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Expert gathering in Florence to rethink enforcement of EU digital law through the lens of the rule of law16 April 2025As Europe’s digital regulatory landscape continues to expand, scholars from across Europe and beyond gathered in Florence for a two-day Expert Roundta...
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Health Campus explores effect of neighbourhood approach for healthy Hague generation16 April 2025A generation is growing up in The Hague Southwest with little room for manoeuvre. Researchers from Health Campus The Hague are following what the BRUI...
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Unknown, but not unlovedDutch people know little about the Caribbean islands; yet they want to maintain the connection 16 April 2025Do you know what the capital of St Eustatius is? Or which province Curaçao belongs to? No idea? You are not the only one: the majority of European Dut...
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Article from 1984 remains a hit: citation count passes 10,000Mijlpaal 16 April 2025It was already the most cited publication ever written at our faculty, but now a new milestone has been reached. Last month, a paper by emeritus profe...
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Public Administration student Benito investigated benefits scandal: ‘Rules can profoundly impact lifes’Interview Benito Walker 16 April 2025The child benefits scandal caused significant harm to families. The independent Hamer Commission specifically investigated the link between the scanda...
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Podcasts for Easter11 April 2025Got an hour to spare over the long weekend? Then listen to an episode of the new podcasts that have seen the light of day at the faculty in recent mon...
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Anthropologist Sander Hölsgens in Leidsch Dagblad on how skateboarding is changing the city10 April 2025Sander Hölsgens is a skater and anthropologist. He has been skating since he was 11 years old and has been conducting research on skateboarding, the c...
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AIV advice on hybrid threats and societal resilience10 April 2025On 2 April 2025, Anna Marhold, a member of the Peace and Security Committee of the AIV and Assistant Professor at the Grotius Centre for International...
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Anthropologist Erik de Maaker in Dutch newspaper on ‘isolated communities'09 April 2025A recent arrest of an American tourist who left a can of coke on North Sentinel Island has once again drawn attention to one of 'the world's most isol...
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Liru Feng wins LION Image Award 2025PHYSICS 07 April 2025Fifty euros, a place on the LION photo wall and eternal fame: this is what the winner of the annual LION Image Award gets. This year, the prize goes t...
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New Horizons in Physics prize for Sebastiaan Haffert: ‘Very honoured’Scientific prize 07 April 2025‘The Oscars of the natural sciences’, is what they are called: the Breakthrough Prizes awarded annually in America by the Breakthrough Foundation. Par...
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Patchwork of police checks across Schengen area04 April 2025The Schengen countries officially abolished border controls, but checks actually still exist. Maartje van der Woude has written a book about these vei...
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Historical research shows how Leiden University and city council benefitted from colonialism03 April 2025Leiden University contributed to colonialism and slavery through its research and teaching. And governors and residents of Leiden had an active role i...
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Ammodo Science Fellowship for Sophie Rose's research on the perception of mental illness in the Dutch East Indies03 April 2025Sophie Rose is one of the fellows of the Ammodo Science Fellowship 2024. She will use this fellowship to conduct research at Leiden University.
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Fieldwork in the Favela's: Political scientist Juan Masullo Receives Award03 April 2025Juan Masullo J., Assistant Professor at Leiden University’s Institute of Political Science, has been named a 2025 Harry Frank Guggenheim Distinguished...