4,546 search results for “policy” in the Public website
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Honours Class reconciles students with the unpredictability of life
The course Designing Your Life helps students navigate their career pathways. As it turns out, these pathways are full of twists and turns and - as with many journeys - you only make progress once you gather the courage to take the first step.
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‘The sun is dying out’ as a wake-up call for better science communication
‘Take science communication more seriously.’ This is the message that Ivo van Vulpen, professor by special appointment in Science Communication in Physics, wants to convey during his inaugural lecture. At the moment, a lot of researchers look down their noses at this while it is extremely important…
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Children pay more attention to art when descriptions are playful and interactive
The description of a painting directly affects how children look at that artwork. This was discovered by psychologist Francesco Walker in the Rijksmuseum. Another finding presented in his article in Nature - Scientific Reports is that giving children information intended for adults has the same effect…
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Outbreak of an infectious disease? Mathematics helps in making quick, informed decisions
A job thanks to COVID—something not many people can claim. But PhD candidate Vera Arntzen can. Over the past four years, she has mapped two crucial characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 infections. Thanks to her research, experts can now make well-informed decisions on matters like quarantine duration, which…
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What is the future of translation software within the university?
Is there a place for machine translation engines like Google Translate within the Faculty of Humanities? Associate professor Lettie Dorst’s new educational website aims to help students and teachers find an answer to this question. ‘The use of AI tools, such as Bing and ChatGPT, shouldn’t be seen as…
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Faculty Opening of the Academic Year: ''Navigating complexities''
The social sciences are vital in navigating complexities, fostering understanding and bridging divides. This was celebrated during the faculty opening of the academic year.
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15 million awarded for research into misinformation among youth
Developmental psychologist Ili Ma has been awarded an ERC grant to investigate misinformation among teenagers, aiming to bolster their resilience against its potentially severe consequences.
- Excursion to the European Parliament
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Computational Biology Modeling with Tree Search and Learning
Lecture
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Inaugural Lecture by Federica Mogherini: Europe Hub Launch Event
Lecture
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Open Science Coffee: ChatGPT in science: academic (dis)honesty or better science?
Lecture
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Intersecting Global Trends: antidemocracy and anti-environmentalism
VVI Research Meetings 2022-2023
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Graduation ceremony master's programme Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology
Festival, Graduation ceremony
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Relationships that Count: Social Networks and Language Learning
Lecture
- YAL Interfaculty Lunch – Using GROW
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Ethics workshop
Workshop
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Publications
Recent publications
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Global Transformations and Governance Challenges (GTGC) Conference 2023
Conference
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Where is the Caribbean in the Dutch WPS National Action Plan?
Lecture
- 61st LEIDEN-LONDON meeting 2022
- LIAS China Seminar
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Roundtable 'The Dynamics of Contemporary Coercive Statecraft'
Debate
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Opening of the academic year
University ceremony
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Land for Food: Property contests in capitalist heartlands
VVI Research Meetings 2023-2024
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How the Fossil Fuel Industry (ab)uses the Legal System: The Urgent Call for Binding Regulations to Protect People and Climate
Debate, Roundtable discussion
- Regional Approach to Financial Statecraft: Japan and India in the Face of Rising China
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Liveable Planet Lunch Meeting: "The dark side of co-creation in sustainability research"
Lecture
- Call for Papers: Digital Workshop on Localizing the Women Peace & Security Agenda Across Multiple Governance Challenges
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Open Q&A with the European Parliament President Roberta Metsola
Lecture
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Lecture on Russian military concepts and the war in Ukraine
Lecture
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Why the Old Cold War Ended, a New Russia-West Cold War Developed, and the Russia-Ukraine Hot War began
Lecture
- Where is the Caribbean in the Dutch WPS National Action Plan?
- Roundtable: The making of disability / the making of migration
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Experience and Voice: Library of Colombian Women Writers - Symposium & Workshop
Symposium & Workshop
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Land for Food: Property contests in capitalist heartlands
VVI Research Meetings 2024-2025
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Small Grants Past Research Projects
The LUCDH foster the development of new digital research by awarding a number of Small Grants each year. These are our past awardees.
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2021: This was the year of our faculty
2021 was an eventful year once again for the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs (FGGA). Hybrid, working from home, online education, on-campus education, face masks, self-tests, keeping distance, quarantine and the coronavirus. Words that have now become a standard part of our vocabulary when…
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Hester Bijl on racism, inclusion and diversity at Leiden University
We talked to Hester Bijl about the worldwide protests sparked off by the death of George Floyd. A demonstration against racism will also be held in Leiden on 14 June. How does she, as Vice-Rector responsible for diversity and inclusion, view this issue? What steps is the University taking? And how can…
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Discovering the physics of banks, the economy and financial crisis
Physicist Diego Garlaschelli co-authored an extensive review in the journal Nature Reviews Physics. Surprisingly, the subject wasn't physics at all, but the networks of banks and other financial institutions, and the way their structure relates to financial crises.
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‘A doctor! You?’ Three women on their PhD and career
Rietje Knaap’s (83) PhD was a real feat of endurance, but she persisted. ‘You’re married so you don’t need a pension, do you?’ What are the experiences of Knaap and women who followed in her footsteps? In the run-up to International Women’s Day on 8 March, three generations of female doctors look back…
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Global Challenges: The Regime of Lukashenka
Lecture
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The Politics of Cybersecurity in the Middle East, with James Shires
Lecture
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Descolonizando Tiempo, Espacio y Conocimiento
PhD defence
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Eileen Moyer
Lecture, Research Seminar
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Eager enlargers, reluctant reformers? Central and Eastern European perspectives on EU’s institutional reform
Lecture, European Union Seminar
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Potentialities of bringing together anthropology and political science
Debate, Roundtable
- ReproducibiliTea Leiden
- GTGC Democracy and Citizenship Research Roundtable
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Career College: Challenges of an international career
Career and apply for jobs
- ELS lab meeting - RESCHEDULED Guest lecture: Prof. Kati Cseres on Gender and competition law