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Royal honour for Prof. Barend Mons 13 September 2024Royal honour for Prof. Barend Mons. He was made a Knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion. He received this award from the mayor of the municipality of ...
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Marie Schwed Shenker accepted to the International Conference on Social Robots (ICSR 2024) 13 September 2024We are excited to announce that Marie Schwed Shenker's research paper, co-authored with Dr. Eduard Fosch-Villaronga (Associate Professor at eLaw) and ...
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Eric Storm: ‘Nationalist politicians have a more international orientation than traditional parties’ 13 September 2024Nationalism is so prevalent in our society that we hardly realise it once didn’t exist. In his new book, senior university lecturer Eric Storm reveals...
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Political Science Master’s thesis prize 2024: the nominees 12 September 2024The thesis is a major milestone for master students graduating in Political Science. It demonstrates their ability to conduct research independently a...
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Marie Schwed Shenker attends Utrecht Summer School on Social Robots 12 September 2024Marie Schwed Shenker, PhD candidate at eLaw, has successfully completed an intensive summer school on Social Robotics at Utrecht University. The progr...
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Evening of the Middle Eastern Collections & Middle Eastern Library 12 September 2024Explore the new Middle Eastern Library, Listen to speed lectures by experts, watch a brand new documentary about the restoration of an 11th-century me...
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Changing power relations and rising stars 12 September 2024The norms, institutions and power relations that have defined the last decades of international political and economic relations in the European Union...
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Science for Sustainable Societies: a new interdisciplinary bachelor’s programme 12 September 2024How do you tackle environmental challenges and societal transitions from an interdisciplinary perspective? Starting from September 2025 students will ...
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University introduces lay talk and it looks like this 11 September 2024Complex research with a generous sprinkling of jargon: PhD defences can be difficult for non-experts to follow. In the compulsory new lay talk, PhD ca...
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Erik Bähre on Dutch radio about the last wild Indian 10 September 2024An extraordinary encounter took place in 1911. American scientists discovered the last 'wild' Indian, from the Yahi tribe, who had lived in total isol...
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From judge to police officer: a lack of understanding for deaf people in legal proceedings 10 September 2024The cultural linguistic minority group of deaf people who communicate using sign language systematically experiences limited access to fundamental rig...
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Social environment can improve investigations into child sexual exploitation 10 September 2024The prevention, detection and investigation of child sexual exploitation can be improved by involving neighbours, classmates and other people within t...
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High attendance at Kirchheiner Conference on ‘The Ombudsman & the Rule of Law’ 10 September 2024On Thursday 29 August 2024, Leiden University hosted the conference on theme of ‘The Ombudsman & the Rule of Law’. More than 100 participants from pro...
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Suzanne Kali appointed chair of FNV women’s network 10 September 2024On 1 September 2024, lecturer and researcher Suzanne Kali, who works at Leiden Law School’s Labour Law and Social Security department, took over from ...
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Emotions in the courtroom: research into how victim impact statements affect judges 09 September 2024In court, victims of violent crime and sexual offences are permitted to comment on the defendant’s guilt and the sentence to be imposed. But legal exp...