Francien Dechesne is Associate Professor of Ethics and Digital Technologies at eLaw. Next to her appointment at eLaw, she holds the endowed chair of “AI and Data for the Rule of Law” at Tilburg University.

Mukh Imron Ali Mahmudi is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology at Leiden University. He has a background in sociology and anthropology from Universitas Negeri Semarang and an MSc in sociology from Universitas Indonesia.

Joost Grootens is a University Lecturer/ Researcher Academy of Creative and Performing Arts.

Carina van den Hoven is Research Fellow at The Netherlands Institute for the Near East (NINO), Leiden University and Collaborateur Scientifique at Research Unit UMR 8546 AOrOc « Archéologie et philologie d’Orient et d’Occident » at the École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE/PSL), École Normale Supérieure…

Dr Gavin Robinson PhD LLM is Assistant Professor in Criminal Law and Digital Technologies at eLaw - Center for Law and Digital Technologies at Leiden University.

Florian Schneider's research interests include questions of governance and public administration in the PRC, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, political communication strategies and political content of popular Chinese entertainment, recent Chinese economic developments, as well as Chinese foreign policy. He…

Europe is working full steam towards a digital identity for every EU citizen. And although it might be really useful to be able to hire a car everywhere in the EU with no hassles, Bart Custers, Professor of Law and Data Science at eLaw, the Center for Law and Digital Technologies, sees many loose ends.…

Assistant Professor Daan Weggemans researches contemporary and digital security, cybercrime, extremism and conceptual thinking at Leiden University’s Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA).

Sam de Ruiter is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Archaeology.

Hossam Ahmed is a Lecturer at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies and coordinator of the Arabic language courses in Leiden University. His research interests include (Arabic) computational linguistics, Minimalist Syntax, Digital Humanities, and Teaching Arabic as a foreign Language.…

Dr Gianclaudio Malgieri is an Associate Professor of Law & Technology and a Board Member at eLaw – Center for Law and Digital Technologies.

Aron van de Pol is a PhD candidate at the Centre for Digital Humanities (LUCDH) the Institute for Area Studies (LIAS).

On 19 December 2024, Dr Constanta Rosca’s monograph, ‘Digital Arms for Digital Consumer Harms: Mapping Legal and Technical Solutions for Dark Patterns in EU Consumer Law’, was published as an open access book by the institutional, library-led publisher of Maastricht University, Maastricht University…

Jelena Prokic is an Assistant Professor in Computational Linguistics at the Leiden University Centre for Digital Humanities (LUCDH) and Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL). Since September 2024, Jelena Prokic has also been the Head of the Digital Humanities and AI Lab at the Faculty of H…

If you missed the annual LUCDH Winter School Week of Digital Humanities workshops and Pilot Project Symposium (27 – 31 January 2025) this time around, you’ll have a chance to take part next year. Save the dates for the last week of January 2026!

In her teaching, University Lecturer of Ancient History Liesbeth Claes uses various digital tools. Using that experience and interest she started an innovation project in order to research which digital skills history alumni need on the labour market and how these skills can be implemented in the cu…

A better integration of Digital Humanities into study programmes, so that students develop their digital skills as well as possible. That is what Hossam Ahmed wants to achieve in the coming years. He received a senior Comenius Fellowship to develop a digital programme for students.

Karsten Lambers is Professor of Digital Imaging in the Humanities at the University of Augsburg, Germany, and guest researcher at the Faculty of Archaeology. At Leiden University, he continues to supervise ongoing PhD projects but no longer accepts new PhD candidates.

Governments worldwide invest huge sums in their digital services and data strategies. Efficiency and effectiveness are key. But these are not achieved for some people at least, says Professor of Public Policy Sarah Giest. This makes the intended digital inclusion far from inclusive, as she will explain…

In January, Dr Karsten Lambers was appointed as Professor of Digital and Computational Archaeology at Leiden University's Faculty of Archaeology. With his extensive background in both archaeological research and computational sciences, the installation of Professor Lambers further strengthens this discipline…

Anna Smulders is a PhD Candidate in Disinformation and International Law at Leiden University, where she has been conducting research since 2021. She specializes in the intersection of public international law, international governance, and information technology, with particular focus on the legal…

Pepita Hesselberth is Assistant Professor Film, Literary and Media Studies at Leiden University, and research fellow at the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies at the University of Copenhagen.

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Alies Jansen is a PhD candidate in Global Transformations and Governance Challenges at the Institute for History at Leiden University. In 2025, she is a visiting researcher in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Bram Klievink is Professor of Public Administration, with a special focus on Digitalisation and Public Policy. He has a strong fascination with the interface between digitalisation and government. His research is about how digital innovations challenge the incumbent practices and institutions of public…

Hailing from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Weiyan Low is a PhD Candidate with a background in filmmaking, education and activism in Southeast Asia.

Walter Gam Nkwi is Assistant Professor at the Institute for History.

Angus Mol is a University Lecturer at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society.

Jan Sleutels is a Senior University Lecturer at the Institute for Philosophy.

Liesbeth Kanis is Head of the Library, Documentation and Information (LDI) Department at the African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL). She is in charge of collection, strategy, policy and operations.