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Helen Duffy appointed to Spanish Truth CommissionAppointment 21 April 2026The Spanish government has established a truth commission to address human rights violations committed during the Spanish Civil War and the subsequent...
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Call for papers on Quantum Technology and Law21 April 2026The Leiden Law School (departments of Private Law and eLaw) invites you to contribute a chapter in a book on Quantum Technology and Law. The book will...
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EU action against unjustified price disparities in consumer goods across Member StatesResearch 21 April 2026Ben Van Rompuy, associate professor of European Competiton Law, appeared on 15 April as an expert before the European Parliament's Committee on the I...
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Alumni meet in Brussels: ‘Contributing to the values of the future with Leiden building blocks’21 April 2026As many as 180 Leiden University alumni met in Brussels last week. A young, diverse and international group, they listened attentively to speeches by ...
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From nanoscale to whole organism: at the Cell Observatory, researchers study life in detailMY JOB ROCKS 21 April 2026About forty microscopes, various laboratories, and some 15,000 zebrafish: that’s Sylvia le Dévédec's workplace. She is one of the managers of the Leid...
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Chemotherapy without side effects: Matthijs Hakkennes helps find the needle in the haystack fasterCancer research 20 April 2026Chemotherapy, but without hair loss or extreme fatigue. It may be possible if the toxic drug only becomes active where it is ‘switched on’ by light. M...
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PhD Supervision 2.0: Investing in social safety within the universityFunding 20 April 2026Social safety in PhD trajectories is high on the agenda both nationally and at Leiden University. In practice, however, it can be challenging to embed...
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Call for Abstracts: Workshop on ‘Digital and AI Governance at a Time of Geopolitical Upheaval’20 April 2026
Leiden University College and the Erasmus Center of Law and Digitalization, with the support of the Sectorplan SSH-Breed on Digitalization and the Net...
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Ammonia as a clean fuel: ‘Do not create a new nitrogen problem’20 April 2026Ammonia has been feeding the world for decades as a fertiliser and is now rapidly emerging as a carbon free fuel for shipping and industry. But if we ...
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Leiden University joins OpenAIRE17 April 2026Leiden University has become a member of OpenAIRE, a European non-profit e-infrastructure organisation that supports open science. Leiden University L...
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(s)Tattoo sets up shop at FGWSocial safety 16 April 2026What happens when you ask students and staff how they’re really doing? On Tuesday 14 April, FGW members were able to share what was on their minds at ...
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‘Only in this way can we be prepared for both known and new infectious diseases’Inaugural lecture 16 April 2026Good and up to date data are crucial for effectively combating infectious diseases and protecting public health. Endowed professor Susan van den Hof a...
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What do sushi, climbing and smoking having in common? How we talk about riskInterview 16 April 2026Next week, Sara Perlstein will defend her PhD on risk talk: the everyday conversations we have about risks with people close to us. From eating sushi ...
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Editing Ethics in Caribbean Archaeology: ‘It’s the beginning of a conversation’Publication 16 April 2026Ethics in Caribbean Archaeology, a new open access volume edited by Felicia Fricke, Eduardo Herrera Malatesta, and Maaike de Waal, is already generati...
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Study explores new tobacco control measures within EU legal frameworkResearch 16 April 2026Tobacco use in the Netherlands is no longer declining and is instead increasing, raising concerns among public health experts and policymakers. Partic...