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How does artificial intelligence influence democratic processes?Una Europa Seed Funding Grant 22 January 2026An international team of researchers, including scholars from Leiden University, has received a Seed Funding Grant within the Una Europa network. The ...
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NWO and the National Science Foundation China award 1.1M euro to urban resilience researchBIODIVERSITY 21 January 2026From flooding to heat stress or biodiversity loss: cities everywhere face challenges due to climate change. Arnold Tukker and Mingming Hu (CML) will l...
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Olga Ceran awarded the Mellon/SAR Academic Freedom Fellowship 2025/2616 January 2026Dr Olga Ceran has been selected as a 2025/26 Mellon/SAR Academic Freedom Fellow. As one of 11 fellows in this year’s cohort, she will work on a projec...
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Communicating effectively about Antimicrobial Resistance09 January 2026Building a sustainable, international and interdisciplinary consortium for developing evidence-based communication strategies about Antimicrobial Resi...
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Yvonne Erkens appointed Professor of Labour LawAppointment 08 January 2026Yvonne Erkens has been appointed Professor of Labour Law at Leiden University as of 1 January 2026.
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Funding for Leiden projects that advance open scienceOpen science 06 January 2026Two Leiden projects have been awarded Open Science NL funding to make science more accessible to academia and the world outside. The projects will str...
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Who are the winners of the Psychology Prizes of 2025?End of Year Celebration 17 December 2025Psychology teacher of the year is Laura Nawijn. The Master Thesis Awards are for Max Kalisvaart and David Hof. Lee Aldar wins the PhD Paper Prize. The...
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University of Birmingham awards honorary degree to Hester BijlHonorary degree 16 December 2025Rector Magnificus Hester Bijl received an honorary degree from the University of Birmingham on Friday 12 December for her contribution to educational ...
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Over €900,000 for new atherosclerosis treatmentGRANT FOR AMANDA FOKS 11 December 2025How can we slow the progression of atherosclerosis? Researcher Amanda Foks believes the answer may be switching off ageing immune cells. This could le...
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Dirk Visser wins ‘Gouden Peer’ in intellectual property lawPrize 11 December 2025On 8 December, Dirk Visser was awarded a ‘Gouden Peer’ in intellectual property law by legal platform 'Mr.'. He received the prize after being nominat...
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‘I’m always proud when a student follows their own interests’Teacher of the Year awards 11 December 2025He is always positive towards his students, helps them see the bigger picture of the programme, and tries to remind them that ‘a degree is an enormous...
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‘A last-minute challenge became my biggest breakthrough’Leiden Science Young Talent Award 11 December 2025Data Science & AI student Nataliia Bagan combines a passion for mathematics, language, and artificial intelligence. Her exceptional bachelor’s thesis ...
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‘As long as the logic works, you can do whatever you want’Leiden Science Young Talent Award 11 December 2025With a healthy dose of logic and creativity, mathematics student Lance Bakker shows how computers can prove complex mathematics. His method proves int...
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eLaw co-authors award-winning article on Explainable AI 2.010 December 2025Gianclaudio Malgieri, Associate Professor of Law & Technology at eLaw, is co-author of the article 'Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) 2.0: A M...
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Eleven Open Competition Domain Science ENW XS grants for Leiden researchersGrant 09 December 2025Eleven researchers from Leiden University have been awarded an Open Competition Domain Science ENW XS grant by the Dutch Research Council for their re...