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Aftermovie: Students make legal support accessible during the Legal Tech ChallengeChallenge 09 April 2026On 2 April, the final of the Legal Tech Challenge 2026 took place in the Academy Building of Leiden University. During the final, teams of students pi...
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Niels van Willigen starts as Professor by Special Appointment in Strategic Studies09 April 2026Starting April 2026, Niels van Willigen will join the Institute of Political Science at Leiden University’s Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences...
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Rafal Matuszewski receives Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research AwardAward 09 April 2026Assistant professor Ancient History Rafal Matuszewski has been honored with the prestigious 2026 Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award from the Alex...
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Voice of the Child: Unique Film Project Launched for Training on Child-Friendly Justice09 April 2026At the end of March, the Voice of the Child conference launched three unique films on children’s hearings in family law courts around Europe, which ca...
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The solution to the child penalty?09 April 2026Research conducted by Leiden University shows that when parents adjust their working hours, other parents often follow suit. Understanding how other f...
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More things in heaven and earth: the benefits of space explorationImpact 08 April 2026The Netherlands celebrates Space Exploration Day on 12 April each year. Space exploration has brought us ground-breaking discoveries with applications...
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From Liquid Helium to Quantum Materials: Physics in Leiden, Then and NowPHYSICS 08 April 2026To mark Leiden University’s 450th anniversary, this exhibition pairs historic photographs with contemporary research. Seven ‘Then & Now’ diptychs show...
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Masterclass at the Court of The Hague: ‘It’s not just about laws and regulations’Education 08 April 2026Over the course of eight weeks, twelve law students spent several days at the various sectors of the Court of The Hague where they learned all about t...
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When criminal law works unfairly against people in vulnerable positionsInaugural lecture on social inequality 07 April 2026Criminal law can reinforce social inequality. ‘People at the lower end of society are hit harder by criminal law in a range of different ways’, says P...
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European Commission appoints Anna Marhold as "EU Trade Champion"07 April 2026Anna Marhold, Assistant Professor at the Grotius Centre of International Legal Studies, was appointed "EU Trade Champion" by the Directorate-General f...
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Grant for research into fungus that could make vegan cheese cheaper and more sustainable07 April 2026Leiden researchers and partners have been awarded a 1.3-million-euro grant to produce milk protein for vegan cheese using fungi. While this process is...
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Turnips from Amsterdam? How rooftop gardens can strengthen the food supply chainGreen roofs 02 April 2026‘Darling, fetch some broccoli from the roof, would you?’ This could be a reality in the future. Ecologist Pengxuan Xie investigated whether rooftop fa...
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This chapter has been removed: American censorship affects academics in the Netherlands02 April 2026Of course, Jan Melissen is proud of the publication of his new book. Even so, one painful memory lingers: because of American interference, he was for...
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‘Learning languages opens up your perspective of life’ - Wessam Semida on learning Arabic at the Academic Language Centre02 April 2026Why would someone choose to learn a language like Arabic? For Wessam Semida, teacher at the Academic Language Centre (ATC), the answer goes far beyond...
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Faculty of Science appoints three new professors01 April 2026The Leiden Faculty of Science has appointed three new professors. Daniel Rozen, Frank Takes and Matthijs van Leeuwen were appointed on 1 April.