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Renewable Energy Directive raises concerns over impact on developing countries 18 March 2024
In 2009, the European Union adopted the Renewable Energy Directive (RED), mandating Member States to obtain 10% of all transport fuels from renewable ...
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Van Remindo naar ANS: FGW krijgt nieuw toetssysteem 17 March 2024
The Faculty of Humanities will introduce a new assessment system in the next academic year. Marcel van Brunschot, the project leader for the digital a...
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In Memoriam: Rudolf E. de Jong (1958–2024) 15 March 2024
On Friday 16 February 2024, Rudolf E. de Jong passed away unexpectedly in Cairo. Since 2012, he was the director of the Netherlands-Flemish Institute ...
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Vacancy for Editorial Assistant – Common Market Law Review 15 March 2024
The Common Market Law Review (CML Rev.), one of the oldest and most prestigious journals in the field of European Union law, has its editorial office ...
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Numbers are not an exact representation of an objective reality 15 March 2024
Numbers seem to be a universal language. But in practice it's not so simple. Tim van de Meerendonk explores how farmers, insurance advisors and local ...
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Santino Regilme Wins International Studies Association's Best Book in Human Rights - Honorable Mention, 2023-2024 14 March 2024
Salvador Santino Regilme received an honorable mention from the Human Rights Section at the International Studies Association (ISA) for his book, Aid ...
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A semester in Morocco: ‘You see the history that you’re learning about’ 14 March 2024
The Netherlands Institute in Morocco is open to students from all Dutch universities. Two students explain why they are spending a semester studying i...
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Sibel Bahtiri is one of the new Faces of Science: ‘I want to show how we’re finding alternatives to animal testing’ 14 March 2024
PhD candidate Sibel Bahtiri is one of the new Faces of Science. In videos and blogs, she will show what life is like as a young researcher.
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eLaw presents at the ACM Symposium on Computer Science and Law 2024 14 March 2024
On 13 March 2024, Carlotta Rigotti, postdoc researcher at eLaw, and Alexandre Puttick, postdoc researcher at Bern University of Applied Sciences, remo...
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Guest lecture by Wojciech Wiewiórowski, European Data Protection Supervisor 13 March 2024
On Thursday 29 February, the European Data Protection Supervisor, Wojciech Wiewiórowski, visited the eLaw Center for Law and Digital Technologies at L...
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Webb detects icy ingredients for making potential habitable worlds 13 March 2024
An international team of astronomers, led by Will Rocha of Leiden Observatory, using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have discovered that ...
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Carlotta Rigotti at the ‘Legal Technologies and the Bodies’ conference 13 March 2024
On 7 and 8 March 2024, SciencesPo Law School hosted the ‘Legal Technologies and the Bodies’ conference, where Carlotta Rigotti, postdoctoral researche...
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Successful participation in 2024 European Law Moot Court Competition 13 March 2024
Four teams of students from the master's in European Law and the advanced master's in European and International Business Law (EIBL) programmes recent...
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Judi Mesman third distinguished professor at Leiden University 13 March 2024
The Executive Board has appointed Judi Mesman as Leiden University professor. This makes her the third to give shape to Leiden University's strategic ...
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Rhuari'luana Hankinson-Kempf receives Pieter de la Court medal 2023 13 March 2024
The Pieter de la Court Medal is awarded annually by the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences for an initiative by a student or group of students...