1,205 search results for “values” in the Staff website
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Metje Postma retires after 37 years
This February Metje Postma will stop teaching and retire. But she is not done with the discipline yet: she will finish her PhD and there are still five films on the shelf that she plans to complete.
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D&I Symposium 2024: What have we achieved with a decade of diversity policy?
How has progress been made on diversity and inclusion at Leiden University over the past decade? Attendees reflected on this at the D&I Symposium 2024: Untold Stories. And in the workshops, students and staff discussed the next steps toward a more inclusive community.
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University historian Pieter Slaman: ‘I can point to valuable constants and experiments that went too far’
As University historian, Pieter Slaman researches the University’s past, but he’s equally interested in its present. ‘It’s useful to be familiar with issues from the past. Not to be rooted in the past because some developments from history are things you definitely don’t want to repeat.’
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The Importance of International Women’s Day: ‘Gender equality worldwide is nowhere to be found’
On 8 March, International Women’s Day, equal opportunities for women worldwide, empowerment, and gender equality take centre stage. This day has been celebrated in the Netherlands since 1912, usually centring around a specific theme. This year’s theme: solidarity, the power for change.
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Growing super legs for the Tour de France with the aid of Leiden data science
Only the fittest cyclists stand a chance of taking yellow in the brutal Tour de France. Team Jumbo-Visma is working with data scientists from Leiden. They have analysed the stages and performance of Jumbo-Visma’s riders in previous Grand Tours. And they are researching how to determine the fitness level…
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Leiden Law Cast #6: Geerten Boogard on (local)elections & political upheaval
Leiden Law Cast is a podcast made by Leiden Law School, Leiden University, for everyone who wants to learn more about current legal issues.
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Submit your educational innovations for the Comenius Leadership Fellowship or Dutch Education Award 2027
Education
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From Leiden student and petrol station attendant to diplomat of the football world
As Secretary General of the Royal Dutch Football Association, Gijs de Jong travels the world. The career of this Leiden public administration graduate tells the story of a petrol station attendant who became one of the top diplomats in Dutch football.
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Belonging first: in conversation about an accessible university
D&I Event
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European Border Policing Amidst (Geo-)Political Turmoil
Lecture
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Ethical regimes. Doctors, patients and ethics in colonial and postcolonial medicine
Conference
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Model painting with diverse techniques
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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LINE Mini-symposium on Happiness & Enthusiasm
Lecture
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The syntax of Dutch (non-clausal) manner PPs
Lecture, Com(parative) Syn(tax) Series
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Follow-up Scientific Conduct for PhDs (Social and Behavioural Sciences)
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Building academic freedom
Debate
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Two Dialogic Network lectures by Siavash Rafiee Rad and Keramat Fathinia
Lecture
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Voices of Gen Z: Shaping Transitions in the City of Peace and Justice
Book Presentation
- Quantum & Law Conference 2026
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Dies Natalis
University ceremony
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Geopolitical Resource Dependence: U.S.-China Rivalry and Firm Import Strategies
Lecture
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Bridging Micro- and Macro-Sociohistorical Perspectives: A Study of Multilingual Practices in a Franco-Manitoban Family Correspondence (1939–1999)
Lecture, Sociolinguistics & Discourse Studies Series
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PhD and ResMA workshop: AI and Your Research
Workshop
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Symposium: ‘Moving forward together with AI at our faculty'
Conference
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Leiden Research Support Network Conference 2026
Conference
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‘Let’s try not to lose sight of each other’ – Interview with Annetje Ottow
The conflict between Israel and Hamas has had a clear impact on Leiden University. Students and staff are angry or scared, feel unsafe and are experiencing group pressure.
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2021: This was the year of our faculty
2021 was an eventful year once again for the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs (FGGA). Hybrid, working from home, online education, on-campus education, face masks, self-tests, keeping distance, quarantine and the coronavirus. Words that have now become a standard part of our vocabulary when…
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Philosopher of law Ali Kösedag: Hague heart, Leiden mind
In the Pioneers of Leiden University series we talk to past and present students who were the first in their family to go to university. In this fourth instalment: alumnus and philosopher of law Ali Kösedag (1992): ‘Philosophising about equality before the law in the Netherlands at an early-morning…
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ISGA received highly positive external research evaluation
In November 2023, the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) underwent its first full external research evaluation for the period from 2016 to 2021 with outstanding results. In its final assessment report, the independent external evaluation committee underlines that ‘the committee is impressed…
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University diversity policy is alive and kicking: ‘We need to acknowledge each other’s experiences’
Leiden University has had a diversity policy since 2014. The aim is to create a diverse and inclusive learning and working environment for all students and staff. Diversity Officer Aya Ezawa updates us on the process and the results. It’s now 2022, what has already changed?
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Faculty of Archaeology launches dinosaur-focused research
Many an archaeologist, at some point in their career, is asked what type of dinosaur they discovered. Instead of once again patiently explaining that we do not do dinosaurs, the Faculty Board has now decided to listen to society’s call. ‘It is clear that the general public feels that dinosaurs are relevant…
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Leiden University outlines approach to responsible collaboration following advice of Committee on Human Rights
Leiden University is announcing its approach for sensitive collaboration with external partners. This has been prompted by the ongoing, troubling situation in the Middle East and the recent advice from the Committee on Human Rights and Conflict Areas regarding current collaboration with Israeli part…
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Symposium Humanities: What does AI mean for our education?
Conference
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In the Making #12: Prediction, Simulation, and the Incalculable Model
Arts and culture
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Just Peace Dialogue: Peace in Europe
Just Peace Festival
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SMILE Kick-off Session - POSTPONED
Lecture, SMILE series
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From the ground up: The politics of burial and memory in the early Islamic world
Conference
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Governance and Democracy in Nigeria: Challenges and Prospects
Lecture, Studium Generale
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Study evening: Technology and Police training: Forging the next generation of policing professionals?
Lecture
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Teaching for Sustainable Tomorrows: A Climate Change Education Workshop
Study information, Workshop
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Digital Humanities Winter School 2026
Workshops
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Social class and the rise of Scottish Standard English: Insights from a corpus of poor relief petitions
Lecture, Sociolinguistics & Discourse Studies Series
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Resilience after terrorist attacks
Book launch and panel
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Update: Executive Board responds to coalition agreement
The three parties currently forming a government – D66, CDA and VVD – have presented a new coalition agreement, in which they announce their intention to reverse the substantial funding cuts to higher education. This is encouraging news, although many uncertainties remain. The Executive Board will closely…
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Staff symposium on student well-being 'Today's Students'
Conference
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Interview Tom Theuns in IQ Magazine: “NATO Resembles a House of Cards”
The rise of authoritarianism, the strengthening of the radical right, and the role of the EU in defending democracy—these are just a few of the issues causing concern today. Is the EU capable of defending democratic values within the Union and beyond its borders? In an interview from the Lithuanian…
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Leiden Research Support Network Conference 2025
Conference
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Staff symposium on student well-being: Resilience through connection
Conference
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Academia in Motion symposium and Town Hall meeting
Conference
- Migration and Remittances Major Projects: Wrapping Up and Ramping Up