How can research at our university contribute to understanding and addressing the complex security and safety challenges of our time? Around fifty res...

Over the next five years, the Netherlands Space Agency (NLSA) and NWO (Dutch Research Council) will invest over €1.4 million in three Dutch knowledge ...

The long-awaited Grand Theft Auto VI will be released on 19 November. The release is being hailed as one of this year’s standout popular culture event...

How do people organise their lives when vital resources appear only intermittently and unpredictably? That question is central to the new Vidi project...

PhD candidate Rosa Seepma has received an ARCHOL Grant for Scientific Research from the Modderman Foundation for her research on Dutch porcelain. The ...

Why did some people die from the plague while others survived? And what role did ancestry, health, sex, and social status play? Thanks to a Vidi grant...

Homecoming in American novels is no longer what it used to be, argues PhD candidate Ceriel Fousert. Where characters once picked up the threads of the...

During the UN Climate Change Conference in Turkey, world leaders will discuss how to address the climate crisis. Leiden University conducts research a...

Second-year students in the Advanced MSc in International Relations and Diplomacy (MIRD) delved into the world of international law and justice. A vis...

For archaeologist Eduardo Herrera Malatesta, preserving cultural heritage extends beyond academic research. In his spare time, the Faculty of Archaeol...

Using the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR), an international team led by Leiden University has produced the sharpest and most sensitive radio image ever ma...

On 3 November 2026, the Government of Japan announced the foreign recipients of the 2026 Autumn Conferment of Decorations.

New study association ESV Pareto was launched in 2025. Stella Dusson (general board member/promotional activities) and Vikram Klaassens (chair) were i...

There is a persistent misconception about language and culture programmes. ‘People think that they’re just about translating words,’ notes Professor o...

Cybercrime can cause major harm to society, but offenders often remain out of sight. PhD candidate Marc van der Ham investigated how IT companies can ...