The steady decline in lethal gun violence in the EU came to halt in 2012 and some countries, such as Sweden, have even noticed an increase since then....

The student podcasts are back! Just like last year, first year students of Security Studies wrapped up their last block with the course Integrated Pro...

The annual homicide rate has decreased considerably since the 1990s. In their hunt for an explanation, researchers Pauline Aarten and Marieke Liem mad...

In the academic year 2021-2022 the Social Resilience and Security interdisciplinary programme will offer two courses for interested students who are e...

The European Commission awarded the project proposal INSIGHT, a follow-up project on illegal firearms trafficking and gun violence from Professor Soci...

In their recent blog, Marieke Liem and Jolien van Breen reflect on the representation of immigrants amongst homicide victims - is there evidence that ...

What happens to children of extremist parents? Commissioned by the Scientific Research and Documentation Center (WODC) of the Ministry of Justice and ...

Do more privately owned firearms lead to more firearm violence? This question is widely discussed and studied, in particular in the US, where firearm ...

The first year students of Bachelor Security Studies finished their final block with the course Integrated Project 1.

With this grant the researchers seek to shed light on the factors which play a role in transmitting jihadist ideas, and explore possible ways to mitig...

As part Leiden University's interdisciplinary programme Social Resilience and Security, dr. Marieke Liem has been appointed Professor Security and Int...

Dr. Pauline Aarten researches what impact traffic accidents have on victims and their relatives and how we can improve their situation. This research ...

In an interview with Leidraad Alumni Magazine (no. 2, 2019), Marieke Liem states that it is almost impossible to compare between murders. ‘In our soci...