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Olga Ceran awarded the Mellon/SAR Academic Freedom Fellowship 2025/2616 January 2026Dr Olga Ceran has been selected as a 2025/26 Mellon/SAR Academic Freedom Fellow. As one of 11 fellows in this year’s cohort, she will work on a projec...
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Rubicon grants for research on fire and the first lightGrants for young researchers 16 January 2026Two talented academics from Leiden who recently obtained their PhD have been awarded a Rubicon grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The grant en...
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How do you decide on the future of a child placed in care?Research project 15 January 2026When a child is placed in care, the assumption is always that the child can return home again. But there are still many questions about how this proce...
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Aya Rizk examines automation’s impact on public administration decision-making15 January 2026The lecture series 'Humanity in the Automated State' held its second session on 12 January 2026, at Leiden Law School. Dr Aya Rizk, Linköping Universi...
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Sarah de Rijcke Bids Farewell as Dean: “The Sense of Community Here Is Strong”15 January 2026During the New Year’s reception of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FSW) on 12 January 2026, Sarah de Rijcke said farewell as our dean....
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Who takes the lead when no one is in charge?interview 15 January 2026Police, municipalities and public organisations increasingly work together in networks to solve social problems. Cooperation is necessary but complex....
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Alumnus Jeroen Zwemmer: ‘The legal component is the core of my work’Alumni interview 15 January 2026Jeroen Zwemmer’s student days in Leiden ended in 2023, after completing two bachelor’s degrees, a master’s, a student board year, and an exchange seme...
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Alumna Izra ter Weer: ‘Leiden had many more connections with the rest of the world than I thought’15 January 2026Izra ter Weer's mother had studied English Language and Culture in Leiden and was always so enthusiastic about her studies that Izra decided to follow...
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New traffic controller discovered on DNA railway15 January 2026A new LUMC study has changed our understanding of how cells work. Researchers have discovered that the CFAP20 protein acts as a kind of ‘traffic cont...
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How minority governments could benefit the NetherlandsPhD defence 15 January 2026Minority governments only become an option when attempts to form a government collapse. PhD candidate Corné Smit explored why such governments have be...
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'Materiality, Religion and the Senses': L*CeSAR organizes its first workshop14 January 2026On 11 December 2025, students and staff members from many fields of study had the opportunity to take part in a day-long workshop on the role of the s...
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Hora Hester Bijl! Farewell to a rector who steered the university through turbulent timesFarewell 14 January 2026The university bid farewell to its Rector Magnificus, Hester Bijl, on 13 January during the ‘Hester’s Highlights’ symposium. The themes of the day wer...
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Endowment supports Egyptology research in Leiden13 January 2026An alumnus who wishes to remain anonymous has endowed a named fund to support Dr Miriam Müller’s historical and archaeological research on the earlies...
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Lion conservation in Kenya: why one approach does not fit allBiodiversity 13 January 2026Lions in Kenya respond very differently to human land use, climate and conservation practices. That is the conclusion of thesis from Leiden biologist ...
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How a coach can empower first generation studentsPHYSICS 13 January 2026Since 1 October, Sabina Chiță has been working as a coach for first-generation students in Physics. But who are first-generation students, and why mig...