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Experts provide three necessary solutions to the biodiversity crisisIt came as a shock to many people: one million plant and animal species are threatened to become extinct. But this number isn’t the most relevant aspe...
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European Election DilemmasThe European Elections are approaching and we get to take a trip to our local polling station. But the turnout in the Netherlands is likely to be low ...
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Ingrid Leijten guest professor at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg in GermanyThis semester, Ingrid Leijten is appointed as a guest professor at the Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU).
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CWTS Leiden Ranking 2019: indicators open access and genderThe new indicators introduced in the 2019 edition of the Leiden Ranking provide large-scale systematic evidence to inform science policy discussions o...
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Anthony Brown gives prestigious lecture series in PrincetonLeiden astronomer Anthony Brown had the honour to give the prestigious Spitzer Lectures at Princeton University. In five lectures spread over the begi...
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Van Vollenhoven Lecture by Tony Platt in ‘Leidsch Dagblad’On Thursday 9 May, Prof. Tony Platt delivered the annual Van Vollenhoven Lecture entitled ‘Rethinking Crime & Punishment’
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Financial crisis mainly affected the sale of municipal landThe effects on local government of the financial crisis that began in 2007 are still largely unknown. As a case study, Jan Porth conducted statistical...
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Patrick Moerland: ‘Just call me Patrick’One of the familiar faces of our faculty is receptionist Patrick Moerland (39). He has been working for the university for 17 years and is clearly pas...
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Governments overly optimistic about the use of digital innovationsThe government is digitalizing and making use of ‘big data’ in its decision making processes. But the expectations of digitalization are often overly ...
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Erwin Muller presents Veterans handbook to Minister BijleveldOn Monday 9 May, Erwin Muller, Professor in Security and Law at Faculty of Law and Dean of the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs of Leiden Univ...
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Bart Schuurman on the CPL Summer Programme “Preventing Violent Extremism”This August, the second edition of the Advanced Summer Programme "Preventing, Detecting, and Responding to the Violent Extremist Threat" will be held....
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Alexander Strelkov presents at the Aspen Institute conference in BerlinAspen Institute is one of the key policy arenas to discuss and debate Balkan politics and EU involvement in the region. Dr. Strelkov is lecturer at Le...
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Maria Pichou selected as Judge for the International Criminal Court Moot Court CompetitionMaria Pichou is selected to act as a judge for the 2019 International Criminal Court Moot Court Competition (ICCMCC). Dr. Maria Pichou is Assistant Pr...
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New book on the Sand Motor offers research findings and reflectionHow can the Dutch Sand Motor strengthen our coasts in a natural way? And how can this knowledge and experience help prevent coastal erosion in Jamaica...
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Marieke Liem on Radio 1 BE about murderous mothersA mother who is far from the romantic ideal image of the mother as we know is the murderous mother. Genevieve Lhermitte, the mother who killed her 5 c...