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Still unsure who to vote for? Here’s how to tell if your strategic vote is truly strategic11 March 2026On 18 March the municipal elections will be held, and you can cast your vote strategically for what you consider important in your town. This raises a...
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Ghent and Leiden celebrate collaboration with annual Thorbecke LectureCollaboration 10 March 2026On 6 March, this year’s Thorbecke Lecture was held in Leiden. Christoph Van der Elst of the Faculty of Law and Criminology at Ghent University deliver...
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Dr Sarah Schrader appointed Head of Department Archaeological Sciences10 March 2026The Faculty of Archaeology is pleased to announce that Dr Sarah Schrader has been appointed as the new Head of the Department of Archaeological Scienc...
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Contributions in New World Archaeology Vol. 18 dedicated to our late colleague Dr Andrzej Antczak10 March 2026The latest volume of Contributions in New World Archaeology (Vol. 18) has been dedicated to the memory of Dr Andrzej Tadeusz Antczak, an eminent archa...
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Protecting the tiniest lives: how biological signals can improve care for premature babiesMetabolomics 10 March 2026When a baby is born too soon, every minute counts – and so does every decision. To reduce uncertainty in those critical moments, biopharmaceutical sci...
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Sexual abuse between siblings: what can be done about it?Guidelines 10 March 2026Sexual abuse between brothers and sisters can cause deep psychological wounds. Little is known about how, as a practitioner, you can help heal these w...
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Adam Lichtenheld receives ISA Distinguished Book Award 202610 March 2026Assistant professor Adam Lichtenheld received the ISA Distinguished Book Award for the best book in the study of international politics of ethnicity, ...
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‘Interaction between politics, science and colonial impact often overlooked’NWO grant 10 March 2026How did science relate to politics and colonialism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? Assistant Professor Lauren Lauret has been aw...
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Why online care does not work for everyone (and how we can change that)e-Health 09 March 2026Apps to help people stop smoking, eat more healthily or exercise more are everywhere. eHealth programmes are abundant, yet they are often not accessib...
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Noise at sea: research on how wind farms affect fishBiology 09 March 2026Human activity is making the underwater world increasingly noisy. PhD candidate Fien Demuynck researched how wind farms affect fish and how to minimis...
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Interior design Aleida Nijland: light, recognisable and future-proof09 March 2026During the meeting on 26 February with the future users of Aleida Nijland, design agency Studio Linse presented the interior design. The design is bas...
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eLaw Summer School on the EU Digital OmnibusThe EU Digital Omnibus – Streamlining Rules, Sacrificing Standards? 07 March 2026After its highly successful first two editions in 2024 and 2025, we are delighted to announce the third Leiden eLaw Summer School from 22 to 26 June 2...
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Iftar at CADS: ‘There really is no meal quite like a shared one’06 March 2026We're halfway through the month of Ramadan. During this month, many Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset, breaking the fast each evening with iftar — a...
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Smart combinations of antibiotics can slow down resistanceAntibiotic resistance 06 March 2026When a bacterium becomes resistant to one antibiotic, it may sometimes become more sensitive to another. This biological side-effect offers an unexpec...
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Alumna wins KHMW Jan Brouwer Thesis Prize for Law for child rights research on peer relationshipsThesis prize 05 March 2026How important is a child’s right to meaningful peer relationships? Vaishnavi Ramalingam wrote her master’s thesis on this topic, and was recently awar...