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Tools for public authorities to be more transparent about algorithmic profiling05 June 2025Public authorities fail to inform citizens, or inform them too little or too late, about the use of algorithmic profiling in administrative decisions....
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“Hope springs eternal”: Protest and social movements in the NetherlandsKIEM grant 05 June 2025Mariska Jung (FGGA), Looi van Kessel (FGW), and Jasmijn Rana (FSW) have received a KIEM grant of €10,000 together with the Institute for Social Justic...
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‘Doing a PhD is never boring!’ How Guido Stam built a microscope that can measure bacteria without causing harmPHYSICS 05 June 2025A microscope with incredible sharpness that leaves samples unharmed – Guido Stam helped develop one. During his PhD research, he combined light and el...
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Two NWO Mosaic 2.0 grants awarded to cultural anthropology PhDs04 June 2025Dilara Erzeybek and Oumaima Hajri, two PhD students in Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology received a Mosaic 2.0 grant last week. This NWO...
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Olga Ceran and Vicky Kosta give a lecture for the Eurodoc Ambassador Programme03 June 2025On 22 May, Olga Ceran and Vicky Kosta gave a lecture for the Eurodoc Ambassador Programme for Values and Democracy in European Research and Higher Edu...
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Hora est! Exhibition reveals the ritual world of earning a PhDAnniversary 03 June 2025A dissertation covered in hot pink faux fur, antique prints of PhD ceremonies, a pot encrusted with sealing wax: the Hora est! anniversary exhibition ...
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Medical milestone at LUMC: first Dutch patient receives CAR T-cell therapy for autoimmune disease03 June 2025The LUMC has become the first institution in the Netherlands to treat a patient with an autoimmune disease using CAR T-cell therapy. This marks a sign...
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Afraid of the vacuum cleaner? ‘Uncertainty about the world can cause anxiety in young children’Social Sciences Connect 02 June 2025People suffer from anxiety wait on average twelve years before seeking professional help. That’s a pity and it’s unnecessary, says development psychol...
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Christa Tobler co-author of new version of Q&A on EU-Swiss negotiations29 May 2025On 21 May 2025, the chief negotiators of Switzerland and the EU Brevier initialled a package of agreements intended to strengthen their legal ties tha...
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Olga Ceran speaks at the ICON-S BENELUX Chapter Conference in Brussels28 May 2025On 23 May 2025, Olga Ceran spoke at the ICON-S Benelux Chapter conference dedicated to ‘Public Law in an Age of Contestation and Systemic Change’. Thi...
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Delegation from Nagasaki University visits Leiden UniversityCollaboration 27 May 2025A delegation from Nagasaki University visited Leiden University at the end of May. Ikematsu Kazuya, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Nagasaki Univer...
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Maartje van der Woude appointed as Series Editor for prestigious Routledge book series27 May 2025Professor Maartje van der Woude, Professor of Law & Society at the Van Vollenhoven Institute, has been appointed as one of the three new series editor...
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Big Tech and the resilience of the demcratic rule of law27 May 2025On 26 May, Reijer Passchier, Assistant Professor at Leiden Law School, spoke before the Standing Committee on Digitalisation of the Dutch Senate, duri...
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From cheers to tense sighs: results Kiem lottery 2025 announced27 May 2025At a festive gathering, 25 projects were awarded a Kiem grant 2025 - 2026 of 10,000 euros. Interdisciplinary teams from Leiden University will conduct...
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High diversity in lifeways among early Caribbean inhabitants26 May 2025The first settlers of the Caribbean have long been regarded as bands of highly mobile groups who subsisted exclusively by hunting, gathering, and fish...