In the media
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Erik Bähre on Dutch radio about the last wild Indian10 September 2024An extraordinary encounter took place in 1911. American scientists discovered the last 'wild' Indian, from the Yahi tribe, who had lived in total isol...
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Abuse of Vlaardingen foster child reveals youth care problems10 September 2024Months after the case of the abused foster child from Vlaardingen (Zuid-Holland) came to light, many questions still remain. Why was the child not lis...
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Self-employed workers uneasy about approach to sham self-employment10 September 2024The Dutch Tax and Customs Authority is planning to start enforcing income tax and contribution obligations again following a moratorium lasting severa...
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Podcast: The Power of Ketogenic Interventions09 September 2024Eating fewer carbs, moderate amounts of protein, and more fats — welcome to the ketogenic diet! While a ketogenic diet can have various effects on bod...
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Bart Custers writes blog post on judge who used ChatGPT09 September 2024This month, it came out that a subdistrict court judge used ChatGPT to formulate a ruling. The judge included some text generated by the popular AI ch...
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Bart Custers discusses fake news on facial recognition at Jumbo09 September 2024Misleading social media posts are falsely claiming that the Dutch supermarket chain Jumbo uses facial recognition at self-service checkouts. Jumbo den...
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Bart Custers discusses arrest of Telegram CEO in 'Trouw'09 September 2024Pavel Durov, CEO of chat and messaging app Telegram, was arrested in France last week. The Russian tech billionaire flew into Paris by private jet and...
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Complaints from universities about student use of ChatGPT are crocodile tears06 September 2024Universities should not be surprised that students use ChatGPT, write Leiden University lecturers Femke Klaver and Alexander de Wit in Dutch newspaper...
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Major errors made by UWV on WIA benefits05 September 2024Many people who are unfit for work received too much or too little in benefits payments for years because mistakes were made in calculating the wages ...
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BBC on Leiden research into effects of eating in front of TV04 September 2024We all do it sometimes: watch your favourite Netflix series, YouTuber or comfort series while you are eating. But we don't always consider the possibl...
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Wim Voermans in NRC: ‘The Schoof cabinet is unpredictable, and that’s risky’03 September 2024With four coalition parties and an unelected Prime Minister, the new Dutch cabinet is unique. This has resulted in an unstable, unprecedented situatio...
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Is Syria ‘safe’ enough for refugees to be sent back?28 August 2024There’s an ongoing discussion in a number of European countries about whether Syria is safe enough to reject asylum applications. This would mean that...
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Nadine Akkerman discusses Spycraft on BBC and History Extra Podcasts28 August 2024Nadine Akkerman recently appeared as a guest on a BBC podcast and the History Extra podcast to discuss her book Spycraft. In these interviews, she del...
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Pregnant and drug dependent: Ministry of Justice tries to intervene with prosecution26 August 2024Drug use during pregnancy seems like a choice without any consequences. However, the Dutch Public Prosecution Service (OM) has decided to prosecute a ...
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Revision of Fifa’s transfer system on the horizon?26 August 2024Experts expect changes to the transfer rules, giving footballers more freedom to leave clubs. A ruling in the Diarra case is expected soon and could b...