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Human Rights and Food Security – Legal Training for Professionals at LUC23 June 2025Food security is increasingly under pressure due to rising inequality, climate change, and armed conflict. From 28 October, Leiden University College ...
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Experience ‘Shelter’: An underground VR-experience about Ukraine20 June 2025In a world increasingly shaped by conflict, it becomes ever more important to create space for empathy, understanding, and informed public discourse. ...
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Leiden University College writing project brings students together: ‘I am a kitchen in Gaza, and now it is dark’19 June 2025What happens when students from three very different contexts come together to explore the social determinants of health? This spring, students from L...
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'No study is as relevant as Security Studies, you learn about everything that is going wrong in the world right now'18 June 2025Four students who completed the Bachelor's in Security Studies share their experiences. What did they learn? Where did they end up after graduating? A...
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How hand gestures and a brief hallway chat encourage policy-makingInterview 17 June 2025What if the real decisions aren’t found in policy documents, but are rather made in the hallway? In international book project ‘Informality in Policym...
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An ethical compass is crucial to intelligence workInaugural lecture 16 June 2025Intelligence and security services often operate in the shadows – a place where ethics must shine bright. In his inaugural lecture, Michael Kowalski c...
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MIRD students engage with high-level diplomacy during Geneva study tripEduaction 16 June 2025From 26 to 28 May, second-year students of the Advanced MSc International Relations and Diplomacy (MIRD) participated in the programme's annual visit...
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Towards a stronger sector: Insights and ambitions from FGGA & FSW10 June 2025Connecting, 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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How does the European Union tackle disinformation? ‘Much more than a security issue’Interview met Sophie Vériter 06 June 2025During her work for the European Union, Sophie Vériter witnessed how young people in countries like Ukraine and Moldova were exposed to Russian propag...
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A Crisis Forgotten: Sudan06 June 2025Since 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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From theory to diplomacy: MIRD students present final thesisEducation 06 June 2025On Friday 23 May 2025, second-year students of the Advanced MSc in International Relations and Diplomacy (MIRD) marked a significant academic mileston...
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“Hope springs eternal”: Protest and social movements in the NetherlandsKIEM grant 05 June 2025Mariska 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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Cabinet's collapse no surprise: ‘Lack of leadership and policy’Interview 03 June 2025The 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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Experts share insights during the Night of Digital Security: ‘The enemy is often invisible’28 May 2025The digital age offers unprecedented opportunities: information is always accessible, systems are interconnected, and processes are automated. However...
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How can the humanitarian disaster in Gaza be stopped?Interview 26 May 2025Famine, bombing of civilians and the almost complete destruction of Gaza. The world looks on at an unfolding humanitarian disaster. Why have our inter...