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Call for Papers: Who rules over migrants? Autocratic elements in migration policies 02 May 2024
We are pleased to invite paper proposals for the 1.5-day interdisciplinary workshop: “Who rules over migrants? Autocratic elements in migration polici...
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Knowledge event on the gender pension gap 01 May 2024
On Friday 19 April, Netspar (Network for Studies on Pensions, Aging and Retirement) and Network Vrouwen FNV held a knowledge event at Madurodam in The...
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Psychology Elevator Pitch: How do we solve social dilemmas? 01 May 2024
A clean street, public transportation, or taxes: these are all public goods that keep society running. But how do people decide which public good to i...
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Experience and Voice: Library of Colombian Women Writers - Symposium & Workshop 01 May 2024
From Soledad Acosta de Samper and Albalucía Angel to Hazel Robinson Abrahams and Amalialú Posso Figueroa. During the Symposium & Workshop Experience a...
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Scouring the brain for causes of psychiatric illnesses 01 May 2024
What happens in the brains of people with psychiatric illnesses? With a €23.23 million gravity grant, scientists from different fields will search for...
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The dark side of protecting cultural heritage 30 April 2024
World Heritage status comes at a cost to the local population’s human rights. PhD Candidate Sophie Starrenburg explains the drawbacks of fancy poetic ...
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Green light to build revolutionary new experiment at CERN to search for unknown particles 30 April 2024
After many years of preparations, CERN has approved a groundbreaking new experiment: the Search for Hidden Particles (SHiP). Physicist Alexey Boyarsky...
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Niels Blokker and Brian McGarry organise INTERPOL centenary conference 30 April 2024
Professor Niels Blokker, Schermers Chair and Professor of International Institutional Law, and Dr Brian McGarry, Assistant Professor of Public Interna...
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Ying Zhang looks for the person behind the history 30 April 2024
The Chinese History chair has a long, rich history within Leiden University. Since 1 February, this position has been held by Ying Zhang. ‘Leiden Univ...
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A successful Law, AI & Digitalisation meetup 30 April 2024
On 19 March, Leiden Law School hosted the first Law, AI & Digitalisation Meetup, a collaborative initiative organised by the departments of Public Law...
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Surprise: No methane on the night side of exoplanet WASP-43b 30 April 2024
The night side of exoplanet WASP-43b, to the surprise of astronomers, does not appear to contain methane. It is likely that extreme winds do not allow...
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China as a laboratory for the rest of the world 30 April 2024
Professor of Modern China Florian Schneider researches what people do with technology and what technology does with people. Social media, for example....
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Why North Korea and Southern Africa are dependent on each other 30 April 2024
North Korea may seem like an isolated country but it has strong ties with African regimes. This alliance, which trades in arms despite international s...
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Panel discussion - 'The 2024 European Parliament election: what’s at stake?' 29 April 2024
On Wednesday 24 April 2024, the European Integration cluster at the Institute of Political Science and the Centre for the Study of Political Parties a...
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On this public day on psychedelics, researchers transcend the media hype 29 April 2024
Never before has so much research been carried out on the therapeutic effect of psychedelic drugs. Researchers at the LIBC Public Day are happy about ...