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‘A safe city starts with good education and robust policing’14 November 2024It is more myth than reality that people with migration backgrounds commit more crime. Leiden has successfully tackled anti-social behaviour by Morocc...
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Join the protest against the higher education cuts13 November 2024Students and staff from Leiden University are protesting in The Hague on 25 November against the billions in cuts to higher education. ‘The cuts are a...
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Making room for conflicting feelings will help police promote diversity and inclusion13 November 2024Diversity and inclusion within the police creates opportunities but also meets resistance. Professor by special appointment and former police officer,...
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Language that comforts: The power of communication in healthcare13 November 2024For people who are seriously ill, an empathetic doctor can make a world of difference. Psychologist Janine Westendorp examined helpful and harmful com...
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‘Leiden could raise its profile as an AI expert’13 November 2024‘In the field of AI, Leiden is still a relatively unseen university,’ says Thomas Dohmen. The brand-new Director AI Collaboration Center, would like t...
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Recap of the LHSC Knowledge Café on Father Involvement12 November 2024On 8 October, the Leiden Healthy Society Center organized an inspiring Knowledge Café about the role of fathers in raising their children. Fathers pla...
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Workplace and Community: the social and cultural processes of labour movements11 November 2024Hari Nugroho explores the role of local dynamics in shaping Indonesian labour movements. By focusing on the micro-level, this research reveals how lab...
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Research: Verbal abuse and clip around the ear common in Caribbean Netherlands families11 November 2024People from the Dutch islands of Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius say that violence (mainly verbal) is fairly common in families. This is according to...
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Passenger safety at risk due to poor labour relations for airline pilots and crew11 November 2024Due to gaps in working conditions regulations, airline pilots and crew are suffering from fatigue and inadequate protection in general. Leiden PhD stu...
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Socio-legal researchers tour Morocco to share migrants’ experiences08 November 2024How do migrants navigate key life events? Researchers from the Living on the Other Side project looked at the experiences of migrants who have settled...
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Poetry’s Haunting: A Symposium on C.P. Cavafy07 November 2024The Greek diasporic queer poet Constantine P. Cavafy (1863-1933) has been recognized as a central figure in world literature and literary modernism. O...
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KWF funding for research on culturally sensitive palliative care06 November 2024Providing good information to patients is crucial, especially in their final phase of life. Not all patients want to receive full details about their ...
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Silver and light: a powerful combination with the potential to save lives06 November 2024Packages of DNA strands containing silver, measuring just two or three nanometres in size. Leiden physicists Donny de Bruin and Dirk Bouwmeester creat...
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Adjudication of war crimes: Keeping sight of cultural sensitivities05 November 2024Courts that adjudicate war crimes or other crimes against humanity are increasingly taking regional norms and cultural values into consideration. PhD ...
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How to re-socialise Big Tech? A major study examines the tricks and traps of social media05 November 2024Humans are increasingly losing agency on social media. A team of legal scholars from Leiden University, computer scientists from other universities an...