In the media
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More per pupil, less per student12 December 2017Since the 1950s, the expenses in primary and higher education have grown towards each other. The costs per pupil in primary education rose, while the ...
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Media on environmental impact of food research by Paul Behrens07 December 2017The environment also benefits when people follow national nutritional guidelines, Paul Behrens demonstrated in research published in PNAS. The publica...
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Jelle van Buuren in Trouw: Selective perception around right-wing and jihadist violence US15 November 2017Research has shown that terrorist attacks in the US are more often committed by right-wing extremists than by islamitic extremists. However, news abou...
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Innovation in medical education: from study books to VR glasses30 October 2017Leiden University experiments with Virtual Reality as a learning experience.
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BNR De Wereld: How dangerous is North Korea?27 October 2017What is the relationship between America and North Korea? How big are the chances that a war will break out? How important are the personalities of Tr...
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Two captains on a single ship24 October 2017Caspar van den Berg was asked by Dutch news programme EditieNL for a reaction to the new coalition agreement and the ministerial team. Some ministries...
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Alastair Reed in Eurojust News23 October 2017In the 15th issue of Eurojust News Alastair Reed, Acting Director of the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism gave an interview about counter-te...
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Alastair Reed about the approach of Syrians23 October 2017The fall of the IS caliphate is coming closer. At the same time, the AIVD warned for an increase in the return of especially the hardened warriors. Ho...
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Paul Abels on the ‘dragnet law’10 October 2017There was a lot of fuss last week about the ‘dragnet law’, in which intelligence services are now authorised to conduct large-scale tapping of cable c...
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Terrorism is more than physical threat alone27 September 2017Comparing terrorist attacks with falling off a step ladder is absurd, writes Jeanine de Roy van Zuijdewijn in NRC Handelsblad on 27 September 2017.
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King’s Speech by an outgoing cabinet: political swansong?19 September 2017The King’s Speech delivered by King Willem-Alexander on the third Tuesday of September in 2017 will be written by an outgoing cabinet. What effect wil...
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Politics and International Relations at Leiden score highly in THE World University Rankings12 September 2017Leiden University continues to do well in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. For the subject area Politics and International Relati...
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Tjeenk Willink’s uncomfortable truth07 September 2017Frits van der Meer and Caspar van den Berg wrote an article for the Montesquieu Institute, triggered by the short essay Herman Tjeenk Willink wrote as...
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The local lobbying groups and their impact on the Dutch municipality elections05 July 2017On 21 March 2018, the Dutch people will vote for local their municipality board. In preparation for these elections, the local lobbying groups are mor...
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How do Facebook and Google prevent terrorism?21 June 2017Facebook and Google are being pressured more and more to prevent terrorists from accessing and using their platform. Right now, they are developing so...