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Being a guest teacher during master: how do BrainTrain students experience high-school visits? 19 December 2022The outreach and engagement platform BrainTrain consists of five enthusiastic students of the masters programme Forensic Family Science. As part of th...
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Reading list – Culinary culture and tasty tales 15 December 2022Are we going vegetarian this year? Shall we keep the dessert the same? Where do I find inspiration for a festive meal during the holidays? For readers...
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Anne-Laura van Harmelen about resilience research and public engagement on Dutch radio programme Sleutelstad 14 December 2022In a one-hour interview on Dutch radio programme Sleutelstad, Anne-Laura van Harmelen talks about her research into the role friendships in adolescent...
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Mathematics student Lars Pos wins Robbert Dijkgraaf Essay Prize: 'Discoveries find their application in the most unexpected places' 25 November 2022With his essay 'Why science?', mathematics prodigy Lars Pos (18) won the Robbert Dijkgraaf Essay Prize. Within the theme 'The fascinating workings of ...
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Is it possible to ban a political party? 26 October 2022Dutch right-wing political party Forum for Democracy has repeatedly demonstrated that it has no lower limit when it comes to morals. Should the courts...
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Legal justification Covid measures lacking 24 October 2022Ever since the coronavirus crisis began, people have been arguing about the legal justification for measures. The problem: far-reaching measures such ...
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Exhibition Maps: navigation and manipulation 20 October 2022Are maps objective or do they convey hidden messages that you would miss at first glance? A map is always a simplification of reality. Mapmakers reduc...
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Former CADS PhD student Stacey MacDonald in science programme Atlas on nature policy in Bonaire 12 October 2022In the scientific television programme Atlas, social psychologist and former Cultural Anthropology PhD student Stacey MacDonald talks about her resear...
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Study programmes Leiden Law School awarded ‘best study’ medals 10 October 2022Five study programmes at Leiden Law School have received a medal for ‘best study programme’. This was the result of research conducted by Dutch EW Mag...
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Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to Annie Ernaux - a reading list 06 October 2022The 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to French writer Annie Ernaux (1940). In an explanation, the Swedish Academy praises Ernaux 'for t...
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Mark Klaassen and Olaf van Vliet discuss European labour migrants in FD 04 October 2022The Netherlands cannot stop European labour migrants coming here. Nor does The Hague have much influence on the influx of asylum seekers. But experts ...
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eLaw publishes article in Computer Law & Security Review 12 September 2022In healthcare, gender and sex considerations are crucial because they affect individuals' health and disease differences. Yet, most algorithms deploye...
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New front office of Leiden University in Jakarta opened 01 September 2022Last July, Robbert Dijkgraaf, Minister of Education, Culture and Science and Annetje Ottow, President of Leiden University's Executive Board, opened t...
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Discovery of unknown translation of René Descartes’ 'L’homme' in Leiden Bibliotheca Thysiana 18 August 2022From time to time, manuscripts that have remained hidden for centuries turn up in library collections and archives. In the archives of the 17th-centur...
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Leiden Law Cast #7: Law and computers with Professor Jaap van den Herik 22 July 2022Leiden Law Cast is a podcast made by Leiden Law School, Leiden University, for everyone who wants to learn more about current legal issues.