Maak kennis met digitale veiligheid in de podcast over de BSc Cybersecurity & Cybercrime. Experts bespreken actuele thema’s zoals ransomware en online fraude.

Not everything that comes close to a black hole is swallowed by it. Black holes can also hurl material away, and that chance turns out to be considerably bigger than previously thought. Martijn Oei's accidental discovery and his subsequent research on it earned him a cum laude promotion on 12 Decemb…

Terrorism, crisis, violence, intelligence, diplomacy, war and peace are topics that are broadly covered in ISGA's research activities. Regularly, ISGA researchers appear in international media to discuss their research expertise. This item offers an overview of non-Dutch and non-English articles and…

What does academic freedom mean? And how do we give shape to it in Leiden? The Academic Freedom Core Team considered these questions and presented its final report on 17 June.

Besides physics, the sleep of PhD students also benefits from Vitaly Fedoseev's PhD research. He will receive his doctorate on July 7 for his work on optomechanics within quantum mechanics. And also on a setup that eliminated the need for PhD students to push a button every hour for 72 hours.

Ward Hoskens started ten years ago as an intern at one of Leiden's most iconic buildings: the Pieterskerk. Now he is doing his PhD on the question of how the function of this 'church that is no longer a church' changed over recent centuries.

Author and political scientist Mounir Samuel has spent recent years delving into the many ways that language can exclude people and bring them together.

How should we address our colonial heritage? And how digital and accessible are our collections? Outgoing State Secretary Fleur Gräper spoke with researchers and heritage specialists about this on 25 January.

Taking stock of the way the European Union has been studied and practiced so far, and as a sub-field of international relations, and in the light of increasing contestation of European integration inside and outside the EU, but also rapid transformation due to poly-crises, the return of conventional…

Prof.dr. K.J. Batenburg dr. D.M. Pelt dr. T. van Leeuwen Summary Radiografie is een belangrijke techniek om de binnenkant van voorwerpen te kunnen analyseren, met bekende toepassingen bij bagagecontroles op luchthavens en diagnostiek in ziekenhuizen. Ook in de industrie is röntgenbeeldvorming onmisbaar,…

Lecture, Austria Centre Leiden Lunch Talk

Lecture organised by the Austria Centre Leiden and co-sponsored by the Central and East European Studies Centre. Lunch is provided. Please RSVP to Sarah Cramsey: s.a.cramsey@hum.leidenuniv.nl

Lecture, Austria Centre Leiden Lunch Talk

Due to circumstances this lecture is cancelled. --- Lecture organised by the Austria Centre Leiden and co-sponsored by the Central and East European Studies Centre. Lunch is provided. Please RSVP to Sarah Cramsey: s.a.cramsey@hum.leidenuniv.nl

Lecture organised by the Austria Centre Leiden and co-sponsored by the Central and East European Studies Centre. Lunch is provided. Please RSVP to Sarah Cramsey: s.a.cramsey@hum.leidenuniv.nl

Lecture with Dr. Jonathan Singerton (History Institute, VU University Amsterdam), organised by the Austria Centre Leiden. Lunch is provided. Please RSVP to Sarah Cramsey: s.a.cramsey@hum.leidenuniv.nl

Research Master’s students in Archaeology Rosa Seepma and Aida Tadesse received an Incentive Prize from the Dutch Association for Physical Anthropology (NVFA). They were awarded this honor for their ongoing study on the human osteology collection at the Allard Pierson Museum.

Jasper Knoester is the dean of the Faculty of Science. How is he doing, what exactly does he do and what does his day look like? In each newsletter, Jasper gives an insight into his life.

A better balance between teaching and research duties, greater recognition of team performances and the elimination of simplistic assessment criteria. The ‘Academia in Motion’ paper published by the Leiden University Recognition and Rewards describes the main problems with recognition and rewards in…

How did early humans use their hands, and what can that tell us about our shared past? Cora Leder, newly awarded recipient of the NWO PhD in the Humanities grant, is set to find out.

How can I align science, society and myself to address today’s major challenges? That’s what students of the Honours College track ‘Science, Society and Self’ aim to find out. How do their classes at honours differ from their regular education?

