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The forgotten deaths of fifteen Chinese workers during the Second World WarNWO XS grant 02 July 2026On 15 April 1942, members of the Dutch military police on Curaçao shot and killed fifteen Chinese Shell workers. Assistant Professor Vincent Chang has...
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Jojanneke van der Toorn receives European career award for research in diversity and inclusionSocial psychology 02 July 2026Social psychologist Jojanneke van der Toorn receives the Mid-Career Award from the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP), one of the leadin...
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Heart valve disease: ‘We want to prevent it.’Inaugural lecture 01 July 2026Heart valve diseases are becoming easier to treat, but there is still much to discover about the cause and progression of these diseases. That is the ...
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Timely research sheds light on failings in Dutch administrative lawPhD research 30 June 2026How can administrative law better protect citizens against the government? A topical and pressing question, says PhD candidate Joyce Esser. On 23 June...
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News shaped the seventeenth-century Atlantic worldBook 30 June 2026When people think of Atlantic trade, they often think of sugar, tobacco and cotton. However, there was something else of crucial importance on board s...
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University reflects on new strategy in times of geopolitical and digital changeStrategic conference 30 June 2026Geopolitical tensions, the rise of AI, declining student numbers... How should Leiden University respond? At the Strategic Conference on 25 June, univ...
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Rethinking sentence transfers: ‘It can mean three, sometimes up to eight years longer in prison’Research 30 June 2026Dutch nationals convicted in another EU Member State who want to serve their sentence in the Netherlands, are not normally entitled to a court hearing...
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A new light on Medieval ceramics chronology of South LimburgMedieval Archaeology 29 June 2026On July 1, Maurice Janssen will defend his doctoral thesis on pottery production in South Limburg during the Middle Ages. For his research, he studied...
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Person-centred care thanks to digital solutionsInaugural lecture 26 June 2026More person-centred care with fewer people may sound contradictory, Professor Jildau Bouwman admits. But it is possible, she argues in her inaugural l...
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Euclid space telescope reveals the heart of the Milky Way in unprecedented detail25 June 2026Scientists from the consortium behind the Euclid space telescope, including researchers at Leiden University, have created the largest and most detail...
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"Leiden is gaining a reputation for hosting meetings on integrity in science"Leiden Declaration on AI 25 June 2026In this editorial, Nature endorses the 'Leiden Declaration on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics', which was published earlier this month by rese...
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Politics Without Politicians: why ordinary citizens should be lawmakersCleveringa Professor 25 June 2026Parliamentary democracy is under severe strain, says Hélène Landemore. Her solution is surprisingly simple: allow ordinary citizens to replace profess...
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Digital vulnerability exposed: is anyone still safe online?Research 25 June 2026Digitalisation affects us all, but in different ways. A new project involving four research consortia has been established to gain a clearer understan...
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‘The cask is the shipping container of the late Middle Ages’Archaeology 25 June 2026What do wooden casks tell us about trade and everyday life between 1300 and 1800? PhD candidate Jeroen Oosterbaan studied the life cycle of this shipp...
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Leiden researchers test a smart lion collar in TanzaniaEnvironmental biology 25 June 2026A new generation of lion collars in Tanzania’s Serengeti shows that human–wildlife encounters are becoming increasingly common. Researchers from Leide...