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• Executive Board Vice President Timo Kos ‘Now’s the time to step up’ News - 18 March 2025

  Timo Kos has been Vice President of Leiden University’s Executive Board since 1 March. Who is he and how have his first weeks been? ‘Higher education is under threat; we’re under fire.’

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  Petra Sijpesteijn Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.m.sijpesteijn@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272027

• Executive Board visits Institute of Environmental Sciences: ‘Optimism-led solutions’ News - 14 July 2025

  The Executive Board is visiting the university’s institutes to find out what is going on. On 8 July 2025, it was the turn of the Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML), one of the fastest-growing institutes at Leiden University. ‘Our main aim is to preserve our planet for future generations.’

• Cleveringa Professor: Holocaust remembrance has led to very different political lessons News - 28 November 2023

  From memorials to the armed forces to memory stones for individual victims. It was only later that the Holocaust took a central role in Western remembrance culture, Cleveringa Professor Frank van Vree notes. ‘Nationalists and human rights activists both invoke the experience of the Holocaust.’

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  Maurits Berger Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.s.berger@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271684

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  Peter Pels Emeritus hoogleraar

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  pels@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Open Science Week online Event - 24 September 2025

  Festival

• University introduces lay talk and it looks like this News - 11 September 2024

  Complex research with a generous sprinkling of jargon: PhD defences can be difficult for non-experts to follow. In the compulsory new lay talk, PhD candidates begin by explaining their dissertation in words of one syllable. And it’s not just the PhD’s family and friends who appreciate this.

• Executive Board column: Open communication isn’t rocket science, but we do forget it at times News - 13 June 2022

  We want to be an engaged community where we feel heard and enjoy working together. But how do we have an open conversation about difficult topics?

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  Beibei Yuan Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  b.yuan@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Josh Robison Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  j.a.robison@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8005071

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  Constance Maly PhD Candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  c.f.m.maly@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Anouk van Vliet Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  a.l.van.vliet@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009512

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  Faizal Rianto PhD candidate / contract

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  f.rianto@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Neeltje Blankenstein Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  n.e.blankenstein@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Hannah Kuhn Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  h.kuhn@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Hanjo Boekhout Visiting researcher

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  h.d.boekhout@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Bjørn Peare Bartholdy PhD candidate / guest

  b.p.bartholdy@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277843

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  Sabine van der Asdonk Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  s.van.der.asdonk@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275438

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  Robert-Jan de Rooij Guestworker

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  r.j.b.de.rooij@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Chenxiao Zhao

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  Josi Marschall

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  Vincent Niochet PhD candidate

  v.niochet@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Marie Schwed Shenker PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  m.schwed.shenker@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Marijn Nagtzaam Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  m.a.m.nagtzaam@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Matthijs van Leeuwen Professor / Director of Education

  m.van.leeuwen@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277048

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  Joop van Holsteijn Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  holsteyn@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Aske Plaat Professor

  a.plaat@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277065

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  Tycho Jongenelen PhD candidate

  t.jongenelen@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Nicola Defour PhD candidate

  n.u.thome@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274395

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  Joost Visser Professor

  j.m.w.visser@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• ‘Lifelong development is the perfect way to connect science with society’ News - 10 September 2024

  As well as offering students a first-rate education, Leiden University provides a wide range of training for professionals, so they can be lifelong learners. And that is not just of value to participants. ‘As a university, you start a dialogue with society to achieve better knowledge together.’

• OSCoffee: Open Science and Impact and Valorisation Event - 9 April 2025

  Lecture

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  Amy Verdun Guest professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  a.c.verdun@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Matthew di Giuseppe Associate Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  m.r.di.giuseppe@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

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  Maarten Mous Professor Emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.mous@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Work to begin on 703 new student flats at Leiden Bio Science Park in mid-2021 News - 26 April 2021

  Seven hundred and three independent student flats will be built in the entrance area of the Leiden Bio Science Park (LBSP), close to the University Sports Centre. Construction will begin this year and the accommodation is expected to be completed by the start of academic year 2023-2024.

• A Dutch Robespierre? Dissertation sheds new light on Leiden revolutionary Pieter Vreede News - 11 June 2025

  Leiden patriot Pieter Vreede fought for greater popular influence. Historian Dirk Alkemade reveals how this pioneer used radical means to shape Dutch democracy.

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  Daniel Thomas Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  d.c.thomas@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271263

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  Dirk van der Hoeven Assistant professor

  d.van.der.hoeven@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277146

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  Jonathan Phillips Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  j.p.phillips@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Stefan Cetkovic Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  s.cetkovic@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

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  Cor Veenman Postdoc / guest

  c.j.veenman@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275772

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  Flor Miriam Plaza del Arco Assistant professor

  f.m.plaza.del.arco@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Aleksandrina Skvortsova Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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

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  Femke Reidsma

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  Lieske Huits University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.j.g.m.huits@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272648

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  Mily Crevels Guest researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.i.crevels@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Timothy de Zeeuw PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  w.j.t.de.zeeuw@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273244

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  Mingran Cao PhD Candidate/ Self funded

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.cao@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727