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Separating AI fact from fiction at the AI & Society Conference 12 June 2023
Researchers and policymakers are welcome to attend the AI & Society Conference in The Hague on Friday 23 June. The SAILS interdisciplinary research pr...
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The Chains of Holland’s Glory: research into South Holland's slavery past completed 08 June 2023
Karwan Fatah-Black and Lauren Lauret are co-authors of Geketend voor Hollands Glorie (The Chains of Holland’s Glory) that studies the political and ec...
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Roundtable Conference on Constitutional Process in East African Community and African Continental Free Trade Agreement in Kigali 06 June 2023
What should a confederal constitution for the EAC look like? What are the legal challenges for making the African Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) work? And w...
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National flower: The daisy is everywhere thanks to men with mowers 06 June 2023
The daisy has been crowned the Netherlands’ national flower. This was revealed on Sunday in the National Flower vote on the Vroege Vogels radio show. ...
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Towards no more glass in the jam with better X-ray scanners 30 May 2023
X-ray and CT scanners are widely used devices in research, diagnostics and the industrial sector. And yet they are not nearly as fast and accurate as ...
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Diplomacy may look very different in space than on Earth 30 May 2023
A symposium on space diplomacy for experts and the general public will take place in The Hague on Monday 12 June. Everyone has an interest in learning...
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How smart cities gain legitimacy and trust 30 May 2023
A smart city is of no use if its residents don’t trust it. Tanaquil Arduin, Chief Data Officer at the Municipality of The Hague, and Bram Klievink, Pr...
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Inaugural lecture Wannes Vandenbussche accepting TPR rotating professorship 30 May 2023
On 24 May 2023, Professor Wannes VandenBussche of Ghent University delivered his inaugural lecture to accept the TPR rotating professorship in the Lei...
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Five tips for Museum Night Leiden 30 May 2023
Saturday 3 June will see the 15th edition of Museum Night Leiden. Students and researchers from Leiden University are once again on the programme this...
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One thesis research project: two articles and a fact sheet: 'I was able to get so much more out of my thesis' 30 May 2023
How do you turn your thesis into an academic article? That's a question Floortje Fontein, who conducted research into inclusive leadership, can answer...
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Students HC Law visit neighbourhood centre: 'You think that's bizarre? Welcome to our world' 25 May 2023
Do young people trust the law? That is what HC Law students are trying to find out. Regular guest speaker and social worker Carlito Jones invited the ...
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The Austria Centre Leiden welcomes visiting researcher Dr. Lena Sadovski 24 May 2023
The Austria Centre is pleased to welcome Dr. Lena Sadovski as a visiting scholar who will do research at Leiden University for a few months in 2023. ...
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Dutch asylum policy remains thorny issue 24 May 2023
The Hague has announced that 70,000 refugees are expected to come to the Netherlands this year. How can situations like at the Ter Apel asylum centre ...
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Hague TIX ‘To build a European threat intelligence community’ 24 May 2023
The Hague Threat Intelligence Exchange (Hague TIX) is happening on 12 June 2023. Monica Kaminska, Assistant Professor of International Security and Te...
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Start pilot cultivating rice on peatland 23 May 2023
Is polder rice a feasible circular alternative for cows on peatland? A pilot experiment started this week. On May 22nd, researchers from Leiden Univer...