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5 NWO XS grants for the Faculty of HumanitiesNWO XS grants 09 February 2026Five researchers from Leiden University have been awarded an Open Competition Domain Science ENW XS grant by the Dutch Research Council for their rese...
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A real professor in the classroom: ‘Did you sweat in the Sweat Room?’Dies Natalis 09 February 2026It may be the best tradition of them all: on the university’s birthday, its professors go to primary schools to teach a special lesson. This year, 75 ...
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‘Interaction between politics, science and colonial impact often overlooked’NWO grant 09 February 2026
How did science relate to politics and colonialism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? Assistant Professor Lauren Lauret has been aw...
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Master’s Open Day: tours, presentations and making the right choiceChoosing your degree 09 February 2026With lab tours, presentations and an information fair, Leiden University’s Master’s Open Day gave students a good impression of our master’s programme...
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The Van der Loon family has had ties with Japan and Leiden University for over a hundred years.450 years 09 February 2026Over a century ago, Alexandra van Elroy's great-grandfather left for Japan, where her grandmother was born. Together with her mother, Maaike van der L...
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More health, less care: how can we make this happen?Inaugural lecture 09 February 2026Professor of Population Health Management Marc Bruijnzeels calls for a healthcare system in which prevention really works. Together with his team and ...
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Two awards for biodiversity research in LeidenFunding 09 February 2026From more natural beaches to research on how peace advances biodiversity. Two Leiden research projects have been awarded funding from the European Bio...
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Discussing the role of AI in education: ‘We need a shared vision’AI symposium 09 February 2026How do you ensure that students still learn anything when they can have AI write an entire thesis in a matter of minutes? Staff members from the Facul...
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Pac-Man politics: eating the rule of law bit by bit09 February 2026Our constitutional democracy is under pressure. Politicians are increasingly bending rules and institutions to their will, often in small steps. PhD c...
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'Open science must be accessible to everyone'Open science 05 February 2026Mathilde Verdam and Julian Karch (Methodology and Statistics) have been awarded a grant as co-applicants by Openscience NL to promote "Open software f...
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Honorary Doctorate Recipients - Safiya Noble and Catherine Malabou: The Reading List05 February 2026This February, Leiden University honors two scholars who have responded to the challenges of modern society in important, innovative and exemplary way...
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Eric van Dijk says farewell as Professor of Social Psychology: 'Economics and psychology are no longer separate disciplines'Psychology 05 February 2026What interests and motives shape how people cooperate, clash and place their trust in one another? For more than 36 years, Van Dijk explored these que...
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How research sheds light on the invisible symptoms of MSMS 05 February 2026What are the often invisible cognitive consequences of multiple sclerosis? Maureen van Dam mapped these out during her doctoral research. 'People usua...
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'The SKO highlights what is already happening and shows that educational professionalism is a fully-fledged career path.'04 February 2026On Monday 12 January, Joanne Mouthaan, associate professor in the Clinical Psychology section, received the Senior Qualification in Education (SKO). W...
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Skating together for FIT-HEART04 February 2026On Saturday 7 February the Dutch Heart Foundation will organize the first edition of IJsbrekers (Icebreakers): a skating event raising money for resea...