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Tarlach McGonagle awarded prestigious Comenius Teaching Fellow grant29 May 202025 May 2020 On behalf of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, the Netherlands Initiative for Education Research (NRO) is providing Comeni...
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Royal Distinction for archaeologist Maarten Jansen24 April 2020On 24 April it was announced that, following his farewell, archaeologist Professor Maarten Jansen was appointed Knight of the Order of the Dutch Lion....
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Leiden Law School climbs World Rankings06 March 2020Leiden Law School has climbed two places on the QS World University Rankings by Subject and is now listed 24th. Our faculty retains the highest rankin...
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Law alumnus Vincent Peeters wins Leiden University Thesis Prize 202019 February 2020On Saturday 15 February 2020, the Leiden University Thesis Prizes were presented during the Dies celebration day for alumni. Joint first prize went to...
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Simone van der Hof appointed member of commitee of Weizenbaum Institute18 February 2020Simone van der Hof is appointed as member of the evaluation committee of the Weizenbaum Institute, founded in Berlin in 2017.
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Legal Business Game nominated for 'Gouden Zandloper'14 February 2020A project in which students get to learn about professional practice in company law by competing in teams, has been nominated for a prestigious legal ...
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Stephanie Rap receives KNAW Young Career Award05 February 2020On Tuesday 4 February, Stephanie Rap, lecturer in children’s rights, was presented with the KNAW Early Career Award 2019. She receives the award for h...
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Willemien den Ouden appointed State Councillor20 January 2020Willemien den Ouden, Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law and Academic Director of the Institute of Public Law has been appointed State ...
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eLaw awarded EDPB framework contract for research into implications of GDPR10 January 2020Dr. Karolina La Fors, post-doc researcher at eLaw - Center for Law and Digital Technologies at Leiden University, together with a consortium consistin...
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2019 Hall of fame07 January 2020Over the past year, many of our staff and students have won prizes, been awarded a substantial grant or been appointed to an academic association or a...
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How to improve the emotional intelligence of EU law?13 December 2019Research grant awarded to Armin Cuyvers for innovative research combining EU law and social psychology. In an age where identity often trumps economic...
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Hans Franken-lecture by Janneke Gerards09 December 2019On 15 November 2019 Professor Janneke Gerards held the second annual Hans Franken lecture at the Law Faculty of Leiden University. The title of the le...
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Hanna Bosdriesz awarded doctorate cum laude04 December 2019On 3 December 2019 Hanna Bosdriesz defended her dissertation on the fight against impunity for grave human rights violations in Latin America.
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Elsemieke Daalder wins international legal history prize for PhD dissertation28 November 2019Elsemieke Daalder has won the prestigious ‘Premio della Corte costituzionale italiana’, part of the ‘Premio Boulvert’ awards, for her dissertation ‘D...
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You&EU project awarded Europaeum Scholar’s Prize27 November 2019On Thursday 21 November 2019, the project You&EU, in which Frederik Behre participated, won the Europaeum Scholar’s Prize for their social media campa...