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Special lecture Jan Vleggeert: 'A citizen's perspective on conflicts of interest' 30 June 2022
When Professor of Tax Law Jan Vleggeert delivered his inaugural lecture in Leiden University’s Academy Building on 30 October 2020, only 30 people wer...
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Helen Pluut in podcast De Gelukkige Thuiswerker 31 May 2022
What are the advantages of a day’s work at home? Were we happy working from home during the pandemic lockdowns? And who is actually responsible for a ...
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Apply for the new minor Tax and Society at Leiden University 14 April 2022
Tax scandals, like the Panama Papers, the Paradise Papers, and the Pandora Papers, have made tax avoidance by large multinationals and rich individual...
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From Leiden to Delaware: How empirical legal research on valuation biases was used in a US courtroom 05 April 2022
Many of our department’s staff members are actively involved in the Empirical Legal Studies lab and strive towards publishing impactful empirical lega...
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NWO funding for just and effective energy transitions 04 April 2022
A consortium led by Eefje Cuppen, Professor Governance of Sustainability at the Institute of Public Administration, has been granted NWO funding for a...
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Irma Mosquera Valderrama speaks at Africa taxation webinar 21 February 2022
On 15 February 2022, Irma Mosquera Valderrama, Professor of Tax Governance, holder of the EU Jean Monnet Chair on EU Tax Governance EUTAXGOV and Princ...
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Mosquera Valderrama awarded a Jean Monnet Chair: 'Raise awareness of EU Standard of Tax Good Governance' 21 January 2022
Last November, it was announced that the European Commission has awarded a Jean Monnet Chair to Professor of Tax Law Irma Mosquera Valderrama. She wil...
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PhD research: Welfare benefits reduce criminal behaviour substantially 18 January 2022
Receiving welfare benefits has a major impact on criminal behaviour. This has been demonstrated by Marco Stam, who defended his thesis on 20 January 2...
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The self-employed hard hit by coronavirus crisis 06 January 2022
Self-employed workers’ hours have significantly decreased during the coronavirus crisis. Their average hours worked decreased most at the start of the...
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Half of all households in the Netherlands are financially vulnerable 29 November 2021
Only 27 per cent of Dutch households are financially healthy. This appears from a joint study conducted by Deloitte, ING, NIBUD and the Department of ...
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Olaf van Vliet appointed Professor of Economics 25 November 2021
The 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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People have found new jobs during coronavirus crisis, but in the same field 25 November 2021
Some sectors have been hard hit by the pandemic, whereas others have grown. Yet there was no influx of workers from shrinking to growing sectors. This...
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In the media: Martijn Nouwen's research into EU tax body 18 November 2021
Martijn Nouwen's research exposes for the first time to the general public how the 'secret' European Code of Conduct group has failed to eliminate var...
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Research Martijn Nouwen about secretive EU tax body revealed in media under #TheCode 12 November 2021
Under #TheCode, European media are reporting on Martijn Nouwens’s research on the secretive EU Code of Conduct Group which is tasked with tackling har...
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Wimar Bolhuis chief economist at research-based consultancy firm Ecorys 11 November 2021
As chief economist, Bolhuis will conduct research on topical economic issues. Besides this position, he will remain active as a lecturer at the Depart...