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Discover teaching: ‘Take the leap!’11 December 2025Nicky Boer is enrolled in the Educational Master’s Programme in Social Studies/Social Sciences at ICLON, the Leiden University Graduate School of Teac...
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AIVD Director Akerboom in conversation with students: 'Russia is the most urgent threat'10 December 2025During the second Arthur Docters van Leeuwen Lecture on 1 December, Erik Akerboom, Director General of the AIVD, underlined how the changing threat la...
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Breaking the silence: Latin America’s fight against femicide04 December 2025Across Latin America, stories of violence against women reveal how deeply gender, power en inequality are intertwined. Researcher Martín Hernán Di Mar...
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Professor Judi Mesman's portrait festively unveiled in Senate ChamberNews 03 December 2025A truly special moment in the Senate Chamber of the Academy Building: the portrait of Professor Judi Mesman has been unveiled. 'Leiden University only...
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Sofie Hajer wins prize for research on balancing wind energy and biodiversityUnilever Research Prize 01 December 2025How do you combine the growth of wind energy with the protection of vulnerable seabirds? With her master’s thesis on this delicate balance, Sofie Haje...
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LUC The Hague once again recognised as a national top programme28 November 2025Liberal Arts and Sciences: Global Challenges at Leiden University College The Hague has once again been awarded the coveted Top programme label. This ...
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Princeton fellowship for LUC historian Jacqueline HylkemaNews 28 November 2025Jacqueline Hylkema, a cultural historian at LUC, will be appointed at Princeton University from January to June 2026. There, she will conduct research...
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Keuzegids: seven top bachelor's programmes at Leiden University27 November 2025Leiden University has seven top-rated bachelor's programmes according to Keuzigids universiteiten 2026, a consumer guide to university programmes. Thi...
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Care and social-work professionals need to collaborate better – and reflect morePromotion 26 November 2025Many people in the Netherlands experience physical, psychological and social problems at the same time. They therefore rely on support from multiple p...
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A peek inside the life of extremist families26 November 2025PhD candidate Layla van Wieringen examined how extremist beliefs are passed on within households. In her dissertation ‘Rotten Trees, Bad Apples? Under...
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Looking back on the Research Day 2025: It Takes a Village – Shaping Interdisciplinary FuturesCollaboration between FSW and FGGA 26 November 2025'Let's make this a twice-yearly tradition!'– a feeling shared by many after the vibrant Research Day. Engagement started early, with participants conn...
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What if life turns out completely differently than expected?Interview 25 November 2025Jantien Hadders (50), head of Education and Research Policy at FGGA, lost the love of her life and, to her great sadness, did not become a mother. It ...
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Taiwan’s public diplomacy, from the ground upPhD defence 24 November 2025Citizens can shape diplomacy, not just governments. Yung Lin investigates how people in Taiwan and Southeast Asia build trust, negotiate identity, and...
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Ukraine, Gaza, climate and migration: Geopolitics increasingly on the municipality’s plateInterview 24 November 2025From cities that sometimes deviate from national foreign policy to the direct influence of geopolitics on local developments, PhD candidate Pieter Jer...
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'Children are too seldom seen as victims of femicide'Interview 19 November 2025What do we know about the children left behind after (ex-)partner homicide? Director Sara Kolster and professor Marieke Liem joined forces to bring th...