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Researchers Tax Law in Trouw on potential tax avoidance Cargill 28 March 2023
Dutch newspaper Trouw investigated the tax position of multinational Cargill. Their conclusion? Cargill appears not to pay taxes over their profits. T...
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One history, different memories. Does this always lead to conflict? 28 March 2023
Different groups can have different memories of the same historical event. This can lead to conflict but does not have to. How is this, and how can co...
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Executive Board column: Cybersecurity is our shared responsibility so what do we need to do? 28 March 2023
Cyber threats are on the increase. This won’t have escaped anyone’s notice. Monitoring by our cybersecurity experts has shown that there are non-stop ...
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Charlotte Holt: 'This internship has allowed me to grow as a person, intellectually, and mentally’ 27 March 2023
Charlotte Holt is a second year International Justice student at Leiden University College. She did an internship at Academia Neerlandesa; a language ...
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Overstimulated? Artist pictures her brain with cacophony of colours 27 March 2023
'With this artwork, I want to give the audience a glance into my overstimulated brain and that of other people with autism', says Jasmijn den Hoed. Th...
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‘Nice tool but what are we supposed to do with it?’ 27 March 2023
Public agencies are keen to use new technology such as AI to speed up their primary processes. But the internal organisation is often a major stumblin...
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Meet Rosa: pleading (successfully!) in an LGBTQIA+ case 24 March 2023
Meet Rosa: pleading (successfully!) in an LGBTQIA+ case before the CJEU as an early-career lawyer
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Conference on the gap between government and citizens 21 March 2023
It’s often said that citizens have lost trust in their governments. But who exactly are these ‘citizens’? And which aspects of people’s contact with ...
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Fact or fiction: people with autism never make eye contact 21 March 2023
There's a myth that people with autism avoid eye contact in conversations. This can come across as indifferent. Unjustified, stresses Jiayin Zhao, who...
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Fact or fiction: people with autism are not social 21 March 2023
Half the world's population is introverted and comes home drained after an evening of drinks. Their social battery is empty. 'People with autism have ...
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‘Technology for a healthy future for kidney patients’ 21 March 2023
Technological innovations such as home dialysis could significantly improve the quality of life and health of kidney patients. Professor Joris Rotmans...
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How can we live healthier lives? Universities and hospitals are going to find out 21 March 2023
Getting out and exercising rather than slobbing on the sofa, breathing in fresh air instead of cigarette smoke and grabbing healthy snacks instead of ...
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Racism: a daily reality 21 March 2023
March 21 is International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. We spoke to Leiden University’s Diversity Officer, Aya Ezawa, and asked h...
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Deconstructing a more assertive China: How did its foreign policy change? 20 March 2023
Since 2009-2010, the West viewed China as more assertive. Especially after Xi Jinping came to power in 2012, the country abandoned Deng Xiaoping’s ‘lo...
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Joining forces for the responsible use of algorithmic systems 17 March 2023
The symposium ‘Transdisciplinary Study of Just Public Algorithmic Systems’ in The Hague on Friday 24 March will focus on the use of algorithmic system...