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Studying thanks to a present for former mayor Deetman25 July 2019Fourteen students from developing countries spend the last years studying Public International Law at Leiden University. They did so with a fund that ...
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Eduard Fosch-Villaronga receives visiting grant for cybersecurity aspects of healthcare robot technology04 July 2019Dr. Eduard Fosch-Villaronga, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Researcher at eLaw, received a personal visiting researcher grant from the Research C...
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Tarlach McGonagle appointed as Professor of Media Law in the Information Society01 July 2019Tarlach McGonagle has been appointed as Professor of Media Law in the Information Society as of 1 May 2019. The Chair is established by the Leiden Uni...
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Bart Custers appointed as the new chair Law and Data Science17 June 2019As of 1 July 2019, Bart Custers is appointed as Professor of Law and Data Science at Leiden University. The chair is established at eLaw, the center f...
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Dr. Kabir Duggal awarded the "2018 Academic Prize" by CEPANI11 June 2019
Dr Kabir Duggal, who recently obtained his PhD at Leiden University, has been awarded the "2018 Academic Prize" by CEPANI (the Belgian Centre for Arbi...
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Ingrid Leijten guest professor at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg in Germany17 May 2019This semester, Ingrid Leijten is appointed as a guest professor at the Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU).
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Dissertation Prize European Law Faculties Association awarded to Vestert Borger15 April 2019On Thursday 11 April, at its annual meeting in Turin, the European Law Faculties Association awarded its dissertation prize to Vestert Borger, assist...
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Bart Custers appointed in the Honours Council19 February 2019Dr. Bart Custers, associate professor and director of research at eLaw, the center for law and digital technologies, has been appointed as member of t...
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Law student Erwin Dijkstra awarded second prize Leiden University Thesis Prize 201919 February 2019Master's student Erwin Dijkstra won for his thesis on the position in society of people with a disability.
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Eduardo Arenas Catalán awarded Theo van Boven Maastricht Research Prize on International Law13 February 2019Dr. Eduardo Arenas Catalán, lecturer and Academic Coordinator of the Advanced Master’s in European and International Human Rights Law at Leiden Law Sc...
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Royal honour for Professor Paul van der Heijden07 February 2019On Thursday 7 February Professor P.F. van der Heijden was appointed Officer in the Order of Orange Nassau. He received the royal honour from Minister ...
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Excellent status for Advanced Master in Law and Digital Technologies17 January 2019The Advanced Master in Law and Digital Technologies has been assessed as excellent by the Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders ...
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Thesis prizes awarded at New Year’s Reception14 January 2019During the New Year’s reception on Thursday 10 January 2019 prizes were awarded for the three best (Dutch) master’s theses in 2018.
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2018 Hall of Fame21 December 2018Over 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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Gineke Wiggers receives prize for paper on User-Focused Ranking in Legal Information Retrieval17 December 2018PhD student Gineke Wiggers has won the 2nd prize for her paper on User-Focused Ranking in Legal Information Retrieval in the PhD consortium of the 31s...