Renske Gilissen specialises in suicide prevention. Her research and teaching focus on risk factors and protective factors of suicide and on the effectiveness and implementation of suicide prevention interventions.

Arjan Blokland is appointed as professor of Criminology & Criminal justice at the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology.

Rüya Akdağ is a PhD candidate within the CoPAN Lab of the Cognitive Psychology unit. Her project Mind the Body investigates whether cognitive and affective disturbances influence social anxiety and whether regulating both disturbances via accessible digital interventions can help adolescents learn to…

Paul Nieuwbeerta is full Professor of Criminology at the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology of Leiden University since 2009.

Linda Breeman’s research focuses on promoting health behaviour and lifestyle changes, specializing in (eHealth) intervention development and intervention implementation in complex systems.

Dr. Silvia D’Amato is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA), part of the research groups Terrorism and Political Violence and War, Peace and Justice. Silvia is also Secretary General of the European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS).

In his research, Van Gestel focuses on fundamental and applied research on health behaviour and behaviour change in an interdisciplinary context. He focuses on understanding the factors important for health behaviour (behavioural determinants) and on behaviour change techniques as building blocks of…

Bianca Boyer is an associate professor in the unit of Developmental and Educational Psychology. She studies the effectiveness of treatments for children and adolescents with neurobiological developmental disorders, particularly ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Tom Buitelaar is an Assistant Professor in the War, Peace & Justice program of the Institute of Security and Global Affairs at Leiden University.

Dr Maxine David is a Lecturer in European Studies at Leiden University. She is a Foreign Policy analyst, specialising in Russian and EU foreign policy. She has co-edited and contributed to a number of special issues and edited collections on EU-Russia relations. Maxine also researches and has published…

Nina Komrij works as a postdoctoral researcher at the Developmental and Educational Psychology unit of the Institute of Psychology at Leiden University.

The Personal Development Centre (PDC) at the Faculty of Social Sciences represents life-long learning put into practice. Our approach is the concrete fulfillment of Leiden Universities’ promise to its students and staff. We assist students and professionals in realizing their full potential connecting…

Vivian Kraaij is Associate Professor in Psychology at the Department of Clinical Psychology at Leiden University, The Netherlands. Her work at the University consists of a combination of research, course development, teaching and management tasks.

Christof Nägel is an Assistant Professor in the Violence and Violence Prevention research group at Leiden University. He is a sociologist by training and previously held teaching and research positions at the University of Cologne, Utrecht University, and the German Police University in Münster.

Olga Bogolyubova is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs. Her research interests are focused on violence and its impact on mental health, mental health literacy, technology-facilitated violence, and psychology of online behaviors.

As professor of Violence and Policing, I study various forms of violence in public spaces and how violence is used to enforce the moral and legal order. My research focuses on violence between (groups of) youth, threatening and violent confrontations between police and citizens, public disorder,…

Annelieke Hagen is a PhD candidate in the unit Developmental and Educational Psychology at Leiden University.

Laura Pape is a PhD researcher at the unit of Clinical Psychology. She investigates digital sleep interventions and the role of improved sleep in the prevention of mental health problems.

Marieke Liem is professor of Security and Interventions at Leiden University, where she and her team coordinate the European Homicide Monitor. A graduate of University of Cambridge in the U.K., Marieke Liem completed her PhD in Forensic Psychology from Utrecht University, the Netherlands. Before joining…

What are the consequences of digitalisation for our security and privacy? What risks does the power of major tech companies pose to citizens, employees, organisations, and states? What role should governments and the European Union play in regulating online platforms? How can human rights, legal…

Véronique de Gucht conducts research in clinical health psychology, specifically on chronic conditions and sensitivity to stimuli.

Edwin Bakker is professor in Terrorism and Counterterrorism at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs in The Hague. His fields of research are radicalisation, jihadi terrorism and in particular profiles of (jihadi) terrorists. In addition, his research is focussed on dealing with (fear of) terrorism…

Liesbeth Minnaard is a University Lecturer at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society.

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