Senior researcher, head of data science, and coordinator of the Information & Openness focal area. Nees Jan's work focuses on studying and developing infrastructures, algorithms, and tools to support research assessment, science policy, and scholarly communication.

Akrati Saxena leads the Algorithmic Fairness (AlFa) research group and is a member of the Computational Network Science (CNS) group at LIACS. Her research interest lies at the intersection of Social Network Analysis, Complex Networks, Computational Social Science, Data Science, and Algorithmic Fairn…

Rutger Hoekstra is an associate professor at CML who is an expert on environmental input-output modelling and beyond-growth debates. He leads the WISE Horizons project which works on metrics and models for sustainable and inclusive wellbeing (brede welvaart in Dutch). In 2019, he published his latest…

Wimar Bolhuis, lecturer in economics, has become a member of the Central Planning Committee (CPC), the independent supervisory committee which audits the work of the Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB).

Whether a microbe is beneficial or harmful to a plant can now be predicted with high accuracy thanks to bacLIFE. This bioinformatic tool with an intuitive interface makes it much easier to unlock the secrets of bacterial genomes. A group of Leiden biologists presented it in Nature Communications.

Ahmet Serdar Günaydin is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs at Leiden University. His research focuses on the United Nations special political missions and their approaches towards fostering national dialogues and policy reforms. He explores the multilateral diplomatic efforts…

Pablo started as a PhD researcher at the Industrial Ecology department of CML in July 2023 and is working on the Circular Circuits project from the NWO.

Roy Remme is an environmental scientist who works on urban nature and its importance to people, predominantly through the development and application of spatial decision-support tools.

Ayokunu (‘Ayo’) Adedokun is a political scientist, international development specialist and peacebuilding practitioner. His research focuses on the roles of local actors and the international community in peacebuilding, terrorism and counter-terrorism strategies, democratization and good governance…

Peter Berrill is an industrial ecologist who seeks to understand and assess environmental impacts and opportunities for their reduction at multiple scales. His research focuses on buildings, transport, and energy sectors, and employs a variety of methods and tools including material flow and stock analysis,…

Sowmya joined as a PhD candidate at CML-Industrial Ecology as a part of the FutuRaM project, and is working on assessing material recovery from municipal solid waste since November 2023

In 2015 Bernhard joined CML at Leiden University as a tenure-track assistant professor, however, first embarked on a year of sailing across the Atlantic. In 2022 Bernhard completed his tenure track.

Eduardo Herrera Malatesta is a postdoctoral researcher at the Faculty of Archaeology.

Marco Cinelli from Leiden University College (LUC) and the Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML) was awarded the 2024 EURO Award for the Best EJOR Paper at the European Conference on Operational Research in Copenhagen.

Researchers from Leiden University, McMaster University and Public Health Ontario are calling on colleagues to track down archival specimens of mosquitoes from museums and other collections and to examine them with modern methods. This will tell them more about malaria transmission.

In September 2023 the new minor Sustainability, Climate Change and Food starts. This minor critically examines the complexities of food sustainability through ecological, socio-economic, political, and cultural systems.

By far the majority of users of child sexual abuse networks (or child porn forums as they are sometimes called) on the dark web do not actively communicate there but download illegal material, therefore committing a criminal offence. But they often stay under the police and judiciary’s radar. PhD candidate…

Catrin started as a PhD researcher at the Industrial Ecology department of CML in September 2022.

Harmjan started as a PhD candidate in Industrial Ecology in 2024 with a focus on environmental impacts of mining and recycling of critical raw materials.

Cecilia-Louise von Ilsemann is a scholarship PhD candidate at the History and International Studies Section, Institute for History, Leiden University. Her research focus is on Southeast Asian state’s foreign policy behavior in the contemporary American-Chinese great power rivalry. She researches foreign…

Michael McCabe III is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Archaeology.

Dr. Sarah Carthy is an assistant professor in terrorism an political violence at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs. She is a graduate of the University of Galway where she completed her BA and PhD in Psychology. Her research mainly focuses on radicalisation, evidence-based approaches to prevention…

Daniel Schade is a Lecturer in European Studies and International Relations at Leiden University. His research focuses on the European Union and its external relations regime, in particular.

Aaron is a PhD student in Industrial Ecology working on the prospective sustainability assessment of large-scale economic systems.

Alessandro Aleo is a PhD candidate at Leiden University and Delft University of Technology.

Adrien is a PhD candidate in Industrial Ecology, working on novel computational methods for sustainability impact assessments and decision-making.

Yuanyuan Mao started as a PhD researcher at the Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML) in September 2022, working on urban nature and human health.

Tahir Abbas FAcSS is Professor of Radicalisation Studies at Leiden University’s Institute of Security and Global Affairs in The Hague. He graduated with a PhD in Ethnic Relations from the University of Warwick in 2001. His current research interests include Islamophobia and radicalisation, gender and…

Maarten van 't Riet is senior researcher at CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis and External Phd Candidate at Leiden University, department of Economics and department of Tax Law.

Anchrit Wille has held the special chair of Transitions in the public sector established by the 'Stichting Leerstoelen CAOP' since November 2021. In her research she works at the interface of public administration and political science. Central themes include: political-administrative relations in national…

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…

Dr Marike van Aerde is Assistant Professor in the World Archaeology department. Her research focuses on trade routes and exchange networks spanning from ancient Egypt to the 1st-millennium Indian Ocean. Her work includes ceramics and glass analyses, petroglyphic documentation, and methodological applications…