Leiden University offers a versatile range of study programmes and invests in collaboration and student support. Here you will find information on the structure of our teaching, how we promote study success, and answers to questions such as: How do I register a new study programme? What joint programmes…

Tim K Enwerem is a Ph.D. candidate at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs of Leiden University. His Ph.D. research examines how the issues of identity politics precipitate the failure of states to institutionalize and operationalize human security in their domestic policy and implementation…

Join us for a RISE network lunch focused on career paths and choices in academia and beyond. During this informal lunch meeting, RISE members Nienke van der Marel and Ionica Smeets (short biographies below) will share their personal career stories and reflect on the decisions they made along the…

Tommy van Steen is Associate Professor in the Cybersecurity Governance Group specialising in organisational and behavioural cybersecurity. His research interests include: cybersecurity behaviour of end-users, learning from what goes well, and organisational cybersecurity behaviour.

On Tuesday 10 January 2023, former master’s students in Child Law – Fien Bouwmeester, Renee Muller, Imaani Stegeman, Demi Onclin and Rosa Passchier – held presentations on their master’s theses at the Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security.

Leiden University wants to attract the best academics. What requirements does it set for new academic staff members? What requirements must you meet for a career in academia? Read more about our career policy for academic staff.

Nele Mentens is a Professor of Applied Cryptography and Security at the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS). She received her master and PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from KU Leuven, Belgium, in 2003 and 2007, respectively. She has been an associate professor at KU Leuven since…

On Thursday 19 October, the Crisis and Security Management programme welcomed back six alumni for an alumni panel.

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Willemijn Aerdts in an expert on intelligence- and security services. She lectures in the minor Intelligence Studies. Willemijn conducts research in regard to intelligence oversight and intelligence methodology.

Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade is a Professor emeritus of English Sociohistorical Linguistics at the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics.

The interdisciplinary programme Social Resilience & Security is inviting proposals for seed funding. The programme aims to combine knowledge and expertise from five different faculties to study transgressive behaviours, its dimensions, aetiology, and effects of interventions with a multidisciplinary…

Bernard Steunenberg conducts research on European politics and policymaking, including the relationship between the Union and its Member States on the transposition and implementation of European policy. In his work, he uses perspectives from game theory, deliberative theory, public choice and analytical…

Jelle van Buuren is an Associate Professor at Leiden University - Institute of Security and Global Affairs. His research interests lie in, among other things, terrorism and counter terrorism, intelligence and security agencies, lone actors, Incels and misogyny, conspiracy theories and political legitimacy,…

After finishing my Master's degree in Artificial Intelligence at Radboud University, I am now a PhD candidate in the Computational Network Science group at LIACS. My research is at the intersection of AI and network science, specifically network embeddings.

Iris Müller has been working as a PhD candidate at the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology since March 2025.

Simon Willmetts is Associate Professor of Intelligence Studies at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs. He is a cultural historian interested in the history of secrecy, intelligence, surveillance and digital privacy. His research focusses upon the wider social and cultural impact of secret intelligence…

Gerard Breeman teaches policy making, media-logics, and governance of sustainability. His main areas of expertise are comparative public policies, trust, policy agenda setting, trust, sustainability and European Union policies.

Koen Caminada (1966) is Professor of Empirical Analysis of Tax and Social Policy at Leiden University, the Netherlands. He is Dean at the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs.

From scanners in lecture halls to systems for working from home: the discussion about new technology is being held on various fronts. That is why the University wants to make more use of its in-house experts. At the Technology and Trust symposium at Leiden University on 2 February, researchers from…

Leiden University wants to attract the best academics. What requirements does it set for new academic staff members? What requirements must you meet for a career in academia? Read more about our career policy for academic staff.

Ernst Dijxhoorn is an assistant professor in the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA). He worked on the project ‘SNT Really Makes Reality: Technological Innovation, Non-Obvious Warfare and the Challenges to International Law’, funded by Economic and Social Research Council UK (ESRC) and the…

Müge Kinacioglu is a senior lecturer at the Institute of Political Science.