In the media
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Does Germany share responsibility for what Israel is doing in Gaza? 01 May 2024Yesterday, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a preliminary ruling in a case brought by Nicaragua against Germany. Nicaragua accuses Germ...
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Cabinet formation negotiations in The Hague: latest developments 01 May 2024The Dutch cabinet formation – a process that has now been underway for five months – is at a standstill for the time being. Formation discussion leade...
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Can the ongoing asylum debate be classified as a crisis situation? 24 April 2024The political parties in the running to form a Dutch cabinet are looking into solutions to curb the influx of refugees. The plan is to designate refug...
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Miko Flohr in BBC documentary about Pompeii 23 April 2024University lecturer Miko Flohr talks in a new BBC documentary about how people responded to the eruption of 79, and on whether or not they were excava...
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Reality or coincidence? We need to move from probability to evidence. 19 April 2024In studies, it is an old acquaintance, the p-value. But mathematician Peter Grünwald wants to get rid of it. The p-value is too susceptible to fraud a...
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Adapting to climate change: how leftover seeds can help birds breed 19 April 2024When migrating from China to Siberia, a few intermediary food stops are not a luxury. For migratory birds, they are even crucial for their survival. H...
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New publication on fairness, AI and recruitment 18 April 2024Carlotta Rigotti and Eduard Fosch-Villaronga have published a new article that offers an insightful and critical literature review on fairness and AI ...
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Government publishes legal document on MSC Zoe disaster at LAPP's insistence 16 April 2024The cargo lost at sea as a result of the MSC Zoe disaster should be considered environmental pollution and information about it should be made public....
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Council meeting walkouts: ‘powerplay’ 15 April 2024It rarely happens: halting a decision by walking out of a meeting. ‘But there’s nothing wrong with it from a constitutional law perspective,’ says Gee...
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A new prosecution process for abuse of office by MPs and politicians 15 April 2024Last week, the Dutch Council of Ministers adopted the decision to modernise the process of prosecuting politicians. This action was taken following th...
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Gianclaudio Malgieri on the AI Act on Luiza's Live Talks 11 April 2024Gianclaudio Malgieri, Associate Professor at eLaw, was a a speaker in the very popular Luiza's Live Talks.
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Is the ECtHR's ruling against Switzerland a blueprint for future climate cases? 11 April 2024The European Court of Human Rights recently ruled in favour of a group of older Swiss women. The issued concerned the health of senior citizens, espec...
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Gaza legal proceedings: gains and necessity 10 April 2024Legal action relating to the situation in Gaza is now being taken in various countries and courts around the world. In a podcast for ‘NPO-Radio1’, Lar...
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Sander Hölsgens in NRC about the online game The Elder Scrolls Online 10 April 2024
Sander Hölsgens is Assistant Professor, anthropologist and the editor of Gamer.nl. In NRC he talks about his favourite moments in the online game The ...
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Measuring the pull of gravity on a micron-sized particle 10 April 2024Tjerk Oosterkamp of the Leiden Institute of Physics managed to do the first-ever measurement of gravity on a tiny particle - just 0.43 milligrams - wh...