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Dies natalis: ‘Collaboration requires firm grounding in the individual disciplines’06 February 2020
‘Collaboration is increasingly important,’ Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker said at the 445th Dies Natalis of Leiden University on 7 February. But, as ...
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2019 Hall of fame07 January 2020
Over the past year, many of our staff and students have won prizes, been awarded a substantial grant or been appointed to an academic association or a...
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Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on comparative regional integration awarded to Leiden University11 September 2019
Leiden University is happy to announce that it has won a prestigious Jean Monnet grant for a Centre of Excellence. The Centre, called CompaRe, focusse...
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On the road with an International Credit Mobility grant09 September 2019
Over the next three years, 92 students and researchers from Leiden University and its partner universities will be strengthening their research and te...
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Thijs Porck wins LUS Teaching Prize 201902 September 2019
Lecturer in Old and Middle English Thijs Porck was awarded the annual Leiden University Student Platform (LUS) Teaching Prize at the opening of the ac...
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‘It’s about life skills rather than knowledge’08 August 2019
He teaches, as he puts it, the ‘most brutal class’ at Leiden University College (LUC). Despite this, David Zetland’s students have nominated him for t...
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Bart Schuurman receives Veni Grant: Who do not become terrorists?18 July 2019
Bart Schuurman, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs in The Hague, has received a Veni grant which will allow him to co...
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VENI grant for Dovilė Rimkutė: Reputation is key for risk regulation16 July 2019
Dovilė Rimkutė, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Public Administration in The Hague, received the prestigious VENI grant for her research on ri...
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Veni grants for 25 Leiden researchers16 July 2019
From molecular ping-pong to cassava in the Amazon, and from extraterrestrial life to special antibodies. Twenty-five researchers from Leiden Universit...
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Three LUF Grants Awarded to Faculty Governance and Global Affairs12 July 2019
The ‘Leids Universiteits Fonds’ (LUF) award grants to research and educational project in various academic fields once a year. This year, Honorata Maz...
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Erwin Muller appointed as Chairman of the Evaluation Committee for the Security Regions Act08 July 2019
Erwin Muller, Dean of the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs and Professor of Safety, Security and Law, has been appointed as chairman of the Ev...
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LUC- project UNPLASTIC wins Dopper Changemaker Challenge24 June 2019
UNPLASTIC, a research project by Leiden University College The Hague (LUC) won the Dopper Changemaker Challenge 2019. LUC student Roos Kolkman represe...
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Leiden University College to receive funding for diversity project14 June 2019
The Minister of Education, Culture, and Science Ingrid van Engelshoven revealed on Thursday 13 June 2019 which projects will receive funding from the ...
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Wout Broekema on shortlist Els Witte Prize11 June 2019
Wout Broekema is shortlisted for the Els Witte Prize 2019, an award for best Doctoral dissertation in political science. The prize is instated by the ...
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Dimiter Toshkov wins World Data Visualization Prize25 February 2019
The World Data Visualization Prize for 2019 was awarded to Dimiter Toshkov, Associate Professor at the Institute of Public Administration, for his wor...