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Keynote by Mayke Kaag at UN about trust and security sector reform13 June 2025
On 2 June, Prof. Mayke Kaag gave a keynote speech at the UN Headquarters in New York. The meeting was organised by the UN’s Security Sector Reform & G...
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Sterre won an award for her research on how CO₂ is changing our foodThesis prize 12 June 2025
Sterre ter Haar has won the Rachel Carson Graduation Prize for her thesis on how rising levels of CO₂ affect the nutrient content of plants. For the I...
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Towards a stronger sector: Insights and ambitions from FGGA & FSW10 June 2025
Connecting, discussing success stories and taking the next steps: that is what the Meet & Greet on the sector plans was all about. On 2 June, nearly 2...
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‘We’re already at war – we’re just acting as though we’re not’Just Peace Dialogues 10 June 2025
‘Our infrastructure is under attack, elections are being influenced and political assassinations being committed. We’re already at war – it just looks...
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A Crisis Forgotten: Sudan06 June 2025
Since 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 2025
A 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 2025
Mariska 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 2025
Dilara 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 2025
The 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 2025
The 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 2025
With 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 2025
On 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 2025
Bringing 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 2025
At 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 2025
In the second-year course Fieldwork NL, Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology students conduct their own full-scale anthropological research...