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In memoriam - Prof. Herman Schaper 1949-2021 07 December 2021
It is with sadness that we have learned of the passing of our former colleague professor Herman Schaper on Tuesday 30 November this year. Herman held ...
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Leiden Leadership Lunch – Uncertainty and innovation in the social domain: The role of leadership 06 December 2021
What opportunities does uncertainty offer with regard to innovative behaviour of professionals and what role does leadership play in this?
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Call for Applications: Teaching Excellence Training for Academic Staff 02 December 2021
What is 'teaching excellence' in Higher Education? Which different teaching excellence training, promotion and reward schemes exist across Europe? How...
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Campus Den Haag hosts 'On Campus' Experience Days 01 December 2021
Last Saturday, Wijnhaven Campus and the Anna van Buerenplein were the setting for the first 'on campus' Experience Days in The Hague since the restri...
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Whale poop reveals plastics problem: three million microplastics per day 01 December 2021
Whales in the vicinity of the city of Auckland, New Zealand consume large amounts of microplastics every day. A team of international researchers reac...
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Lecture Antoaneta Dimitrova in Prague: Freedom is Precious 30 November 2021
Antoaneta Dimitrova, Professor Comparative Governance, presented the Cleveringa Lecture at the Vaclav Havel Library in Prague last week. We spoke to h...
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Students Ruşen and Rana fight for diversity in higher education 29 November 2021
Two Leiden students stand a chance of winning the ECHO Award for Higher Education. Deniz Rana Kuseyri (Rana for short) and Ruşen Koç are two of the si...
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SAILS researcher Anne Meuwese awarded PDI-SSH grant 26 November 2021
The PDI-SSH grant will be used by Meuwese to create a web portal and collection of tools and resources, named ‘WetSuite’, that will help researchers a...
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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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‘The historical pedigree of New Wars and New Terrorism’: meet LUCIR scholar Isabelle Duyvesteyn 17 November 2021
Isabelle Duyvesteyn, Professor of International Studies and Global History at the Institute of History and member of the advisory board of Leiden Univ...
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Programmes FGGA popular among employers 17 November 2021
What is the top 50 most popular studies among employers? That's what career platform Magnet.me investigated for the second consecutive year. What does...
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Festive hand-over of first copy new book by Frits van der Meer 16 November 2021
In celebration of the release of his new book on changes in public administration, Prof. dr. Frits van der Meer, professor by special appointment of t...
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LUC The Hague receives 'Top rated Programme' seal for the ninth time in a row 11 November 2021
Leiden University College The Hague received the 'Top rated Programme' seal from the Keuzegids Universiteiten 2022 (Dutch University Guide). It is the...
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Grant for workshop series on Ocean Governance 09 November 2021
Dr. Vanessa Newby (ISGA) and Dr. Catherine Jones from St Andrews won a grant worth over €23.000 from the RSE Saltire Facilitation Network Award entitl...