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Graig Klein awarded an ERC Starting Grant 05 September 2023Graig Klein, assistant professor at the Institute of Security of Global Affairs (ISGA), has been awarded a Starting Grant by the European Research Cou...
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ERC Starting Grants for seven Leiden researchers 05 September 2023Seven researchers from Leiden University have been awarded an ERC Starting Grant. This will enable them to start their own project, build their resear...
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How polluting are the clothes in your closet? 05 September 2023Cotton is the most widely used natural fibre for clothes. But how polluting are our jeans and shirts actually? Environmental scientist Laura Scherer c...
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How to design smart and lean regional integration that works, also outside the EU: Two day international CompaRe conference 05 September 2023On the 31st August and 1st September 2023, CompaRe hosted a conference on “Smart and lean integration: finding regional solutions to global challenges...
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Heavy metals have a bad reputation but they also cure cancer 05 September 2023Many people think heavy metals are poisonous and always harm people and the environment. The reality is more nuanced, says Professor Sylvestre Bonnet....
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LeidenGlobal seminar series on interdisciplinarity offers a “license to creativity” 05 September 2023In September, the LeidenGobal seminar series ‘Beyond Discipline and Place in the Social Science and Humanities’ will kick off. The series, targeted at...
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Executive Board column: Why a good relationship with the city is so important 05 September 2023Leiden University is a fantastic example of a network university: we create an impact with the city, stakeholders and regional and international partn...
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Digging for treasure in archives: what did spoken Scots sound like? 05 September 2023How did Scottish speakers sound hundreds of years ago? University lecturer Mo Gordon thinks the answer to that question can be found in church archive...
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Opening of Academic Year on sustainability: optimism and criticism go hand in hand 04 September 2023The theme of the Opening of the Academy Year on 4 September was sustainability and how the university could take the lead as a change agent. How is it...
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Archaeologist Martin Berger explores Latin American collections with an ERC grant 04 September 2023All over Europe you will find ethnographic museums with large collections of indigenous objects from Latin America. These collections shaped the image...
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Graduation ceremony of the LL.M. Advanced Studies in International Children’s Rights 2022-2023 04 September 2023On Wednesday, 30 August 2023, the graduation ceremony took place in Leiden University’s Academy Building. The ceremony was a momentous occasion, atten...
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How can we improve the availability of information to the public in disputes with government authorities? 04 September 2023The Netherlands Open Government Action Plan was recently presented to the Dutch House of Representatives. One of the action points in the plan relates...
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Call for papers - Common Interests and Common Spaces: Institutional Approaches to Dispute Settlement 04 September 2023The Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies welcomes abstracts for a workshop on Common Interests and Common Spaces: Institutional Approaches t...
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Prinsjesfestival & Prinsjesdag: an overview of the activities in and around the university in The Hague 04 September 2023The third Tuesday of September is approaching and with it Prinsjesdag (State Opening of the Dutch Parliament) and the official start of our own Facult...
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Logging in tropical forests has a major social impact on local people 04 September 2023The local benefits op logging operations in tropical forests are far smaller than we often think. At the same time, the negative impacts on local well...