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What are we defending? Steven Pinker on the core values of NATO and the Enlightenment25 June 2025
NATO not only safeguards our security and stability, but also defends Enlightenment principles, promoting prosperity, health and freedom. This is what...
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Crowdfunding for Leiden Chinese Queer Collection25 June 2025
Help us develop and expand the recently established Leiden Chinese Queer Collection (LCQC, 莱顿华语酷儿文献收藏) at Leiden University Libraries (UBL).
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Experts share future vision at Data for Policy 2025: ‘Data centres must become not only smarter, but also cleaner’25 June 2025
The Data for Policy 2025 conference, held at Leiden University in The Hague, brought together 120 participants from across Europe and beyond to explor...
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Video labs and narratives of future conflicts: two lecturers receive a Comenius GrantInnovation in education 24 June 2025
Lecturers Marjo de Graauw and Malte Riemann have both received a Comenius Teaching Fellowship. The €50,000 grant will enable them and their project te...
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Anniversary edition of the Leiden Science Run raises record sum for vulnerable children24 June 2025
Smiling faces, sweltering heat and a record-breaking donation – that was the Leiden Science Run 2025. On Saturday 21 June, the Leiden Bio Science Park...
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From International Studies to HR: ‘I use my skills every day’24 June 2025
Ana Oleart came to The Hague from Barcelona to study for her bachelor's degree in International Studies. After completing no fewer than two master's d...
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Tom de Groot: ‘International Studies covered all the topics that interested me’24 June 2025
During his bachelor's programme in International Studies, Tom de Groot became fascinated by the theme of peace and security. Now he designs and modera...
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Jeanette Wagenaar writes about Louise Six: ‘I wanted to give a voice to women in history’24 June 2025
When Jeanette Wagenaar read Simone van der Vlugt's De amulet (The Amulet) at the age of eleven, she decided that she too wanted to write a historical ...
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Spring for everyone: KCPEG symposium on existence insecurity shows both urgency and solutionsPolicy, science and practice come together in the former orphanage during the Spring symposium 2025. 23 June 2025
On a sunny afternoon in early June, the KCPEB Spring symposium ‘Spring for everyone’ was held in Leiden’s former orphanage, organised by the Expertise...
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Time to attend to the itch in psychology23 June 2025
Patients with chronic itching often cannot focus their attention on anything else. Psychologists want to help them, but they need more knowledge about...
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Exhibition 'Outside the Box': Where law and creativity meetHonours College Law 23 June 2025
What happens when students are given the freedom to think outside the box? Honours College Law students got to try it through their 'unessays': an alt...
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Rubin Observatory reveals first images: with key contributions from Leiden23 June 2025
A time-lapse of the universe in more detail than ever before: that’s the aim of the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile, which will unveil its ...
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Melanie Fink on AI Technologies in European Border Management at University of Glasgow Workshop23 June 2025
On 20 June 2025, Melanie Fink presented her research on ‘Robo Swarms and Polygraphs: The Future of European Border Management and its Human Costs’ at ...
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Architect Aleida Nijland: ‘The building will become greener in many ways’23 June 2025
Now that the Herta Mohr building is fully operational, construction work is moving to the other side of the University Library. Over the coming years,...
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Human Rights and Food Security – Legal Training for Professionals at LUC23 June 2025
Food security is increasingly under pressure due to rising inequality, climate change, and armed conflict. From 28 October, Leiden University College ...