Last week, the EARLI SIG 24 Workshop 2024 took place from 25 to 27 September at the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) in Leiden, the Ne...

As of 1 September 2024, Thed van Leeuwen is professor by special appointment of the chair “Monitoring Open Science Policies and Practices” at the Cent...

The Veni grant is awarded annually by NWO (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research). This year, multiple researchers from Leiden University a...

Data about COVID-19 were everywhere during the pandemic, but how will all this data continue to be managed and kept open so that it is usable in the f...

An impressive 22 research projects by Leiden researchers have been awarded Veni funding from the Dutch Research Council (NWO).

The city of Leiden is enriched by a dense infrastructure of knowledge institutes, with a uniquely strong focus on health and well-being. This gives Le...

On 20 June 2024, Jamal El Ouahi successfully defended his PhD thesis at Leiden University.

The National Ocean Decade Committee has appointed two new members from Leiden University. As members of this committee, Hilde Woker and Renate Reitsma...

After decades of intensive farming, the peatland area is under pressure. Researchers, farmers and policymakers work together in the Polderlab to ident...

Crucial information about research, funding or how university rankings are created is often not freely accessible. The Barcelona Declaration on Open R...

The Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) at Leiden University, in collaboration with the Curtin Open Knowledge Initiative (COKI), Sesame O...

Unlike other major university rankings, the Leiden Ranking – Open Edition is completely transparent. The ranking compiled by the Centre for Science an...

CWTS will get a new board of directors for the coming three years, starting on 1 January 2024. The Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences of Leide...

On 24 October 2023, André Brasil Varantes Pinto successfully defended his PhD thesis at Leiden University.

Leiden University publishes the highest percentage of preprints in the Netherlands. Why is that and why post your article online before it has been pe...