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Ionica Smeets receives honorary doctorate from Open University13 June 2024Professor of Science Communication Ionica Smeets will be awarded an honorary doctorate by the Open University. She receives the award because she exem...
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The number of threats is increasing. But is the Netherlands less safe?11 June 2024Explosions at people’s homes, gangland killings and online threats: if you follow the news, it may seem as though threat levels in the Netherlands are...
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Symposium report: get out of your silo and become a better scientist11 June 2024How do you set up a successful collaboration between science and practice? That was the main theme of the final meeting of a triptych of symposia on h...
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Visit to Ghana: Leiden University strengthens ties with partners in Africa11 June 2024Leiden University will deepen its cooperation with knowledge institutions in Africa. During a trip to Ghana, a delegation spoke with several African k...
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Dutch Association for Criminology celebrates 50th anniversary in Leiden10 June 2024On Thursday 6 and Friday 7 June, criminologists from across the Netherlands and Flanders descended upon the KOG Building for the sixteenth time. Leide...
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Presentation of Greek-Dutch dictionary: ‘In the end, you have to decide what to do’10 June 2024After a process of more than two decades, the new Greek-Dutch dictionary was presented on Wednesday 5 June. University lecturer Lucien van Beek acted ...
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‘The sun is dying out’ as a wake-up call for better science communication07 June 2024‘Take science communication more seriously.’ This is the message that Ivo van Vulpen, professor by special appointment in Science Communication in Ph...
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Europa Lecture by Iyiola Solanke on ‘A decolonial approach to research and teaching in EU Law’06 June 2024On 24 May, Iyiola Solanke, Jacques Delors Professor in EU Law at the University of Oxford's Faculty of Law and Fellow of Somerville College, gave the ...
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Ben Van Rompuy speaks at Association of European Competition Law Judges annual meeting05 June 2024Ben Van Rompuy participated as an invited expert in the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Association of European Competition Law Judges (AECLJ), which took ...
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Europa Institute hosts roundtable on European elections04 June 2024In collaboration with the University of Amsterdam, the Europa Institute hosted a roundtable on Thursday 30 May on the theme of the upcoming European e...
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Leiden University hosts 2024 Telders International Law Moot Court Competition04 June 2024Leiden University hosted the 47th Telders International Law Moot Court Competition, which took place between 30 May and 1 June 2024.
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English version podcast ‘Scandal and controversy in Russian literature’ launched04 June 2024Following the success of the Dutch version, the podcast 'Scandal and Controversy in Russian Literature' is now also available in English. Senior Unive...
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LIFES: From Reusable Data to New Treatments and Faster Diagnoses04 June 2024Early diagnosis, new treatments, and personalised care: all of these are possible if we can better unlock the wealth of information hidden in health d...
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Professor calls for more focus on brain impairment in suspects31 May 2024In her inaugural lecture on 10 June, Maaike Kempkes, Professor by Special Appointment Enhancing Neuroscientific Knowledge, will call for more attentio...
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Migrants cost European governments less than their native-born citizens do29 May 2024Migrants are far less of a burden on the budget of European countries than is often thought. In many cases, they make a more positive contribution tha...