News
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Should we be scared of hacktivists? 22 March 2018
Marco Romagna is a PhD candidate who is currently researching hacktivism and hacktivists, online activists with hacking skills, a relatively new field...
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Alumni, staff and students and why you should vote for them 20 March 2018
Many students, members of staff and alumni at Leiden University are active in politics, including as candidates in the local elections on 21 March.
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From Orientation day to Experience Day 14 March 2018
On Friday 9 March the The Hague Orientation Day took place for the first time at Wijnhaven. "The informal atmosphere was very nice, the students were ...
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Conclusion from 3,442 terrorism studies: the research is improving 13 March 2018
Academic research on terrorism is getting better all the time. This is the conclusion of university lecturer Bart Schuurman after studying 3,442 artic...
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EU enlargement: wrong lessons from an apparently exemplary process 08 March 2018
The enlargement of the EU to include ten East and Central European countries went smoothly. But further expansion is meeting resistance and Poland and...
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International Cyber Security Summer School 19 – 24 Augustus 2018 23 February 2018
From 19 to 24 August 2018, the fourth edition of the International Cyber Security Summer School, will take place. During this six-day long event, you ...
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Professor warns about risk of politicising security services 16 February 2018
The amended Intelligence and Security Services Act (WiV) enacts a fundamental change in the relationship between the security services and politics. T...
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Graduation Second Cohort Cyber Security 05 February 2018
The Cyber Security Academy, therefore, proudly and enthusiastically announces that on 8 February the second cohort of Master of Science (MSc) graduate...
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Launch new MOOC: Risk in Modern Society 30 January 2018
Monday 29 January, the annual meeting of Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Centre for Safety and Security (LDE CSS) took place at Wijnhaven. The conference started...
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New ISGA Research Group: Physical Violence and Public Order 26 January 2018
On January 1, the research group Physical Violence and Public Order was launched. Previously part of the group Terrorism and Political Violence, the n...
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Start fourth cohort executive Master’s programme Cyber Security 16 January 2018
Cyber Security challenges are dominating the international agendas. Therefore, the Cyber Security Academy (CSA) enthusiastically and proudly announces...
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Learn about contemporary approaches to risk 09 January 2018
The brand-new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) ‘Risk in Modern Society’ starts on Monday 29 January. This course was developed by the Centre for Safe...
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Sanneke Kuipers about 'The Resilient City' on the ISGA Blog and BNR radio 29 December 2017
Sanneke Kuipers and Dyonne Niehof wrote a blog about 'The Resilient City'. They describe the resilience of a city such as New Orleans after Hurricane ...
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Highlights 2017 FGGA in 12 photos 22 December 2017
2017 was our year for new developments. Namely, the opening of our new Wijnhaven, our first debates in the StepTalks series and with a view to the fut...
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Survey on open and online learning: Please join! 28 November 2017
Currently, more and more universities are experimenting with various forms of digitization: MOOCs, SPOCs, but also the adoption of YouTube video’s, on...