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The people who lose out in the climate transition27 May 2025With the climate transition in full swing, polluting industries must adapt and shift to more sustainable production methods. Workers in this sector mu...
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Maartje van der Woude appointed as Series Editor for prestigious Routledge book series27 May 2025Professor Maartje van der Woude, Professor of Law & Society at the Van Vollenhoven Institute, has been appointed as one of the three new series editor...
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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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Firefighting robots must be developed responsibly26 May 2025As robotics advances in the field of emergency response, firefighting robots – or 'firebots' – offer promising improvements in safety and operational ...
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Children’s rights professor: ‘Children should figure in every decision you make’Leidraad 26 May 2025Professor Ton Liefaard has worked to improve the position of children since his academic career began. Vulnerable children are given a voice in his re...
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Christa Tobler speaks at conference on “Europe-friendliness of constitutions”22 May 2025Andreas Müller of the University of Basel (Switzerland) and Werner Schroeder of the University of Innsbruck (Austria) together organised a “three coun...
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Christa Tobler speaks at conference on the future of the EEA Internal Market22 May 2025
The dramatic geopolitical changes of the last few years and other crises have led the EU to reconsider the function and role of its internal market. I...
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Kartica van der Zon appointed professor by special appointment of Family Law, Law of Persons and Juvenile Law at the University of GroningenAppointment 22 May 2025As of 1 May 2025, Professor Kartica van der Zon has been appointed professor by special appointment of Family Law, Law of Persons and Juvenile Law at ...
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Vasiliki Kosta speaks at high-level international conference of the Polish Presidency of the Council of the EU21 May 2025Vasiliki Kosta spoke at the conference ‘The role of civil society in the protection of the rule of law’ organised by the Ministry of Justice of the Re...
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New publication on online and technology-facilitated violence against women20 May 2025Carlotta Rigotti, postdoctoral researcher at eLaw – Center for Law and Digital Technologies, and Professor Clare McGlynn of Durham University have co-...
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Vasiliki Kosta appointed member of Committee for the Freedom of Scientific Pursuit20 May 2025As of 1 May 2025 Dr Vasiliki Kosta has been appointed as a member of the Committee for the Freedom of Scientific Pursuit (Commissie voor Vrijheid van ...
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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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‘Your own artwork hung in the KOG? Not many students can say that’450th anniversary 20 May 2025A design created by student Jill Stoelinga has won our 450 mural competition! From May 12, you can help us paint the artwork. Read on to learn all abo...
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Exploring educational experiments: pass/fail and ‘unessays’ at Honours College LawEducational innovation 16 May 2025How to innovate education? In this series, the Honours Academy highlights examples from their educational testing ground that aim to inspire. Today: t...
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Give parents and children a voice and improve chances of reunification15 May 2025Research by Leiden University into court-mandated out-of-home placements of children has caused much controversy. More than 250 people attended a conf...