The maths level of Dutch primary school children? Nothing to write home about. At least, that’s the common perception. But according to researchers Ma...

Researcher Daan van der Vliet, together with colleagues from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Leiden University and Utrecht University, has...

Simple answer: the government, airlines, and shareholders. But local residents and other stakeholders also voice their views about Schiphol, even usin...

Millions of people in the Netherlands have been affected by data breaches in recent months. There have been calls for stricter legislation, but Gerrit...

Which roles did books have in prayer in the late Middle Ages? What did the interaction with these books by readers and users look like? And how can we...

People who smile empathically at someone’s happiness or frown at their suffering become more attractive. Conversely, smiling out of schadenfreude does...

Starting in September 2026, Leiden University in The Hague will begin establishing a new Knowledge Centre for Kingdom Relations. In addition to bringi...

As artificial intelligence continues to transform recruitment and workplace practices, questions around transparency, fairness, and trust are becoming...

Matthew DiGiuseppe, Associate Professor at the Institute of Political Science at Leiden University, has been awarded an NWO XS grant for his project ‘...

The EU aims to combat tax avoidance with a blacklist, but this policy has far-reaching consequences for non-European countries. It leads to unequal tr...

Researchers Marit Ruitenberg and Janna Marie Bas-Hoogendam have received NWO-XS grants for their research projects on freezing in Parkinson’s disease ...

With the introduction of the House of Cyber the Dutch government seeks to address a long standing concern among politicians, policymakers, and cyberse...

Egypt serves as a strategic gateway to Africa and the Middle East. For that reason, Luc Sels, President of the Executive Board and a delegation visite...

The American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting is one of the largest and most influential interdisciplinary scientific confere...

For the university-wide theme ‘Trust in polarised times’, researchers from Leiden and The Hague are joining forces. On Friday 5 June, the theme will b...