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Fourth PhD Workshop on European/International Insolvency Law 28 January 2022
From Thursday-Friday 28-29 April 2022 the Stichting Bob Wessels Insolvency Law Collection (BWILC) invites PhD students from Europe and beyond to parti...
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Mosquera Valderrama awarded a Jean Monnet Chair: 'Raise awareness of EU Standard of Tax Good Governance' 21 January 2022
Last November, it was announced that the European Commission has awarded a Jean Monnet Chair to Professor of Tax Law Irma Mosquera Valderrama. She wil...
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PhD research: Welfare benefits reduce criminal behaviour substantially 18 January 2022
Receiving welfare benefits has a major impact on criminal behaviour. This has been demonstrated by Marco Stam, who defended his thesis on 20 January 2...
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Leiden University supports the Caribbean Center for Children’s Rights 11 January 2022
Prof. Ton Liefaard and Chrisje Sandelowsky-Bosman visited Curaçao to launch de Caribbean Center for Children’s Rights and present research.
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The self-employed hard hit by coronavirus crisis 06 January 2022
Self-employed workers’ hours have significantly decreased during the coronavirus crisis. Their average hours worked decreased most at the start of the...
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Half of all households in the Netherlands are financially vulnerable 29 November 2021
Only 27 per cent of Dutch households are financially healthy. This appears from a joint study conducted by Deloitte, ING, NIBUD and the Department of ...
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Olaf van Vliet appointed Professor of Economics 25 November 2021
The Executive Board has appointed Olaf van Vliet as Professor of Economics at Leiden University, specialising in social security and labour market pol...
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People have found new jobs during coronavirus crisis, but in the same field 25 November 2021
Some sectors have been hard hit by the pandemic, whereas others have grown. Yet there was no influx of workers from shrinking to growing sectors. This...
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Launch of Spanish version of the Leiden Children’s Rights Observatory website 23 November 2021
The Leiden Children’s Rights Observatory is pleased to launch the Spanish version of the website. This new feature of the website is a result of the p...
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The Municipality of Leiden and Leiden University collaborate in training students at the Legal Advice Centre on tenancy law 22 November 2021
On Monday 22 November 2021, the Municipality of Leiden, Leiden Law School and the Legal Advice Centre in Leiden signed a collaboration agreement. The ...
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In the media: Martijn Nouwen's research into EU tax body 18 November 2021
Martijn Nouwen's research exposes for the first time to the general public how the 'secret' European Code of Conduct group has failed to eliminate var...
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Rembrandt made a mess of his legal and financial life 16 November 2021
‘Rembrandt was a stubborn, socially inept shopaholic.’ In his lifetime the Dutch master became embroiled in over 20 legal disputes. Emeritus Professor...
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Research Martijn Nouwen about secretive EU tax body revealed in media under #TheCode 12 November 2021
Under #TheCode, European media are reporting on Martijn Nouwens’s research on the secretive EU Code of Conduct Group which is tasked with tackling har...
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Wimar Bolhuis chief economist at research-based consultancy firm Ecorys 11 November 2021
As chief economist, Bolhuis will conduct research on topical economic issues. Besides this position, he will remain active as a lecturer at the Depart...
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Department of Child Law welcomes back alumna Lucy Opoka 09 November 2021
In the summer of 2021, Lucy Opoka was awarded one of the coveted Meijers PhD positions. In October, she arrived back in Leiden, where she obtained her...