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Fourteen Leiden University researchers receive Vidi grant23 October 2025The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded Vidi grants to 14 Leiden researchers. This grant of a maximum of 850,000 euros will enable them to start ...
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Early hunter-gatherers reshaped Europe’s ecosystems long before agriculture22 October 2025In a new study published in PLOS One, Leiden archaeologist Anastasia Nikulina, together with an international team from France, Denmark, the United Ki...
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Crisis Management alumni: Insights and career tips22 October 2025Six alumni of the Crisis and Security Management – Governance of Crisis master’s programme shared their experiences and career advice with students on...
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Ronny Wijling and Michelle Fairman win Political Science bachelor’s thesis prizes 202522 October 2025During the annual graduation ceremony, not only were the Bachelor's students in Political Science honoured, but also those students who had written ex...
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Meet the new student Programme Committee members of Cultural Anthropology22 October 2025Maria Moser, Mischa de Jong, and Ander Damiano Delliturri are the newly appointed student representatives on the Programme Committee (OLC). This commi...
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Joris Larik, new Director of Education at LUC: ‘Keep growing in quality’Interview 22 October 2025Joris Larik has been appointed Director of Education at Leiden University College The Hague (LUC). The timing is perfect: this year marks his tenth an...
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Explosive expansion of invasive marsh frogsStudent project 22 October 2025Exotic marsh frogs from distant lands are colonising the south-east of the Netherlands. This has been demonstrated by biology students from our facult...
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Why thinking outside the box can improve healthcare22 October 2025To truly help citizens, professionals sometimes need to dare to deviate from the rules. That was the main message during the meeting on ‘rebellious pr...
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Scientists discover building blocks of life in ice around a forming star in neighboring galaxyAstrochemistry 21 October 2025Astronomers have found complex organic ice outside the Milky Way for the first time. The discovery shows that the building blocks of life could arise ...
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Research into government confidentiality practices20 October 2025In a democracy, the government must strive for openness. But sometimes confidentiality is necessary to protect interests such as security or privacy. ...
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Internal Research-Internship: Into the Archives20 October 2025What to do when more than forty boxes, filled to the brink with archival materials from the study of religion ranging all the way from the 1960’s up u...
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Lou Boshart, Xiaohui Liu, and Sarah Noordeloos winners of the Metje Postma AwardsMetje Postma Awards 20 October 2025Lou Boshart won the Excellence in Visual & Multimodal Ethnography Thesis Prize for his film ‘Layers of Confidence’. Lou produced a multimodal thesis a...
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Jonathan Powell: ‘In early modern England, people went to court very often.’Humans of Humanities 20 October 2025Jonathan Powell came to Leiden from England to conduct research into the role of women in early modern court cases. In addition to all kinds of exciti...
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Daan Weggemans: 'Digital security is not just for specialists'20 October 2025Within a single generation, the digital world has changed completely: from a technical niche for ‘nerds’ to a reality that affects everyone. Cyberatta...
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CV of Failures exhibition opens in the Herta Mohr BuildingExhibition 17 October 2025Doctorates, scholarships, or a trip around the world during a sabbatical: when it comes to our careers, we often talk about what went well. The CV of ...