News
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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 ...
-
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...
-
(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 ...
-
‘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...
-
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 ...
-
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...
-
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...
-
Anna van Ark is doing an internship at the Rijksmuseum: ‘I’ve always wanted to be a curator’16 April 2026Master’s student Anna van Ark has landed her dream internship at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. For three months, she’ll be shadowing the curator and c...
-
Is the bully always popular? The link between bullying and popularity explainedResearch 16 April 2026In nearly every Dutch primary and secondary school classroom, at least one child is bullied. The common perception is that the most popular child in t...
-
From lockdown to the lab: Leiden PhD researcher develops ‘decoy molecule’ to slow down coronavirus15 April 2026While the Netherlands was in lockdown because of the coronavirus, PhD candidate Koen Rijpkema began his research into the same virus. In the lab, he d...
-
School of Democracy 2026The basics of Democracy, Storytelling and messaging 15 April 2026
The School of Democracy is an initiative of several Dutch political foundations aimed at engaging and empowering young people who are eager to strengt...
-
Dr Jake Benson wins J.P. Gumbert Dissertation Award15 April 2026Dr Jake Benson, who completed his PhD in Persian Studies at Leiden University in 2024, has been awarded a prestigious international prize for the best...