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When criminal law works unfairly against people in vulnerable positionsInaugural lecture on social inequality 07 April 2026Criminal law can reinforce social inequality. ‘People at the lower end of society are hit harder by criminal law in a range of different ways’, says P...
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European Commission appoints Anna Marhold as 'EU Trade Champion'07 April 2026Anna Marhold, Assistant Professor at the Grotius Centre of International Legal Studies, was appointed 'EU Trade Champion' by the Directorate-General f...
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Belle Beems contributes to meeting of the Digital Markets Act High-Level Group in BrusselsResearch 26 March 2026Belle Beems, Assistant Professor at the Europa Institute, joined the sixth meeting of the DMA High-Level Group in Brussels. She shared her insights on...
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Dutch MP Robert van Asten: ‘Our choices must also benefit future generations’Alumni interview 25 March 2026Alumnus Robert van Asten has been an MP for D66 since 2025. He studied Tax Law at Leiden University from 1997 to 2005. After a career in that field, h...
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Book presentation: Corporate Sustainability25 March 2026On 26 February, the new book ‘Corporate Sustainability’ was presented in the Academy Building of Leiden University. Authors Tineke Lambooy, Bas Rombou...
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How false consensus biases AI against vulnerable stakeholders25 March 2026The lecture series 'Humanity in the Automated State' continued on 19 March 2026 at Leiden Law School with Dr Mengchen Dong from the Center for Humans ...
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Max van Duijn, new chair of The Young Academy: ‘We need to be more resilient to ideological pressure’The Young Academy 25 March 2026Assistant professor Max van Duijn is the new chair of The Young Academy. He aims to support young academics, bring research closer to society and make...
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Paper versus practice: border control is in human handsPhD defence 25 March 2026Even when a border has officially disappeared, it is still people who decide whether others may cross freely. This was also true for the Polish-German...
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COIL: virtual exchange between Leiden and Santiago (Chili)23 March 2026From the first semester of 2026, Leiden University and Universidad Diego Portales (Santiago, Chile) will launch three online virtual exchange programm...
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The final conference of the Access to Justice in Libya (A2JiL) project19 March 2026Recently, the Van Vollenhoven Institute and the Centre for Law and Society Studies at Benghazi University hosted the final conference of the Access to...
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Analysis of aviation policy in Dutch coalition agreementResearch 18 March 2026Steven Truxal, Professor of Air and Space Law, gave a keynote speech last week at a debate held in Nieuwspoort in which he examined the legal and poli...
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Europe Hub launches new minor programme: European Approaches to Societal Challenges12 March 2026As of September 2026, Leiden University’s Europe Hub will be offering a new interdisciplinary minor: European Approaches to Societal Challenges.
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International research consortium on elderly healthcare in East Kalimantan12 March 2026An interdisciplinary international consortium to address critical healthcare gaps for older adults in indigenous Dayak communities has been awarded an...
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Leiden wins regional round of the Helga Pedersen Moot CourtMoot Court 12 March 2026Advanced LL.M. European and International Human Rights Law and LL.M. European Law students won one of three regional rounds of the Helga Pedersen Moot...
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From holograms to case file analysis: students investigate real cold casesEducation 11 March 2026Can students solve cold cases? In the elective courses ‘Introduction to Cold Cases’ and ‘Cold Cases’, theory is combined with practice and students in...