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Research on impact of community justice23 November 2023No hearing in court, but at the community centre. Does this local approach help keep people with various problems such as debts or school absenteeism ...
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Leiden researchers explain shock PVV victory23 November 2023Geert Wilders and his PVV party have won the 2023 elections. What decided this victory and what else stands out about the results? Political scientist...
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Illusions as the key: how spatial technology can help patients23 November 2023Spatial technology such as virtual reality can help patients who have difficulty with spatial cognition, for instance if they keep on losing their way...
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Short prison sentences: More recidivism and expensive21 November 2023Dutch political parties have presented their own 'solutions' to make society 'safer'. How do the party positions compare with scientific research on c...
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China conducting joint military exercises with 5 ASEAN Member States21 November 2023China is conducting joint military exercises this week with Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. In doing so, it is seeking to strengthen ...
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18 billion animals a year: they die, but never end up on our plate20 November 2023Each year a staggering 18 billion chickens, turkeys, pigs, sheep, goats, and cows either die or are killed without making it onto someone's plate. Env...
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A government that works with citizens brings hope, but also many dilemmas20 November 2023The promise of personal, democratic and effective government has enormous appeal. The welfare state is tottering, the security of livelihoods is at st...
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New social media pilot at Archaeology: from Wes Anderson to community archaeology20 November 2023Anyone who follows the Faculty of Archaeology on social media must have noticed that something changed in September. Videos on research projects, inte...
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‘In ten years’ time, we’ll ask ourselves how we can make the Netherlands more attractive for migrants’16 November 2023
When politicians claim they can make major differences with their migration policies, they’re raising false expectations. The opportunities for the go...
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Kind, clever and hardworking: school reports are not without bias16 November 2023White girls receive significantly more positive comments from their teachers in their primary school reports than white boys and children from migrant...
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‘Handboeken Veiligheid’ are well known: 'Very special that this series has been running for almost 25 years'15 November 2023For almost 25 years, ‘de Handboeken Veiligheid’ have been a phenomenon. Who does not have a copy on their bookshelf? In 2024, the series will be celeb...
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Adapting to climate change: mutation enables flour beetles to speed up their development13 November 2023Leiden biologists have found a mutation in flour beetles that allows them to speed up their development. They think that more insects can change their...
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André van der Laan appointed Professor by Special Appointment of Juvenile and Adolescent Crime13 November 2023André van der Laan has been appointed Professor by Special Appointment of Juvenile and Adolescent Crime at Leiden University, a chair established by t...
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Cleveringa Professor Frank van Vree: ‘It’s high time to discuss the ritualisation of the past’13 November 2023The annual commemoration of the nation’s war dead on Dam Square and at Waalsdorpervlakte, the Dutch apologies for historical slavery and the Clevering...
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Luning and Hein receive LUF grant to carry out research on infrastructure projects in Ghana and Morocco13 November 2023Infrastructure projects such as ports, highways and railways are intertwined with geopolitics, economic systems, political interests and cultural valu...