Founded in 2006, The Hague Journal of Diplomacy (HJD) is the world's leading research journal for the study of diplomacy and has made an important contribution to shaping diplomatic studies as an international academic field. Our mission is to present work from a variety of intellectual traditions for…

Scientific integrity is an important element in the PhD trajectory, and is addressed in several different settings.

LCDS organises monthly seminars for researchers and anyone else interested in Data Science. Each of these meetings is centered around a specific topic or academic field, which we approach from a Data Science perspective.

The Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences is a centre of outstanding and internationally competitive research.

Development of a curricumlum for EACTP's certification for turnaround professionals.

In his groundbreaking Imagined Communities, first published in 1983, Benedict Anderson argued that members of a community experience a "deep, horizontal camaraderie." Despite being strangers, members feel connected in a web of imagined experiences.

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This dissertation aims to establish a dialogue between ethnomusicology (more specifically indigenous organology), the anthropology of art and the culture of the Apinaye peoples, in order to understand how the musical objects of these peoples are learned and taught, and thus to understand its musical…

Promotor: J.N. Kok, Co-promotor: M.S. Lew

The Cognitive Psychology Unit has two main reseach lines, which focus on basic research questions and more applied challenges.

On the occasion of prof Paul van der Heijden’s stepping down as Rector Magnificus and President of the Executive Board of Leiden University in 2013 the Chair bearing his name on Social Justice was established. It was a “farewell present” of the Leiden University to it’s Rector.

Promotor: K. Kuijken, Co-Promotor: H. Hoekstra

A scenario building web-tool and knowledge package to enable multi-level decision making for the transition to the Circular Economy

The specialisation Educational Sciences studies learning processes of children and adolescents from a cognitive-psychological, social-emotional, and neuro-scientific perspective. Both general learning situations and learning in specific areas (e.g., reading, science, mathematics) will be addressed.

Study Information, Online Experience

Study Information, Online Experience

Study Information, Online Experience

Study Information, Online Experience

Study Information, Online Experience

Study Information, Online Experience

The Institute of Psychology is part of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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On 18 June, 2015, Erik Kwakkel was elected to the Comité International de Paléographie Latine (CIPL), a scholarly committee that specializes in the study of the medieval book.

PhD Defence

Constitutional and administrative law covers a broad area of law. It provides the rules with which issues in society can be solved by government authorities.

The Institute of Public Administration is one of the largest and oldest institutes of academic research and teaching in the field of public administration in the Netherlands and is located in The Hague. The institute combines a solid international academic reputation with a central positioning among…

This MA programme offers an excellent qualification in Italian literature and culture on an advanced level through lectures and seminars led by specialists in the field.

The Europa Institute of Leiden University is one of the oldest academic institutes specialized in the law of the European Union and the European Convention on Human Rights; it was established in 1957, the same year as the European Economic Community itself.

Clinical psychology is a discipline concerned with the application of psychological science to the assessment and treatment of mental disorders.

The faculty studies current topics such as climate change, terrorism and economic crises. With her interdisciplinary approach, the faculty connects with the surrounding national and international organisations.

The Dutch Center for Travel Writing Studies s a scientific center that develops and coordinates initiatives to promote research into travel writing. It actively seeks contact with external (scientific and social) partners to collaborate on issues surrounding cultural / national identity, cultural contact…

Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS) is dedicated to ground-breaking and interdisciplinary research dealing with the relations between culture and society.

The Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) focuses on multidisciplinary research and education within the international scientific field of security studies.

Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology at Leiden University studies the everyday practices of individuals and groups around the world in relation to the complex global challenges of diversity, sustainability, and digitalisation.

Leiden University has a long and outstanding tradition in the field of public international law.

Aesthetic formations and cultural repertoires give meaning to our reality in ways that are never neutral. Focusing on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and its global interlocutors, this project brings together a team of scholars from Leiden University who bring in inter-disciplinary, inter-area…

LUCIS promotes high-quality research on Islam and Muslim societies and actively communicates the insights and findings of that research to the larger public.

With the knowledge and skills you have acquired in the programme Learning Problems and Impairments, you can apply for a variety of jobs, for instance in

PhD candidates carry out a programme of independent research and additional (limited) course work, culminating in production of a PhD thesis in typically 4 years.

Creating information portals for support of European environmental policy.

This is the first special issue of any organisation studies journal on food labour. Why is this a big deal? In this Introduction, we argue that the field should pay much more attention to the agri-food system and the work that goes into producing, distributing and consuming foodstuff. Food is such an…

Overview of CML software and data

Perception of material culture, design and digital knowledge applications

To what extent is “Grip op Pijn” effective and feasible in clinical practice

What is the first thing you think of when you hear the word UN? Is it just the Security Council and the ‘blue helmets’ or is there more to it? These are some of the questions tackled by the Chair’s research group.

The global outbreak of coronavirus and the government measures to slow its spread are having a huge impact on society. Our researchers reflect on this impact from the perspective of their own discipline – or are even working on solutions.

For all problems related to presenting your research in English, the Graduate School provides help in the form of an in-house Academic English Instructor.

For all problems related to presenting your research in English, the Graduate School provides help in the form of an in-house Academic English Instructor.