In the media
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Former student in Mr. online about Air and Space Law in Leiden 14 September 2023
Anmol Dhawan (24) graduated cum laude from the Advanced LLM in Air and Space Law in Leiden on 28 August 2023. He comes from Mumbai in India and did hi...
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Starlink - Battle of the Satellites 13 September 2023
You can hardly avoid it if you want to quickly implement satellite internet. Elon Musk's company Starlink is 'all-powerful in space' (Volkskrant). Dut...
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Commercial consultancy firms take on role of civil servants 13 September 2023
Research by Dutch television programme ‘Nieuwsuur’ shows that local councils in the Netherlands often lack civil servants and experts to support the i...
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Big tech and their leaders are a danger to democracy 13 September 2023
Elon Musk managed to foil a strategic Ukrainian drone attack with the push of a button. It clearly shows that democracy is hanging by a thread, says A...
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Ancient fire expert Femke Reidsma on Tea-Break Time Travel Podcast 11 September 2023
In her podcast Tea-Break Time Travel Matilda Siebrecht is joined by fire expert Femke Reidsma, to talk all about how this essential tool was made and ...
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Eiko Fried in APS on Open Science 06 September 2023
Although open science reforms have contributed to a more rigorous and robust psychological science, there is still much to improve. In Association for...
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Secrets of the skull 06 September 2023
The Research Institute for Mathematics & Computer Science in Amsterdam hosts a unique X-ray machine that creates 3D scans of the most diverse objects....
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Are workers' rights sufficiently protected in America? 05 September 2023
This question was discussed on the Dutch NPO Radio 1 broadcast with Barend Barentsen, Professor of Labour Law. On 4 September, Americans celebrate Lab...
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What are the pros and cons of labour migration? 05 September 2023
The EU is struggling with labour shortages. Migrant workers and asylum seekers would be able to fill this gap and solve many of these problems. But, s...
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Pressure on function of checks and balances in Parliament 05 September 2023
Polls conducted by I&O research point to a political landslide. What's in store for the Netherlands? The polls show that the new party of MP Pieter Om...
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Graduation ceremony of the LL.M. Advanced Studies in International Children’s Rights 2022-2023 04 September 2023
On Wednesday, 30 August 2023, the graduation ceremony took place in Leiden University’s Academy Building. The ceremony was a momentous occasion, atten...
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Why do politicians get redundancy pay when they leave voluntarily? 31 August 2023
Recently, a large number of Dutch MPs announced they will leave the political arena. They are - even if they leave voluntarily - entitled to redundanc...
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Khadija Arib takes legal action to stop inquiry 31 August 2023
During her time as Speaker of the Dutch House of Representatives, Arib was, among other things, accused of creating an 'unsafe working environment'. T...
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A lunar land grab? 28 August 2023
Missions to the moon have become popular again. In just one week, a lunar mission from Russia failed while India landed a spacecraft in a historic fir...
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Can Frans Timmermans be best succeeded by a woman? 25 August 2023
‘Who will succeed Frans Timmermans in Brussels?’ is the title of the article in Dutch financial newspaper Financieele Dagblad (FD). Various candidates...