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Vincent Delhomme speaks at the conference on European Judicial Narratives in Brussels
On 19 October 2023, Vincent Delhomme spoke at the conference on ‘European Judicial Narratives’, hosted by the University of Louvain Saint-Louis in Brussels. Vincent participated in the panel devoted to the reception of these judicial narratives in the European legal epistemic community.
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How North Korea forces labourers to work in Poland
Leiden researchers discovered that North Korean labourers are being forced to work on a large scale in Poland. Professor of Korea Studies Remco Breuker will present a report on the abuses in Poland at the ‘Slaves To The System’ conference on 6 July.
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European Sociological Association presentation
On 18 May 2023, Jan Aart Scholte gave a keynote address on ‘Globalisation or Geopolitics?’ at the European Sociological Association (RN15: Transnational and Global Sociology) in Milan.
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The EU Law in Charts Project
Professor Christa Tobler and Jacques Beglinger have written two new publications.
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ICCL studenten op studiereis naar Brussel
On Thursday and Friday, 1 and 2 March 2018, ICCL students and staff enjoyed a study trip to Brussels, including visits to the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the European Commission and top law firm De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek.
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Martijn Snoep delivers lecture at the Opening Ceremony of the LL.M. European Law
On Wednesday 28 September 2022, the Opening Ceremony of the European Law LL.M. took place on campus at Leiden Law School. Following Dr Ben Van Rompuy and Professor Jorrit Rijpma’s warm words of welcome for the incoming students, Dr Vasiliki Kosta presented two student prizes from the preceding academic…
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Importing goods from sustainable countries could lower EU’s environmental footprint
A recent study in Ecological Economics, led by Leiden environmental scientist Bertram de Boer, states that the European Union could lower its environmental footprint by carefully selecting the countries from which it imports goods. The publication was picked up by Science for Environment Policy, a news…
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European foreign policy after a crisis: change and continuity
‘Crisis and change in European Union foreign policy.’ That is the title of Nikki Ikani’s book that was published last month. We asked the writer five questions about her book. Presentation: 5 & 20 April.
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Melanie Fink on 'The European Union's External Action and International Law'
On 12 June 2020 the ESIL Interest Group ‘EU as a Global Actor’ and City Law School London organized a Workshop on ‘The European Union’s External Action and International Law: A View From the Outside’. The event was convened by Jed Odermatt (City Law School) and Ramses A. Wessel (University of Groningen)…
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Hugo ’t Hart wins Political Science Master’s Thesis Prize 2020
In an attempt to give European citizens a say over who should lead the European Commission, the European Parliament has opted for so-called 'Spitzenkandidaten'. Prior to the elections for the European Parliament, the EP’s political parties appoint lead candidates for the role of Commission President,…
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Political Economy and Public Policy
Many of the big challenges of the 21st century (climate change, international migration, financial instability, socio-economic inequality) find their origins in the organisation of the global economy. Any solution to the world’s big challenges therefore requires forceful policy interventions at the…
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President of the European Parliament in The Hague: ‘Your friends don’t want to vote? Let me call them’
‘We have to have accountability.’ That was Roberta Metsola’ for her audience on Thursday evening. The President of the European Parliament had come to the Wijnhaven building to speak with students.
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Jannemieke Ouwerkerk appointed Full Professor of European Criminal Law
As from 1 August 2016 Jannemieke Ouwerkerk will be appointed to the position of Full Professor of European Criminal Law at the Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology of Leiden University. It concerns a full-time position. She will deliver her inaugural lecture on 7 April 2017 at 16.00.
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New report on age assurance by Simone van der Hof and Mohammed Raiz Shaffique
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.
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Newscheckers wins European Citizen Award
The fact-checking initiative Nieuwscheckers has won the Dutch round of the European Citizens Award. This prize is awarded annually to projects and initiatives that deliver an exceptional performance within the EU.
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Annemarie Drahmann on new European regulations for stallholders
There is much unrest among local stallholders in Utrecht. Owners who for decades had a permanent pitch for their stall are no longer guaranteed this due to new European regulations. So no more benefits for the current stallholders which is causing them great uncertainty and frustration.
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Successful participation of Leiden in the 2023 European Law Moot Court Competition
Three teams of students from the European Law Master (LLM) and the Advanced LLM in European and International Business Law (EIBL) participated in this year’s edition of the European Law Moot Court (ELMC). All teams worked intensively between September and November to submit written pleadings. Two of…
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Archaeologist helps develop board game on European prehistory
In the new board game Epoch – Early Inventors you explore the prehistoric landscape. You gather food and raw material to develop tools and skills, and you try to appease the gods. Dr Maikel Kuijpers was involved in its development from the start and he is very happy with the result. “There is a lot…
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Meehea Park
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
m.park@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5403
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Genevieve Noordeloos
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
g.noordeloos@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Pablo Mendes De Leon
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
p.m.j.mendes.de.leon@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Laura Bakola
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
t.bakola@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4061
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Leonid Kulikov
Faculty of Humanities
l.kulikov@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Alfred van Staden
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
a.van.staden@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Alain Ancery
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
a.g.f.ancery@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Luuk van Middelaar
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
l.j.van.middelaar@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Els de Busser
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
e.de.busser@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9094
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Vestert Borger
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
v.borger@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7715
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Sebastian Diessner
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
s.diessner@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9400
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Bart Krans
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
h.b.krans@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4783
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Matthew Broad
Faculty of Humanities
m.broad@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1398
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Collected Cases on EU Labour Law
European labour law has an unmistakable influence on national law. This applies even more to the case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), as it has implications for the application of European law in the Member States and with it the interpretation of national law. Collected Cases…
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Students of the Master European Law visit Eurojust
On December 5, a group of thirty students of the Master in European Law visited the headquarters of Eurojust in The Hague.
