A young refugee who wants to give something back to the Netherlands; a Greek girl who wants to study in her mother's home country and, of course, a lo...

The Executive Board has appointed Professor Judi Mesman Dean of Leiden University College The Hague with effect from 1 July 2016. The Board of the Fac...

Thousands of curious students and parents are visiting the Open Day on 5 March. How do they get a good idea of the study programmes and the city?

‘Over leven in Aarlanderveen’ , the film that Master's student Marleen Oostenrijk made for her graduation project of Cultural Anthropology and Develop...

On Monday 15 February 2016 the annual Speckmann Prizes were granted at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology. BA-studenten ...

The Netherlands Association for Sleep-Wake Research is studying this issue. Lead researcher Kristiaan van der Heijden, Leiden psychologist and sleep ...

The Leiden African Studies Centre (ASCL) will become part of the University from 1 January 2016.

The Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences has become a lot healthier, thanks to the first Healthy Faculty event on 29 and 30 October, 2015. Healt...

Older children more frequently link Black Pete with a black person. Both younger and older children think positively about him. This is the conclusion...

Political scientist Rebekah Tromble has been awarded a fellowship and seat at the Leiden University Teachers’ Academy. She will use the associated fac...

What is federalism; what are the implications of decentralisation? Do federalism and decentralisation contribute to democratisation, governance, and d...