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Unique ‘penis plant’ flowers at Hortus22 October 2021Amorphophallus decus-silvae, or the ‘penis plant’ as it is known, has just flowered at the Hortus botanicus. It flowered for two days, and then the po...
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Former Visual Ethnography lecturer Koen Suidgeest city photographer Leiden20 October 2021People need to get to know each other to see the positive side of migration, according to photographer and documentary maker Koen Suidgeest. Since the...
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Federica Casano about EU tax haven blacklist11 October 2021One of the EU's most heralded weapons against tax avoidance and evasion falls prey to political whims, is applied arbitrarily, and lacks transparency,...
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Is there evidence for an increase in teenage homicides?30 September 2021Recent figures from Statistics Netherlands show that the total number of homicides has decreased in 2020. But the number of homicides among young peop...
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Astronomer Joe Callingham testifies against killer stars in new show on Discovery Channel17 September 2021On Friday evening 17 September, Leiden astronomer Joe Callingham can be seen in a new series on Discovery channel. Killers of the Cosmos is about diff...
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Podcast: Urban Life in Catalonia in the 14th Century with Jeff Fynn-Paul06 September 2021Most of us know that Venice, Genoa, and Florence were major Mediterranean powers during the Renaissance. But did you know that in terms of trade and s...
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New book shows impact of coronavirus on Leiden06 September 2021Tuesday 7 September sees the release of the book ‘Plots stond het Leidse leven stil’ by Charlotte Boin, a freelance writer from Leiden. This book of i...
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Six modes of co-production for sustainability - Marja Spierenburg in Nature Sustainability20 August 2021In a recent publication in Nature Sustainability, an international team led by Josephine Chambers from Wageningen University, and including Marja Spie...
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Ton Liefaard presents at the Francophone association of ombudspersons platform10 August 2021On 8 July 2021, The Francophone Association of Ombudspersons (L’Association des Ombudsmans et des Médiateurs de la Francophonie (AOMF)) launched their...
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Can businesses and employers demand proof of vaccination?09 August 2021Can bars, gyms and travel providers refuse customers who have no proof of vaccination? And can an employer dismiss employees who are not vaccinated? R...
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Watch the best films of Visual Ethnography alumni on Alexander Street Press28 July 2021The Leiden University Visual Ethnography collection has been added to Alexander Street Press, an educational streaming video service. The master’s spe...
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Paul Nieuwbeerta in The Lancet on detainees’ health20 July 2021For the first time, research has been conducted on how the health of detained persons prior to their detention differs from that of non-detainees and ...
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Interview with Christa Tobler in de “Hofvijver” (Montesquieu Instituut)30 June 2021On Monday 28 June 2021, a text based on an interview with Christa Tobler appeared in the Hofvijver (Montesquieu Instituut) on the relationship between...
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Five times more Covid vaccines from a vial with skin injection17 June 2021Not ten but fifty Covid vaccines from one vial. This is possible if the vaccination is delivered into the skin rather than the muscle, research by int...
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CADS student contributes to SOMO research report that is being picked up by international media02 June 2021Doing an internship at a research organisation and contributing to a report that is subsequently picked up by the national and international media. Wh...