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‘We academics and lecturers from Security Studies can directly influence political security policy’15 June 2023The future of the discipline of Security and Global Affairs lies in research, the role of universities in security challenges and how the security ana...
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1K Z1E J3 bench placed on Wijnhaven Rooftop Garden: ‘Don't be afraid to start a conversation’12 June 2023'Een goed gesprek begint met iemand écht zien’ (A good conversation starts with truly seeing someone). That text is written on a plaque that was screw...
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CSM Course Security Networks and Technology: ‘Governing the security-technology nexus’01 June 2023One of the core concepts of the Master programme Crisis & Security Management (CSM) is ‘governance’. In the course Security Networks and Technology, t...
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Refugee crisis one of many challenges for security region: 'We desperately need good people'30 May 2023During the second lecture in the series of three on the Dutch crisis management system, the refugee crisis takes centre stage. Hans Zuidijk, director ...
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Carsten Stahn in Best Scientists ranking for 202325 May 2023Research.com, a leading academic platform for researchers, has just released the 2023 Edition of Ranking of Best Scientists in the field of Law. Carst...
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Debunking myths about the secret services23 May 2023In her book ‘Diensten met geheimen’ (‘services with secrets’), Willemijn Aerdts uses true stories to cast light on the operating methods of the Dutch...
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Maartje van der Woude receives NWO grant for research on ethno-racial profiling22 May 2023Maartje van der Woude, (Professor of Law & Society, Van Vollenhoven Institute, Leiden University) has received an NWO research grant. This year, 60 of...
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Helen Duffy about Abu Zubaydah who remains unlawfully detained in Guantánamo Bay04 May 2023In two moving articles, Dutch newspaper Trouw has reported on the lengthy detention of Abu Zubaydah in Guantánamo Bay. Zubaydah was tortured over a pe...
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NWO Open Competition grant for two FGGA researchers02 May 2023Sixty researchers have received a grant of approximately 50,000 Euros during round 3 of the NWO Open Competition SSH-XS pilot programme. Two of them a...
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As an organisation, how do you manage a crisis?14 April 2023How do you manage a crisis? This is what Professor of Crisis Governance Sanneke Kuipers will address in her inaugural lecture. And the lecture will de...
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How the lessons learned from Afghanistan were soon forgotten13 April 2023The mission in Uruzgan Province in Afghanistan from 2006 to 2010 was a formative experience for Dutch soldiers in which many lessons were learned. But...
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Life after Security Studies: five students share their thoughts about the programme11 April 2023Five students who graduated from the Bachelor Security Studies share their experiences. Where did they end up after graduation? Are they still using t...
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The spy elephant in the room. Inaugural lecture by Dennis Broeders on the tangled web of cyber espionage27 March 2023Secret services are engaging in increasingly extreme forms of cyber espionage. But nobody talks about this. Dennis Broeders knows why and is trying to...
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Publication by Helen Duffy on Global trends in Counter-terrorism and the Implications for Human Rights in Africa13 March 2023
On 8 March 2023 Helen Duffy, Professor of International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law in Leiden, published a monograph on Global Trends in Counter...
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Bart Schermer about attack on citizens' right to demonstrate13 March 2023Media outlets Investico, de Groene Amsterdammer and Trouw reported on the wide-scale collection by the Dutch police of personal data of demonstrators ...