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Melanie Fink Presents on ‘The Right to Human Explanation’ at Tübingen AI & Law Summer School14 May 2025On 13 May 2025, Melanie Fink presented her latest research on the role of the duty to reason and other explanation rights to safeguard human dignity i...
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Sandra Palmen is State Secretary and alumna: ‘My main goal is to get the childcare benefit redress operation back on track’Alumnus interview 14 May 2025Sandra Palmen studied tax law at Leiden University and built a career within central government, currently as State Secretary. She was one of the firs...
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Podcast series: Dive into the world of cybersecurity & cybercrime14 May 2025Curious about the world behind digital attacks, online fraud, and cybercriminals? To mark the launch of the Dutch-taught bachelor's programme in Cyber...
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‘Polish presidential election will be important for the country’s position on the international stage’14 May 2025Poland votes for a new president in a first round of elections on Sunday. Lecturer Jan Meijer points out: ‘The result will have a lot of impact on Don...
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Psychology alumnus Marisse van Os is helping improve mental health services from withinInterview 14 May 2025A psychology degree, a career that started in the commercial sector and now a role where she feels she can make a difference. For alumnus Marisse van ...
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Political turmoil in Turkey: is there a future for democracy?guest lecture 13 May 2025Turkish politics was shaken by the arrest of Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, along with dozens of others from the main opposition party. In light of th...
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Advancing Social, Economic, and Cultural Rights in a Polarised, Digitalised, and Unequal WorldCALL FOR ABSTRACTS 13 May 2025We are pleased to invite abstracts for a conference on ‘Advancing Social, Economic, and Cultural Rights in a Polarised, Digitalised, and Unequal World...
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Fatma Çapkurt awarded grant for research into proactive services in income support facilities13 May 2025Dutch civil society coalition ‘Over Informatie Gesproken’ (Talking About Information) recently selected eight grant applications to improve informatio...
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In search of an alternative to GDP that actually measures happiness and well-beingChangemakers 13 May 2025How do you really measure how a country is doing? Researcher Annegeke Jansen is looking for alternatives to gross domestic product (GDP) to assess the...
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Leaving the National Museum of Antiquities after forty years: ‘I will be taking a gap year first’13 May 2025On 14 May, curator and professor Ruurd Halbertsma will be leaving the National Museum of Antiquities (RMO) after forty years of dedicated service. In ...
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Dr. Hans Petschar delivers Sixth Annual Austrian Studies Lecture13 May 2025On April 14, 2025, Dr. Hans Petschar, the recently-retired Director of the Bildarchiv und Grafiksammlung at the Austrian National Library in Vienna, d...
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Winner of the Africa Thesis Award 2024: Baleseng Maeneche13 May 2025The jury of the Africa Thesis Award is delighted to announce that the 2024 prize has been awarded to Baleseng Maeneche, a graduate of the Faculty of A...
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How e-learning makes writing a thesis easier for lecturers and studentsE-learning 13 May 2025In the Educatips column, Psychology lecturers share their most valuable insights on teaching. This month: Laura Nawijn and colleagues are designing an...
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Three NWO Open Competition grants for Leiden scientistsGrant 12 May 2025Smart drug carriers, uneven cosmic expansion, and solar energy storage in molecules. These are the topics of three newly awarded NWO-XS grants to rese...
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Bestselling author Jeroen Windmeijer puts Leiden on the map with his thrillersAlumnus interview 09 May 2025It’s only been six years since bestselling author Jeroen Windmeijer (56) decided to become a full-time writer. Since then, he’s put Leiden and the uni...