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Peter Rodrigues on ethnic profiling at Royal Netherlands Marechaussee27 February 2020Victims of ethnic profiling have commenced legal proceedings against the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee. Peter Rodrigues, Professor of Immigration Law...
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Gender beliefs father bigger difference on education25 February 2020Professor Mesman's research shows that the father's gender beliefs makes a bigger difference on the education than the mother's. The website The Good ...
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Nikki Sterkenburg Discusses Extreme Right Activism in Dutch Newspaper Trouw and on Dutch News Programme RTL Nieuws24 February 2020On Wednesday 19 February an extreme right activist killed nine people in the German city of Hanau. A pattern can be discerned in the attacks that occu...
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Correspondence article by Eduard Fosch-Villaronga in Nature Machine Intelligence12 February 2020Robot technology is flourishing in multiple sectors of society, including retail, health care, industry and education. However, are robots representat...
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Back again: border controls in the Schengen area10 February 2020Jorrit Rijpma responds in Dutch newspaper the Volkskrant to attention surrounding the reintroduction of border controls in the Schengen area.
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Room to tighten legislation on family reunification?10 February 2020In order to reduce the great flow of asylum seekers the Netherlands – and also other European countries – is faced with, the review of the entitlement...
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Lively debate after panel on current events in Iran06 February 2020Over 170 people took part in the panel on current events in Iran organized by LUCIS. A bustling crowd of Dutch-Iranians, students, University staff, a...
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Risk profiling Act SyRI off the table06 February 2020This week the regional court in The Hague gave a ruling that has attracted international attention. The State of the Netherlands (Ministry of Social A...
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Looking Back: Alumni on the Rise28 January 2020Graduates of Leiden University College The Hague, Juliette Nicolai and Elena Venturoni on their recent win in the Global Health Case Challenge 2019, C...
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Grotius Centre contributes to media reporting on The Gambia v Myanmar case at the ICJ27 January 2020Cecily Rose, Assistant Professor at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, has been involved in informing media reports about the recent ...
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Media attention for research Marike Knoef on aggression in detention10 January 2020The research conducted by Tilburg University and Leiden University on the relationship between aggression among prisoners and the strictness of the pr...
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More accommodating prison regime leads to less aggression08 January 2020
Aggressive behaviour among prisoners decreased significantly following a number of adjustments in the daily regime at a penal institution. This has be...
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Visit ambassadors to the University Library Special Collections18 December 2019Special visit of seven ambassadors of the Arabic-speaking world to the University Library
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Huub de Groot breaks down artificial photosynthesis12 December 2019In a promotional video for the SUNRISE initiative, prof. Huub de Groot explains the impact and ideas behind artificial photosynthesis.
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Middle Eastern Culture Market 201906 December 2019The fourth edition of the Middle Eastern Culture market was a great success with more than 2000 visitors over the weekend. Attendees participated in t...