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How should we deal with global warming? Anthropologist Marja Spierenburg answers this question on the “Beste-ID” platformGlobal warming 04 December 2025At the end of 2024, the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency stated that it is “highly unlikely that the Netherlands will achieve its statutory...
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The Digital Omnibus is a risk for our digital rights26 November 2025Gianclaudio Malgieri, Associate Professor of Law & Technology at eLaw, was interviewed by EUobserver and Al Jazeera English on the European Commission...
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Risks of radical changes to some of the GDPR pillars12 November 2025EUobserver has published an article on the European Commission’s leaked 'Digital Omnibus' draft, featuring comments by Gianclaudio Malgieri, Associate...
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Anthropologist Andrew Littlejohn on NU.nl: 'With Trump taking office, the tide is turning on disaster management'"in the media 23 October 2025More than twenty years ago, Hurricane Katrina devastated the southern United States with nearly 1,400 deaths. Due to climate change, the lessons from ...
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Participatory governance: new publication by Malgieri & Kaminski in the Yale Journal of Law & Technology04 September 2025
Associate Professor Gianclaudio Malgieri (eLaw – Center for Law and Digital Technologies) and Professor Margot E. Kaminski (University of Colorado Law...
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Anthropologist Sander Hölsgens on The Conversation on what schools can learn from skate cultureThe Conversation 29 July 2025Skateboarding philosophy can transform education in numerous ways. Together with colleagues, Sander researched the value of skateboarding in education...
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Anthropologist Radhika Gupta in Dutch media (NOS) on India-Pakistan border ceremony16 May 2025Despite the political tensions between India and Pakistan, there is a ceremony every evening to close the Attari-Wagah border crossing. Anthropologist...
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Anthropologist Marja Spierenburg in KlimaatHelpdesk on relevance of Indigenous knowledge in tackling the climate crisis15 May 2025Indigenous knowledge, and the knowledge of other local groups, plays a crucial role in tackling climate change. This knowledge provides local insights...
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Anthropologist Sander Hölsgens in Leidsch Dagblad on how skateboarding is changing the city10 April 2025Sander Hölsgens is a skater and anthropologist. He has been skating since he was 11 years old and has been conducting research on skateboarding, the c...
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Anthropologist Erik de Maaker in Dutch newspaper on ‘isolated communities'09 April 2025A recent arrest of an American tourist who left a can of coke on North Sentinel Island has once again drawn attention to one of 'the world's most isol...
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Interview Tom Theuns in IQ Magazine: “NATO Resembles a House of Cards”01 April 2025The rise of authoritarianism, the strengthening of the radical right, and the role of the EU in defending democracy—these are just a few of the issues...
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New Report from Leiden University's International Institute of Air and Space LawResearch report 19 March 2025The International Institute of Air and Space Law (IIASL) at Leiden University has released a report highlighting that the European Air Traffic Managem...
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New article: 'Assessing the (severity of) impacts on fundamental rights'11 March 2025
Gianclaudio Malgieri, Associate Professor at eLaw, has published a new article together with Cristiana Santos, Assistant Professor at Utrecht Universi...
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Professor by special appointment Saniye Çelik wins Woman in the Media Award: 'Important that women have a voice in public debate'11 March 2025Saniye Çelik, Professor by Special Appointment of Diversity, Inclusion, and Policing at Leiden University, has received the Woman in the Media Award a...
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Klokhuis episode about blushing and smiling? Your vote counts06 March 2025Who wouldn’t want their own episode of Het Klokhuis? Researchers Milica Nikolic and Chris Riddell are in the running for the Klokhuis Wetenschapsprijs...