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AIVD Director Akerboom in conversation with students: 'Russian threat the most significant'04 December 2025During the second Arthur Docters van Leeuwen Lecture on 1 December, Director General of the AIVD Erik Akerboom underlined how the changing threat land...
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Leiden University Libraries Signs AI Agreement with International Heritage and Knowledge Institutions04 December 2025On December 3rd, AI4LAM (Artificial Intelligence for Libraries, Archives, and Museums) was launched in London. Leiden University Libraries (UBL)is a f...
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How should we deal with global warming? Anthropologist Marja Spierenburg answers this question on the “Beste-ID” platformGlobal warming 04 December 2025At the end of 2024, the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency stated that it is “highly unlikely that the Netherlands will achieve its statutory...
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A new window into the brain: visualising neural connectionsPHYSICS 04 December 2025Leiden researchers can now visualise the connections between brain cells. They do so using a microscopy technique in which Leiden physicists excel. Th...
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LUC The Hague once again recognised as a national top programme03 December 2025Liberal Arts and Sciences: Global Challenges at Leiden University College The Hague has once again been awarded the coveted Top programme label. This ...
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International community convenes in Pisa to advance coordinated reform in publishing and research assessmentWorkshop 03 December 2025On 14 November 2025, representatives from several organizations across the publishing reform and research assessment reform communities gathered in Pi...
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Proceeds from Ameland children’s book support new research into the microbiota–gut–brain axisGut–brain axis 03 December 2025Assistant Professor in Clinical Psychology Laura Steenbergen has received a donation from the Klei & Zand Foundation to conduct research into the micr...
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NWO and Groeifonds funding for research into smart light-responsive chipsPHYSICS 03 December 2025Physicists at Leiden University are developing smart chips that can be programmed with light. These chips are more energy-efficient than traditional c...
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Breaking the silence: Latin America’s fight against femicide03 December 2025Across Latin America, stories of violence against women reveal how deeply gender, power en inequality are intertwined. Researcher Martín Hernán Di Mar...
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Video: Leiden staff and external partners reap the fruits of the Knowledge Orchard03 December 2025Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary collaboration can be tricky. We don’t all speak the same ‘language’ or know how to find each other. At the Kno...
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‘We all support equal opportunities, but disagree on how to achieve them’Widespread prosperity 02 December 2025Rotterdam is an extreme example of inequality in the Netherlands. There are huge health and life expectancy differences between neighborhoods. Good ac...
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New endowed chair brings astronomy and AI together. ‘AI can help improve our understanding of the Universe’PROFESSOR BY SPECIAL APPOINTMENT 02 December 2025AI helps astronomers to understand our Universe better, and that role is set to grow. Therefore, ASTRON and Leiden University are establishing a new r...
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Another successful year of the Matra Rule of Law Training Programme02 December 2025In the second year of the implementation of the Matra Rule of Law Training Programme, Leiden University hosted a group of 30 civil servants from pre-a...
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Doctors with a backboneInaugural lecture Carmen Vleggeert-Lankamp 02 December 2025During her studies, Professor Carmen Vleggeert-Lankamp developed a passion for spinal surgery. From exploring unknown fields and supervising PhD candi...
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Professor Judi Mesman's portrait festively unveiled in Senate ChamberNews 02 December 2025A truly special moment in the Senate Chamber of the Academy Building: the portrait of Professor Judi Mesman has been unveiled. 'Leiden University only...