News
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Students become ‘change agents’ in Sustainability Challenge 29 January 2024
Leiden students working to solve a sustainability problem at the request of an external party: that is the Sustainability Challenge. During a recent s...
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The journey taken by our discarded clothes 22 January 2024
We take our worn, torn and unwanted clothes to the clothing bank, assuming they will get a second chance. But what exactly happens with all those text...
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Two new Leiden members of The Young Academy 16 January 2024
Leiden researchers Fenneke Sysling (Institute for History) and Joris van der Voet (Institute of Public Administration) will be admitted to the Royal N...
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‘My internship changed my view of the public sector’ 16 January 2024
Hidde studies Public Administration and did an internship at the Kennemerland safety region. During his internship, he conducted research effective co...
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Each country interprets human rights differently. But why? 08 January 2024
Why are universal human rights not applied in the same way across the world? This question has long been a topic of debate. Obiora Okafor, Professor o...
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These were Leiden University’s interdisciplinary milestones of 2023 19 December 2023
Connecting worlds, enhancing research and teaching, and providing innovative solutions to complex social issues: that is the idea behind interdiscipli...
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FGGA in 2023: This was the year of our faculty 13 December 2023
2023 was another year full of highlights and special moments for the faculty of Governance and Global Affairs. Find out what the year was like in this...
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Kohei Suzuki receives Kenneth J. Meier Award from the Midwest Political Science Association 13 December 2023
Kohei Suzuki, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Public Administration, has received the Kenneth J. Meier Award for his paper ‘Politicisation, Bu...
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‘My internship has taught me to look around me a bit more sometimes’ 12 December 2023
Public Administration student Iris did an internship at the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations. During her internship, she dealt with elec...
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Textbooks not inclusive: roles are stereotypical, heterosexuality is the norm 11 December 2023
Mum works in healthcare, dad in engineering and everyone is straight: many textbooks still show men and women in stereotypical roles, PhD candidate Te...
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Special issue on 'The European Union and the Governance of Contested Global Spaces' 11 December 2023
Together with College of Europe Professors Sieglinde Gstöhl and Simon Schunz, Joris Larik edited an interdisciplinary special issue for the Journal of...
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Leiden University College: Another quality seal for one of Europe's top Liberal Arts and Sciences programmes 06 December 2023
For the eleventh time in a row, Leiden University’s unique Liberal Arts and Sciences programme has been awarded the ‘Top Rated Programme’ quality seal...
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Climate Casino should excite secondary vocational education students about climate 06 December 2023
Introducing secondary vocational education students to topics such as climate and sustainability in a playful and stimulating way: that is the aim of ...
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Fifteen years of Dual PhD Centre: ‘The programme is solid as a rock’ 05 December 2023
December marks the 15th anniversary of the Dual PhD Centre (DPC). Director Johannes Tromp and associate professor Mark Dechesne look back and ahead. D...
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‘Try to get to know different sides of an organisation during your internship’ 30 November 2023
Annelot did an internship with the crisis management team of ‘Rijkswaterstaat’. During her internship, she was involved in improving an app used for i...