This year, the Master’s thesis prize committee was very impressed by all 19 nominations they received from Master’s thesis instructors. However, one t...

As the Dutch House of Representatives debates poverty and debt policy, Leiden researchers show that tackling this persistent social problem starts wit...

‘Pessimism is a privilege for those who can afford to despair.’ With that statement, Payal Arora put a different perspective on the Western debate on ...

On 28 October, the PRC Alliance was launched, an initiative to promote the Publish, Review, Curate (PRC) model. The Centre for Science and Technology ...

For 20 years, researchers and students have been studying Moroccan society at the Netherlands Institute in Morocco (Nimar) in Rabat. The institute als...

When languages die, more is lost than words alone: knowledge, traditions and community also come under pressure. In his inaugural lecture, Professor b...

From domestic scenes and portraits to streetscapes and landscapes—the earliest known photographs of Japan are still raw and unpolished. Together with ...

In an age dominated by sound and images, scent has become an undervalued phenomenon. That was different in the 16th and 17th centuries. Literary schol...

Anyone who speaks a language unconsciously draws on a vast network of words and grammar. Associate Professor Jenny Audring has been awarded an NWO L g...

This month, Armenia is at the centre of nature conservation as it hosts COP17, the UN biodiversity conference. The event brings together government le...

Leiden University and the University of Botswana are working together to make online mental healthcare more accessible in Botswana through joint educa...

Why do protests turn violent, and how can policing influence what happens next? Protests in France raise questions about the political motivations beh...

The Israeli general elections are almost upon us. What are the key issues and how can we understand the campaign from an Israeli perspective? Research...

First-year students in the Advanced MSc in International Relations and Diplomacy (MIRD) wrapped up their first couple of weeks with a welcome event at...

Some proteins that are linked to neurodegenerative diseases can form both liquid droplets and amyloid fibres. But how are these two states connected, ...