In the media
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Life in a port city: Roderick Geerts writes a blog post about the ancient port of Berenike 06 April 2023Roderick Geerts, a PhD candidate of the Faculty of Archaeology in Leiden, takes us on a short journey through the rich history of the Red Sea port of ...
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Voermans and Drahmann positive about Advisory Board on public access to government information 05 April 2023Today, the Dutch Advisory Board on public access and government information (ACOI) issued its opinion on how the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport...
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Students once again explore archaeology Oss 31 March 2023Students of the Leiden University Faculty of Archaeology once again explore the archaeology of Oss between April and May of 2023. New areas along the ...
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Dutch Urgenda climate change case inspires other Europeans 30 March 2023Several cases inspired by the Urgenda case have now been filed. For example, by the Portuguese, concerning widespread forest fires, Swiss women of a s...
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Daniëlla Dam-de Jong on Vanuatu resolution on addressing the climate crisis 30 March 2023Vanuatu, a Pacific island state vulnerable to rising sea levels and increasingly violent storms, initiated a resolution to be submitted to the United ...
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Researchers Tax Law in Trouw on potential tax avoidance Cargill 28 March 2023Dutch newspaper Trouw investigated the tax position of multinational Cargill. Their conclusion? Cargill appears not to pay taxes over their profits. T...
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Geerten Boogaard not concerned about conflict of interests at BBB 27 March 2023The fact that a significant number of seats in the Dutch provincial councils are now occupied by members of the Dutch Farmer-Citizen Movement (BoerBur...
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Gerrit Dusseldorp: A visiting researcher at KwaZulu-Natal Museum 27 March 2023Under the title “New insights from old collections”, the archaeological research was introduced on the Museum’s news page.
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Mariëlle Bruning in the media on new agreement in Dutch youth care 24 March 2023Mariëlle Bruning, Professor of Children and the Law at Leiden University, responded in various media to the new draft agreement aimed at reducing work...
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Simone van der Hof on RTL Nieuws about rights of 'kidfluencers' 23 March 2023Mums posting photos and videos of their child on Instagram and TikTok and also earning loads of money doing so. Kidfluencers, momvloggers and familyvl...
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Spierenburg in NRC on the neoliberal system in South Africa 22 March 2023Anthropologist Marja Spierenburg talks in the Dutch newspaper NRC about the neoliberal system and how it has to change in order to solve the energy cr...
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Ineke van der Ham at BBC on why adults confuse left from right 21 March 2023It can seem like an almost childish mistake, but a surprising number of adults confuse left from right. Neuroscientists are only just starting to know...
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Christa Tobler on renewed institutional rules in Switzerland 21 March 2023Christa Tobler comments on the role of the European Court of Justice in Swiss-EU talks on renewed institutional rules.
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Fact or fiction: people with autism never make eye contact 21 March 2023There's a myth that people with autism avoid eye contact in conversations. This can come across as indifferent. Unjustified, stresses Jiayin Zhao, who...
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Fact or fiction: people with autism are not social 21 March 2023Half the world's population is introverted and comes home drained after an evening of drinks. Their social battery is empty. 'People with autism have ...