An internship at the Police Academy in Apeldoorn. This will be possible for the first time for third-year students of the bachelor's programme Security Studies as of September 2021, now that Leiden University and the Police Academy have joined forces. ‘The internships offer students a unique opportunity…

‘Let us not forget the power of genuine engagement,’ dean Sarah de Rijcke stressed at the New Year's Reception on 7 January 2025, which was also attended by Rector Magnificus Hester Bijl and addressed the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Wouter Veenendaal, a political scientist at Leiden University, is an analyst for the Freedom House report. Freedom House is an American non-profit organisation dedicated to democracy, political freedom and human rights. In short, the report describes the degree of freedom and the state of democracy…

In the complex academic playing field, it is crucial that researchers and research support professionals know how to find each other. At Leiden University, these collaborations are indispensable too, say professor Gilles van Wezel and project manager Mariana Avalos Garcia. ‘Without support, this project…

Leiden University is going to partner with the Asian Development Bank, a bank committed to regional development. President of the Executive Board Annetje Ottow signed a memorandum of understanding on this unique partnership in Manila on 27 April.

Patients and healthcare providers use Remote Patient Management platforms to exchange information with each other. New methods like this are desperately needed to future-proof our healthcare systems. Professor Maaike Kleinsmann is working to scale up these systems and implement them nationwide.

Three promising scholars present their views on various aspects of nationalism in Indonesia and China. Adrian Perkasa, The Rise, Evolution and Demise of Javanese Nationalism (1918-1966) Since Javanese nationalism in the end was unsuccessful, it has barely been studied. Nonetheless, Javanese nationalism…

Erwin Muller, Dean of FGGA and Administrator of Campus The Hague, and Koen Caminada, Vice-Dean, share their thoughts on how ‘we’ as a faculty are doing based on three themes. A discussion about the balancing act between what is and what isn’t possible and the natural urge to continue to grow, the utility…

A boost to self-confidence and clarifying; this is how participants experience the new-style Annual Interview. The approximately 40 interviews conducted, used 360-degree feedback and an updated Result & Development form. Hanneke Hulst: 'I hope other units also dare to take the leap.'

On Thursday May 11, medical anthropologists from Leiden University organized a festive opening of their new network, the Leiden University Medical Anthropology Network (LUMAN). In August 2022, these Leiden-based scholars started gathering and organizing this new network with two main goals, namely to…

Silke Henkes work focuses on theoretical soft condensed matter physics and biophysics.

Sara Perlstein is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs under the research group 'Crisis Governance'. Her research focuses on the interpersonal discussion of risk among laypeople.

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Jonathan Stökl is assistant professor at the Institute for Area Studies.

Sarah Vandenbroucke is a PhD candidate within the Department of Business Studies at Leiden Law School, and part of the Empirical Legal Studies Lab of Leiden University. She started her PhD in 2020, entitled: Navigating corporate responsibility in global supply chains using codes of conduct

Are you unsure about what you want to do for your internships? Or do you ever think about what you want to do after your studies? You are not the only one with these questions. Would you like to know what you can do during and after your Archaeology studies? Then get inspired at LANCE (Leiden…

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How do opinions form and change in large groups of people? That's not just a sociological question, it's a mathematical one. PhD candidate Federico Capannoli studied opinion dynamics. He defended his thesis on November 19.

Tuesday 27 January - A crisp winter morning and a busy Tuesday. Board matters, research safety, leadership and faculty profiling alternate throughout the day, with a focus on collaboration both inside and outside the faculty. A full day that ends with a game of darts.

Simcha is the Professor of Management and Healthcare Innovation and Deputy Director Research at the University College London Global Business School for Health (GBSH). He is also the Program Director of the DBA Health program at UCL GBSH. Simcha has been a Professor at Leiden University since 2016.…

Prof.dr. W.Th.F. den Hollander Prof.dr. R.W. van der Hofstad (TU Eindhoven) dr. L. Avena (Università Degli Studi Di Firenze) Summary Imagine a cup of warm tea, and pour some milk into it. Initially, the liquid might appear chaotic, but eventually it will become uniformly coloured. And, if we were to…

The ‘Discovery of the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem of EUniWell’s Consortium’s Members’ project has received a EUniWell seed grant. Sjoerd Louwaars, the representative from Leiden University, talks about the project and the first results.

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