‘Let us not forget the power of genuine engagement,’ dean Sarah de Rijcke stressed at the New Year's Reception on 7 January 2025, which was also attended by Rector Magnificus Hester Bijl and addressed the Faculty of Social Sciences.

‘Be yourself. Be as gay, queer, trans as you can and show the world you exist.’ These rousing words from Looi van Kessel marked the start of the third Pride Leiden for the university boat, with the theme: ‘450 years of being yourself’.

The 2025 Data for Policy conference at Leiden University explored how digital and green transitions can shape a more sustainable and inclusive future.

No fewer than 55 applications were submitted for a Kiem seed grant, an initiative for developing new interdisciplinary, interfaculty research partnerships and encounters. The draw took place on Monday for the allocation of 22 seed grants. The Executive Board was so impressed with the number of applications…

On 22 September, LUCSoR alumnus Bas van Rijn successfully defended his PhD dissertation entitled “The Experimental Culture of Afterlife Research: Attempts by Spiritual Animal Magnetizers to Prove Life after Death” at Universität Bern, Switzerland. The PhD project was part of the of SNF research project…

At the Netherlands National Open Science Festival in Rotterdam, 400 people with a heart for research and sharing knowledge came together — including many Leiden University employees. Four colleagues told us about their Festival experience, and their work to practice Open Science at Leiden University…

In its Strategic Plan Leiden University sets its direction for the coming years. A new plan will be presented next year, and in the runup to this we are organising different forms of student and staff consultation within the scope of LDN FWD (‘Leiden Forward’). A series of meetings were recently held…

An article in Leiden University’s Mare newspaper on 24 September states that the University Council advised against reappointing President of the Executive Board Annetje Ottow. The Board of Governors, deans and Annetje Ottow respond below.

How did you get to where you are now? This is a key question in the Academic Life Course board game, developed by and for academics. ‘In a normal working week we hardly ever talk about the career choices we make, but with this game, we do.’

From human rights in Sudan to a new cult of heroes in China. During the board members' visit, the Institute of Private Law and the Institute for Area Studies clarified their social relevance in no uncertain terms. What's happening here in education and research?

After almost 18 months of following lectures alone in their rooms, many students are going back to face-to-face classes for the first time. And the same is true for the lecturers. How do people feel about it? We went to Leiden Law School to find out. ‘For a whole year, I’ve been watching lectures in…

A consortium including economists, psychologists and public administration scholars from Leiden University will study public acceptance of the hydrogen transition in the Netherlands. They will look at the labour market impact, public perceptions of hydrogen and businesses’ willingness to invest.

The past year was once again a year of outstanding achievements and strong engagement for the Faculty of Social Sciences. In this hall of fame, we proudly highlight a selection of awards, grants and appointments as part of the many valuable contributions — visible and behind the scenes — that together…

On April 14, 2025, Dr. Hans Petschar, the recently-retired Director of the Bildarchiv und Grafiksammlung at the Austrian National Library in Vienna, delivered the Sixth Annual Austrian Studies Lecture 'Austria’s Present Past: A visual journey through Austrian history 1925 – 2025'.

PhD defence

PhD defence

Prof.dr. H.A. Borgdorff dr. W.van der Meer

Prof. dr. I.B. Smits dr. Y. Horsman

PhD defence

The Young Academy Leiden (YAL) is excited to launch the Social Safety Open Dialogue Sessions in collaboration with Human Resources (HR). These sessions aim to create a space where everyone's voice matters. We want to turn discussions into tangible actions, ensuring that the community's collective…

In this Connect & Deposit session, co-organised by CWTS and the Leiden University Research Data Management Community, Sarah Lippincott, Head of Community Engagement at Dryad, will talk about the Dryad repository: “Dryad (datadryad.org) is a non-profit data publishing platform. We provide researchers…

Arts and culture, Festival

Introducing Christian Nationalism, Nation-Building, and the Making of the Holocaust in Slovakia, a new book in Central European studies. Organised by the Austria Centre Leiden and co-sponsored by the Central and East European Studies Centre. Lunch is provided. Please RSVP to Sarah Cr…

New Year’s reception

Lecture, LIMS seminar

Dr. Josien de Klerk, Associate professor in Global Public Health at Leiden University College The Hague recently published some of her work on HIV/AIDS. In collaboration with a team of interdisciplinary researchers from the Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development she came to the conclusion…