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Ecology PhD student wins Dutch award for investigative journalism 24 May 2024
PhD student and research journalist Sebastiaan Grosscurt won a Tegel in May. In the data category, Grosscurt and his colleagues won the prestigious Du...
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Why vote in the upcoming European elections? European Law (LL.M.) students explain. 24 May 2024
Between 6 and 9 June, you’ll be able to vote in the European elections. But what can you expect from these elections? What are the most important topi...
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How democratic is our kingdom? New ministry chair for Leiden political scientist 24 May 2024
When we talk about the Kingdom of the Netherlands, it is not just about the Netherlands. On the contrary: our Kingdom consists of no less than four co...
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NWO Summit Grant to investigate fundamental quantum limits 24 May 2024
A consortium including Leiden physicists Carlo Beenakker and Bas Hensen receives an NWO Summit Grant of 35 million euros over the course of ten years....
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Op-Ed by Christa Tobler on EU Law Live on intersectionality in the KlimaSeniorinnen judgment 23 May 2024
EU Law Live is holding an online symposium on “Climate Protection as a European Fundamental Right under the ECHR” with staggered online contributions.
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First scientific images Euclid telescope exceed all expectations 23 May 2024
Space telescope Euclid is capable of unravelling the secrets of the universe. That is what the images published by ESA today show, according to astron...
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Remote sensing for Roman Mallorca with a Chastelain-Nobach fund 23 May 2024
For the past 2 years, Dr Letty ten Harkel has been jointly running an excavation project of a suspected Roman villa site on the Balearic island of Mal...
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Attention to education and culture at lowest point in 20 years 22 May 2024
After an extensive content analysis of the coalition agreement, a sharp fall can be seen in the focus on education & culture, science & technology and...
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New issue of Common Market Law Review available online 22 May 2024
The June 2024 issue of the CML Rev., Vol. 61 No. 3, is now available online.
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Building a sustainable future: 'Combine the forces of natural and social sciences' 22 May 2024
The United Nations has declared May 22 the International Day for Biological Diversity. A moment of global reflection on everything on Earth and its in...
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Short documentary on 50 years archaeology in Oss 22 May 2024
In the student-made documentary, our Field School manager, Dr Arjan Louwen, gives a brief introduction on the importance of the excavation in Oss. Wat...
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Computing with rubber 22 May 2024
Without electronics carrying out computational tasks our daily lives would look very different. Devices such as elevators, vending machines, turnstile...
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Living and Dying with the State 21 May 2024
The state, and specifically the idea of nationality, is almost all-determining in social life in the Netherlands. It determines how people identify, h...
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International spotlight on transparency research 21 May 2024
The 8th Global Conference on Transparency Research (GCTR) took place between 15 and 17 May.
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‘Climate damage and nature loss are unfairly distributed. And so are the solutions’ 21 May 2024
In the fight for a liveable planet, we desperately need a fairer distribution of wealth and equal rights for all, argues anthropology professor Marja ...