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Dutch election results expose new political divide – can D66 bridge the gap?Election results 30 October 2025What do the election results say about the Netherlands today? Students and experts discussed this at an Election Breakfast organised by study associat...
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What our experts have to say about the key issues in the Dutch electionsDutch elections 28 October 2025Is your strategic vote actually strategic? How can the Netherlands form a stable government? And what should the next government do about migration, d...
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Research into government confidentiality practices20 October 2025In a democracy, the government must strive for openness. But sometimes confidentiality is necessary to protect interests such as security or privacy. ...
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Leiden as a Meeting Place for Social Rights Research15 September 2025On 4 and 5 September, Leiden Law School hosted a special conference that brought together around sixty participants from the Netherlands and abroad to...
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Health risks from Dutch livestock farms15 July 2025Rogier Kegge, Assistant Professor in administrative law and environmental law, is a member of the Dutch Health Council’s Committee on Livestock Farmin...
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A promising summer start: extra funding for research09 July 2025Two research projects focused on democracy and citizen collectives have been awarded grants through the 2024 round of the National Science Agenda’s (N...
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Funding for research on AI Act08 July 2025Anne Meuwese and Francien Dechesne have received SSH Open Competition M funding from the Dutch Research Council for their joint project 'The Artificia...
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Additional funding for five experimental and innovative research projects04 July 2025Five Leiden research projects in history, law and AI have received SSH Open Competition M 2024 funding from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The rese...
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Tools for public authorities to be more transparent about algorithmic profiling05 June 2025Public authorities fail to inform citizens, or inform them too little or too late, about the use of algorithmic profiling in administrative decisions....
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Carla van Baalen awarded Thorbecke MedalAward 04 June 2025Carla van Baalen was awarded the Thorbecke Medal on 4 June. She received the award in recognition of her remarkable and varied oeuvre in the field of ...
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Big Tech and the resilience of the demcratic rule of law27 May 2025On 26 May, Reijer Passchier, Assistant Professor at Leiden Law School, spoke before the Standing Committee on Digitalisation of the Dutch Senate, duri...
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Rowie Stolk wins VAR-Lex Michiels prize20 May 2025On 16 May, Rowie Stolk was awarded the VAR-Lex Michiels prize for her dissertation 'Litigation interest groups in the polder: An interdisciplinary per...
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Advancing Social, Economic, and Cultural Rights in a Polarised, Digitalised, and Unequal WorldCALL FOR ABSTRACTS 13 May 2025We are pleased to invite abstracts for a conference on ‘Advancing Social, Economic, and Cultural Rights in a Polarised, Digitalised, and Unequal World...
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Fatma Çapkurt awarded grant for research into proactive services in income support facilities13 May 2025Dutch civil society coalition ‘Over Informatie Gesproken’ (Talking About Information) recently selected eight grant applications to improve informatio...
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Problems arise when citizens request documents from public authorities with information on third parties27 March 2025When Dutch citizens request information under the Open Government Act (Woo), third parties can ask the public authority to withhold certain informatio...