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Lecture series 'Europa in de Praktijk' to start again in April 2023 24 February 2023
The Europa Institute is once again organising the lecture series 'Europa in de Praktijk' (Europe in Practice). Students are offered the unique opportu...
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Interdisciplinarity offers ‘golden opportunities’ but not without big changes 23 February 2023
How should we organise interdisciplinary work within Leiden University? This was the key question at a symposium organised by the Liveable Planet inte...
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Prime Minister gives lecture to first-year students. ‘Democracy will always be stronger than tyranny’ 22 February 2023
A year after the start of the war in Ukraine, Mark Rutte, the Dutch prime minister, gave a guest lecture to first-year law students in the Cleveringa ...
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Turkish and Syrian students talk to Rector about possible support 22 February 2023
A group of Turkish and Syrian students from the university are raising money for victims of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. Two of them met Recto...
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Demy Jongkind holds webinar on grant tables 21 February 2023
On Thursday 16 February, Demi Jongkind, PhD candidate at the Institute for Constitutional and Administrative Law, held a webinar discussing her resear...
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Freya Baetens appointed to the Chair in EU External Economic Law 21 February 2023
The Europa Institute is delighted to announce the appointment of Freya Baetens to the Chair in EU External Economic Law.
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Data analysis of dark web forums in the fight against child sexual abuse 20 February 2023
By far the majority of users of child sexual abuse networks (or child porn forums as they are sometimes called) on the dark web do not actively commun...
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New issue Common Market Law Review 17 February 2023
The February 2023 issue of the CML Rev., Vol. 60 No. 1 is now available online.
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Third prize for Bettina Schmiedler at Leiden University Thesis Awards 16 February 2023
At the Leiden University Thesis Awards ceremony, law student Bettina Schmiedler won third prize for her socio-legal study on corporate social responsi...
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Heleen Andriessen publishes on sexual harassment in the workplace 16 February 2023
The fact that sexual harassment in the workplace is a persistent problem became painfully clear again last year, especially after the widely watched ‘...
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Gerrard Boot on embedding of zzp'ers within organisation 14 February 2023
The Dutch cabinet wants to stop organisations from using zzp’ers (self-employed professionals) for work that is deemed to be embedded in the organisat...
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Emma van der Vos on curbing income inequality 13 February 2023
Excessive remuneration of top executives often sparks heated debate in the Netherlands. Ministers are summoned to Parliament, where they then tend to ...
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Daniëlla Dam-de Jong appointed as professor International Sustainable Development Law 13 February 2023
Starting 1 February 2023, Daniëlla Dam-de Jong has been appointed as professor to the new Chair International Sustainable Development Law at the Groti...
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Tanja Masson-Zwaan: 'We have to protect our heritage on the moon, like Neil Armstrong’s footprints' 09 February 2023
Space is becoming increasingly busier due to the launching of satellites and tourists. But no binding international agreements have been made since 19...
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Bart Joosen appointed Professor of Financial Law in Leiden 09 February 2023
The Executive Board of Leiden University has appointed Bart Joosen as Professor of Financial Law commencing on 1 July 2023. The chair is attached to t...