450 news items found
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Gatekeepers of the internet: Why there’s no such thing as ‘free’ internet 07 May 2024
Whether you’re apping someone or scrolling through Instagram… all your online behaviour is being monitored. In fact, others decide what you actually s...
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Leiden conference to look for emerging trends in global governance 07 May 2024
Global challenges require global governance answers. For that reason, between 5 and 7 June, the interdisciplinary research programme Global Transforma...
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The dark side of protecting cultural heritage 30 April 2024
World Heritage status comes at a cost to the local population’s human rights. PhD Candidate Sophie Starrenburg explains the drawbacks of poetic terms ...
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China as a laboratory for the rest of the world 30 April 2024
Professor of Modern China Florian Schneider researches what people do with technology and what technology does with people. Social media, for example....
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Student tower opened with café, common room and spectacular views 26 April 2024
The 289 students who recently moved into the tower on Kolffpad at the Leiden Bio Science Park are sitting pretty. They have the keys to a self-contain...
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Results of 2024 university elections announced 26 April 2024
The results of the 2024 university elections have been announced. Who will represent us on the university’s participation councils?
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Leiden University starts dismissal procedure against professor on the grounds of unacceptable behaviour 25 April 2024
A professor from Leiden University, together with a former employee (who is also the professor’s partner), has been guilty of long-term unacceptable a...
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How a healing field trip inspired Alexia to take the stage at TEDxLeidenUniversity 25 April 2024
One day you feel inspired by a field trip, the next you are a speaker at TEDxLeidenUniversity. It happened to International Relations student Alexia. ...
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Leiden student Lucas Pistorius wins Moot Court competition on day of Thorbecke Lecture 25 April 2024
The 2024 Thorbecke Lecture was held on Friday 19 April, with the theme of ‘The role of the Court of Justice in protecting the consumer’. Before the le...
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New Economics degrees to be launched in The Hague 24 April 2024
Leiden University is going to offer two new Economics degree programmes at its campus in The Hague: the bachelor’s in Economics and Society and the ma...
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‘Children’s healthcare rights deserve more attention’ 19 April 2024
‘Children’s rights are somewhat of a poor relation’, says Professor of Law and Health Mirjam Sombroek-van Doorm. In her inaugural lecture, she will em...
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Military pilot and political scientist Jorik ter Veer: ‘I work with the invisible heroes of society’ 17 April 2024
Not your typical student life but training that demands sheer hard work: that was the choice Jorik ter Veer (now 45) made when he signed up for the Ro...
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Erwin Muller appointed Vice-Rector of Organisational Development 17 April 2024
Leiden University’s Executive Board has appointed Erwin Muller as Vice Rector of Organisational Development. In this role, he will help further profes...
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‘Scientists should be careful when interpreting results of AI models’ 16 April 2024
Anthropologist Rodrigo Ochigame studies how AI is changing the practice of scientific research. From astrophysics to mathematics to climate science, t...
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Calling on universities and funders: make research information open 16 April 2024
Crucial information about research, funding or how university rankings are created is often not freely accessible. The Barcelona Declaration on Open R...