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Rogier Creemers receives VIDI grant 20 June 2018
Rogier Creemers, researcher at the Van Vollenhoven Institute, received a VIDI grant from NWO. This scholarship, worth eight hundred thousand euros, wi...
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Maartje van der Woude studies open borders 28 May 2018
Sending migrants back. Open borders. These are the kinds of words that are used, but what does the situation really look like at these borders? Profes...
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Maartje van der Woude wins Heineken Young Scientists Award 23 May 2018
Professor of Law and Society Maartje van der Woude (37) is one of the four young scientists who have been awarded a 2018 Heineken Young Scientists Aw...
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Kick-off conference on the role of law in Libya’s national reconciliation 30 April 2018
On 11 and 12 April, the kick-off conference “The role of law in Libya’s national reconciliation” took place. The conference marked the official start ...
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Borders and mobility in the focus 04 April 2018
From March 14 to 16, 2018 Prof. mr. dr. Maartje van der Woude organized an international seminar and PhD masterclass on the topic of “Transformative B...
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Maartje van de Woude makes an appeal to all Leiden researchers in the field of migration, integration and borders 15 February 2018
On 1 February 2018 Professor Maartje van der Woude (professor of Law and Society at the Van Vollenhoven Institute for Law, Governance and Society) bec...
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Changes at the Van Vollenhoven Institute for Law, Governance and Society (VVI) 01 February 2018
As from 1 February, prof. Adriaan Bedner will be the new Head of Department of the VVI.
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Report of the Conference ‘Adat law 100 years on: towards a new interpretation?’ now available 31 January 2018
This international conference, held in Leiden form 22 to 24 May 2017, focused on adat law in Indonesia a century after the Adat Law Foundation (Adatre...
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Research Access to Polish Border Guards 30 January 2018
The PhD Project “Agents of change? (Hi)stories, perspectives, and every-day practices of intra-Schengen border officials” as carried out by PhD Candid...
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Funding of research on human trafficking and human smuggling in intra-Schengen border regions 24 January 2018
Prof. dr. mr. Maartje van der Woude (Van Vollenhoven Institute) has received funding from the National Police to carry out a phenomenon research on th...
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Indonesia-Netherlands Security and Rule of Law Update 2018 in Jakarta 09 January 2018
The Indonesia-Netherlands Security and Rule of Law Update will take place on Wednesday January 17 and Thursday January 18, 2018, in Jakarta and consis...
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Call for Contributions: Third conference of the Law and Development Research Network 08 January 2018
From 19 to 21 September 2018 the third annual conference of the Law and Development Research Network (LDRN) will take place at Leiden University. The ...
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Janine Ubink appointed as Professor of Law, Governance and Development 23 November 2017
As from 1 March 2018, Leiden University will appoint Dr Janine Ubink as full Professor of Law, Governance and Development.
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Maartje van der Woude joins the Board of Trustees Law and Society Association 08 November 2017
Maartje van der Woude, Professor of Law and Society at the Van Vollenhoven Institute for Law, Governance and Society, has been elected, after a vote a...
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How to measure law? 25 October 2017
On Friday, December 15th, Prof. Kevin Davis, Beller Family Professor of Business Law at NYU School of Law will, on the basis of his own research, refl...