On October 14, the first symposium of the university-wide initiative SAILS took place. Scientists from Leiden University and other Dutch universities ...

In July 2019 Asser Press published the book 'Sweetie 2.0—Using Artificial Intelligence to Fight Webcam Child Sex Tourism’ which was coedited by Simone...

The fourteen Dutch universities have published a digital magazine in which the researchers explain the Digital Society programme in text and images.

On 15 May the new website about the research programme Digital Society has been launched.

How does online learning strengthen the quality of higher education and what are the barriers to implementing this more broadly? Minister of Education...

The Digital Society research agenda was presented by the Dutch universities during the VSNU Impact festival on 23 November.

Sybille Lammes is leaving Warwick University in Britain to research digital culture in daily life at Leiden University. She will start as professor Ne...

In our digital society, the internet seems to offer endless possibilities for expressing yourself, gathering information, and making contact with othe...

Comparing individual health data with group data allows doctors to give personalised advice and patients to learn from one another's experiences. Wess...

We produce more data than ever before, and researchers gather more and more information. That data contains a wealth of insights and new possibilities...

The Leiden University Centre for Innovation and the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) have won the Surfnet Innovation Challenge. The team won th...

Data science plays an increasingly important role in the world of finance. During the 15th LCDS meeting, organized by the Leiden Centre of Data Scienc...

This semester the institute of Public Administration launches two SPOCs about Public Values & Ethics and Research design. A SPOC is a Small Private On...

The use of virtual girl Sweetie, used by the police to investigate pedofiles, is problematic in the Netherlands. Researchers of Leiden University and ...

By analysing the metabolism using big data techniques, we can identify health risks at an earlier stage. Thomas Hankemeier, professor of Analytical Bi...