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‘When a student sees the light, that’s what fulfills me’ 26 October 2023
'Education has always been something I am very interested in,' says the passionate Michiel Hogerheijde. He was already chairman of the astronomy progr...
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Congratulations, Dr. André Brasil! 26 October 2023
On 24 October 2023, André Brasil Varantes Pinto successfully defended his PhD thesis at Leiden University.
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Jim Been new PhD Dean - 'I hope to alleviate certain pressures that PhD candidates might feel' 25 October 2023
The Associate Professor at the Institute of Tax Law and Economics is one of two PhD deans at Leiden Law School and started in this position on 1 Octob...
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Koenraad Schalm new Programme Director of the Physics master 25 October 2023
Koenraad Schalm will be the new programme director of the Physics master starting 1 November. He has been appointed for a period of four years. Schalm...
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Suzan Stoter new Dean of Leiden Law School 24 October 2023
Prof. Suzan Stoter will be the Dean of Leiden Law School at Leiden University as of 1 January 2024. The Leiden University Executive Board has appointe...
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Policing as the dominant theme in Saniye Çelik’s career: from police officer to Professor of Diversity and Inclusion 24 October 2023
She started her career in the police force, walking the beat as an officer. Now she has been installed as Professor by Special Appointment of Diversit...
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Gianclaudio Malgieri appointed to the Programme Committee of PLSC 19 October 2023
Gianclaudio Malgieri, Associate Professor of Law and Board member at eLaw, has been appointed to the Programme Committee of PLSC, the Privacy Law Scho...
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Honouring a mathematical legacy: Edixhoven fellow tries to understand millennia-old problems 19 October 2023
Not all problems are easy to solve, but with enough bright minds, you make progress step by step. ‘The kind of problems I am interested in have been o...
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New professor Suzan Verberne aims to bring large language models and search engines closer together 12 October 2023
Suzan Verberne has been appointed professor of Natural Language Processing at the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS) from 1 October...
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Microbiome ecology professor Ákos Kovács' new job feels like coming home 09 October 2023
‘Working in Leiden is a dream come true.’ Ákos Kovács studied in his birth country Hungary and worked in Germany, Denmark and Groningen. As professor ...
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Elena Maria Rossi continues her search for the origins of the largest black holes, but now as a professor 09 October 2023
Elena Maria Rossi is fascinated by black holes. Her appointment as a professor was a long-held wish, partly because there are so few female professors...
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Mamadou Hébié represents Latvia and the African Union in landmark use of force and climate change cases 27 September 2023
Dr Mamadou Hébié, Associate Professor of International Law at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, served last week as legal counsel in...
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Rob van Nieuwpoort new professor of Efficient Computing and eScience 27 September 2023
As of 1 October Rob van Nieuwpoort is the new professor of Efficient Computing and eScience at the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIA...
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Meet the new members of the Cultural Anthropology OLC 2023-2024 25 September 2023
Liselotta Jahnke, Jason Irwin, Rachel Cruickshank and Paula Kovač are the new student members of the Programme Committee (OLC). This committee advises...
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In Memoriam Johan Lugtenburg 25 September 2023
The fastest chemical reaction in the universe takes place inside our eyes.