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Alumnus Sam van Raalte: From psychology to podcast 21 May 2024
How does a psychology graduate end up with a podcast? Alumnus Sam van Raalte followed his passion into freelance journalism. ‘I studied psychology to ...
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According to Professor Sarah Wolff, EU migration agreements are a bad solution to a non-existent problem 17 May 2024
With right-wing parties across Europe riding high in the opinion polls, the debate on migration is expected to become highly tempestuous. Despite this...
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Rosalien van der Poel: 'I’m always busy’ 17 May 2024
Rosalien van der Poel has worked in every nook and cranny of the University over the past 30 years. Now, as institute manager, she is the lynchpin of ...
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How to address sensitive subjects in class? 17 May 2024
The war between Russia and Ukraine, the conflict in Gaza or the global rise of the far-right: topics that stir up emotions but are also regularly disc...
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AI Policy Leaders Academia Award for Gianclaudio Malgieri 16 May 2024
Dr Gianclaudio Malgieri, Associate Professor of Law at eLaw, will receive the AI Policy Leaders Academia Award from CAIDP Europe (Center for AI and Di...
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Carlotta Rigotti at IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2024 16 May 2024
On 13 May 2024, Carlotta Rigotti took to the stage at WOROBET 2024, a workshop dedicated to robot ethics as part of the IEEE International Conference ...
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eLaw publishes self-assessment tool on age assurance for the European Commission 16 May 2024
Simone van der Hof, Professor of Law and Digital Technologies at eLaw, and Mohammed Raiz Shaffique, researcher and PhD candidate at eLaw, have publish...
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Design METIS instrument for the Extremely Large Telescope finalised 16 May 2024
The design for the METIS instrument for the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) is final. The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has given the green ligh...
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Vanessa Mak and Herman Paul new KNAW members 16 May 2024
The KNAW has appointed 17 new members, including Leiden University's Vanessa Mak, Professor of Private Law, and Herman Paul, Professor of History. The...
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Czech Ambassador to The Netherlands visits Leiden to mark the 20 year anniversary of European Enlargement 16 May 2024
On Tuesday, April 16, 2024, students, instructors, staff and other guests gathered at the Faculty Club for an exciting event: a discussion entitled “T...
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Stiffness and viscosity of cells differ in cancer and other diseases 16 May 2024
During illness, the stiffness or viscosity of cells can change. Tom Evers demonstrated this by measuring such properties of human immune cells for the...
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Gianclaudio Malgieri to give keynote speech on fundamental rights and vulnerability at Maastricht University 16 May 2024
Dr Gianclaudio Malgieri, Associate Professor of Law & Technology at eLaw and Co-Director of the Brussels Privacy Hub, will deliver a keynote speech at...
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Ecocide in the Dutch criminal code: a good idea or justified concerns? 15 May 2024
Former Member of Parliament Lammert van Raan (PvdD) and alumna Eva Floris gave a guest lecture on the 13th of May on the Ecocide penalisation initiati...
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King of Sweden visits Leiden University 15 May 2024
Collaborating in drug discovery and health research was the goal of a visit to the Leiden Bio Science Park on 14 May by a Swedish delegation including...
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Dr. Naomi Truan delivers lunchtime talk at Austria Centre Leiden 15 May 2024
Dr. Naomi Truan, Assistant Professor of German Sociolinguistics at the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics delivered a lunchtime talk sponsored b...