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May employers require employees to be tested for corona?14 August 2020When an employee returns from an area considered to be a corona risk, can their employer require them to have a corona test? This is a complicated iss...
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Emily Anne Wolff in The New York Times on Kenya's Used Clothing Ban13 July 2020The Kenyan second-hand clothing market is depended upon locally by citizens for its low cost, high quality and diversity. To prevent the spread of the...
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Paul van der Heijden appointed on arbitration panel USMCA in the United States02 July 2020USMCA (North American Free Trade Agreement) is the successor to NAFTA – a free trade zone covering Canada, the United States and Mexico. This Agreeme...
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Conflict between Turkey and Greece about territorial waters30 June 2020Thanks to modern technology, it is now possible to extract more gas and oil in the eastern part of the Mediterranean than in the past. As a result, a...
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Cell-based medicinal products: grant rejected, paper published26 June 2020Cell-based medicinal products (CBMPs) belong to an innovative and heterogeneous group of medicines called advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs)....
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Corona putting open Schengen borders under pressure?16 June 2020On 14 June 2020, Maartje van der Woude was invited to participate on NPO Radio 1 to talk about extra controls at borders to prevent the further spread...
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In the media: PhD research Maral Darouei on working from home09 June 2020On Tuesday 9 June 2020, researcher Maral Darouei defended her PhD thesis on sustainable careers. A large part of her research dealt with working from ...
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Anne Marieke van der Wal-Rémy: ‘The Instagram influencer should also be preserved as a historical source’08 June 2020Anne Marieke van der Wal-Rémy, assistant professor of African History and International Studies, has received a Comenius Teaching Fellow grant of 50,0...
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Saniye Çelik on Dutch NOS Radio 1 News: Acknowledging racism and discrimination is the first step to a solution05 June 2020Not only the United States but also the Netherlands are faced with 'systemic problems' to do with racism and discrimination, according to Dutch Prime ...
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André Gerrits: ‘Coronavirus is speeding up social developments'05 June 2020All the world leaders have had to choose an approach during the global Covid-19 crisis. But which approach is the most effective? André Gerrits, Profe...
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Career foreign fighters fuelling conflicts02 June 2020Jeanine de Roy van Zuijdewijn, researcher and lecturer at ISGA, was interviewed by Deutsche Welle (DW) on the topic of career foreign fighters. This i...
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In the media: Rector Carel Stolker on the new academic year07 May 2020How is Leiden University doing in these times of corona, and what kind of new academic year can we expect? Rector Carel Stolker was interviewed by Dut...
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Impact of corona crisis on climate negotiations01 May 2020At the end of 2019, Leiden law student Aoife Fleming was elected UN Youth Representative for Sustainable Development. What impact is the corona crisis...
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Psychologist Jos Brosschot in LD on how isolation can cause stress08 April 2020Chronic stress weakens the immune system, psychologist Jos Brosschot warns in an interview with Leidsch Dagblad newspaper. Social isolation can cause ...
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International media report on Leiden dosage app for corona patients30 March 2020Coen van Hasselt's research group quickly produced an app that enables doctors to determine the correct dosage of commonly used medicines for corona p...