News
-
Coffee with Gert and Niels: ‘Positive results, strong growth and new challenges’30 September 2025The balance is positive: the faculty is growing faster than expected, reserves have been built up, and new programmes are attracting many students. At...
-
Clingendael Institute hosts MIRD students in exclusive welcome event27 September 2025On 19 September 2025, the Netherlands Institute of International Relations or the ‘Clingendael Institute’ welcomed first-year students of the Advanced...
-
From street harassment to abuse of power: social dynamics of gender-based violence23 September 2025From street harassment to coercive control: gender-based violence has many faces. Assistant professor Mischa Dekker has studied street harassment in t...
-
Inclusive leadership beyond polarisation22 September 2025Polarisation is pervasive: in the workplace, within teams, and even at the top of organisations. Discussions become entrenched, emotions rise, and col...
-
Thriving together: How Ghana’s forest communities and ecosystems stay resilient10 September 2025At a time when the climate crisis demands global action, Leiden University College’s (LUC) research project REFloC (Resilient Ecosystems and Flourishi...
-
MIRD Students visit international organisations in The Hague09 September 2025On 5 and 8 September 2025, first-year students of the Advanced MSc in International Relations and Diplomacy (MIRD) visited the Organisation for the Pr...
-
Everyone has the right to food security, in peacetime and during armed conflict03 September 2025Food security touches upon human rights, international law and sustainable development. These frameworks are not separate worlds but deeply interconne...
-
Flying pencil links Leiden and The Hague at launch of new degree programmesLeiden University celebrates start of academic year with new programmes in The Hague 02 September 2025It was a memorable start to September. While Leiden marked the opening of the academic year, The Hague celebrated the launch of three new degree progr...
-
BSc Security Studies Graduation Ceremonies: ‘See you in the future’02 September 2025On Friday 29 August, the Wijnhaven was filled with a special mix of first-year students just beginning their academic journey, and students who, after...
-
Big tech hard to keep up with: ‘Time for government action’Interview Alex Ingrams 01 September 2025From closed government systems in the Middle East to an exceptionally open Dutch government. Public administration lecturer Alex Ingrams is an expert ...
-
LUC sustainability students transform the Geul river into a living laboratory21 August 2025LUC sustainability students dive into the Geul river to study rewilding. Through fieldwork and lab research, they explore biodiversity, water quality,...
-
MIRD Graduation – Class of 2025: ‘More than a degree’09 July 2025A day full of celebration, gratitude and even a few tears: that was the 2025 graduation of the two-year Advanced MSc International Relations and Diplo...
-
A stronghold of freedom: how IncLUsion welcomes refugee students into the academic communityGraduation incLUsion 30 June 2025The incLUsion programme offers refugees who are not yet able to enrol as regular students the opportunity to take part in university education. Simon ...
-
Self-scan inclusive leadership: a mirror and conversation starter27 June 2025
As society becomes increasingly diverse, public organisations are being challenged to adapt their services to ensure that everyone feels heard and see...
-
Global governance in practice: EU & UN Summer School 202526 June 2025From 16 to 20 June 2025, the Institute of Security and Global Affairs of Leiden University hosted the annual Summer School The European Union, the Uni...