Guidelines, rules and other important information for PhD candidates are described in detail in various documents.

Prof.dr. Bibi van den Berg (1975) is full professor of Cybersecurity Governance at Leiden University, and the head of the Cybersecurity Governance research group at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs of this university. Van den Berg has an MA and PhD in philosophy, both from Erasmus University…

Sharon van Geldere is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Public Administration. She is interested in studying interest representation, interest organisations, citizen participation, political mobilisation and political attitudes.

In their March online meeting session, The Hague Program on International Cyber Security welcomes Benjamin Farrand for a talk about his new book Geopolitical Union: Europe's Attempt to Take Back Control of Technology Regulation.

Carmen Sergiou is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Institute of Education and Child Studies, Leiden University.

Andrea Spruijt works as a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Education and Child Studies, Leiden University.

Bert Fraussen's (associate professor) research agenda focuses on interest representation and lobbying, as well as how policymakers can ensure the effective and inclusive engagement of societal stakeholders in public governance.

Jean-Louis van Gelder is a parttime Professor Criminology at the Institute of Education and Child Studies, Leiden University. He is also director at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, Freiburg, Germany.

Nadia Garnefski is Associate Professor at the Department of Clinical Psychology of Leiden University, The Netherlands. Her work at the University consists of a combination of research, teaching and management tasks. Besides these activities, she also completed post-master training programs for Health…

Sophie van Rijn has a permanent position as Associate Professor at the Institute of Child and Education Studies, Leiden University.

Mario de Jonge is an educational adviser and researcher at ICLON.

Kim Stroet is an assistant professor at the Institute of Education and Child Studies, Leiden University.

Caelesta Braun's research expertise includes political advocacy, interest group politics, public decision-making, bureaucratic politics and regulatory governance. She studies the role of non-state stakeholders in public decision-making and regulation and how we can make sure to involve stakeholders…

Lydie Cabane is senior Assistant Professor at the Institute for Security and Global Affairs. Her main interests include crises, governance, public policy, states, expertise, European Union and global politics.

Ebbe Rogge is an Associate Professor at the Hazelhoff Centre for Financial Law.

Maarja Beerkens' research focuses on governance issues, regulation, and empirical policy analysis and evaluation. Her field of interest lies in higher education and science policy in which she has published academically as well as conducted policy advising in different parts of the world (Armenia, Botswana,…

Nick Campuzano joined the Hazelhoff Centre of Financial Law (part of the Institute of Private Law) as a PhD fellow on 1 September 2018.

Colleague Jacqueline van Rooijen has been checking semester 1 courses in Brightspace for copyright violations at FGGA. This was necessary because each year, the university is required to pay a fee to the representative of academic publishers (UvO Foundation). In general, FGGA lecturers tend to comply…

Leiden University has published copyright regulations for different types of academic output. These have gone through extensive consultation in the faculties. It is also a living document that can be updated when necessary. The Employer Copyright Regulations make clear who owns the copyright for different…

The government spends millions regulating companies that work with large quantities of hazardous substances. But we don’t know whether this is making the industry safer. The number of violations and incidents remains constant. This is the conclusion of external PhD candidate Rob in ’t Veld in his dissertation.…

At the beginning of this month, the PhD regulations and the guidelines for PhD tracks have been revised. The main revisions can be found below.

From 28 June 2025, stricter rules will apply to the import of cultural goods into the European Union. These rules will apply to anyone wishing to import cultural goods such as paintings, books or archaeological finds. For example, by private collectors, art dealers or museums. Importing certain cultural…

That the tax authorities are allowed to impose taxes is widely known. What is less well known is when the tax authorities must impose taxes. And what to do when one set of regulations requires the tax authorities to impose taxes while other regulations prevent them from doing exactly that? Vergouwen’s…

Simon Otjes is assistant professor Dutch Politics.

The tenth Europa Lecture was delivered by Corinna Wissels, State Councillor at the Administrative Jurisdiction Division of the Dutch Council of State, deputy justice of the Dutch Trade and Industry Appeals Tribunal and member of the EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement arbitration panel.

Investigation services and cyber criminals both make grateful use of the opportunities offered by digital technologies. Both groups' use of these services leads to breaches of privacy for citizens. The current legislation falls short in providing protective measures, is the conclusion reached by Professor…

Rapid developments in DNA techniques allow researchers to find out more and more about human genetics. An international group of scientists has drawn up five ethical guidelines to ensure that this DNA research is better regulated. Leiden archaeologist Marie Soressi – one of the signatories - explains…

Mohamed Muse is a researcher at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs, Leiden University. Mohamed Muse’s current research focuses on diaspora remittances and international financial regulations in Sub-Saharan Africa. Mohamed’s background is in International Development and International Political…

Koosje van Lessen Kloeke joined the Institute of Private Law as (part-time) Researcher Law & Life Sciences on 1 May 2023. She is working on a PhD thesis on the regulation of medicinal products exempted from the authorisation requirements under European pharmaceutical legislation.

Simona Demková is an Assistant Professor in European law at the Europa Institute. She is leading a collaborative research project on the 'EU's human-centred digital transformation' funded by a Leiden University starter grant. Her research expertise covers a broad range of European law, including European…

Lysanne Post is an assistant professor at ICLON.