In the media
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Gaps in new FIFA rules on transfer system13 January 2025FIFA's new rules were introduced after the Diarra case in which a footballer wanted to unilaterally terminate his contract while it was still running....
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What if you no longer agree with a play about your life?13 January 2025Dutch former television presenter Sonja Barend has chosen to distance herself from the theatrical adaptation of her book. Dirk Visser, Professor of In...
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Radical steps needed to save Europe’s democratic rule of law from Big Tech09 January 2025In an op-ed and an interview in Dutch newspaper ‘de Volkskrant’, Reijer Passchier, Assistant Professor in Constitutional Law at Leiden University and ...
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A resilient democracy needs maintenance07 January 2025Bastiaan Rijpkema, Professor of Jurisprudence, has written an op-ed in Dutch newspaper ‘NRC’ calling for more resilient democracy in 2025: ‘A democrat...
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State sovereignty undermined by big tech companies07 January 2025In his new book ‘De vloek van Big Tech’ (The Curse of Big Tech), lecturer Reijer Passchier likens the power of Big Tech companies over democratic gove...
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Reception centres for asylum seekers in Albania virtually empty06 January 2025Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s plan to receive asylum seekers in Albania appears to be unfeasible due to legal complications. Mark Klaassen, ...
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How Europe can reduce flood risk06 January 2025With the recent devastating floods across Europe in late 2024 Europe is expected to experience a greater frequency of severe floods. Paul Hudson, Asso...
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The impact of influential people and political parties on important issues06 January 2025Looking back on 2024, Elon Musk and his impact on the global stage, political developments in the Netherlands and the war in Ukraine come to mind. The...
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Francesco Walker in The Conversation on how children look at art03 January 2025Adults and children view art in completely different ways, Cognitive psychologist Francesco Walker discovered at Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum. 'In a re...
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The role of chemical weapons in the Ukraine conflict23 December 2024Anneleen van der Meer, assistant professor in the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA), discusses Russia's alleged use of chemical weapons ...
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IPBES: Positive outcomes for people and nature are feasible, but we must act now20 December 2024Changes to halt further biodiversity loss are more urgent than ever and feasible, says IPBES, the United Nations biodiversity panel. In two reports re...
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Bart Custers about extremists on Telegram19 December 2024Extremist users of Telegram are moving en masse to other chat apps, such as the anonymous SimpleX. In this way, they hope to avoid detection, now that...
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Eric Storm's book Nationalism in Wall Street Journal: "The conventional understanding of the nation does not reflect reality"19 December 2024The Wall Street Journal reviews historian Eric Storm's new book 'Nationalism: A World History', which examines the complex history and development of ...
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Daniel Schade in The Washington Post: 'Schengen hasn't been fully functioning as intended since 2015'19 December 2024More European countries are introducing border controls, clashing with the ideal of free movement within Europe. Daniel Schade, Assistant Professor of...
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Spycraft in History Today’s and The Economist’s Books of the Year19 December 2024Spycraft, by professor Nadine Akkerman and Pete Langman has been selected by History Today and The Economist as one of 2024’s best books