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Corry Donner on her retirement: 'I’ll definitely miss the intellectual stimulation, but what I want most now is to get out of my head.'
As Board Secretary, Corry Donner aims to be a ‘spider in the web’; someone who keeps a watchful eye on and brings together all the different perspectives of the institute’s board. Now she's left her carefully woven web at the university and transfer her tasks to her successor. Last September, we talked…
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The EU’s Response to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: International and European Perspectives
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the European Union (EU) and its Member States have adopted wide-ranging legal and political measures to support Ukraine in its struggle.
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Peter Paul van Benthem and the Covid whirlwind
Peter Paul van Benthem is not only head of the ENT department at the LUMC but also chair of the Federation of Medical Specialists. ‘The value is in the mix.’
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A flash interview with our President and alumna Annetje Ottow
In this flash interview we get a flash introduction of our President and alumna Annetje Ottow.
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Four pressured months trying to solve society’s woes
In the National Think Tank, 20 young academics spend four months mulling over a solution to a societal problem. Two Leiden alumni tell us more.
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Pieter de la Court Medal winners talk about accessibility and the conditions of education
During the New Year’s Reception on 11 January 2022, the Pieter de la Court Medal was awarded to two students of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences: Orestes Kyrgiakis and Claire van den Helder. They tell us about the causes they fight for and what it means for the University to be better.…
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Kamran Ullah: ‘I love working at De Telegraaf’
‘People talk at the coffee machine about what’s on the front page of De Telegraaf.’ Kamran Ullah took office as deputy editor-in-chief of De Telegraaf on 1 January this year. Ullah began studying Public Administration at Leiden in 2002.
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Laura van Broekhoven: ‘For me, it’s about the stories and who’s telling them’
Laura van Broekhoven always knew she wanted to study archaeology, and that’s exactly what she did. Now this Leiden alumna is director of the Pitt Rivers Museum, one of the four museums of the University of Oxford.
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A long-term perspective on human niche construction and alteration of ecosystems
Dr. Katharine MacDonald (Faculty of Archaeology) sketches the background to a recent paper in Science Advances, co-authored by her and other members of the Liveable Planet team.
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Ingrid Tieken spellbound by languages of The Hague
Linguist Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade retired in July, but is pressing on regardless with her languages in The Hague project. An online tour of her Hague Proverbs launched recently and Tieken also has academic publications in the pipeline.
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Blog Post | Towards an AI-based Counter-Disinformation Framework
In this blog post, Linda Slapakova discusses the various roles that AI plays in counter-disinformation efforts, the prevailing shortfalls of AI-based counter-disinformation tools and the technical, governance and regulatory barriers to their uptake, and how these could be addressed to foster the uptake…
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International Labour Organization: tumult on the global labour market
Since 1919 the International Labour Organization (ILO) has been promoting the rights of workers worldwide. On 7 February, Leiden University hosted the symposium celebrating the 100-year anniversary of the foundation of the ILO. Leiden emeritus professor of International Labour Law Paul van der Heijden…
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Life after Security Studies: five alumni share their thoughts about the bachelor programme
Five students who graduated from the Bachelor Security Studies share their experiences. Where did they end up after graduation? Are they still using the skills they gained during their studies?
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Alumna Gabriella Sancisi: ‘In Leiden I learned what I think is important in life’
For seven years she worked at Noordeinde Palace, as the Private Secretary of Queen Máxima. Since the summer of 2021, Gabriella Sancisi (1973) has been the Dutch Ambassador in Slovakia, where the Embassy in Bratislava’s historic city centre is now her base.
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Exploring Leiden University College: A personal journey with alumna Georgina Kuipers
It has been just over a decade since the first students graduated with Leiden University’s unique Liberal Arts and Sciences Bachelor degree. We caught up with one of those pioneering graduates.
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Leiden Law Cast #6: Geerten Boogard on (local)elections & political upheaval
Leiden Law Cast is a podcast made by Leiden Law School, Leiden University, for everyone who wants to learn more about current legal issues.
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Report: Tracking down green spaces in The Hague in places you don't always want to be
Although there is considerable evidence that nature in the city is beneficial to both people and animals, we still do not have an overall picture of those benefits. To rectify that, a Leiden PhD candidate and a student – armed with a cargo bike – are using The Hague as a life-size laboratory.
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The new self-evaluation of the Institute of Psychology: ‘The quality of the academic culture is more important’
Better supervision of PhD candidates, clear guidelines on career paths and an MRI scanner that can be accessed by all researchers: these are the recommendations from the new self-evaluation. Colleagues say: ‘This forces us as an institute to formulate our mission and vision more precisely.’
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Opening academic year
University ceremony
- Conference: Lessons from Afghanistan
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AI for Bad: Superpowers, Cydiplo and the Myth of Global Regulation
Lecture
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Liveable planet lunch meeting - Learning from Ancient Water Systems
Lecture
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Historical Blendings: An Entangled History of Social Democracy and Liberalism in Europe
Conference
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Hip Hop Diplomacy as Subversive Complicity
Guest Lecture
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The future of Europe’s finances
Lecture, European Union Seminar
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Towards a Muslim Futurist Movement: On the Power of Imagining, Space Building, and Community
Lecture, LUCIS Meets | Masterclass
- More-than-Planet Symposium
- The WPS Agenda and the Middle East: Progress or Procrastination?
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Liveable Planet Interdisciplinary Collaborations: Jessica Kiefte-De Jong (LUMC) and Paul Behrens (FWN) on Food & Sustainability - Discussion
Lecture
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War in Europe
Conference
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Book Launch | A Hundred Years of Republican Turkey: A History in a Hundred Fragments
Lecture, Book Launch
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Protecting the Peace Process in Post-Brexit Northern Ireland
Lecture
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Liveable Planet Lunch Series “A Forest of Knowledge – Investigations on foraging cognition in tropical forest foragers”
Lecture
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LLRC conference: curriculum and course design for language teaching
Conference
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Henriëtte van Lynden lezing: A Decade after the Spring - The Arab World at Crossroads.
Lecture, Henriette van Lynden lezing
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The Independence of National Regulatory Agencies
Lecture
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LUGO Sustainability Day
Conference, Symposium
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Your rights and freedoms on the World Wide Web
Debate
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Fixing the Outcomes of Transparency: Data Context and the Concentration of Explanatory Power.
Lecture, Research Seminar
- OSCoffee: a hands-on introduction to preregistration
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The WPS Agenda and the Middle East: Progress or Procrastination?
Debate
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LUCDH Lunchtime Speaker Series: One Among Zeroes: AI, Islam and what computational analysis can teach us about religious futures
Lecture
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Leiden Competition Talk: Case allocation within the European Competition Network (who should do what?)
Conference
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Making sense of a trend: legal reforms on sexual violence in Europe, 13-14 June 2024, Leiden, Netherlands
Workshop
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eLaw Conference: eLaw Symposium (20 June) and AI & Data Protection Conference (21 June) – Call for Abstracts
Conference
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Should Nature be given Rights?
LeidenGlobal Annual event
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eLaw Summer School: 'Regulating AI and data in an age of EU digital reforms', 24-28 June, Leiden (Registration now open!)
Course, Summer School
- OSCoffee: Close the Black hole - a quick scan of possible academic heritage
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LGBTIQ+ Workplace Inclusion Symposium
Debate, Symposium
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Course for (new) members of Leiden University boards of examiners
Didactics