News
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The Mindfulnest at the Science Faculty 18 November 2022
Are you in need of some rest, stressed about an exam, or feeling under the weather? Since a few months you can find Mindfulnest at the Science Faculty...
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Tim Kaasjager: 'If you know you can make a unique contribution, you just have to start' 17 November 2022
Trail, FGGA’s online internship platform, exists one year in November. High time to get to know the organisations making use of Trail. What do these o...
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Arnold Tukker receives honorary doctorate at Swedish university 17 November 2022
As one of the first environmental scientists ever, Arnold Tukker received the honorary doctorate at Linköping University on Saturday 12 November. This...
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Workshop at the NIMAR in Rabat: The socio (legal) study of migration in Morocco 16 November 2022
Hosted at the Netherlands Institute in Morocco (NIMAR) in Rabat on 26 and 27 October, 20 junior and senior empirical researchers who all work on migra...
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Eight professors receive double appointment simultaneously 16 November 2022
Delft, Nov. 15th, 2022 – Today, eight professors were simultaneously inaugurated as ‘Medical Delta professors’ at Leiden University, LUMC, TU Delft, E...
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Leiden Healthy Society Center: making Leiden the healthiest city in the Netherlands 10 November 2022
How can the people of Leiden age as well as possible? And what is needed to reduce health disparities? That is the mission of Leiden Healthy Society C...
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Justice and reconciliation in Libya focus of Leiden meeting 09 November 2022
On 25-26 October 2022, a select group of high-level participants gathered in Leiden to discuss research on Libya’s national reconciliation and access ...
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Joanne van der Leun reappointed as Dean of Leiden Law School 09 November 2022
Professor Joanne van der Leun has been reappointed as Dean of Leiden Law School by the Executive Board of Leiden University. She has been appointed un...
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Sarah Cramsey appointed professor: ‘I want to uncover the underrepresented stories in history’ 08 November 2022
Sarah Cramsey was appointed professor by special appointment of Central European Studies at the Institute of History on 14 September. 'I am keen to in...
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Project TARGET: Fatal firearm violence down by 50% since the ‘90s of the previous century 07 November 2022
Project TARGET is a research project aimed at the relation between the illegal arms trade and firearm violence. In a study conducted in seven countrie...
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New ‘university centre’ to be created in former Hudson’s Bay building in downtown The Hague 07 November 2022
Leiden University, together with the Open University and Universities of the Netherlands, will take up residence in the Spui building at Grote Marktst...
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Executive Board column: My concerns about the increased harassment of academics 07 November 2022
Academics increasingly face threats, intimidation and abuse. The WetenschapVeilig platform has been launched to address this. Academics who are being ...
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National platform launched for academics facing abuse 07 November 2022
Academics regularly face threats, intimidation and abuse. The Universities of the Netherlands (UNL), the Dutch Research Council (NWO) and the Royal Ne...
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Leiden-Delft-Erasmus can play an important role in global challenges 01 November 2022
Annetje Ottow, president of the Executive Board of Leiden University, has been the new chair of the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus (LDE) strategic alliance for ...
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‘Migration society asks for an interdisciplinary approach’ 01 November 2022
Peter Scholten is one of the four professors that were officially appointed as Leiden-Delft-Erasmus professor last week. Apart from his appointment at...