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Funding for research on AI Act08 July 2025Anne Meuwese and Francien Dechesne have received SSH Open Competition M funding from the Dutch Research Council for their joint project 'The Artificia...
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LUMC participates in pioneering type 1 diabetes researchDiabetes 08 July 2025The promising early results of an international study have shown that insulin-producing cells grown from stem cells can cure the disease. The new Cure...
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‘Democracy is not self-evident, it requires continuous engagement’08 July 2025In a time of growing polarisation and declining trust, the rule of law is under pressure. The system as we know it today only took shape 177 years ago...
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Strengthening Integrity in Science and Data: CWTS and EDI Announce Strategic PartnershipCOLLABORATION 07 July 2025The Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) and the Ethical Data Initiative (EDI) are pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Unde...
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Max Rood Moot Court Competition great success07 July 2025Although the team from Leiden did not win, the Max Rood Moot Court Competition was a great success once again. Six teams of students (Leiden, Groninge...
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eLaw presents two papers on fairness and vulnerability in AI at ACM FAccT 202507 July 2025Staff from eLaw – Center for Law and Digital Technologies contributed to the ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (FAccT), hel...
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Leiden University joins Global Coalition for Social JusticeGlobal Coalition for Social Justice 07 July 2025Leiden University has become a partner of the Global Coalition for Social Justice, an international movement committed to advancing decent work and an...
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In pictures: jubilee edition of Leiden Canal ConcertLustrum 07 July 2025Leiden’s Rapenburg canal was transformed into a magical open-air stage for the jubilee edition of the Leiden Canal Concert, as hundreds gathered to ce...
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Board visit: the Institute for Philosophy wants to continue to grow through new collaborations07 July 2025The university is home to many pearls of research institutes that do not make the news every day. The Executive Board visited one such pearl, the Inst...
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Dreaming of a start-up? These students are taking the plunge: ‘Just do it and see where it goes’Master Honours Challenge 04 July 2025Many students dream of running their own business. But where to start? The Master Honours Challenge ‘Entrepreneurship’ helps students figure things ou...
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First joint meeting 'Collecting Global Heritage' in Leiden04 July 2025On Thursday 26 June 2025, the Pavilion of the Wereldmuseum Leiden featured the first joint meeting of Leiden University and the Vrije Universiteit Ams...
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Additional funding for five experimental and innovative research projects04 July 2025Five Leiden research projects in history, law and AI have received SSH Open Competition M 2024 funding from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The rese...
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Mette Kamerich appointed as assessor in the Faculty Board04 July 2025The Executive Board has appointed Mette Kamerich as the assessor and student member of the Faculty Board of the Faculty of Humanities. The appointment...
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4 KIEM grants for Humanities03 July 2025Four projects led by the Faculty of Humanities have been awarded KIEM grants. The researchers will receive €10,000 to carry out their plans.
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Mirjam Oomens: ‘Healthcare professionals should be cautious about survival prognoses’03 July 2025Mirjam Oomens was working on her PhD research on language in the consulting room when she was diagnosed with metastatic cancer. Four years later, she ...