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Gianclaudio Malgieri will give keynote speech on Fundamental Rights and Vulnerability at Maastricht University 16 May 2024
Dr. Gianclaudio Malgieri, Associate Professor of Law & Technology at eLaw, and Co-Director of the Brussels Privacy Hub, will deliver a keynote speech ...
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King of Sweden visits Leiden University 15 May 2024
Collaborating in drug discovery and health research was the goal of a visit to the Leiden Bio Science Park on 14 May by a Swedish delegation including...
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Dr. Naomi Truan delivers lunchtime talk at Austria Centre Leiden 15 May 2024
Dr. Naomi Truan, Assistant Professor of German Sociolinguistics at the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics delivered a lunchtime talk sponsored b...
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How do you evaluate quality of teaching? 14 May 2024
What do we really know about educational quality and its measurement? This was the subject of the first Higher Education Knowledge Café.
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Sticky insects: plants protected with biological glue 14 May 2024
Drained leaves and plants stripped bare. Insects can completely destroy crops. Soon, these situations may be behind us, with the new pesticide develop...
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In memoriam: Carla Risseeuw, Professor emerita of CADS (1947 - 2024) 13 May 2024
It is with great sadness that we share the news that on Friday, May 3rd 2024, Carla Risseeuw, Professor emerita of CADS, passed away. Carla Irene Riss...
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Looking for love: how we can fool ourselves when we are into someone 13 May 2024
Can we truly assess whether someone finds us attractive? Cognitive psychologist Iliana Samara conducted her PhD project on romantic attraction and dis...
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CML REV Editorial Board meeting at Lake Como 13 May 2024
In early May, the Editorial Board of the Common Market Law Review spent three days at Lake Como discussing issues of editorial policy and ongoing and ...
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Webb data suggest potential atmosphere around rocky exoplanet 08 May 2024
Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope may have detected atmospheric gases surrounding 55 Cancri e, a hot rocky exoplanet 41 light-years ...
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Leiden archaeologists held an open day in Oss to celebrate 50 years of collaboration 08 May 2024
On May 4, 2024, from 10.00 to 16.00 hours, a festive day took place in Oss, celebrating the fact that staff and students of the Leiden Faculty of Arch...
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Interdisciplinary symposium on restitution policies seeks more diverse perspectives 08 May 2024
Taking responsibility concerning colonial heritage and restitution is a pressing issue for countries and museums worldwide. On 23 and 24 May, a Leiden...
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Leiden University team European runner-up in Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court competition 07 May 2024
The Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court competition was held in Vienna between 8 and 12 April 2024. This event was organised by the European Centre for...
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Gatekeepers of the internet: Why there’s no such thing as ‘free’ internet 07 May 2024
Whether you’re apping someone or scrolling through Instagram… all your online behaviour is being monitored. In fact, others decide what you actually s...
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Leiden conference seeks out emerging trends in global governance 07 May 2024
Global challenges require global governance answers. That’s why on 5 - 7 June, the interdisciplinary research programme Global Transformations and Gov...
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Radio astronomers bypass disturbing Earth's atmosphere with new calibration technique 06 May 2024
An international team of researchers led by astronomers from Leiden University (the Netherlands) has produced the first sharp radio maps of the univer...