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'A toast to resilience': faculty New Year’s event 202211 January 2022On Tuesday 11 January 2022, the new year at the faculty was ushered in with an online event. Dean Joanne van der Leun toasted the new year and of cour...
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Hall of fame 2021: Our students and staff in the spotlight14 December 20212021 saw many prizes awarded to staff and students of Leiden Law School. Grants for new research projects were also awarded and our staff were invited...
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Katie Pentney wins Max van der Stoel Human Rights Award 2021 with master’s thesis13 December 2021The Max van der Stoel Human Rights Award is presented every two years on 10 December (Human Rights Day) in recognition of outstanding academic works i...
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Students Ruşen and Rana fight for diversity in higher education29 November 2021Two Leiden students stand a chance of winning the ECHO Award for Higher Education. Deniz Rana Kuseyri (Rana for short) and Ruşen Koç are two of the si...
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Olaf van Vliet appointed Professor of Economics25 November 2021The Executive Board has appointed Olaf van Vliet as Professor of Economics at Leiden University, specialising in social security and labour market pol...
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Giovanni De Gregorio and Pietro Dunn are awarded the 2021 Common Market Law Review Prize for young academics25 November 2021The Editorial Board of the Common Market Law Review is pleased to announce the result of the 2021 Common Market Law Review Prize for an article submit...
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Jaap van den Herik receives royal distinction on his retirement08 October 2021Jaap van den Herik was appointed Officer in the Order of Orange Nassau on 8 October on his retirement as professor of Law and Information Technology.
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‘All the members of the Young Academy Leiden have a strong sense of responsibility'21 September 2021The Young Academy Leiden (YAL) acquired six new members on 1 September. We talked to the new and former chair of this platform for young academics abo...
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René Cassin Thesis Prize in Human Rights for Aleydis Nissen21 September 2021Aleydis Nissen was awarded the René Cassin Thesis Prize 2021. The René Cassin Foundation - International Institute of Human Rights organises the compe...
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UACES Best Book Prize awarded to Vestert Borger10 September 2021On 6 September 2021 Dr Vestert Borger, Assistant Professor of European law, was awarded the Best Book Prize by the University Association for Contempo...
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Faculty year opening with Leiden Law Op 1 Talkshow – watch again09 September 2021On Tuesday 7 September 2021, the new Faculty year was opened with the Leiden Law Op 1 Talkshow. Various guests shared their thoughts and expectations ...
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JSVO teaching prizes for Maarten Kunst and Jonathan Huijts07 September 2021The winners of the JSVO teaching prizes for academic year 2020-2021 were announced at the opening of the faculty year on 7 September 2021.
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Aleydis Nissen Wins the Andrés Bello Prize (Institut de Droit International)06 September 2021
During the 80th session of the Geneva-based Institut de Droit International, Aleydis Nissen was awarded the Andrés Bello Prize. The competition was es...
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Law and Digital Technologies graduate wins prestigious Google Prize25 August 2021Javier Aleuanlli, an Advanced Masters graduate from the Law and Digital Technologies programme at Leiden University, has been awarded Google's Diverse...
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Vasiliki Kosta, Assistant Professor of European Law received a Vidi grant14 July 2021The Vidi grant is for experienced researchers who have already spent several years doing postdoctoral research.