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Ab de Jong new academic director of LIAS: ‘Feels like home’Ab de Jong, professor of Comparative Religion, was appointed as the new the academic director of the Leiden Institute for Area Studies (LIAS) with eff...
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Applications open for Summer School on the European Union, the United Nations and Global Governance
The Summer School will take place from 14-25 June 2021 and welcomes Master-level and PhD-level students who are interested in learning more about the ...
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Meuwese on new developments in Dutch cabinet’s response to child benefits scandalIn recent days and weeks, experts have been falling over themselves to point the finger at the main culprit in the Dutch child benefits scandal. Altho...
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Hans-Martien ten Napel participates in The International Forum on the Future of Constitutionalism Global SummitThe Global Summit, which took place from 12-16 January 2021, is an initiative by Richard Albert, the William Stamps Farish Professor in Law, Professor...
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New classification for tropical plant group PhyllanthusThere is much wrong with the taxonomy of the plant genus Phyllanthus. Roderick Bouman of the Hortus botanicus Leiden has developed a new phylogeny for...
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Pelt brings theory and practice together in the field of Deep LearningBringing the theoretical world of mathematics and computer science to more applied research areas. That is what Daniël Pelt, assistant professor at th...
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Honorary doctorate for child rights activist Graça MachelMozambican politician and child rights activist Graça Machel will receive an honorary doctorate from Leiden University for her commitment to the right...
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Introducing Antonio Missiroli, our new Associate Senior Policy Fellow for Emerging Security ThreatsDr Antonio Missiroli has been appointed as Associate Senior Policy Fellow for Emerging Security Threats at the Institute of Security and Global Affair...
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Academia in motion: a different form of recognition and rewardA better balance between teaching and research duties, greater recognition of team performances and the elimination of simplistic assessment criteria....
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The Erasmus+ grant opens doorsWhat is it like to participate in the Erasmus+ grant programme as a Master's student from Ukraine? Yevhenii Radchenko did an eight-month internship at...
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'Rutte cannot fully hide behind indirect responsibility'On Friday 15 January, the Dutch ‘Rutte III’ government resigned following the scathing report on the childcare benefits scandal. What are the politica...
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Holger Hoos appointed ACM FellowOn 13 January 2020, the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has named 95 members ACM Fellows who have demonstrated excellence across many discip...
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New book to improve and promote science with citizensThe new open access book The Science of Citizen Science bundles insights into science that is conducted together with citizens, to promote this growin...
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Rachel Doherty wins LION Image Award with famed Microboat imageThe annual LION Image award goes to the 30 micrometer long 3D printed microboat image that went viral earlier in October 2020, submitted by Rachel Doh...
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Reijer Passchier wins Meijers prize and Van Wersch Springplank prizeThe Meijers prizes are awarded each year for the best published article from each faculty research programme. Reijer received the prize for his contri...