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Experience ‘Shelter’: An underground VR-experience about Ukraine20 June 2025
In a world increasingly shaped by conflict, it becomes ever more important to create space for empathy, understanding, and informed public discourse. ...
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Bringing Peace and Justice to LifeRead about the Just Peace Festival's Opening Night 12 June 2025
The Just Peace Festival's first edition is live! The Opening Event marked the beginning of two weeks filled with activities to reflect on what peace a...
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‘We’re already at war – we’re just acting as though we’re not’Just Peace Dialogues 10 June 2025
‘Our infrastructure is under attack, elections are being influenced and political assassinations being committed. We’re already at war – it just looks...
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A Crisis Forgotten: Sudan06 June 2025
Since April 2023 the current war in Sudan has brought larger death, destruction, and displacement than any other ongoing armed conflict on earth. And ...
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Volunteer for Peace and Justice!Work with the Leiden University team or festival partners 08 May 2025
Are you passionate about peace, justice, and democracy, and keen to get involved in The Hague’s vibrant international community? This is your chance! ...
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Join the organisation of the Just Peace Festival 2025!A yearly event dedicated to reflect about peace and justice 27 January 2025
We are excited to announce the Just Peace Festival 2025, a vibrant platform for dialogue, collaboration, and action on the pressing global challenges ...
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Empty seats at the 2025 World Economic ForumWhich world leaders will not be attending the meeting in Switzerland? 20 January 2025
The annual World Economic Forum (WEF) is underway, and it is a key instance for world leaders to adress global and regional challenges. The organisati...
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These were Leiden University’s interdisciplinary milestones of 202417 December 2024
Connecting scientific fields, enhancing research and teaching, and providing innovative solutions to complex social issues: that is the idea behind in...
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What do global problems have to do with the individual human rights holder?10 December 2024
On Human Rights Day 2024, the International Court of Justice is charged by the General Assembly with delivering an Advisory Opinion asking, in effect,...
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MIRD students engage with global diplomacy in Brussels26 November 2024
Brussels, the heart of European diplomacy, offered MSc International Relations and Diplomacy (MIRD) students a two-day opportunity to explore NATO and...
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Trump, Geopolitics and the Future of GlobalizationCleveringa Lecture Paris 2024 26 November 2024
Amidst concerns over what the re-election of Donald Trump will mean for the international system, Prof. Dr. Jan Aart Scholte will give a Cleveringa Le...
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COP29: Why should we care and what can we expect?17 November 2024
Climate change is affecting all areas of human life. 2024 has been the hottest year on record and natural disasters are becoming increasingly frequent...
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Researchers agree: the future of AI must be human29 October 2024
What rules should regulate AI, who should make them, and how will they be enforced in the digital arena? Interdisciplinary collaboration is at the hea...
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The long-awaited UN Summit of the Future has ended − what are the results?24 September 2024
Many saw the UN Summit of the Future as the moment of truth for the United Nations and its plans for the world. Joris Larik, Assistant Professor of Co...
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NWO grant for research on new type of global organisation05 September 2024
To what extent can global issues be solved by multistakeholder collaboration, a relatively new type of organisation? Jan Aart Scholte, the coordinator...