What is the top 50 most popular studies among employers? That's what career platform Magnet.me investigated for the second consecutive year. What does it show? The programmes of the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs are well represented in the ranking.

Lecture

Antoaneta Dimitrova's research brings together different lines of inquiry relating to governance transfer across national borders. An enduring theme in her work has been the effect of the European Union on the democratic and market transformations of the post-communist states of Central and Eastern…

Within the scope of Leiden European City of Science, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) presented the quadrennial Lorentz Medal to Daan Frenkel in the Academy Building yesterday. The ceremony was in collaboration with the Lorentz Center and was attended by Robbert Dijkgraaf, Minister…

Last week Russia and Ukraine met for the first time since the outbreak of the war. The talks took place in Belarus.

Debate

PhD defence

PhD defence

PhD defence

PhD defence

Interest organisations are increasingly taking legal action and that’s a good thing for democracy, says PhD candidate Rowie Stolk. ‘It means that the most vulnerable social groups – including children and refugees, who tend to have a weaker political position – are protected.’

Leiden Law School and the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies are very pleased to announce that Dr. Mamadou Hébié will be re-joining the Grotius Centre on the 1st of May 2021.

Workshop

Lecture, LUCL Colloquium

Study information

A fragmented political landscape, permanent pressure from current affairs and an increasingly political civil service: our government faces many challenges. This makes it all the more difficult to make important decisions about pensions or the climate. Research and good education can help meet the challenges…

Even though the COVID-crisis continuously evolves and is marked by new realities and uncertainties, we can carefully begin to take stock looking back on the first phases of Dutch crisis management. What can we learn reflecting on the crisis strategies of this extraordinary and transboundary crisis that…

Title research: Trafficking-Terrorism and the Gendering of National Security

Tuvana Aras is a Ph.D. candidate at the Institute of Air and Space Law, Leiden University. Research Title: The Green Enforcement of European Competition Law in the Aviation Industry.

Igor Djakovic is a PhD candidate in the Neanderthal Legacy research project.

Title research: The EU as a protector in a Geo-economic world - the case of FDI screening.

Sinéad obtained her Bachelor of Civil Law with a minor in social justice from University College Dublin (2020). After her studies, she interned at an independent housing law and policy centre, as well as a private law firm in Dublin. Sinéad graduated from the European Law LL.M. at Leiden University…

Patricia Ouma is a PhD Candidate at the Europa Institute in Leiden University researching on the role of executive institutions in realising regional objectives in the envisaged East African Political Confederation. She is also a member of the African International Economic Law Network. Patricia has…

Heleen Andriessen is a PhD candidate at Leiden University's Department of Social Law. Additionally, she is involved in teaching for the second-year bachelor course on Labor Law.

Karel Kuipers is currently a PhD-candidate in the 'Neanderthals and us' research project.

Steven Truxal is Professor of Air and Space Law and Director of the International Institute of Air and Space Law.

Eva Baudichau is a PhD candidate with the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies. She obtained an LLM from the Université Libre de Bruxelles and an advanced LLM from Leiden University, both specializing in public international law. Her PhD research is titled

Vincent Delhomme is Assistant professor of EU Law at the Europa Institute, Leiden Law School since 1 May 2023. He coordinates the activities of the Leiden University Europe Hub on behalf of Leiden Law School. Between 2022 and 2024, Vincent was Visiting professor at UCLouvain, Belgium, and College of…

Joni Van Laeken started as a Meijers PhD Candidate at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies in September 2023. Her PhD research is titled 'Transformative Reparations for International Crimes: An Actor-focused Analysis Across International, Hybrid and National Criminal Justice Mechanisms…

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Veronika obtained her bachelor in International and European Law from the University of Groningen. She later studied European and International Business Law (Advanced LLM) at Leiden University. During her studies she completed an internship at the Asser Institute.

Öykü Kurtpınar is a Ph.D. candidate at the Institute of Air and Space Law, Leiden University. Research Title: Innovative Air Mobility.

Titel research: Islamist theoterrorism in international law; some implications of the Rushdie Affair for public international law.

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Simona Demková is an Assistant Professor in European law at the Europa Institute. She is leading a collaborative research project on the 'EU's human-centred digital transformation' funded by a Leiden University starter grant. Her research expertise covers a broad range of European law, including European…

Areti Leventi is a PhD candidate in the Neanderthal Legacy research project.

Stefaan Van den Bogaert (1973) became Professor of European Law and Director of the Europa Institute at Leiden University in 2009.

Jorrit Rijpma is professor of European Law, specialisation Area of Freedom, Security and Justice, at the Europa Institute of Leiden Law School. He holds a Jean Monnet Chair on Security and Mobility in Europe (MOSE). Since January 2024, Jorrit Rijpma has been employed by the European Commission, Directorate-General…

Titel research: Experts know best? Guiding public bodies towards legitimate expert-based decisions.

Amanda Henry is a Professor at the Faculty of Archaeology and a Special Professor for