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The Hague Court of Arbitration for Aviation’s Inaugural Conference 2024 07 February 2024
The Hague Court of Arbitration for Aviation (The Hague CAA) successfully marked its official debut conference with the support of partners, which incl...
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Science on Insta: are influencers helping get young women (back) into reading? 07 February 2024
Dutch influencers like Romy Boomsma and Nina Pierson have a huge following on Instagram and are increasingly sharing book tips there. Researcher Aafje...
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Call for Papers: H2OLAW Law-Science Interfaces within the Law of the Sea and Fresh Water Law 06 February 2024
We are pleased to invite abstracts for the conference ‘H2OLAW – Law-Science Interfaces within the Law of the Sea and Fresh Water Law’ hosted by the Gr...
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‘During an internship, you get to know a lot of people and build up a network’ 06 February 2024
Xander studies Public Administration and did an internship at the Marine Corps Training Centre. During his internship, he worked on automating the sys...
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Traces of 3 October: 450 years of the Relief of Leiden 06 February 2024
This year Leiden will be celebrating the 450th Relief of Leiden, and the city is doing this in style. The long history of this period is still visible...
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Workshop ‘Disinformation and Human Rights in Context’ 06 February 2024
On 24 January an interdisciplinary workshop organised by Anna Smulders, PhD candidate at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, and Tarla...
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Your old smartphone is indispensable for the energy transition 06 February 2024
By 2050, we can obtain 40 per cent of our demand for scarce earth metals from old smartphones, batteries, and wind turbines. This is crucial because o...
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Winner Africa Thesis Award 2023: Rachel Dubale 06 February 2024
The winner of the Africa Thesis Award 2023 is Rachel Dubale, a graduate from the Research Master in African Studies at Leiden University, with her the...
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Mild Intellectual Disability and Loneliness: 'We Need to Handle the Discomfort Better' 06 February 2024
Individuals with a mild intellectual disability often experience loneliness more frequently than others. In a new NWA project, social history lecturer...
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Fifteen lecturers gain Senior Teaching Qualification 05 February 2024
Fifteen passionate lecturers earned their Senior Teaching Qualification (SKO) on Monday 22 January. Rector Magnificus Hester Bijl congratulated them i...
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How fungi are helping us be more sustainable 05 February 2024
Fungi don’t just grow as mould on your bread but can also be used to produce building materials, mushroom leather and meat substitutes. Professor of F...
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Seminar by Simona Demková at Maastricht Centre for European Law 05 February 2024
On 30 January 2024, the Maastricht Centre for European Law, in collaboration with the Globalization and Law Network at Maastricht University Faculty o...
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Department of Child Law to become Department of Child Law and Health Law 05 February 2024
The Faculty Board and the Institute of Private Law have agreed to combine the disciplines of child law, international children’s rights and health law...
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Mirjam Sombroek appointed member of Health Council 05 February 2024
By Royal Decree, Mirjam Sombroek van Doorm was appointed as a member of the Health Council of the Netherlands as of 1 January 2024. She has joined the...
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Programme to teach school pupils about stress proves effective 05 February 2024
Recent studies have shown that Dutch secondary school pupils experience a great deal of stress from school work, and between 2001 and 2007 the number ...