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Letizia Lo Giacco winner of the 2024 Rosalyn Higgins Prize for best article24 September 2024Dr Letizia Lo Giacco is the recipient of the 2024 Rosalyn Higgins Prize for her article titled 'When a Dispute Exists: The Emerging Evidentiary Practi...
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Modderman Prize 2024 awarded to Elco Nab19 September 2024The Modderman Prize for the years 2022-2023 is to be awarded to Elco Nab. This prize is awarded once every two years to advance research in the field ...
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Suzanne Kali appointed chair of FNV women’s network10 September 2024On 1 September 2024, lecturer and researcher Suzanne Kali, who works at Leiden Law School’s Labour Law and Social Security department, took over from ...
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Lieke Beekers wins Young Economist Award 202430 August 2024On 28 August 2024, Lieke Beekers won the Young Economist Award 2024.
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Wim Voermans wins 2023 Book of the Year at University of Texas School of Law26 August 2024Wim Voermans' recent book ‘The Story of Constitutions’ takes an interdisciplinary approach in attempting to understand how constitutions come about an...
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Wim Voermans appointed Distinguished Professor19 August 2024The Executive Board has appointed Wim Voermans to the position of distinguished professor. This is a unique role that allows professors to take the le...
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Veni grant for Melanie Fink18 July 2024Melanie Fink, Assistant Professor of European law, has received a Veni grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). This research grant will allow Dr ...
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Veni grants for 21 researchers from Leiden University17 July 2024An impressive 21 research projects by Leiden researchers have been awarded Veni funding from the Dutch Research Council (NWO).
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Mees Vergouwen wins thesis prize19 June 2024Mees Vergouwen was awarded the ‘Vereniging voor Belastingwetenschap’ thesis prize on 18 June 2024. He obtained his doctorate in 2023 for his thesis on...
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AI Policy Leaders Academia Award for Gianclaudio Malgieri16 May 2024Dr Gianclaudio Malgieri, Associate Professor of Law at eLaw, will receive the AI Policy Leaders Academia Award from CAIDP Europe (Center for AI and Di...
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Vanessa Mak and Herman Paul new KNAW members16 May 2024The KNAW has appointed 17 new members, including Leiden University's Vanessa Mak, Professor of Private Law, and Herman Paul, Professor of History. The...
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Leiden student Lucas Pistorius wins Moot Court competition on day of Thorbecke Lecture25 April 2024The 2024 Thorbecke Lecture was held on Friday 19 April, with the theme of ‘The role of the Court of Justice in protecting the consumer’. Before the le...
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Leiden Team Wins Second Place at the International Migration and Refugee Law Moot Court27 March 2024Four master's students from Leiden University participated in this year’s edition of the International Migration and Refugee Law Moot Court, hosted by...
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Gerrard Boot moves to Central Appeals Tribunal26 February 2024As of 1 October 2024, Professor Gerrard Boot, Senior Justice at the Amsterdam Court of Appeal, will transfer to the Central Appeals Tribunal. He has a...
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Schuurmans appointed Chair of Legal Aid Board’s Advisory Council15 February 2024Ymre Schuurmans, Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law, has been appointed Chair of the Dutch Legal Aid Board’s Advisory Council followin...