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A Crisis Forgotten: Sudan06 June 2025Since April 2023 the current war in Sudan has brought larger death, destruction, and displacement than any other ongoing armed conflict on earth. And ...
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Children learn how medicines work: ‘Some pills go in your bottom!’Education 05 June 2025A pill can make you better, but how exactly does it work? Primary school children from The Hague found out during a visit to the Centre for Human Drug...
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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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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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Cabinet's collapse no surprise: ‘Lack of leadership and policy’Interview 03 June 2025The fall of the Schoof cabinet comes as no surprise to Arco Timmermans, an expert in public affairs. Over a year ago, he advised informateur Kim Putte...
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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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The people who lose out in the climate transition27 May 2025With the climate transition in full swing, polluting industries must adapt and shift to more sustainable production methods. Workers in this sector mu...
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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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Leiden-developed drug candidate ready for final clinical trial phaseImpact 27 May 2025Bringing your drug candidates to patients is what many academic chemists dream about, but the road to this goal is long and bumpy. Now, Leiden small m...
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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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Anthropology students explore how buildings shape student life at MBORijnlandInterview 26 May 2025In the second-year course Fieldwork NL, Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology students conduct their own full-scale anthropological research...
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How can the humanitarian disaster in Gaza be stopped?Interview 26 May 2025Famine, bombing of civilians and the almost complete destruction of Gaza. The world looks on at an unfolding humanitarian disaster. Why have our inter...
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Children’s rights professor: ‘Children should figure in every decision you make’Leidraad 26 May 2025Professor Ton Liefaard has worked to improve the position of children since his academic career began. Vulnerable children are given a voice in his re...
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Suicide prevention professor: ‘Talking saves lives’Inaugural lecture 22 May 2025Despite an increase in prevention efforts, the suicide rate in the Netherlands has not decreased in recent years. According to Professor of Suicide Pr...
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What to expect from the NATO Summit in The HagueInsights 19 May 2025With strained US relations and war in Ukraine, difficult discussions lie ahead at the NATO summit in The Hague this June. What’s at stake, and what mi...