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• Three PhD defences in one day on religious coexistence in Ghana News - 5 June 2026

  Last Tuesday was a special day: three researchers defended their PhD dissertations in succession as part of the same project. Martin Luther Darko, Kauthar Khamis and Rashida Adum-Atta investigated how people of different religions coexist in Madina in Ghana.

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  Giles Scott-Smith Dean LUC/Professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  g.p.scott-smith@luc.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009503

• New professor Vedran Dunjko finds real-world problems that a quantum computer can solve News - 2 November 2023

  Vedran Dunjko appointed to full professor of quantum computing at Leiden University, the Netherlands.

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  Paulus van der Boog

• ‘Humans are storytellers’: the power of stories in language development of children and AI models News - 24 January 2025

  What do ten-year-old children and chatbots have in common? PhD researcher Bram van Dijk studied language development in both children and AI language models. ‘It’s actually quite practical that we attribute human traits to a chatbot.’

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  Rik Lettany PhD candidate / guest

  h.lettany@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Marlieke Ernst Strategic knowledge broker

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.ernst@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272583

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  Helen Duffy Professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  h.duffy@law.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009300

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  Cushla Donaldson PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  c.j.donaldson@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277260

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  Femke Lippok Researcher

  f.e.lippok@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Christine Tremblay Dual PhD candidate / Guest

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  c.m.g.tremblay@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009589

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  Maikel Kuijpers Assistant Professor

  m.h.g.kuijpers@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272386

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  Marie Kolbenstetter

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  Huub Rottgering Professor

  rottgering@strw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275851

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  Mirjam van Reisen Professor

  m.e.h.van_reisen@lumc.nl | 071 5265062

• Grant opens door to decipher the secret sensory world of plants News - 4 April 2024

  Plants not only sense when they are touched, but they can also adapt to it. For example, by strengthening or defending themselves. But how do plants do this? The Green TE (Green Tissue Engineering) consortium has been granted a Gravitation grant of almost 23 million euros to investigate exactly this…

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  Eric Olijdam Guest Staff Member

  e.olijdam@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Arent Pol PhD candidate

  a.pol@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Ilone de Vries-Lemaire Asministrator FEZ / HR advisor

  a.t.j.m.de.vries@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Patrick Degryse Guest researcher

  p.a.i.h.degryse@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Three different perspectives on how the online world has fundamentally changed the way we live our lives News - 20 September 2022

  In the ESOF2022 mini-symposium organized by the Social Resilience & Security programme, international experts with a background in psychology, philosophy, and law discussed how the online world is related to adolescent mental health issues, moral and emotional awareness and children’s rights. In three…

• 'I have always worked for a better world. Here at Biology we do the same' News - 6 July 2022

  The new institute manager of the IBL studied biology for six months, but went in a completely different direction: development cooperation and the financial sector. Three decades later, Resi Janssen is making a radical career switch. Or isn’t she? 'In ten years’ time I want IBL to be in a new, sustainable…

• Researchers and members of the public bring a sustainable world a little closer News - 1 October 2024

  Researchers, civil servants and local residents met on 27 September to talk about partnering for sustainability. What were the results? In a green ‘city oasis’ in the centre of The Hague they spoke about the energy transition, bottom-up initiatives and citizen science.

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  Rowie Stolk Assistant professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  r.stolk@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271330

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  Jeroen van Zoolingen PhD candidate

  r.j.van.zoolingen@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Tom Barkhuysen Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  t.barkhuysen@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Aviva de Groot Assistant professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  a.de.groot@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• The whole world knows the way to the Leiden institute in Morocco News - 5 March 2024

  A delegation from Leiden University visited the Netherlands Institute Morocco (NIMAR) in Rabat at the end of February.

• Academia in Motion Festival: ‘We’re in a changing world of academia’ News - 7 November 2023

  How can we continue to work on an open university culture where everyone’s contribution is recognised and rewarded? Over 120 university staff spoke about breaking academic barriers at the first Academia in Motion Festival in PLNT.

• Leiden: ‘helping young researchers focus in a fast moving academic world’ News - 23 September 2025

  Young Academy Leiden (YAL) will change its board this month and welcome six new members. Outgoing chair Rachel Plak and incoming chair Ahmed Mahfouz talk about what the platform has achieved for young academics over the past year and what the plans are for the future.

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  Frans van Lunteren Lecturer

  vlunteren@strw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Matthew Kenworthy Associate professor

  kenworthy@strw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278455

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  Joop Schaye Professor

  schaye@strw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278443

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  Ignas Snellen Scientific director / Professor

  snellen@strw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275838

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  Jacqueline Hodge Associate Professor

  hodge@strw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278450

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  Jelle Kaastra Professor emeritus

  kaastra@strw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jarle Brinchmann Associate Professor/Guest

  jarle@strw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Koen Kuijken Professor

  kuijken@strw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275848

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  Rychard Bouwens Associate professor

  bouwens@strw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278456

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  Vincent Icke Professor emeritus

  icke@strw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275843

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  Xander Tielens Professor Emeritus

  tielens@strw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Christoph Keller Guest Professor

  keller@strw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Ellora Basu Research analyst

  e.basu@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274835

• Workplace in the office Science Workplace

  Who should you contact to set up, move or adjust your workplace?

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  Bente de Leede PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.m.de.leede@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Thijs Porck Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.h.porck@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271611

• non-academic staff do an exchange: ‘We don’t know enough about each other’s worlds’ News - 21 March 2024

  At a work meal HR Policy Adviser Petra Boerlage and Associate Professor Robert Stein got talking about the ‘worlds’ of academic and support staff: are they really that different, they wondered. And wouldn’t it be good if staff knew more about each other? The two put their money where their mouths are…

• Experts in the media Science communication

  Leiden University appreciates it if you explain your work to a wider audience every now and then. We encourage media contributions and have people and tools to help you with this.

• Banking in the Netherlands International staff

  Find the quickest and easiest way to arrange banking in the Netherlands depending on your situation.

• 'If you think astronomy is a man's world, then it's your job to make a change' News - 8 March 2022

  During her master's thesis, Nashanty Brunken (24) worked in a team with five other women. With this female team, they discovered the largest molecule so far identified in a disc. 'I have learned so much and because we are all women, it is incredibly empowering. It's very cool to see how far we've come…