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New report: Understanding tenure security in rural Mozambique19 February 2026Carolien Jacobs and Bernardo Almeida have recently published a new study for RVO examining how rural communities in central Mozambique experience land...
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Professor Madalina Busuioc on AI as a ‘go-to’ solution: The institutional costs of uncritical adoption17 February 2026The lecture series 'Humanity in the Automated State' continued on 12 February 2026 at Leiden Law School with Professor Madalina Busuioc of VU Amsterda...
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Addressing femicide is a clear human rights obligationHonours College Law 17 February 2026On Thursday 22 January, the Honours College Law New Year's event addressed the urgent issue of femicide. Experience-based expert Anne-Marije van den B...
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Sandra Palmen is State Secretary and alumna: ‘My main goal is to get the childcare benefit redress operation back on track’Alumni interview 17 February 2026Sandra Palmen studied tax law at Leiden University and built a career within central government, currently as State Secretary. She was one of the firs...
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Bastiaan Rijpkema elected as a member of the KHMWAppointment 12 February 2026On 9 February 2026, Bastiaan Rijpkema, Professor of Jurisprudence, was elected as a member of the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KH...
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Six Leiden professors elected as members of the KHMWSociety of Sciences and Humanities 12 February 2026The Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMW) has elected six professors from Leiden as members. Sarah de Rijcke, Sense Jan van der Mole...
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Alumnus Timothy Metz: ‘I'm the link between lawyers and AI’Alumni interview 11 February 2026Timothy Metz studied Law and Tax Law in Leiden. Now he’s part of Andri AI, working on the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in the legal sec...
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Vasiliki Kosta joins the board of the Young Academy of the KNAW10 February 2026Vasiliki Kosta has been appointed member of the board of the Young Academy (De Jonge Akademie) of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (...
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Pac-Man politics: eating the rule of law bit by bit09 February 2026Our constitutional democracy is under pressure. Politicians are increasingly bending rules and institutions to their will, often in small steps. PhD c...
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Advancing child-friendly justice through dialogue and exchange in Santiago, Chile04 February 2026From 12 to 16 January 2025, Professor Ton Liefaard, UNICEF Chair in Children’s Rights and Head of the Department of Child Law and Health Law visited S...
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‘The Geopoliticisation of Europe’: Joris Larik delivers the Havel-Cleveringa Lecture03 February 2026Where European integration has long been understood as a peace project, Joris Larik argued in his Havel-Cleveringa Lecture that recent developments po...
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Winner of the Europe Hub’s Best Master’s Thesis Prize 202503 February 2026Each year, Leiden University’s Europe Hub invites submissions from all faculties for its annual Europe Hub Master's thesis prize. The winning thesis s...
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Could restricting EU free movement help tackle brain drain?03 February 2026Eastern and Southern European countries struggle with ‘brain drain’ as skilled workers move to other EU Member States. Could restricting free movement...
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Expert case study on two free trade agreements strengthens Dutch MPs knowledgeFact sheet 02 February 2026Requested by the Dutch Parliament, Professor of European Law, Freya Baetens, wrote an expert case study on the EU-Canada Free Trade Agreement and the ...
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Professor Sofia Ranchordás examines citizenship and datafication in AI governance02 February 2026The lecture series 'Humanity in the Automated State' continued on 29 January 2026, at Leiden Law School with Professor Sofia Ranchordás from Tilburg U...