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Breaking the silence: Latin America’s fight against femicide04 December 2025Across Latin America, stories of violence against women reveal how deeply gender, power en inequality are intertwined. Researcher Martín Hernán Di Mar...
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A new window into the brain: visualising neural connectionsPHYSICS 04 December 2025To understand how the brain works, it is essential to map it out in detail. This appears to be possible with a microscopy technique in which Leiden ph...
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International community convenes in Pisa to advance coordinated reform in publishing and research assessmentWorkshop 03 December 2025On 14 November 2025, representatives from several organizations across the publishing reform and research assessment reform communities gathered in Pi...
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Proceeds from Ameland children’s book support new research into the microbiota–gut–brain axisGut–brain axis 03 December 2025Assistant Professor in Clinical Psychology Laura Steenbergen has received a donation from the Klei & Zand Foundation to conduct research into the micr...
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NWO and Groeifonds funding for research into smart light-responsive chipsPHYSICS 03 December 2025Physicists at Leiden University are developing smart chips that can be programmed with light. These chips are more energy-efficient than traditional c...
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Professor Judi Mesman's portrait festively unveiled in Senate ChamberNews 03 December 2025A truly special moment in the Senate Chamber of the Academy Building: the portrait of Professor Judi Mesman has been unveiled. 'Leiden University only...
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Contribute to the fifth edition of the national Historians’ Days in LeidenAnniversary edition 03 December 2025The History Days are coming to Leiden for their anniversary edition! The History Days in Leiden on 27, 28 and 29 August 2026 bring together everyone w...
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Video: Leiden staff and external partners reap the fruits of the Knowledge Orchard03 December 2025Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary collaboration can be tricky. We don’t all speak the same ‘language’ or know how to find each other. At the Kno...
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‘We all support equal opportunities, but disagree on how to achieve them’Widespread prosperity 02 December 2025Rotterdam is an extreme example of inequality in the Netherlands. There are huge health and life expectancy differences between neighbourhoods. Good a...
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New endowed chair brings astronomy and AI together. ‘AI can help improve our understanding of the Universe’PROFESSOR BY SPECIAL APPOINTMENT 02 December 2025AI helps astronomers to understand our Universe better, and that role is set to grow. Therefore, ASTRON and Leiden University are establishing a new r...
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Another successful year of the Matra Rule of Law Training Programme02 December 2025In the second year of the implementation of the Matra Rule of Law Training Programme, Leiden University hosted a group of 30 civil servants from pre-a...
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Doctors with a backboneInaugural lecture Carmen Vleggeert-Lankamp 02 December 2025During her studies, Professor Carmen Vleggeert-Lankamp developed a passion for spinal surgery. From exploring unknown fields and supervising PhD candi...
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Bacteria full of potential: searching for new antibiotics through genetic on–off switchesAntibiotics research 02 December 2025Collaborating and learning from other fields – that is what bioinformatician Hannah Augustijn enjoys most about doing research. During her PhD at Leid...
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Municipality of Leiden apologises for role in slavery and announces further researchApology 02 December 2025On 2 December, the Municipality of Leiden will apologise for the role previous administrations played in colonialism and slavery. Mayor Peter Heijkoop...
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eLaw hosts second BIAS capacity-building session on AI in the workplace01 December 2025On 20 November 2025, eLaw hosted the second capacity-building session of the BIAS project, coinciding with the city’s first snowfall of the year. The ...