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Leiden in Chicago commemorating 80 years of the Chicago Convention: A historic celebration in aviation11 December 2024Last week, aviation professionals and leaders from around the world gathered in Chicago to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Chicago Convention, t...
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Joana Cook and Graig Klein Awarded Google Trust & Safety Research Grant11 December 2024Dr. Joana Cook and Dr. Graig Klein, assistant professors at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs of Leiden University, have been awarded a Goo...
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Learning from crises: How research leads to change in crisis management10 December 2024Evaluations and research reports provide valuable insights after crises, but how can we ensure that these lessons actually lead to improvements in cri...
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Leiden Bio Science Park fastest growing of the larger campuses in the Netherlands10 December 2024Of the 900 new companies that have set up shop on the Netherlands’ largest campuses since 2018, 194 chose Leiden. This makes the Leiden Innovation Dis...
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Strategic litigation and refugee rights: Melanie Fink on mechanisms before the CJEU to hold Frontex accountable10 December 2024On 3-4 December 2024, HIAS Greece and the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung organised a roundtable that took place in Athens to discuss strategic litigation in ...
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Synthetic dataset protects privacy in criminological research10 December 2024Few public datasets are available for criminological research, especially when it comes to homicides. Privacy laws often prevent data sharing. The SEN...
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The EU as a Global Actor in Search and Rescue at Sea: Melanie Fink and Kristof Gombeer at ESIL Joint Colloquium10 December 2024On 7 November 2024, an ESIL Joint Colloquium took place on the topic ‘The EU as an (Imperfect) Global Actor in Search and Rescue (SAR) at Sea? – EU (i...
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Can you design super-smart materials with long-term memory that are capable of learning?09 December 2024That was the question physics and mathematics bachelor’s student Daan de Bos set out to explore during his thesis research. Applying machine learning ...
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Preventing legal disputes at the press of a button09 December 2024Can algorithms function as a tool for lawyers and their clients to negotiate contracts? Georgios Stathis' PhD research shows that it can be done in th...
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‘We should have more trust in one another; people are actually very trustworthy’05 December 2024People don’t have enough faith in the trustworthiness of others, says psychologist Manon Schutter in her dissertation. In it, she also highlights the ...
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Humanities Hub opens: new digital facilities for researchers and students05 December 2024The new Humanities Hub in the Huizinga Building was officially opened on Tuesday 3 December. In the different labs, researchers presented the options ...
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Una Europa project update: Enhancing Scholarship in Eastern Africa (ELSEA)05 December 2024In September, the Una Europa ELSEA project, Enhancing Scholarship in Eastern Africa, officially started. Now that the project has been running for a c...
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eLaw Celebrates its 40th Anniversary with a special Conference on 2 April 202504 December 2024On 2 April 2025, eLaw – Center for Law and Digital Technologies of Leiden University will celebrate its 40th anniversary as the oldest digital law dep...
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Michael Kowalski appointed as Professor by special appointment at Leiden University04 December 2024Michael Kowalski has been appointed as part-time Professor by special appointment of Applied Ethics in Intelligence and Security at the Institute of S...
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Smart programming for the quantum computer that does not exist yet03 December 2024Designing innovative algorithms, thinking outside the box, and brainstorming over coffee with his colleagues — this is what physicist Stefano Polla en...