News
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Organisations and young alumni provide valuable career tips during Meet the Employer Week 13 December 2021
Career Services of the Faculties Governance and Global Affairs, Social Sciences, and Humanities joined forces to organise the ‘Meet the Employer’ Week...
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First comprehensive study on gun violence in Europe identifies alarming trends 13 December 2021
The steady decline in lethal gun violence in the EU came to halt in 2012 and some countries, such as Sweden, have even noticed an increase since then....
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Pressure on River Management Leads to more Frequent Flooding 13 December 2021
In his new book 'Flooding and Management of Large Fluvial Lowlands', Paul Hudson Associate Professor of Physical Geography at Leiden University Colleg...
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Bert Koenders new chairman of the Foreign Policy Advisory Council 13 December 2021
Bert Koenders, professor of Peace, Law and Security at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs, has been appointed chairman of the Advisory Counc...
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‘The Afghan state has collapsed, but the democratic gains of the past 20 years are not lost’ 13 December 2021
The international conference ‘Lessons from Afghanistan’ touched on many serious issues and raised several reasons for concern. But it also ended on a ...
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Meeting place for and by all students: That is POPCorner, The Hague 13 December 2021
The POPCorner The Hague festive opening week has been postponed due to the more restrictive corona measures, but the website is online, its’ employees...
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In memoriam - Prof. Herman Schaper 1949-2021 07 December 2021
It is with sadness that we have learned of the passing of our former colleague professor Herman Schaper on Tuesday 30 November this year. Herman held ...
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Leiden Leadership Lunch – Uncertainty and innovation in the social domain: The role of leadership 06 December 2021
What opportunities does uncertainty offer with regard to innovative behaviour of professionals and what role does leadership play in this?
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Call for Applications: Teaching Excellence Training for Academic Staff 02 December 2021
What is 'teaching excellence' in Higher Education? Which different teaching excellence training, promotion and reward schemes exist across Europe? How...
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Campus Den Haag hosts 'On Campus' Experience Days 01 December 2021
Last Saturday, Wijnhaven Campus and the Anna van Buerenplein were the setting for the first 'on campus' Experience Days in The Hague since the restri...
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Whale poop reveals plastics problem: three million microplastics per day 01 December 2021
Whales in the vicinity of the city of Auckland, New Zealand consume large amounts of microplastics every day. A team of international researchers reac...
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Lecture Antoaneta Dimitrova in Prague: Freedom is Precious 30 November 2021
Antoaneta Dimitrova, Professor Comparative Governance, presented the Cleveringa Lecture at the Vaclav Havel Library in Prague last week. We spoke to h...
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Students Ruşen and Rana fight for diversity in higher education 29 November 2021
Two Leiden students stand a chance of winning the ECHO Award for Higher Education. Deniz Rana Kuseyri (Rana for short) and Ruşen Koç are two of the si...
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SAILS researcher Anne Meuwese awarded PDI-SSH grant 26 November 2021
The PDI-SSH grant will be used by Meuwese to create a web portal and collection of tools and resources, named ‘WetSuite’, that will help researchers a...
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Olaf van Vliet appointed Professor of Economics 25 November 2021
The Executive Board has appointed Olaf van Vliet as Professor of Economics at Leiden University, specialising in social security and labour market pol...