It is essential for researchers to be able to obtain independent research funding in order to advance in their career.

As part of the process of safeguarding the quality of our research, our institutes are audited regularly by a committee of external experts.

The GTGC network currently spans over 160 researchers across 6 faculties at Leiden University. We especially foster thematic interfaculty collaborations on a wide variety of global transformations and governance challenges.

Media Technology: a master’s program for you?

In the drug research theme we generally work with rodents.

On this page, you can find a short description of the participating researchers.

Within the Visual Ethnography specialisation, you can develop your own research project or make use of the research opportunities offered by our staff members listed below.

The Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL) is an internationally oriented institute for research and education in biology.

Opportunities to join the initiative as a guest researcher and spend time in residence with GTGC in The Hague are available. If you are interested, we welcome you to contact us. Below you can find our current and former guest researchers.

The International Institute of Air and Space Law welcomes visiting researchers who would like to spend time with us furthering their (PhD) research. As a visiting researcher, you can make use of our extensive library, our digital resources and the expertise of the Law School’s institutes.

An overview of research themes and projects at ABS.

From basic science to real-world interventions

The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL) welcomes visiting researchers from outside Leiden University that wish to conduct research at the institute.

LUCIS funded several research programmes to boost interfaculty and interdisciplinary cooperation and to widen the involvement of LUCIS members.

LUCIS’ research on Islam and society is guided by three overarching themes, which are fundamental to our research programmes.

Research within the centre is broad and pluralistic, ranging from the history of political thought to contemporary analytic and continental political philosophy and critical social theory. Members of the CPP also participate in the Research Profile Area on Political Legitimacy. The Centre is the proud…

The progression of EU law: Accommodating change and upholding values Coordinator: Dr. Moritz Jesse

We work on projects commissioned by the European Commission, INSOL Europe and ELI (European Law Institute) as well as various other projects with an international scope. You can find our projects on the right. There have also been several important publications regarding TRI, also from our staff, that…

Knowledge on how to adjust a drug dose in special patient populations such as (prematurely born) neonates or children, obese individuals or critically-ill patients, is not only crucial for novel compounds, but also for existing drugs which are often used in an off-label manner in these special patient…

This dissertation describes several studies concerning the research-teaching nexus in the sciences.

Would you like to know more about our research using laboratory animals or our studies on alternatives to animal testing? If so, take a look at the news articles on the right-hand side of the page (for mobile users, see the bottom of the page).

LIAS staff has a strong track record in supervising internationally competitive PhD research in Asian studies, Middle Eastern studies, and the study of religion. Our graduates go on to work in a range of professional fields, academic and other. This page provides information for prospective and current…

Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen, Sterrewacht Leiden (STRW)

The Centre is the proud home of several research programmes.

The effectiveness of the intervention has been examined extensively among different groups of caregivers and children in both the Netherlands and abroad. Among these groups were children in high-risk situations, parents in high-risk situations/extraordinary circumstances and caregivers in childcare.…

Read about the impact of past research

Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen, Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS)

LIAS hosts Visiting Researchers from around the world. The programme provides Visitors access to LIAS facilities (including Leiden University Library) so that they can conduct research on an approved topic. As an academic institution committed to international cooperation and exchange, LIAS welcomes…

Within the Global Ethnography specialisation, you can develop your own research project or make use of the research opportunities offered by our staff members listed below.

Sociale Wetenschappen, Psychologie

Teams of scientists from different Social and Behavioural Sciences disciplines work together in the labs with state-of-the-art hard- and software and related expertise.

Afrika-Studiecentrum Leiden

Our Division has created and maintains the Visualisation Core Facilities of the LACDR. This is a multi-user facility offering basic and advanced microscopic techniques to scientists of the LACDR.

Research carried out at Leiden University contributes to our knowledge of sustainability. This is essential if we want to work together to find solutions to pressing issues, such as the current climate emergency and the shortage of raw materials.

The Biomedical Sciences research specialisation aims to provide you with a theoretical background and academic competences in multidisciplinary research in Biomedical Sciences. The entire programme is taught in English.

The master's specialisation Astronomy Research at Leiden University students focus on astronomical data analysis using models and large-scale simulation, combining the fields of Astronomy, Physics, Mathematics and Computer Science.

The Academy of Creative and Performing Arts (ACPA) at Leiden University together with The Royal Academy of Art (KABK) and the Royal Conservatoire (KC), are developing a new platform for research in and with the arts, with an emphasis on collaboration.

The Leiden Institute of Chemistry actively participates in several national research schools for MSc and PhD students. These schools are consortia that stimulate collaboration between research groups of the different participating Dutch universities. The research schools also offer advanced training…

The research master in History at Leiden University offers five specialisations in which you will focus on historical processes, historical research, historiography and methodology.

An overview of research projects at the Predictive Pharmacology group.

The MSc in Psychology (research) is a two-year programme that is focused on acquiring research skills in a particular field of psychology.

The Research Support Team (RST) at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs provides comprehensive support and timely advice to researchers in identifying relevant grant schemes or funding systems.

Global Interactions sponsors a number of research projects of Leiden University researchers.

Every week, ISGA organizes the Research Seminar Series discussing works from ISGA staff and externals.

The research master's in Assyriology, a specialisation of the Classics and Ancient Civilizations (Research) programme, at Leiden University provides you with a multidisciplinary study of the languages, literatures and cultures of the Ancient Near Eastern world.

Our research covers a very broad terrain and has a strong disciplinary basis across a wide range of scientific disciplines and fields.