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Leiden Biodiversity Network workshop: scaling up is an issue for transdisciplinary projects
In a five day workshop, the interdisciplinary Leiden Biodiversity Network, together with societal stakeholders, worked on a research agenda and drafted an action plan to improve human-biodiversity relationships. Researcher Kat Stewart co-organized the workshop and shares some results.
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‘Bless the mess’ and other tips for improving interdisciplinary collaboration
Have faith in others, embrace conflict and differences, take your time: these are just a few of the tips that emerged during a Leiden symposium on interdisciplinary collaboration on 1 February. A second session will take place on Thursday 14 March.
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How research and teaching can reinforce each other
Every year, the dissertation prize is awarded to the best dissertation of the past year by the Association for Educational Research (VOR). Marjon Baas (ICLON researcher) is one of the nominees. She talks about her dissertation.
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Lorentz Center to receive structural support from NWO and Leiden University
The Lorentz Center is a melting pot that is visited by researchers from around the world. ‘Miracles happen’ during the five-day interactive workshops at the Center. And there is an extra reason to celebrate the center’s 25th anniversary. On 28 April, the Dutch Research Council (NWO) and Leiden University…
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Alumnus Willem van der Muur: ‘I wanted to work somewhere I could make an impact’
Willem van der Muur worked at the Van Vollenhoven Institute as a PhD candidate from 2013 to 2019. After completing his doctorate he left for Indonesia to work for the World Bank. There, he is leading a project to register land rights.
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Alumnus Heidi Burrows: ‘Children are inherently vulnerable’
What is it like to study law in the Netherlands as an international? Alumnus Heidi Burrows came to the Netherlands from the UK to study International Children’s Rights, an Advanced Master’s Programme. We asked her about her experiences with this unique programme.
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Alumnus Bart Jansen: ‘It’s up to us legal philosophers to make sense of these times’
Legal philosopher Bart Jansen teaches at universities around the world. In an interview two years ago, he spoke about his professional fascination for dictators and wars. Since then, the world has undergone major changes. High time for a follow-up interview.
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Restricting student numbers will cost society billions
A cap on the number of international students at the five broad-based Randstad universities will have a drastic effect on the Dutch economy. The gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to decline by approximately 4 to 5 billion euros. Regions, businesses and society as a whole will feel the consequ…
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Sandra Palmen is State Secretary and alumna: ‘My main goal is to get the childcare benefit redress operation back on track’
Sandra Palmen studied tax law at Leiden University and built a career within central government, currently as State Secretary. She was one of the first to raise the alarm about the child benefits affair and is now righting the wrongs.
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No loss of patient confidence in environmentally friendly doctors
The doctor suggests opting for a treatment that is better for the environment. How do patients react to this? Doctors and psychologists together discovered that this has little impact on patient confidence in the doctor.
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Lou Boshart, Xiaohui Liu, and Sarah Noordeloos winners of the Metje Postma Awards
Lou Boshart won the Excellence in Visual & Multimodal Ethnography Thesis Prize for his film ‘Layers of Confidence’. Lou produced a multimodal thesis about the way rat catchers in New Zealand enact conservation policies and reflect on the ethical challenges of eradicating invasive species. Xiaohui Liu…
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Alumnus Johan Visser: ‘Act, work and make decisions with a cool head and a warm heart’
For more than twenty years, Johan Visser has served as a family and juvenile court judge in The Hague where he is also a board member. Once a student at Leiden Law School, he reflects here on his student days and career.
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Championing educational innovation: new Leiden Teachers’ Academy Fellows
Leiden Teachers’ Academy is proud to welcome six new fellows. They will share their expertise with the rest of the university and launch innovative education projects.
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Luc Sels new President of Leiden University
As of 1 November 2025, Professor Luc Sels will assume the role of President of Leiden University’s Executive Board.
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Orangutans and the Borders of Humanity in the Long Eighteenth Century
Lecture, Global Questions Seminar
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Humanities and Engaged Scholarship
Lecture, LIAS After-Lunch Talk Series
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Transformational leadership: Capacity Building for Equitable and Sustainable Change
Study support
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Disentangling citizenship from nationality and inclusion from belonging in Chile
VVI Research Meetings 2023-2024
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Academic data science: Transdisciplinary and extradisciplinary visions
CWTS Seminar
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Personal experience narratives in three African sign languages
PhD defence
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Jimpitan in Wonosobo, Central Java: An Indigenous Institution in the Context of Sustainable Socio-Economic Development in Indonesia
PhD defence
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Refugees’ Livelihood Strategies in a Setting of Long-term Encampment: The Case of the Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Malawi
Lecture, LIMS seminar | Book Talk
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"We are new farmers": How do e-commerce streamers perform authenticity in rural China
Lecture, China Seminar
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Entre la utopía tecnocrática y la colegialidad académica
PhD defence
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News in a Glasshouse: Media, Publics, and Senses of Belonging in the Dutch Caribbean
PhD defence
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Book Event: 'Seeking Western Men' with author Monica Liu
Lecture
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Woodworkers and farmers 3000 years ago: transitions from the Rigveda to the Atharvaveda
Lecture, VVIK lecture
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Summer School Science Communication
Course
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LeidenASA Lecture: Inclusive growth and venture capital in Africa
Lecture
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Leiden University Network Meeting on Aging & Society
Network meeting
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Campus The Hague Career Event 2024
Course, Career Event
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Lecture on the book The Deep Roots of Modern Democracy
Lecture
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Course: Complex Networks
Course
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Just Public Algorithmic Systems – What does it take?
Lecture
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Symposium Metaphors for quantum science and technology
Conference
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We need to talk about methods. The methodological potential of Area Studies within the Humanities
Lecture, LIAS Lunch Talk Series
- Book Launch | Crystal Ennis | Millennial Dreams in Oil Economies
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Computer Says No: Understanding Digital Authority
PhD defence
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Fitmonth Personal Resilience - FSW
Fitmonth
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Skills platform in Brightspace
Lunchbyte
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Owl Winter Edition - FSW
Study information
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Digital Roundtable Series: Collaborating with or for Artificial Intelligence? Session 1
Lecture
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Experimental Days
Festival
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Meet the Employer
Study information, Career preparation
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Fitmonth Personal Resilience - FSW
Fitmonth
- Language and the human past
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LCN2 seminar February 2025
Lecture
- A Legal Update from Indonesia
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Getting the Rhythms of Knowledge: an Essay in Three Movements
Valedictory lecture
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Terra Christmas Auction
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