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Interest organisations take legal action ‘so that most vulnerable are heard’12 April 2024Interest organisations are increasingly taking legal action and that’s a good thing for democracy, says PhD candidate Rowie Stolk. ‘It means that the ...
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Lawyers' risks: crown witness cases and extra secure communication tools11 April 2024How can we guarantee the safety of the crown witness scheme for both crown witnesses and lawyers? How can we ensure that online conversations between ...
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‘I am not conscious about what I spend my money on’10 April 2024How do you make sure you have enough money every month? Do you receive a basic grant, have a part-time job or do you borrow for your studies? Below, a...
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Minister Van Leeuwen gives guest lecture on current global developments‘We need to be equally tough – otherwise it will be difficult to defend our interests internationally.’ 09 April 2024On Monday 8 April, a high-profile guest visited Leiden Law School. Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Geoffrey van Leeuwen g...
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Academics requesting retraction of FAO report that misrepresents their research09 April 2024Paul Behrens (Leiden University) and Matthew Hayek (New York University) have responded to an FAO report on livestock pathways which misrepresented th...
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Creating a sustainable university: ‘You need breathing space for activist work’08 April 2024More papers, more grants, more students: constant growth is still the gold standard at universities. Neuroscientists Anne Urai and Claire Kelly argue ...
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Child rights expert sounds the alarm: ‘Global crises are hitting children hardest’08 April 2024Wars, climate change and the effects of covid have caused a global decline in children’s well-being. In her inaugural lecture Ann Skelton, Professor o...
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DNA analysis of historical mosquitoes will help us understand malaria transmission05 April 2024Researchers from Leiden University, McMaster University and Public Health Ontario are calling on colleagues to track down archival specimens of mosqui...
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Optimisation software 'Kernel Tuner' ready for serious use05 April 2024LIACS assistant professor Ben van Werkhoven leads the development of software for optimising graphics processing units. By now, version 1.0 of 'Kernel...
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Antwerp Honorary Doctorate for Marc Koper: Significant recognition for sustainable energy research02 April 2024A festive and honourable visit to our southern neighbours for professor Marc Koper. On Thursday 23 March, he received an honorary doctorate at the Uni...
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Black hole images are not just simple "photographs", but the product of complex human choices (and can be seen at the Rijksmuseum Boerhaave)02 April 2024In April 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration released the first-ever image of a black hole. Anthropologist Rodrigo Ochigame was inte...
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Anthropologist working for the government01 April 2024Saskia van Otterloo works as a policy advisor on climate adaptation at the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management in the Netherlands. She gra...
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The Future of Ethics in Caribbean Archaeology Workshop28 March 2024From March 11th to 14th, the workshop "The Future of Ethics in Caribbean Archaeology," led by IN THE SAME SEA Postdoctoral Fellow Felicia Fricke and h...
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UMCs join forces to increase pandemic preparedness28 March 2024Four university medical centres, including the LUMC, are joining forces to increase pandemic preparedness in the Netherlands. They are creating a netw...
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How can we banish racism from education?28 March 2024A safe haven for students, more bicultural staff and more powers for diversity officers. In a national expert meeting at Campus The Hague, administrat...