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• Over a third of Leiden’s professors are women, just above national level News - 8 December 2025

  The proportion of female professors at Dutch universities is increasing, but at a modest rate. At 34.2%, Leiden University is in the top three. These are the results of the Women Professors Monitor for 2025.

• Discover teaching: ‘Take the leap!’ News - 11 December 2025

  Nicky Boer is enrolled in the Educational Master’s Programme in Social Studies/Social Sciences at ICLON, the Leiden University Graduate School of Teaching.

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  Sarah Schrader Associate professor

  Faculty of Archaeology

  s.a.schrader@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1685

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  Roy de Kleijn Assistant Professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  kleijnrde@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3915

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  Vishwesh Sundar Lecturer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  v.sundar@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009512

• Yemen’s history of slavery and its lasting impact on social and racial hierarchies Event - 21 October 2024

  Lecture, Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series

• Open Science Coffee: Form and Content Innovations in Open Publishing Event - 23 February 2023

  Lecture

• Symposium: Does Science need Heroes? Event - 29 September 2023

  Lecture, Symposium

• Why the budget cuts are disastrous according to our Dean News - 15 November 2024

  The demonstration on November 14th in Utrecht was cancelled, but alternative protests took place in Leiden and The Hague. Read the message from our Dean why we should keep raising our voices against the proposed budget cuts.

• New interdisciplinary research centre 'ReCNTR' for reflection on the place of multimodal practice News - 8 March 2022

  Francesco Ragazzi (Institute of Political Science), Julian Ross (Center for the Arts in Society) and Mark Westmoreland (Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology) set up the interdisciplinary research centre ReCNTR.

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  Alistair Kefford Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.kefford@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9970

• Academic data science: Transdisciplinary and extradisciplinary visions Event - 12 July 2024

  CWTS Seminar

• Junior multidisciplinary workshop on Migration: three reasons why you should attend News - 25 March 2024

  The Economics Department at Leiden University is pleased to announce a junior workshop focusing on The Economic, Social and Political Effects of Migration, which will be held Friday 19 April 2024, at the Gravensteen in Leiden.

• From Microbes to the Cosmos: A Journey Through Science Event - 19 May 2025

  Lecture, Pint of Science

• Open Science Week 2024 at the Faculty of Humanities Event - 23 September 2024

  Festival

• Experience Day Leiden University College The Hague Event - 11 April 2026

  Study information, On Campus Experience

• Experience Day Leiden University College The Hague Event - 20 February 2026

  Study information, On Campus Experience

• Marieke Liem in The Economist on drug-related murders in Europe News - 14 June 2021

  Marieke Liem, professor at ISGA, discusses how the number of drug-related murders has not decreased in the last years

• ‘You get the impression that Elon Musk is acting based on personal motivations’ News - 20 December 2022

  It increasingly seems that Elon Musk has taken it upon himself to decide what can and cannot be said on Twitter. He bought the platform with the message that there would be room to say whatever you desired, but he himself is casting doubts on that principle.

• Kitzen has been appointed professor by Special Appointment of Military Science: 'It's time for Europe to make a stand.' News - 3 March 2025

  Martijn Kitzen has been appointed professor by special appointment of Military Science at ISGA on behalf of the Royal Netherlands Society for War Studies (KVBK).

• Communication about quantum technology offers many opportunities (but there are risks too) News - 21 April 2023

  Watching and analysing hundreds of TEDx talks, that too can be research. That becomes clear from the work of PhD student Aletta Meinsma, who is studying potential problems in popular communication about quantum technologies. She explains how she approaches this and why it is so important.

• Podcast on resilience gives a boost to worrying youths News - 19 December 2022

  What if you get excluded? Are apps against fear and stress effective? How do you keep your brain in shape? The first season of the new podcastseries ‘BreinGeheim’ is about the social contexts of adolescent development and how teens become resilient individuals. Leiden-based behavioural scientist sit…

• Do you know how quantum can change society? Most people don’t News - 29 July 2024

  Quantum technology, statistics and a survey with memes: definitely not your everyday research. Julia Cramer (Leiden Institute of Physics) and Sanne Willems (Institute of Psychology) investigate how people perceive quantum.

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  Jard Mattens PhD candidate / guest

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  j.d.j.mattens@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Jesca Verplancke Staff Member Student Affairs

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  j.j.verplancke@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Ingrid Ligtermoet Skills lecturer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  c.i.ligtermoet@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6828

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  Iza Korsmit Postdoc

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  i.r.korsmit@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Esmée Wiemans Junior Trainer/Coach

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  e.wiemans@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 6 2825 1508

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  Janine Prins Guest

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  j.prins@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Tung Tung Chan Visiting researcher

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  t.t.chan@cwts.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Janine Westendorp PhD candidate

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  j.westendorp@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Uta Wehn Professor by Special Appointment Citizen Science and Sustainability

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  u.w.c.wehn@cwts.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Thalia Thomassen Skills lecturer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  t.j.thomassen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 6 2825 1508

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  Sarah Bozuwa Communication staff member

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  s.b.j.bozuwa@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Lia ten Brink Management/office-assistent

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  c.ten.brink@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4060

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  Angélique Bronmeijer Administrative Staff Member

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  a.bronmeijer@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6204

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  Hetty Simonis Staff Member Student Affairs / Project Leader

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  simonis@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6681

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  Paul Spies Reception staff member

  Universitair Facilitair Bedrijf

  p.spies@ufb.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Mirjam de Zeeuw Staff Member Student Affairs

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  m.w.de.zeeuw@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Daantje Gutker de Geus Student assistant

  Administration and Central Services

  d.s.gutker.de.geus@bb.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Ittay Mannheim Postdoc

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  i.mannheim@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Kexin Liu PhD Candidate

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  k.liu@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Anoek Lorskens Education and research assistant

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  a.lorskens@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Sarah Smith Institutemanager

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  s.e.c.smith@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273451

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  Alexander Schniedermann PhD candidate

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  a.schniedermann@cwts.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Esther Truijen Executive director

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  e.p.w.truijen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 06 42873358

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  Josefien Staats Medior trainer/coach

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  j.a.staats@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 6 2825 1508

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  Doreen Arnoldus Policy officer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  d.j.g.arnoldus@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3821

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  Justin Sijtsma Teammanager

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  j.sijtsma@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 6 2825 1508