481 search results for “european commission” in the Student website
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How the EU is trying to deter economic coercion of countries
The EU is aiming to deter economic coercion with a new legal instrument. Freya Baetens will elucidate this in her inaugural lecture on October 27th.
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Citizen scientists discover more than 1,000 new burial mounds
Over the past few years, citizen scientists from the Heritage Quest project have scoured the entire Veluwe and Utrechtse Heuvelrug areas for unknown archaeological heritage. One of the results of this research is that the number of known burial mounds in this area has doubled.
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Why vote in the upcoming European elections? European Law (LL.M.) students explain
Between 6 and 9 June, you’ll be able to vote in the European elections. But what can you expect from these elections? What are the most important topics on the European agenda? And why should you even vote? Students from the European Law master’s specialisation explain.
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Heritage Quest project wins European Heritage Europa Nostra Award
Heritage Quest is a large-scale citizen science project in the field of archaeology that allows anyone to contribute to scientific research. It is the first large-scale archaeological citizen science project in The Netherlands and one of the few of its kind in the world. As part of the Cultural Heritage…
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LGBTIQ rights in Europe: the role of the European Parliament
Lecture, Seminar
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Martijn NouwenFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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'Level Up' to reconnect European society for a higher level of democracy
Level Up is a non-profit project led by a multi-disciplinary team of doctoral researchers in the framework of the Europaeum Network was founded by the University of Oxford University. Sophie Veriter explains the importance of Level Up, the development of the ‘Level Up Toolkit’, and why this project…
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Nikki Ikani’s new book on crises and change in European foreign policy
Nikki Ikani, Assistant Professor Intelligence and Security at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA), has recently published her latest monograph 'Crisis and change in European Union foreign policy' with Manchester University Press.
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MSc International Relations and Diplomacy (MIRD): Visit toBrussels and EU Institutions 2024
Between the 16 and 18 October, 85 Advanced MSc International Relationsand Diplomacy first-year students accompanied by team members embarked on an academic excursion to Brussels and various of its prominent EU institutions.
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European Citizens’ Initiative and participatory democracy in the EU
Lecture, Seminar
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Federica CasanoFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Harry FokkensFaculteit Archeologie
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Florian HelmeckeFaculteit Archeologie
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Vacancy: Research Internships “Brasiliana in European collections”
Education
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Researchers Tax Law in Trouw on potential tax avoidance Cargill
Dutch newspaper Trouw investigated the tax position of multinational Cargill. Their conclusion? Cargill appears not to pay taxes over their profits. Trouw asked Jan van de Streek, Professor of Tax Law, and PhD candidate Josephine van der Have for an explanation. Prior to this, Van der Have had also…
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‘Europe actually listens’: three Leiden political scientists about the responsiveness and effectiveness of EU policy
The image of the European Union (EU) as a remote law-making machine is widespread. Quite often journalists and politicians deliberately depict ‘Brussels’ as bureaucratic, even undemocratic, bypassing its citizens. And many of us buy into that image. Nikoleta Yordanova, Anastasia Ershova and Aleksandra…
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alumna Suzanne Kingston appointed judge of the General Court of the European Union
Suzanne Kingston will be officially sworn in in mid-January. She graduated from the Leiden Advanced LLM European and International Business Law (EIBL) in 2000.
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How do European Muslims see their future?
Professor of Islam and the West Maurits Berger wants to use citizen science to answer this question. On the futureofislam.eu website, he is inviting European Muslims to complete an anonymous survey about how they see their future and the role of Islam in this. He will present the first findings at the…
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Brussels is full of friendly faces
Students of the European Union Studies track of MA International Relations visited Brussels this October and met many Leiden alumni who already work there.
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Summer School 'The European Union, the United Nations and Global Governance'
Applications are now open for the Summer School ‘The European Union, the United Nations and Global Governance’ (12 - 23 June 2023) for Master-level and PhD students. The activity is supported by the European Union’s Jean Monnet programme (Erasmus+).
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Excellent oral pleadings at EUniWell Moot Court Competition in Murcia
Education
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eLaw presented at the European Workshop on Algorithmic Fairness '23
Carlotta Rigotti, post-doc researcher at eLaw - Center for Law and Digital Technologies, and Alexandre Puttick (Bern University of Applied Science) presented some research outputs of the Horizon Europe BIAS project during the European Workshop on Algorithmic Fairness '23.
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Ending of the Europaeum Programme: European History and Civilisation
Education
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Should we build a European mega-dam?
A mega-dam around Europe is a possible solution as protection against rising sea levels. Whether that is really a good idea, was debated on by young professionals during the debate on the future of European coastal protection. 'A big dam may seem safe, but actually isn't,' argued debate winner Haye…
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Tom Theuns
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Nathalie BrusgaardFaculteit Archeologie
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Koosje van Lessen KloekeFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Melanie FinkFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Armin CuyversFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Nikoleta YordanovaFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Horst FischerFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Helena VrabecFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Patrick DassenFaculty of Humanities
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Martijn MosFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Arjan LouwenFaculteit Archeologie
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Joris LarikFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Louise OlerudFaculteit Archeologie
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Aleksandra Khokhlova
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Madalina BusuiocFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Daniel Thomas
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Freya BaetensFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Daniel SchadeFaculty of Humanities
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Philippe van GruisenFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Bernhard RiegerFaculty of Humanities
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Bert KoendersFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Simona DemkovaFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Madeleine HosliFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Thijs de BoerFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Michaël PeyrotFaculty of Humanities
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Vanessa MakFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid