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Podcast: What drives sixteen-year-olds to carry out attacks with explosives?Podcast announcement 05 January 2026Young people being deployed to carry out explosive attacks: how do they come into view, and what motivates them? The podcast 'Action/Reaction: From At...
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‘Military strikes alone unlikely to fatally undermine Venezuelan government’03 January 2026What will be the outcome of the US raid on Venezuela and capture of President Maduro? ‘History shows that people usually react to being bombed by a fo...
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New blog in the context of the Picturing Scholasticide project23 December 2025Nadia Sonneveld and Matthew Canfield and other researchers in the Picturing Scholasticide project have published a blog on their research on the websi...
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Teaching across bordersCharlotte and Malou taught classes abroad 19 December 2025What is it like to teach at an international school, surrounded by different languages, cultures and educational traditions? The World Teachers Progra...
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Leiden Jewish Studies Network awards second 'Best Thesis in Jewish Studies'19 December 2025This November, Leiden Jewish Studies Network has presented the Best Thesis in Jewish Studies award to a highly talented Leiden graduate, Lotte-Sofie G...
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In memoriam Emile van Rouveroy van Nieuwaal (1939-2025)18 December 2025On 4 December Professor Emile van Rouveroy van Nieuwaal passed away. Van Rouveroy van Nieuwaal worked at the African Studies Centre from 1967 to 2002,...
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Reconnecting and reminiscing with Leiden alumni in IndonesiaLeiden Calling Alumni Homecoming Reception 2025 18 December 2025Laughter and nostalgia filled the Erasmus Huis square on Saturday 11 October 2025. More than 80 alumni gathered at Leiden Calling Alumni Homecoming Re...
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Human language inspired AI – and now we can use that AI to learn about languageAI and linguistics 18 December 2025PhD candidate Yuchen Lian (LIACS) wants to understand why human languages look the way they do – and find inspiration to improve AI along the way. She...
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Evolve: 3rd recruitment call open!18 December 2025The European Union has awarded a COFUND grant to a consortium of researchers from the universities of Groningen and Leiden for a collective PhD progra...
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From Japan Studies to junior school: ‘I was back to square one in the classroom’Alumnus interview 18 December 2025It was while wearing clogs at a Dutch theme park in Japan that Cindy Heijdra really got to know the country she was studying. Over 20 years later, she...
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Who are the winners of the Psychology Prizes of 2025?End of Year Celebration 17 December 2025Psychology teacher of the year is Laura Nawijn. The Master Thesis Awards are for Max Kalisvaart and David Hof. Lee Aldar wins the PhD Paper Prize. The...
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Experience the future of technology: visit the Quantum Escape RoomPHYSICS 17 December 2025Science journalist Anna Gimbrère and physicist Julia Cramer will open the Quantum Escape Room in Eindhoven on Wednesday, 17th of December. Researchers...
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FGGA in 2025: This was the year of our facultyYear overview 17 December 20252025 was a year full of impact and milestones for FGGA: From a record number of graduates and new programmes to international collaborations, prestigi...
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TikToking in the name of scienceMisinformation 17 December 2025What makes young people susceptible to misinformation? And how do their friends influence this? Psychologist Jiemiao Chen aims to find out by using ey...
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Leiden University awarded Institutional Audit certificate16 December 2025For the third time in a row, Leiden University has received a positive assessment in the Institutional Audit for the way it provides good teaching and...