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1,531 search results for “child studies” in the Staff website

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  James McAllister Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.w.mcallister@phil.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272004

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  Lukas Milevski Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.milevski@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271288

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  Murat Dirican Postdoc / Marie Curie fellow

  Faculty of Archaeology

  m.dirican@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Anne Sytske Keijser Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.s.keijser@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272217

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  Petra de Bruijn University Lecturer Turkish Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.de.bruijn@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272592

• Mariëlle Bruning in the media on new agreement in Dutch youth care News - 24 March 2023

  Mariëlle Bruning, Professor of Children and the Law at Leiden University, responded in various media to the new draft agreement aimed at reducing work pressure of youth protectors.

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  Lucas da Costa Maciel Postdoc

  Faculty of Archaeology

  l.da.costa.maciel@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Judi Mesman Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  j.mesman@luc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Anoma van der Veere Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.p.van.der.veere@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Carina van den Hoven Guest researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.van.den.hoven@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jochem van den Boogert Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.w.p.van.den.boogert@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2171

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  Jean-Pierre van der Rest Scientific Director / Professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  j.i.van.der.rest@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276135

• ‘If you know how the system works, you can stand up for your rights’ News - 15 March 2023

  Legal protection. What do those involved in youth care and child protection understand by this concept? And what needs to change to improve legal protection? This question was explored by researchers from Leiden University’s Department of Child Law. Their research fits with the government’s ambition…

• Grassroots en Grass Shoots grants 2026-2027 awarded Announcement - 5 March 2026

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  Mies Grijns Guest postdoc

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  m.grijns@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277260

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  Judith Naeff University Lecturer International Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.a.naeff@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8004192

• Leiden Study System Student success

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  Katarzyna Cwiertka Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.j.cwiertka@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272599

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  Casper Wits University Lecturer East Asia Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.wits@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276006

• Birth leave Leave

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• Lies’l Goossens wins Jaap Doek Children’s Rights Thesis Award for thesis on detention collateral News - 12 December 2025

  The winner of this year’s Jaap Doek Children’s Rights Thesis Award wants to raise more awareness for children who have a parent in detention: ‘It’s time we stop looking the other way and actually think about the impact.’

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  Jamaseb Soltani Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.soltani@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009512

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  Mirjam de Baar Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.p.a.de.baar@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276416

• New publication on EU law sexual imagery of minors News - 9 January 2026

  Carlotta Rigotti and Christina Pasvanti Gkioka from eLaw – Center for Law and Digital Technologies, have published an article titled 'Overlapping Offences, Divergent Logics: Reconciling EU Law on Sexual Imagery of Minors' in the New Journal of European Criminal Law.

• Study and training expenses Individual Choices Model

  If you follow a study or training programme, you can under certain conditions offset your study and training costs against your gross salary.

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  Hossam Ahmed Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.i.ahmed@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274417

• Major international study links genes to brain structural changes over time News - 4 July 2022

  There seem to be genes that influence how our brains develop over time. A large international consortium has discovered this with an extensive study. The results of the study were recently published in Nature Neuroscience.

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  Emi Yamamoto Skills Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.yamamoto@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271565

• Erasmus+ for Studies Scholarship

  Bachelor, Master

• Middle East Studies Lectures Event
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  Alexandra Tutwiler PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

  a.a.tutwiler@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Barrier-free studying

  Leiden University strives to provide equal opportunities for students with disabilities. With this aim, the Barrier-Free Studying project works with both staff and students to promote awareness, share knowledge and propose improvements in the following areas:

• Simone van der Hof writes UNICEF Essay on 'Towards better protection of children's rights as consumers of play' News - 2 February 2024

  Children have the right to play and relax. Games, social media and video platforms are attractive new ways to do that. However, hardly any online games are designed specifically for children, nor do they factor in children's rights.

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  Wim Willems Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  w.h.willems@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Indira Day

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• Simone van der Hof awarded EU funding for research on age verification and consent mechanisms News - 23 April 2021

  As part of the euCONSENT consortium, the Center for Law and Digital Technologies (eLaw) has been awarded European Commission funding to create a child rights’ centred cross-border system for online age verification and parental consent.

• Mariëlle Bruning in Trouw about extra money for youth protection News - 16 September 2022

  The Dutch cabinet will allocate a total of 40 million euros extra for institutions providing youth protection and youth rehabilitation over the next four years. Local councils must make the same amount available. Will that be enough to solve the problems?

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  Simon van der Straten PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

  s.van.der.straten@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Michaël Opgenhaffen University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.p.a.opgenhaffen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272969

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  Jacqueline Hylkema Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  j.j.hylkema@luc.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

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  Ae Ree Nam Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.r.nam@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276415

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  Lindsay Black Associate Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.black@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272218

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  Deniz Tat University Lecturer Turkish

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.tat@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277100

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  Liesbeth Minnaard University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.minnaard@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272358

• Adoption leave and fostering leave Leave

  If you adopt a child, you are entitled to a maximum of six weeks of paid adoption leave. If you adopt several children at the same time, you are entitled to one period of adoption leave only. If you are a foster carer, you are entitled to six weeks of fostering leave. This is on the provision that the…

• New report on age assurance by Simone van der Hof and Mohammed Raiz Shaffique News - 25 April 2024

  Simone van der Hof, Professor of Law and Digital Technologies at eLaw, and Mohammed Raiz Shaffique, Researcher and PhD candidate at eLaw, have published a report on age assurance for the European Commission.

• Let your voice be heard! News - 20 May 2021

  Until Friday 21 May 2021 (16:00), you can cast your online vote for up to seven candidates for the Faculty Council. Curious who our candidates are and what they stand for?

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  Paul van Els University Lecturer Chinese Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.van.els@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272595

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  Arnold Mol PhD candidate / lecturer Philosophy

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.j.w.mol@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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