Leiden2022

Leiden was European City of Science in 2022: for a year Leiden was the capital of European science. Leiden University was a proud partner of Leiden2022.

For an entire year Leiden2022 will be offering a programme for anyone with an open and curious mind, a programme packed with science, knowledge, art and expertise. And we held the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) in July 2022, the largest interdisciplinary science conference in Europe.

Leiden2022 in the news

Got a question about science? Ask Leiden! 29 August 2023
Why is the Moon so white? Why do we have birthmarks? But also: can my dog be racist? Vraag het Leiden (Ask Leiden) has answers to all these questions....
All episodes of Breingeheim now available on Spotify 01 February 2023
All five episodes of the first season of 'Breingeheim' are now available to listen on Spotify. The first season of the podcastseries is about the soci...
365 days of Leiden2022: watch the retrospective 13 January 2023
From an academic study with local residents to a specially developed newspaper: humanities scholars contributed to Leiden European City of Science in ...
Leiden 2022: the year of science and curiosity 20 December 2022
Leiden was ‘European City of Science’ in 2022. Leiden University looks back on a fantastic year with activities, lectures and workshops full of scienc...
Podcast on resilience gives a boost to worrying youths 19 December 2022
What if you get excluded? Are apps against fear and stress effective? How do you keep your brain in shape? The first season of the new podcastseries ‘...
Anne-Laura van Harmelen about resilience research and public engagement on Dutch radio programme Sleutelstad 14 December 2022
In a one-hour interview on Dutch radio programme Sleutelstad, Anne-Laura van Harmelen talks about her research into the role friendships in adolescent...
Children become bacteria to learn about antibiotics 21 November 2022
Last Friday the global Antibiotics Awareness Week begun: an entire week dedicated to antibiotic use. Antibiotics researchers from the LACDR therefore ...
Lorentz Medal awarded in Leiden in presence of Minister Dijkgraaf 11 November 2022
Within the scope of Leiden European City of Science, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) presented the quadrennial Lorentz Medal...
‘But how many bacteria live on my hands, then?’ Micro-day in photos 01 November 2022
From 22 to 24 October, researchers of the MARBLES-project informed museum visitors about microbes: bacteria and fungi that live all around us. The eve...
From canned fried rice to colonialism: Leiden Transvaal neighbourhood shows world history in miniature 17 October 2022
Together with students and local residents, historians Ariadne Schmidt and Alicia Schrikker researched the Leiden Transvaal neighbourhood. They will p...