News
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‘How expensive is migration?’ 29 September 2022
Migrants are expensive. Or are they? Professor Olaf van Vliet collaborated on a big research project from Leiden University to map the costs of migrat...
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Two new publications by Sven Lütticken 27 September 2022
In September Lütticken released two new publications: 'Objections- Forms of Abstraction, Volume 1' and 'Art and Autonomy: A Critical Reader'.
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NWO grant for Claartje Levelt: how toddlers learn words 26 September 2022
Professor Claartje Levelt, together with Paula Fikkert (Radboud University), has received an NWO Open Competition grant for research into the developm...
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Mirjam de Bruijn receives NWO grant to research digital warfare in the Sahel 26 September 2022
Professor Mirjam de Bruijn will research digital warfare in the North African Sahel with an NWO Open Competition grant. The focus of the research will...
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NWO grant for research about crossing language borders: ‘ We know very little about how multilingualism works outside Western societies’ 26 September 2022
Professor Felix Ameka and university lecturer Maria del Carmen Parafita Couta have received an NWO Open Competition grant together with Enoch Aboh (Un...
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‘Human Rights and the World Cup Qatar’ debate: ‘World Cup football is never just about sport’ 26 September 2022
Various guests with a background in human rights, law, politics and international relations will be taking part in the ‘Human Rights and the World Cup...
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Dutch people should stop ‘politely’ switching to English 26 September 2022
Endangered languages can survive if they are taught properly to new speakers, such as people with a migrant background. This is what Professor by Spec...
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From Azerbaijani to Swedish: ‘Multilingualism improves your understanding of others’ 26 September 2022
September 26 is the European Day of Languages. There are 24 official languages in Europe but some 200 languages in total are spoken on our continent. ...
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Official opening of the Acts of Kindness pillar in the Lipsius building 26 September 2022
It has already been a huge success in The Hague, and now the Lipsius building has one, too: an Acts of Kindness pillar. The official opening took plac...
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A quick call on the war in Ukraine: 'Putin has made a diplomatic end almost impossible' 23 September 2022
The war in Ukraine is entering a new phase with the announcement of a partial Russian military mobilisation and the intention to annex four Ukrainian ...
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Social Resilience & Security seed funding for interdisciplinary research: call for proposals 22 September 2022
The interdisciplinary programme Social Resilience & Security is inviting proposals for seed funding. The programme aims to combine knowledge and expe...
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Sara Brandellero: ‘We need to protect the city from an excess of light’ 22 September 2022
On 25 September, lights throughout Leiden will be turned off for the Seeing Stars event. What makes the urban night so special? We asked university le...
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Meet Gert Staal 22 September 2022
ACPA is looking forward to work with a new member of their team: Gert Staal, Policy Officer.
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Video production of Richard Barrett's composition 'world-line' 22 September 2022
The Elision Ensemble made a video production of Richard Barrett's half-hour composition 'world-line'.
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Critical of the risks: research into the experiences of military observers 20 September 2022
For his PhD, historian and army major Dion Landstra researched the effectiveness of observers in peace operations in the Balkans between 1991 and 1995...