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Financial supervision in (juvenile) criminal lawMany adults and juveniles who are in prosecuted in criminal courts also have financial problems. This applies to almost one third of probation cases a...
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Archaeologist Maikel Kuijpers reflects on academic feud over Nebra sky discIn a New York Times report on a bitter archaeological feud over the Nebra sky disk, Maikel Kuijpers reflects on its importance. 'It’s really unfortuna...
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Ab de Jong new academic director of LIAS: ‘Feels like home’Ab de Jong, professor of Comparative Religion, was appointed as the new the academic director of the Leiden Institute for Area Studies (LIAS) with eff...
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Gitta Veldt wins Meijers prize and Van Wersch Springplank prizeThe Meijers prizes are awarded each year for the best published article from each faculty research programme. Veldt received the prize for her contrib...
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Applications open for Summer School on the European Union, the United Nations and Global Governance
The Summer School will take place from 14-25 June 2021 and welcomes Master-level and PhD-level students who are interested in learning more about the ...
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Meuwese on new developments in Dutch cabinet’s response to child benefits scandalIn recent days and weeks, experts have been falling over themselves to point the finger at the main culprit in the Dutch child benefits scandal. Altho...
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Two psychologists on a date with the RectorRector Magnificus Carel Stolker will retire on 8 February. If there’s one theme running through his career, it’s the links between the University and ...
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Hans-Martien ten Napel participates in The International Forum on the Future of Constitutionalism Global SummitThe Global Summit, which took place from 12-16 January 2021, is an initiative by Richard Albert, the William Stamps Farish Professor in Law, Professor...
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New classification for tropical plant group PhyllanthusThere is much wrong with the taxonomy of the plant genus Phyllanthus. Roderick Bouman of the Hortus botanicus Leiden has developed a new phylogeny for...
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Daan Pelt brings theory and practice together in the field of Deep LearningBringing the theoretical world of mathematics and computer science to more applied research areas. That is what Daan Pelt, assistant professor at the ...
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Carel Stolker to retire: donate to the Leiden Empowerment FundsCarel Stolker will retire as Rector Magnificus of Leiden University on 8 February. As a retirement gift he is setting up a fund for first-generation s...
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Work in the time of coronavirus: Riding the corona-coaster with loud music and a childHow are you doing in these strange and unprecedented times? That is the question we are asking our colleagues in this series. Rosalinde Spitters, for ...
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Honorary doctorate for child rights activist Graça MachelMozambican politician and child rights activist Graça Machel will receive an honorary doctorate from Leiden University for her commitment to the right...
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‘In these times you need all the help and connections you can get’Because they could really have used it during their own time as students. For many alumni, that’s their reason for signing up for the mentors network ...
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Introducing Antonio Missiroli, our new Associate Senior Policy Fellow for Emerging Security ThreatsDr Antonio Missiroli has been appointed as Associate Senior Policy Fellow for Emerging Security Threats at the Institute of Security and Global Affair...