790 search results for “civil society” in the Staff website
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Alumnus Johan Visser: ‘Act, work and make decisions with a cool head and a warm heart’
For more than twenty years, Johan Visser has served as a family and juvenile court judge in The Hague where he is also a board member. Once a student at Leiden Law School, he reflects here on his student days and career.
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Vidi grants for eight researchers from Leiden University
Eight scientists from Leiden University have been awarded a grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). With this Vidi funding, the researchers can set up an innovative line of research and further expand their own research group over the next five years.
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Flash interview with alumnus Willemijn de Best, who secured Taylor Swift as a client
Willemijn de Best’s career path led her to the media sector. Besides the more obvious legal professions, a degree in law actually offers many other possibilities: film and television production with celebrities as clients, for example.
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Leiden Revisited 2023: ‘Door het alumni-evenement voel ik me weer verbonden’
Wat betekent het om alumni te zijn aan de Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid? Naast een maandelijks blad en een groot netwerk organiseert de faculteit ook jaarlijks het alumni-evenement ‘Leiden Revisited’. Wie zijn deze alumni en waarom blijven zij graag actief?
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Creating space for dignity and empathy: examining algorithms in government decisions
Automated government decisions can be cost-effective. But using algorithms also makes understanding the reasons behind decisions particularly complicated. Dr Melanie Fink, Assistant Professor at Leiden Law School, has received a Veni grant to fund her research into this.
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Passenger safety at risk due to poor labour relations for airline pilots and crew
Due to gaps in working conditions regulations, airline pilots and crew are suffering from fatigue and inadequate protection in general. Leiden PhD student Yuran Shi investigated how international law can help improve working conditions and safety in the aviation sector.
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‘Immigration doesn’t threaten welfare states’
It is often thought that immigration threatens the solidarity on which redistribution relies. But looking at the post-war period, PhD candidate Emily Anne Wolff finds that this is not the case.
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Vanessa Mak and Herman Paul new KNAW members
The KNAW has appointed 17 new members, including Leiden University's Vanessa Mak, Professor of Private Law, and Herman Paul, Professor of History. The KNAW has approximately members, who are outstanding scientists and scholars from all disciplines.
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Bijzondere uitspraak Woo-beleid: rechtbank besluit zelf wat openbaar gemaakt mag worden
In een spraakmakende rechtszaak over de Wet open overheid (Woo) besloot een rechter zelf documenten over de toeslagenaffaire te beoordelen. Wim Voermans en Annemarie Drahmann deelden hun opvattingen over de zaak met de Volkskrant.
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ESOF 2022: The effect of the online world on adolescents
In the online panel discussion of ESOF 2022 ‘The effect of the online world on adolescents’, together with Amy Orben, Professor Eveline Crone, Sterre van Riel, Professor Anne-Laura van Harmelen and Professor Jan Sleutels, Professor Ton Liefaard shared his research on adolescents and the online world…
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Department of Child Law to become Department of Child Law and Health Law
The Faculty Board and the Institute of Private Law have agreed to combine the disciplines of child law, international children’s rights and health law into one Department of Child Law and Health Law.
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Tanja Masson-Zwaan: 'Space race between US and China requires international agreements'
Various countries are planning new missions to the Moon. Not just for prestige and science, but also to extract raw materials.
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Alex Geert Castermans in Het Parool on the right to swim topless
In Berlin, regulations have recently been amended to allow everyone to swim topless. In swimming pools in Amsterdam, women are still required to wear a top piece. Dutch newspaper Het Parool investigates whether Amsterdam swimmers also have the right to dive into the pool without wearing a top.
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Cathalijne van der Plas appointed to chair in Private International Law
Cathalijne van der Plas will become Professor of Private International Law (0.4 fte) at Leiden University as of 1 October 2021. She succeeds Prof. Sierd Schaafsma who has become a judge at the Supreme Court as of 1 May 2021.
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These were Leiden University’s interdisciplinary milestones of 2024
Connecting scientific fields, enhancing research and teaching, and providing innovative solutions to complex social issues: that is the idea behind interdisciplinary research. What did the university achieve in 2024? A small sample.
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Carmen van den BerghFaculty of Humanities
c.van.den.bergh@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2067
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Hannah DeLaceyFaculty of Law
h.s.delacey@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Liesbeth van der HeideFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
e.j.van.der.heide@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9506
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Ingrid MeulenbeltFaculteit Geneeskunde
i.meulenbelt@lumc.nl | +31 71 526 9734
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Thijs van OschFaculteit Geneeskunde
m.j.p.van_osch@lumc.nl | +31 71 526 9111
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Jessica Kiefte-de JongFaculteit Geneeskunde
j.c.kiefte@lumc.nl | +31 71 5 26 91 11
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Olaf DekkersFaculteit Geneeskunde
o.m.dekkers@lumc.nl | +31 71 526 9111
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Anne StiggelboutFaculteit Geneeskunde
a.m.stiggelbout@lumc.nl | +31 71 526 4575
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Robert KlautzFaculteit Geneeskunde
r.j.m.klautz@lumc.nl | +31 71 526 4022
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Tim van LitFaculty of Law
t.j.van.lit@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Frits RosendaalFaculteit Geneeskunde
f.r.rosendaal@lumc.nl | +31 71 526 4037
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Serge RomboutsSocial & Behavioural Sciences
romboutssarb@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 526 9111
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Rudolf PoolmanFaculteit Geneeskunde
r.w.poolman@lumc.nl | +31 71 526 9111
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Marika KeblusekFaculty of Humanities
m.keblusek@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2360
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Zeynep AnliSocial & Behavioural Sciences
z.anli@cwts.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Vera Wheni SetijawatiFaculty of Law
v.w.setijawati@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Luc AmkreutzFaculty of Archaeology
l.w.s.w.amkreutz@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Rob NelissenFaculteit Geneeskunde
r.g.h.h.nelissen@lumc.nl | +31 71 526 3606
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David ZetlandFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
d.j.zetland@luc.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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Elizabeth den HartogFaculty of Humanities
e.den.hartog@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2686
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Christian HendersonFaculty of Humanities
c.j.v.henderson@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4995
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Adriana Churampi RamirezFaculty of Humanities
a.i.churampi@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2064
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Vera ScepanovicFaculty of Humanities
v.scepanovic@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2342
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Marijn van PuttenFaculty of Humanities
m.van.putten@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1583
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Isotta RossoniFaculty of Law
i.rossoni@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277260
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Widya TuslianFaculty of Law
w.n.tuslian@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Danny JolFaculty of Law
d.s.jol@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Gerrit-Jan ZwenneFaculty of Law
g.j.zwenne@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8838
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Paul HudsonFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
p.f.hudson@luc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9330
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David EhrhardtFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
d.w.l.ehrhardt@luc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9313
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Suliman IbrahimFaculty of Law
s.m.k.ibrahim@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7517
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Maaike de WaalFaculty of Archaeology
m.s.de.waal@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6573
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Emma GrootveldFaculty of Humanities
e.j.m.grootveld@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2069
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Nick TombergeICLON
n.r.tomberge@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271701