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‘I look forward to establishing cross-links between various organisations in the coming years’ 27 February 2024
In November 2023, Anne Fleur van Veenstra, scientific director of TNO Vector, was appointed professor by special appointment of 'Governance of data an...
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‘The Netherlands should also consider the possibility of direct confrontation with Russia’ 19 February 2024
There is a real chance of war closer to home, political and military leaders in Europe have warned. Some in the Netherlands are calling for a war econ...
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Firearms incidents in the EU tracked in real-time in online database 15 February 2024
Leiden criminologists have co-developed an artificial intelligence technology that tracks the nature and extent of firearm violence in the European Un...
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Exploring Leiden University College: A personal journey with alumna Georgina Kuipers 29 January 2024
It has been just over a decade since the first students graduated with Leiden University’s unique Liberal Arts and Sciences Bachelor degree. We caught...
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The journey taken by our discarded clothes 22 January 2024
We take our worn, torn and unwanted clothes to the clothing bank, assuming they will get a second chance. But what exactly happens with all those text...
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Two new Leiden members of The Young Academy 16 January 2024
Leiden researchers Fenneke Sysling (Institute for History) and Joris van der Voet (Institute of Public Administration) will be admitted to the Royal N...
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FGGA in 2023: This was the year of our faculty 13 December 2023
2023 was another year full of highlights and special moments for the faculty of Governance and Global Affairs. Find out what the year was like in this...
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Kohei Suzuki receives Kenneth J. Meier Award from the Midwest Political Science Association 13 December 2023
Kohei Suzuki, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Public Administration, has received the Kenneth J. Meier Award for his paper ‘Politicisation, Bu...
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Textbooks not inclusive: roles are stereotypical, heterosexuality is the norm 11 December 2023
Mum works in healthcare, dad in engineering and everyone is straight: many textbooks still show men and women in stereotypical roles, PhD candidate Te...
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Special issue on 'The European Union and the Governance of Contested Global Spaces' 11 December 2023
Together with College of Europe Professors Sieglinde Gstöhl and Simon Schunz, Joris Larik edited an interdisciplinary special issue for the Journal of...
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Leiden University College: Another quality seal for one of Europe's top Liberal Arts and Sciences programmes 06 December 2023
For the eleventh time in a row, Leiden University’s unique Liberal Arts and Sciences programme has been awarded the ‘Top Rated Programme’ quality seal...
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Climate Casino should excite secondary vocational education students about climate 06 December 2023
Introducing secondary vocational education students to topics such as climate and sustainability in a playful and stimulating way: that is the aim of ...
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Fifteen years of Dual PhD Centre: ‘The programme is solid as a rock’ 05 December 2023
December marks the 15th anniversary of the Dual PhD Centre (DPC). Director Johannes Tromp and associate professor Mark Dechesne look back and ahead. D...
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Security Studies and Liberal Arts and Sciences (LUC) awarded bronze medal EW Best Studies 2023 29 November 2023
The BSc Security Studies and LUC both received a bronze medal in EW Best Studies 2023. This means that students of these programmes are above-average ...
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Statistical literacy: ‘It’s about how we teach, not what we can teach’ 28 November 2023
Assistant Professor Lucie Zicha at Leiden University College (LUC) in The Hague is on a mission to bring statistical literacy to all undergraduate stu...