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‘We should have more trust in one another; people are actually very trustworthy’ 05 December 2024
People don’t have enough faith in the trustworthiness of others, says psychologist Manon Schutter in her dissertation. In it, she also highlights the ...
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Bart Schuurman appointed Professor of Terrorism and Political Violence 05 December 2024
Terrorism expert Bart Schuurman has been appointed professor at Leiden University. As a researcher and lecturer at the Institute of Security and Globa...
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Results of the National Student Survey: Lecturers highly rated 05 December 2024
The results of the National Student Survey (NSE) are now available. In 2024, students from the Faculty of Humanities were satisfied across the board. ...
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Una Europa project update: Enhancing Scholarship in Eastern Africa (ELSEA) 05 December 2024
In September, the Una Europa ELSEA project; Enhancing Scholarship in Eastern Africa officially started. Now that the project has been running for a co...
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Max Farasat and Lara Offermans win the LUCSoR Thesis Prizes (2021-2023) 05 December 2024
The Leiden University Centre for the Study of Religion (LUCSoR) and the Beheerstichting Theologische Fondsen hand out two biennial thesis prizes, one ...
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Timo Kos new Vice President of the Executive Board 05 December 2024
Timo Kos has been appointed Vice President of Leiden University’s Executive Board and will take up the role on 1 March 2025. He succeeds Martijn Ridde...
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eLaw Celebrates its 40th Anniversary with a special Conference on 2 April 2025 04 December 2024
On 2 April 2025, eLaw - Center for Law and Digital Technologies of Leiden University will celebrate its 40th anniversary as the oldest digital law dep...
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Michael Kowalski appointed as Professor by special appointment at Leiden University 04 December 2024
Michael Kowalski has been appointed as part-time Professor by special appointment of Applied Ethics in Intelligence and Security at the Institute of S...
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Tanja Masson-Zwaan appointed as adjunct professor at Wuhan University 03 December 2024
Dr Tanja Masson-Zwaan, assistant professor at the International Institute of Air and Space Law, recently visited four universities and a research inst...
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Impact of Dutch coalition programme and EU Migration Pact on judicial system 03 December 2024
Mark Klaassen recently gave a lecture at the Aliens Division of the Court of Rotterdam on the impact on the judicial system of the Dutch cabinet’s pla...
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Tom Schreuder appointed as the new Business Director of Hortus botanicus Leiden 03 December 2024
Tom Schreuder has been appointed as the new Business Director of Hortus botanicus Leiden. Schreuder succeeds Peter Inklaar, who held the position for ...
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Smart programming for the quantum computer that does not exist yet 03 December 2024
Designing innovative algorithms, thinking outside the box, and brainstorming over coffee with his colleagues — this is what physicist Stefano Polla en...
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Two ERC Consolidator Grants for Leiden researchers 02 December 2024
Two Leiden researchers have been awarded a Consolidator Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). This grant of up to 2 million euros will enable ...
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Carlotta Rigotti at Coventry University Brussels Hub 02 December 2024
Carlotta Rigotti, Postdoc researcher at eLaw, was invited by Conventry University to join a roundtable on policy approaches to address online and tech...
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Gianclaudio Malgieri on L4T Podcast about legal vulnerability and digital platforms 02 December 2024
Gianclaudio Malgieri, Associate Professor at eLaw – Centre for Law and Digital Technologies at Leiden University, was recently interviewed on the Lega...