Anniversary Conference! 09 December 2024We are thrilled to announce that Marietje Schaake will deliver the keynote address at the eLaw 40th Anniversary Conference on 2 April 2025, as part of...
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Humanities Hub opens: new digital facilities for researchers and students 05 December 2024The new Humanities Hub in the Huizinga Building was officially opened on Tuesday 3 December. In the different labs, researchers presented the options ...
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Timo Kos new Vice President of the Executive Board 05 December 2024Timo Kos has been appointed Vice President of Leiden University’s Executive Board and will take up the role on 1 March 2025. He succeeds Martijn Ridde...