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Interfaculty theme Inequalities awards small research grants22 October 2026The Leiden University research theme Inequalities awards small research grants of up to €2,000 to support new, interfaculty research collaborations on...
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Northern Netherlandish Manuscript Illumination in the Fifteenth Century - Symposium22 October 2026The most beautiful and richly decorated medieval manuscripts were created in the fifteenth century. During this period manuscript illumination in the ...
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Vidi grants for 11 researchers from Leiden UniversityNWO grants 22 October 2026Eleven researchers from Leiden University have been awarded a Vidi grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). This funding of up to €850,000 enables t...
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From Leiden to Kenya and Madrid: ‘Adventure makes me happy’22 October 2026From psychology in Leiden to a career in data science, a new life in Kenya and working in Madrid: Hanna van der Vlis avoided the well-trodden path. Sh...
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Annachiara Raia awarded Vidi grant22 October 2026Congratulations to Annachiara Raia, who has been awarded a Vidi grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). With this grant, Raia will be able to dev...
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Learning to question the evidence: three years of innovation in statistics education22 October 2026Three years ago, assistant professor Lucie Zicha received a Comenius grant to rethink how statistics is taught at Leiden University College. Looking b...
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KNAW: Academic freedom should be strenghtend in law and in everyday practicereport 21 October 2026On 14 October 2026, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) handed two advisory reports to the Dutch Minister of Education, Culture ...
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Meet the new student Programme Committee members of Cultural Anthropology20 October 2026Daria Koch, Marijke Breunesse, Maria Moser and Mateusz Kolasiński are the newly appointed student representatives on the Programme Committee (OLC). Th...
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Scholarly Publications Upgraded: Research Archive Ready for the Future20 October 2026Scholarly Publications, Leiden University’s research repository, has been migrated to the Alma Digital platform. Thanks to this modernization, the rep...
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Building a career after Crisis and Security Management: lessons from alumniAlumni 20 October 2026Seven alumni of the Crisis and Security Management master’s programme shared their experiences of starting a career. They discussed the importance of ...
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Kick-off interfaculty theme Inequalities: here are the plans20 October 2026
During the kick-off for the interfaculty theme ‘Inequalities’, researchers and lecturers from various faculties learnt more about the plans for the th...
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Leiden researchers: ‘Detention policy can, and must, be improved’Boek presentation 19 October 2026The Dutch prison system is buckling under pressure. Yet policy has remained much the same, despite years of research showing how things could be impro...
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China Fundamental Research Report maps global scientific progressReport 19 October 2026The China Fundamental Research Report, published today, offers a deep understanding of how nations worldwide are contributing to scientific progress. ...
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Claire Ploum, exchange student in Dublin: ‘It’s good to step outside your bubble’Exchange 19 October 2026Claire Ploum, bachelor’s student in Law, studied for one semester at Trinity College in Dublin. She took extracurricular courses and immersed herself ...
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Better digital healthcare in Uganda: ‘The biggest challenges aren't necessarily technological’Data science 19 October 2026Computer scientist Mariam Basajja's investigated how Uganda can make better use of health data. Her PhD research taught her an unexpected lesson: the ...