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Learn about contemporary approaches to risk09 January 2018The brand-new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) ‘Risk in Modern Society’ starts on Monday 29 January. This course was developed by the Centre for Safe...
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ECtHR Judge Ledi Bianku speaks in the European Seminars Lecture Series31 October 2017On 25 October 2017, Ledi Bianku, judge at the European Court of Human Rights, gave a guest lecture entitled “The ECHR and asylum”. Ledi Bianku is Judg...
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Bibi van den Berg appointed as Professor Cybersecurity Governance19 October 2017The Executive Board has decided to appoint Dr. Bibi van den Berg as Professor of Cybersecurity Governance within the Institute of Security and Global ...
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Melanie Fink and Jorrit Rijpma present to Frontex Consultative Forum13 October 2017On 12 October, Melanie Fink and Jorrit Rijpma presented at the Frontex Consultative Forum on Fundamental Rights in Warsaw, on the issue of responsibil...
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2017 Peace Run huge success25 September 2017The Peace Run was held in The Hague on 14 September as part of the Just Peace festival. The event aimed to gather funds for UNICEF the Netherlands. A ...
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Paul Abels appointed as professor of Governance of Intelligence and Security Services01 September 2017On 1 September 2017, Prof. dr. Paul H.A.M. Abels (60) will start as professor by special appointment of Governance of Intelligence and Security Servic...
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Just Peace festival: celebrate freedom in The Hague17 August 2017The Just Peace festival is coming up shortly. From 21 to 24 September we will be celebrating peace in The Hague with some inspiring HagueTalks, the Pe...
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Jorrit Rijpma awarded EU funding as Jean Monnet Chair07 August 2017Jorrit Rijpma, Associate Professor of EU law at the Europa Institute of Leiden Law School, has been named Jean Monnet Chair by the European Commission.
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Seeking justice for Syria18 July 2017Islamic State may be losing ground rapidly, but Syrian President Assad's position is gaining strength. His torture chambers and the battlefield are s...
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Research proposal focused on the topic of military operations wins this year’s research conference22 June 2017In the course ‘Research Design CSM’ Dr. Elke Devroe and Moniek Akerboom organized this year a competitive research conference where students of the Ma...
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‘International isolation is not an option’05 April 2017Security in the broadest sense of the word was the key focus in the Interfaculty Conference on 4 April in Leiden. With almost 200 attendees and such w...
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King visits The Hague Security Delta and the Cyber Security Academy24 March 2017On 23 March 2017, his Majesty King Willem-Alexander visited The Hague Security Delta: a network in which businesses, knowledge institutions and govern...
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Pieter van Vollenhoven: 'People aren't always happy to hear the truth.'21 March 2017A symposium with a festive touch was organised at Leiden University on 20 March to mark the 50-year anniversary of the marriage of Princess Margriet a...
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Europe's first bachelor's programme in security issues23 February 2017September 2017 will see the start of the new English-language bachelor's programme in Security Studies in The Hague, developed by the Institute of Sec...
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Unique insight into origin of Hofstad group24 January 2017The Hofstad group is known mainly because of Mohammed B., the murderer of Theo van Gogh. PhD candidate Bart Schuurman examined this Dutch jihadist gr...