In the media
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Is the future of the UN under threat?in de media 02 July 2025Does the United Nations still have enough clout in a changing world order and what direction should it take in the future? Niels Blokker, professor em...
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Santino Regilme in Public Seminar: 'Naked Oligarchy: How Billionaires Captured Power and Hollowed Out Democracy'01 July 2025In a recent article for the magazine Public Seminar, Santino Regilme argues that democracy across continents is being quietly usurped by a transnation...
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Largest youth protection agency in the Netherlands is failingIn the media 25 June 2025Inspectors say the William Schrikker Foundation, a leading Dutch youth protection agency, is failing in its duties. Mariëlle Bruning, Professor of Chi...
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Laura Steenbergen in Health on probiotics and mood23 June 2025Decades of evidence suggests that the trillions of microorganisms living in people’s guts, called the microbiome, can influence the brain. And now, ne...
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Is an age limit for social media counterproductive?In de media 17 June 2025The call for a social media ban for children is louder than ever. Professor of Children's Rights Ton Liefaard argues in ‘Trouw’ newspaper that this wo...
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Does collecting sports images and data breach privacy laws?In de media 17 June 2025Tech company Eyeball collects images and data on young amateur football players on a large scale. But is this allowed? Bart Custers, Professor of Law ...
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Santino Regilme in EUobserver: 'The EU needs to research its own oligarchic capture'17 June 2025In a recent EUobserver opinion article, Salvador Santino Regilme, warns that Europe faces a crisis of legitimacy if it continues to ignore the structu...
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Dutch doctors threaten legal action against Snapchat after sale of illegal vapesIn de media 12 June 2025Dutch doctors hold social media platform Snapchat responsible for the illegal sale of vapes, and are threatening legal action. Bart Schermer, Professo...
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‘Return hubs’ as a solution for failed asylum seekersIn de media 12 June 2025Failed asylum seekers do not often return to their country of origin. The European Commission sees ‘return hubs’ as a solution. Dr Mark Klaassen discu...
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Redundancy pay for Dutch ex-ministers12 June 2025After the fall of the Dutch cabinet, the Party for Freedom (PVV) ministers have resigned. They are now entitled to redundancy pay. Barend Barentsen, P...
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Salvador Santino Regilme in Transforming Society: 'Oligarchic Rivalry: US–China Tariffs and the Global Politics of Inequality'10 June 2025In a new Transforming Society article, Salvador Santino Regilme, Associate Professor and Chair of the International Relations Program at Leiden Univer...
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Tax loophole costs the Netherlands €1.7 billionIn de media 06 June 2025The tax loophole revealed last year by the ‘Financieele Dagblad’ turns out to have much greater consequences than expected. Jan van de Streek, Profess...
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Wilders cannot simply dismiss PVV members of governmentIn the media 05 June 2025Professor of Constitutional Law, Wim Voermans, is surprised by the decision of PVV ministers to resign at the request of party leader Geert Wilders. V...
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The Schoof Cabinet has fallen: what now?In the media 05 June 2025Dutch talkshow ‘Vier Avonden op Rij’ focused on the fall of the Schoof Cabinet, caused by PVV leader Geert Wilders withdrawing from the coalition. Wim...
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Is a stricter asylum policy legally feasible?In de media 28 May 2025Geert Wilders wants a stricter asylum policy, but is this realistic? Maartje van der Woude, Professor of Law and Society, and Mark Klaassen, assistant...