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Justice and reconciliation in Libya focus of Leiden meeting 09 November 2022
On 25-26 October 2022, a select group of high-level participants gathered in Leiden to discuss research on Libya’s national reconciliation and access ...
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Joanne van der Leun reappointed as Dean of Leiden Law School 09 November 2022
Professor Joanne van der Leun has been reappointed as Dean of Leiden Law School by the Executive Board of Leiden University. She has been appointed un...
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Leiden Law School receives praise during research evaluation 02 November 2022
Every six years, the research conducted at all law schools in the Netherlands is evaluated during a research evaluation. On 6 and 7 October, it was Le...
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Photo Report: Bachelor's Open Day KOG 26 October 2022
On Saturday 22 October, the KOG filled up with prospective students looking for their next course of study. The lecture halls were packed to the brim ...
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Ministry and Leiden Law School to work together more closely 25 October 2022
The Ministry of Justice and Security and Leiden Law School are planning to collaborate on a more structural basis. This is the outcome of a meeting th...
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Leiden Law hosted the Netherlands Network for Human Rights Toogdag 20 September 2022
The Effective Protection of Fundamental Rights Research Programme at Leiden Law School had the honor to organise the Netherlands Network for Human Rig...
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Prestigious Pierre Elliot Trudeau Fellowship for VVI PhD Student Camille Lefebvre 02 June 2022
Camille Lefebvre, PhD candidate at the Graduate School of International Studies of Université Laval and the Van Vollenhoven Institute for Law, Governa...
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Three main results of VVI’s Strengthening Legal Education in Eastern Indonesia (SLEEI) 04 May 2022
Although fighting the culture of top-down education and stimulating lecturers’ confidence to adapt courses to local context priorities is no easy job ...
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CJ Public Lecture: What is happening around Europe’s internal borders? 28 April 2022
At the Criminal Justice Public Lecture on 20 April, Professor of Law and Society Maartje van der Woude spoke about her research into decisions and pra...
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What works in social work? Large-scale research into social resilience policy interventions 03 April 2022
The need for knowledge among practitioners and the lack of an academic knowledge base for specifically collective arrangements of social work in the N...
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Final conference international NUFFIC project Strengthening Legal Education in Eastern Indonesia (SLEEI) on 28-29 March in Mataram, Lombok 23 March 2022
Leiden University’s Van Vollenhoven Institute has cooperated for nearly three years in the SLEEI project with Indonesian partners. Next week SLEEI wil...
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NWA grant for Anouk de Koning and consortium for research on social resilience 18 March 2022
A 5 million euros grant from the Dutch Research Agenda allows Anouk de Koning and co-applicants Femke Kaulingfreks and Maartje van der Woude to study ...
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Camille Lefebvre selected as one of the 30 finalists vying for a spot in scholarship of The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation 15 March 2022
Camille Lefebvre has been selected as one of the 30 finalists vying for a spot in the 2022–2025 scholarship of The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation.
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Maartje van der Woude included in Leiden Top50 08 March 2022
Maartje van der Woude, Professor of Law and Society, has been included in the Leiden Top50 of 2022. The list includes women who stand out because they...
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Leiden University to evaluate Dutch counterterrorism legislation 01 February 2022
A research team from Leiden University, in cooperation with Bureau Boekhoorn Sociaal-Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek en Advies (BBSO), is to evaluate Dutch...