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Jorrit Rijpma at Odysseus’ Annual Conference in Brussels
On 26 and 27 February the Odysseus Network organised its annual conference on the very topical subject of Solidarity in the EU’s asylum and border policies.
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Investigating a prehistoric Pan-European culture with an NWO grant: ‘One of the most transformative periods in European prehistory’
Archaeologist Quentin Bourgeois received an NWO Vidi grant to investigate the emergence of a pan-European culture in the third millennium BC. ‘We see ideas being shared across the entire continent in pre-literate societies. And not only that, for a thousand years, the same cultural ideas persist.’
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Keynote speech "25 Years After the Fall of the Iron Curtain"
December 5th, Antoaneta Dimitrova associated with the Institute of Public Administration, was one of the main guests at the conference
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European cooperation on sustainability off to a slow start
Ries Kamphof conducted research into European sustainability policies; his findings are that the European Committee very rarely uses her authority. ‘The member states are very protective when it comes to taking action to protect the climate.’ PhD ceremony on 22 November 2018.
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The Steering Committee
Strategic direction of the Europe Hub lies with a Steering Committee, composed of members from several Leiden University faculties.
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Fact check: Any country that wants to join the EU must go through standard procedure – no exceptions
Ukrainian President Zelensky has indicated on several occasions that he wants to be part of the European Union. According to Caroline van der Plas, Dutch MP for the BoerBurgerBeweging party, this is not possible. Any country that wants to join the EU must go through the standard procedure. No except…
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Vasiliki Kosta speaks at Maastricht Centre for European Law Seminars series
Vasiliki Kosta presented her research on ‘The EU fundamental right to freedom of the arts and sciences: exploring the limits on the commercialisation of academia' at the Maastricht Centre for European Law on 28 February 2023. The seminar was convened by Dr Annalisa Volpato, and Dr Vigjilenza Abazi acted…
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Best Advocate General in the European Law Moot Court Competition – Another Victory for Leiden Law School
On 15 April 2016, the All-European Final of the ELMC took place at the European Court of Justice in Luxemburg. Emma Gheorghiu, a student on the Advanced LL.M. in European and International Business Law at Leiden Law School, took home the trophy for the prestigious award for best Advocate General.
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Major win for CLAIRE in 50 million euro round of “seed funding”
The European Commission has released 50 million euro to strengthen artificial intelligence in Europe. Five consortia were selected to spend this 50 million to prepare artificial intelligence research in Europe for greater investment. With the funding, four new networks of centres of excellence in artificial…
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Another Great Year for Leiden Law School in the European Law Moot Court Competition
Leiden University has seen another successful season of the European Law Moot Court Competition come to an end.
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HERA grant awarded to Léon Buskens and international colleagues
Together with internationally esteemed colleagues, Léon Buskens has been awarded a HERA Joint Research Programme Grant for a research project entitled
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Omar Al Sadeh: ‘My heart told me to go to Foreign Affairs’
Trail, FGGA’s internship platform will be one-year old in November. In the upcoming weeks, we will be interviewing some FGGA students who went on internships. What did they learn from their internships? And what tasks were assigned to them?
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Pre-call for applications for Marie Skłodowska-Curie individual fellowships at Leiden University's Institute of Political Science
Leiden University invites pre-applications from scholars who wish to spend 12-24 months in the Institute of Political Science as part of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship Programme.
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The EU’s Response to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: International and European Perspectives
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the European Union (EU) and its Member States have adopted wide-ranging legal and political measures to support Ukraine in its struggle.
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Rule of law challenges and prospects in Albania and North Macedonia
On 1 October 2019, Dr. Darinka Piqani co-organized and moderated a panel discussion on the theme of “Rule of law challenges and prospects in Albania and North Macedonia”.
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EU grant for Bart Custers
The European Commission has granted budget for the project INFORM (Introduction of the data protection reform to the judicial system). Dr. Bart Custers, associate professor and head of research at eLaw, the Center for Law and Digital Technologies, has written the proposal with nine partner organizations…
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FGGA honours studenten visit EU and NATO
Students of the second year of Tackling Global Challenges were in Brussels to pay the yearly visit to the European Parliament and the European Commission and for the first time the NATO in Mons.