News A selection of news from Leiden University. News Professor Eiko Fried wants to diagnose mental disorders in a radically different way Inaugural lecture 29 September 2026 Despite decades of research, the burden of mental disorders is not decreasing. According to Eiko Fried, professor of Mental Health and Data Science, t... Huizinga Lecture: The Right to Wonder 29 September 2026 Prof.Dr. Robbert Dijkgraaf, mathematical physicist and University Professor at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), will deliver the 55th Huizinga Lectu... New research: how do officials shape your citizenship application? Migratie 28 September 2026 How do Dutch and German street-level bureaucrats put naturalisation law into practice? Researcher Hannah Bliersbach hopes to gain more insight into th... From law student to director of Rituals in China Alumnus interview 24 September 2026 How does a tax law student become Managing Director of Rituals in China? For alumnus Boudewijn Feith, the path was less unlikely than it may seem. His... Leiden University launches annual series of lectures on Asia 10 years of Leiden Asia Centre 24 September 2026 Asia was for a long time regarded as a source of cheap labour and materials, and as an important target market. Today the continent is a source of inn... Who is responsible for limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees? PhD defence 24 September 2026 Even if industry rapidly becomes more sustainable, households will still need to change their lifestyles to meet climate targets. Industrial ecologist... Weekend of Science: discover how science works in Leiden and The Hague Festival 23 September 2026 Do you understand what your dog is trying to tell you? How does NATO work? And can you tell different smells apart? On 3 and 4 October, you can invest... Research into Roman board game nominated for ‘Research of the Year’ Quest nomination 21 September 2026 Leiden researcher Walter Crist and his team reconstructed the rules of a 2,000-year-old board game. For this extraordinary research, Quest magazine ha... Universities strengthen research collaboration with Ministry of Defence 21 September 2026 The Dutch universities will strengthen their research collaboration with the Ministry of Defence. Rector Sarah de Rijcke: academic freedom makes reliable knowledge possible Opinion piece in Nature 21 September 2026 Governments and research funders are intervening in universities with increasing frequency, often in the name of safeguarding quality. In an opinion p... All news items