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'Dissociation in borderline personality disorder can hinder daily life and the course of therapy'Borderline personality disorder 19 January 2026Dissociation is a common symptom in borderline personality disorder and is associated with an increased risk of suicidality and self-harm. Dialectical...
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Hardline migration policy pushes ICE towards violence – could it happen here?Current affairs 16 January 2026An ICE agent fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis on 7 January, igniting nationwide fury over escalating federal violence. Could such an incident oc...
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Olga Ceran awarded the Mellon/SAR Academic Freedom Fellowship 2025/2616 January 2026Dr Olga Ceran has been selected as a 2025/26 Mellon/SAR Academic Freedom Fellow. As one of 11 fellows in this year’s cohort, she will work on a projec...
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How do you decide on the future of a child placed in care?Research project 15 January 2026When a child is placed in care, the assumption is always that the child can return home again. But there are still many questions about how this proce...
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Aya Rizk examines automation’s impact on public administration decision-making15 January 2026The lecture series 'Humanity in the Automated State' held its second session on 12 January 2026, at Leiden Law School. Dr Aya Rizk, Linköping Universi...
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Who takes the lead when no one is in charge?interview 15 January 2026Police, municipalities and public organisations increasingly work together in networks to solve social problems. Cooperation is necessary but complex....
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New traffic controller discovered on DNA railway15 January 2026A new LUMC study has changed our understanding of how cells work. Researchers have discovered that the CFAP20 protein acts as a kind of ‘traffic cont...
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How minority governments could benefit the NetherlandsPhD defence 15 January 2026Minority governments only become an option when attempts to form a government collapse. PhD candidate Corné Smit explored why such governments have be...
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'Materiality, Religion and the Senses': L*CeSAR organizes its first workshop14 January 2026On 11 December 2025, students and staff members from many fields of study had the opportunity to take part in a day-long workshop on the role of the s...
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Hora Hester Bijl! Farewell to a rector who steered the university through turbulent timesFarewell 14 January 2026The university bid farewell to its Rector Magnificus, Hester Bijl, on 13 January during the ‘Hester’s Highlights’ symposium. The themes of the day wer...
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Endowment supports Egyptology research in Leiden13 January 2026An alumnus who wishes to remain anonymous has endowed a named fund to support Dr Miriam Müller’s historical and archaeological research on the earlies...
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Lion conservation in Kenya: why one approach does not fit allBiodiversity 13 January 2026Lions in Kenya respond very differently to human land use, climate and conservation practices. That is the conclusion of thesis from Leiden biologist ...
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'On 1 January I’ll quit for good!': Can you visualise your way out of a smoking addiction?Behaviour change 12 January 2026A million people in the Netherlands attempt to quit smoking each year, often without lasting success. Health psychologist Kristell Penfornis carried o...
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the Europa Institute successfully helped apply for an ICM+ grant12 January 2026In 2025, the Europa Institute successfully helped apply for an ICM+ grant allowing student and staff exchange between Leiden and the Diego Portales Un...
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Children’s services need better data collection: ‘How can we prevent out-of-home placements?’Inaugural lecture 12 January 2026What reduces the likelihood of children being taken into care? At present, child protection services don’t have the data to answer that question. In h...