Fé de Jonge has been a PhD candidate at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies since November 2020, before which she was a PhD candidate at the School for Oriental and African Studies, University of London since September 2018. Her research focuses on the critical examination and re-examination…

Title research: Language and definition at the International Criminal Court.

Title research: Missing Actors in International Arbitration.

Title research: Vetting in Transition.

Eva is part of the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies as an Education and Research Associate. She completed her LL.B. European Law School at the Radboud University Nijmegen with bene meritum distinction, after which she spent some time working as a project manager working with various human…

Jens Iverson is an assistant professor at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, (Law Faculty, Leiden University) a position he has held since 2014.

Sophie Starrenburg is Assistant Professor of Public International Law at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies at Leiden Law School. Her work broadly focuses on the intersections between public international law and cultural heritage. Currently, her research concentrates on cultural heritages…

Niall is an external PhD candidate at Air and Space Law. Title research: Managing Airlines through a Progressing Legal and Air Policy Environment in the 21st Century. An analysis of airlines’ governance in light of evolving perceptions on ownership and control conditions and sustainability objectives…

Title research: State Responses to the Foreign Terrorist Fighters Phenomenon in Syria and Iraq: Exploring International Law’s Position Towards ‘Buck-Passing’ Policies.

Title research: Compensation for climate losses and damage under international law.

Title research: Invisible Victims: Rethinking Victimhood and Agency in Cyber-Enabled Money Muling

Three PhD candidates from the Faculty of Humanities have successfully applied for funding from NWO for new PhD candidates. The three upcoming researchers will receive funding from the PhDs in Humanities programme. With the funding, NWO wants to boost the recruitment and advancement of young talent in…

I think we should go this way. This way! THIS! WAY!! Making yourself heard in a city can be difficult. That is not only the case for humans, but birds seem to be hindered by urban noise as well. Researcher Hans Slabbekoorn of Leiden University already showed that great tits in Leiden communicate differently…

Paul Behrens and his team have won the Frontiers Planet Prize of half a million euros for their research into the effects of switching to a plant-based diet.

After many years of preparations, CERN has approved a groundbreaking new experiment: the Search for Hidden Particles (SHiP). Physicist Alexey Boyarsky was involved from the start. ‘We know there is physics that’s missing and we aim to find it.’

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A large research group involving Leiden University as corresponding Host Institution has been awarded a major European grant, the ERC Synergy Grant. This for research on how Europe developed after the fall of the Roman Empire with special attention to the yet underexplored but undoubtedly important…

Two research groups involving Leiden University have been awarded a major European grant, the ERC Synergy Grant. This for research on the development of membranes that can clean water and purify medical drugs and research on the biological clock in certain bacteria.

Carlo Beenakker knows all about the quantum world. He looks at the behaviour of quantum particles and considers how this knowledge can be used to develop new technologies. He is currently considering how to build a quantum computer in a laboratory.

Prof. Dr. Horst Fischer has been Professor of International Humanitarian Law at Leiden Law School since 1997.

Dr Benjamyn I. Scott is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Air and Space Law, and at eLaw – Center for Law and Digital Technologies.

Anna Marhold is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Public Law and the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies at Leiden University. Her specialization is international economic law, with a particular focus on international trade law at the intersection of energy and environmental regulat…