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Flooded polder helps fight mosquito-borne diseasesField research 13 October 2025One and a half hectares of polder, a large volume of water, and a group of curious researchers from various universities and scientific backgrounds le...
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Join the Pre-PhD Programme and discover if doing PhD research is for you13 October 2025The Pre-PhD Programme offers master’s students the chance to gain research experience. ‘The programme helps you discover if doing research is somethin...
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The Dutch ‘just in time’ mentality won’t work in a war situationDutch general election 13 October 2025Modern warfare knows no boundaries. Threats are increasingly digital. PhD candidate Annelies van Vark claims that Scandinavia is better prepared to de...
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Owada keynote Fatou Bensouda on international justice: ‘We need courageous leadership’Interview 13 October 2025Are international courts effective? Dr Fatou Bensouda, a former Lead Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague (ICC), will discuss t...
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Finding our way out of the hyper-nervous society? ‘Time to pause and reflect on our basic human needs’Mental health 13 October 2025Hit the brakes! That’s the advice of the Council for Public Health and Society in a recent report. Life in an individualistic, achievement-driven soci...
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Greedy black hole feeds via two spiral armsAstronomy research 13 October 2025The supermassive black hole at the center of the Circinus galaxy is being fed with gas by two spiral arms. This is what PhD candidate Wout Goesaert di...
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New model explains extreme jet streams on all giant planetsAstronomy 13 October 2025For the first time, an international team of scientists led by Leiden Observatory and SRON can explain the extreme jet streams observed around the equ...
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‘Don’t let algorithms determine what happens in class’Inaugural lecture 10 October 2025From TikTok to ChatGPT: digital technology is permeating our whole existence. What does that mean for education and upbringing? It’s not about screen ...
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Restricting student numbers will cost society billions10 October 2025A cap on the number of international students at the five broad-based Randstad universities will have a drastic effect on the Dutch economy. The gross...
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Beyond Iced coffee and face masks: ‘True self-care is about emotional awareness and living according to your values’Self-care 09 October 2025During their clinical internships, Psychology Masters students learn to offer mental support to others. But how can these future therapists take care ...
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Tracing mobility and connection to place in the world’s first farming villages09 October 2025How did people move and form communities when human societies first shifted from hunting and gathering to farming? A new study of the Neolithic period...
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Caspar Jacobs in Philosophers’ Annual: ‘It is not relationships between objects, but absolute properties that are most important’09 October 2025An article by assistant professor Caspar Jacobs has been included in the prestigious Philosophers’ Annual, which compiles the ten best philosophy arti...
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This new programme prepares students for today's sustainability challengesSUSTAINABILITY DAY 08 October 2025How often do you consider the impact of your choices? 10 October is Sustainability Day: a good time to introduce the new bachelor's programme Science ...
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Vincent Delhomme speaks on contemporary internal market challenges in Prague08 October 2025The newly created European Law Unbound Society (ELU-S) held its inaugural conference on 25-26 September 2025, at the Charles University in Prague. Vin...
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In Memoriam: Laura van Hoof07 October 2025It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our esteemed colleague Laura van Hoof on Wednesday 1 October, after an illness of more than a...