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Sophia Pekowsky conducted doctoral research in Romania with support from the Austria Centre Leiden research stipend13 October 2026Her research formed part of her PhD project and provided an opportunity to work with archival and other source materials relevant to her field of stud...
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Knowledge organisations warn against EU budget cuts to research and innovationLetter 13 October 2026The Netherlands should not advocate a smaller EU budget, but a smarter one. That is the message being put forward by Dutch knowledge institutions and ...
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Bringing Our Global Alumni Community Closer: The International Children’s Rights Alumni Board Begins Its Journey13 October 2026
Following the discussions that began around the 10th anniversary of the Master of Laws: Advanced Studies in International Children’s Rights, we are ve...
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The EU and state aid: More room for manoeuvre than you might thinkPhD research 13 October 2026Despite the EU’s general ban on state aid, public authorities can still support initiatives such as social housing and affordable NIPT screening. Ali ...
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Patient or Test Subject? In Search of Forgotten Voices in the Dutch East IndiesKNAW grant 13 October 2026Those who received new medications in the Dutch East Indies were sometimes both patients and test subjects. How did patients themselves experience tha...
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Barbary Macaques in Northern Germany: researchers discover a more than 300,000-year-old toothSchöningen 12 October 2026A research team from the Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment at the University of Tübingen and Leiden University in the Nethe...
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Professor Frits Rosendaal receives royal honour at farewell gatheringLaureate 12 October 2026Professor Frits Rosendaal was appointed Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion during his farewell gathering as Professor of Clinical Epidemiolog...
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Do Muslims feel at home in the European Union? ‘Knowledge can help combat discrimination and fake news’NWO L-beurs 12 October 2026Although the European Union (EU) is collecting data on its citizens and residents, we know very little about the extent to which they feel at home an...
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Daniela Kraft elected Fellow of the American Physical SocietyPHYSICS 09 October 2026Daniela Kraft, Professor of Experimental Physics at Leiden University, has been elected Fellow of the American Physical Society in recognition of her ...
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Keys to Detention: Lessons from researchResearch 09 October 2026What do we know about detention, and what can that tell us about punishment, security, reintegration into society, and immigration detention in the Ne...
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Olga Ceran receives first prize in the DAAD Fundamental Academic Values Award 202609 October 2026Dr Olga Ceran has been awarded first prize in the Fundamental Academic Values Award 2026 by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). The award rec...
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Nominations for Europe Hub Masters Thesis Prize Now Open09 October 2026Leiden University’s Europe Hub now invites submissions from all faculties for its annual Europe Hub master's thesis prize. The deadline to nominate th...
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Can Europe compete? The push for technological independenceLecture 08 October 2026'Europe does great innovations, but the business is done outside.' With that stark warning, EU-commissioner Henna Virkkunen challenged students, resea...
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Tomatoes, Swiss chard, and arugula: the vegetable gardens at the Reuvens and Huizinga buildings provide snacks and a sense of communityGardening 08 October 2026The observant passerby has probably already spotted them: the vegetable gardens near the Reuvens and Huizinga buildings. Staff members from the LUCL a...
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New Threat Monitor: fewer contract killings, more focus on intimate partner violence08 October 2026Threats against mayors, foreign interference and intimate partner violence: providing protection involves a wide range of security issues. The new Thr...