Five Leiden research projects in history, law and AI have received SSH Open Competition M 2024 funding from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The rese...

With the climate transition in full swing, polluting industries must adapt and shift to more sustainable production methods. Workers in this sector mu...

Reinout Vriesendorp has been Professor of Insolvency Law since 2016 as well as a partner at law firm De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek. For nine years, he...

People who speak the Dutch language have better chances in the labour market. PhD candidate Giacomo Boffi’s message is therefore: invest in language l...

On 8 April 2025, the new Herta Mohr building on the Witte Singel in Leiden hosted the university’s annual Minor’s Information Market. Students could ...

Each scientific institute has its own dynamics. The Executive Board is visiting the different institutes to find out what is going on there. On 11 Mar...

If you buy something online, the webshop can adjust the price based on your data. Kimia Heidary investigated the phenomenon of online price discrimina...

In bankruptcies, proceeds are often too low to pay the trustees and fraud often occurs. This lack of resources means that fraudsters can get off scot-...

Pensions not tailored to the self-employed, working mothers with stagnant salaries and people unable to find work due to incapacity. Pim Koopmans was ...

Can algorithms function as a tool for lawyers and their clients to negotiate contracts? Georgios Stathis' PhD research shows that it can be done in th...

Since 2019, there has been a decline in the number of youth protection measures and youth probation procedures in the Netherlands. What explanations c...

Mees Vergouwen was awarded the Mitchell B. Carroll Prize by the International Fiscal Association (IFA) on 28 October 2024. The tax specialist won the ...

Leiden University is expanding its educational offering in The Hague with two Dutch-taught bachelor's programmes: Economie & Samenleving and Cybersecu...

It is with great sadness that we have learned that Professor Victor Halberstadt passed away on Friday 13 September 2024. He was Professor of Public Se...

On 28 August 2024, Lieke Beekers won the Young Economist Award 2024.