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Interview Anneke Koning: PhD research on transnational sexual exploitation of children 28 June 2023Sexual exploitation of children abroad: the Dutch government calls on its citizens to not look away from 'suspicious situations’ while turning a blind...
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Vasiliki Kosta and Olga Ceran speak about academic freedom at the University of Bologna, Italy 28 June 2023On 26 June, Dr Vicky Kosta and Dr Olga Ceran visited the University of Bologna, Italy, to present the Vidi research project ‘The EU fundamental right ...
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Exploring creative approaches: sharing scientific results beyond academic writing 28 June 2023Scientific results don’t have to be presented only in essays and academic writings. But how can you share research results with a broader public and g...
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'The bachelor Public Administration made it easier for me to understand complicated topics' 27 June 2023Nienke Weijermars studied Public Administration at the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs. While doing her bachelor’s, she enrolled in the minor...
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Four Comenius teaching awards for Leiden lecturers 27 June 2023Two lecturers from Leiden University have received a Comenius teaching award of 100,000 euros as part of the Senior Fellows programme. And a further t...
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‘Ask scientists how to build the circular economy’ 27 June 2023Some governments and companies are pursuing a more circular economy, but what is the best way to get there? An international group of industrial ecolo...
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Conference on opportunities and dangers of AI: ‘Europe needs a daring vision’ 27 June 2023The SAILS conference The Future of AI is Here (and Guess What … it’s Human) brought together researchers and policy makers to discuss the important is...
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FGGA Faculty Board awards €4.8 million in starter grants 27 June 2023The Faculty Board awarded 16 starter grants to young assistant professors for their research proposals. The Board has adopted the advice of the starte...
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Archaeology students play important role in visit indigenous Ka’apor people 27 June 2023As part of Mariana Françozo’s BRASILAE project, a group of representatives of the Ka’apor people was invited to visit Leiden. The Ka’apor, an indigeno...
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Wagner mutiny: social media a source of information for intelligence services 27 June 2023Many people were using social media to follow last weekend’s march on Moscow by the Wagner mercenaries. And they weren’t the only ones: intelligence s...
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5 years Quantum Rules lab: ‘The best part is when you hear the penny drop with a student’ 21 June 2023Physics teacher Henk Buisman welcomes secondary school teachers ánd students who want to know more about quantum physics. And he likes to help them in...
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Changing the world (a little bit) 20 June 2023Geopolitics, climate, pandemics, migration, AI, gender politics: today’s global world changes in multiple dimensions. How to govern these changes? Tha...
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Sustainability firms on partnership LLP: ‘An opportunity for reflection’ 20 June 2023A partnership with the Leiden Leadership Programme: what does it bring you? Two partner organisations in the field of sustainability, Arcadis and Biot...
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Endowed Professor Tineke Abma: ‘Help older people feel like they belong’ 20 June 2023Older people are often approached from the perspective of their limitations when there is often much they still can and want to do. People with dement...
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Being an anthropologist in a big company ‘it’s interesting to look at the internal culture of a business' 19 June 2023Leonie Siepman is Global Culture & Change Manager at Mammoet. She followed the Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology bachelor programme and ...