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Communicating effectively about Antimicrobial Resistance09 January 2026Building a sustainable, international and interdisciplinary consortium for developing evidence-based communication strategies about Antimicrobial Resi...
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LUF grant for Urban Studies aims to make The Hague safer and greenerInterdisciplinary collaboration 11 December 2025Starting this semester, Urban Studies students will be able to work on the urban development of the municipality of The Hague. A LUF incentive grant w...
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TNO, HUM and the ISSC are jointly developing an ethical chatbot: ‘It is important that communication is tailored to the user’Interdisciplinary collaboration 25 November 2025The ISSC's ICT helpdesk receives dozens of questions from staff and students every day. A collaboration between TNO, LUCL and the ISSC aims to determi...
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New eye tracker for the Babylab27 October 2025The Babylab, part of the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL) and SSH Labs infrastructure, has recently introduced a new eye tracking devic...
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Claartje Levelt new Scientific director of LUCL: 'I want to give something back to the institute'’07 October 2025Claartje Levelt was appointed Scientific Director of LUCL on 1 September. We want to create new opportunities, especially now.’
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Stephan Raaijmakers: ‘Everyone within Humanities can contribute to the study of AI’03 September 2025Stephan Raaijmakers has been Professor of Communicative AI since 1 May. Prior to this, he had held this position for five years as professor by speci...
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Gijsbert Rutten new professor of Dutch Linguistics03 September 2025Gijsbert Rutten has been appointed professor of Dutch Linguistics with effect from 1 July. In this position, he will focus on language change and lang...
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Thirteen NWO Open Competition XS grants for Leiden researchersResearch funding 12 August 2025From medicines from snake venom to supercrops and the origin of words. Thirteen researchers from Leiden University will receive Open Competition XS gr...
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Veni grants for 18 Leiden researchers17 July 2025Eighteen researchers from Leiden University have been awarded a Veni grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). This grant gives promising young resea...
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What makes a text ‘gender fair’? ‘Concealing gender actually promotes stereotyping’14 July 2025How do you write a job advertisement that appeals to both men and women? This question is particularly pressing in French, where every noun has a clea...
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Hyperlocal journalism: ‘Brings the neighbourhood together’14 July 2025Neighbourhood newspapers, newsletters and Facebook groups: Leiden residents have dozens of ways to keep each other informed about news in their neighb...
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4 KIEM grants for Humanities03 July 2025Four projects led by the Faculty of Humanities have been awarded KIEM grants. The researchers will receive €10,000 to carry out their plans.
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Africa Thesis Award for Baleseng Maeneche18 June 2025Baleseng Maeneche (University of the Western Cape) has won the Africa Thesis Award 2024 with a master's thesis on media representation of male perpetr...
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Sjef Barbiers moves to INT: ‘Especially in times of AI, we need to keep Dutch relevant’19 May 2025Professor Sjef Barbiers is leaving his job as scientific director of LUCL for the position of scientific director of the Institute for the Dutch Langu...
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Adopted from China, back there as a journalist: ‘I want to break the stereotypes’Alumnus interview 17 April 2025Cindy Huijgen was adopted from China and has wanted to return all her life. This Chinese Studies and Journalism & New Media alumnus is now a correspon...