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Academics call for more powers for international organisations 01 May 2023
Organisations like the UN and the EU should be given more powers to combat transboundary problems. This is the message of a report published by the Sw...
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Richard de Mos acquitted – and now? 01 May 2023
The acquittal of Richard de Mos and his fellow party member has caused quite a stir in the Netherlands. Can De Mos simply return to local politics now...
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Sustainability prize for research into the effects of a plant-based diet 28 April 2023
Paul Behrens and his team have won the Frontiers Planet Prize of half a million euros for their research into the effects of switching to a plant-base...
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Grotian Law and Modernity at the Dawn of a New Age - International Conference 25 April 2023
On the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the first publication of De jure belli ac pacis by Hugo Grotius in 1625, an international conference will ...
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Is the Netherlands Code of Conduct for Research Integrity too broad? 25 April 2023
To discuss this question, chairmen, members, and secretaries of the Research Integrity Committees (Commissies Wetenschappelijke Integriteit, CWI) of a...
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Shaping the university of the future. Leiden University joins Una Europa alliance 24 April 2023
Leiden University is a member of the Una Europa European alliance. This partnership of 11 research-intensive universities is working to shape the univ...
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Border tax on CO2 offers huge opportunity to fight climate change 22 April 2023
A tax on CO2 emissions from products entering the EU offers unprecedented opportunities in the fight against global warming. That is the conclusion of...
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Bob Wessels appointed as Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau 21 April 2023
On 20 April 2023, during the first lustrum congress of the Conference on European Restructuring and Insolvency Law (CERIL), professor emeritus Bob Wes...
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Two thesis awards for research on electrochemical reactions 20 April 2023
Understanding the proces of electrochemical reactions is essential to improve the technology for the energy transition. Fuel cell cars, for example us...
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Leiden scientist addresses UN: 'People should not work for the economic system, the economic system should work for the people' 20 April 2023
Environmental scientist Rutger Hoekstra addressed the General Assembly of the United Nations on 12 April. And that’s quite a big thing to do. How do y...
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Should we build a European mega-dam? 20 April 2023
A mega-dam around Europe is a possible solution as protection against rising sea levels. Whether that is really a good idea, was debated on by young p...
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Student lectures for senior citizens: ‘You can learn a lot from other generations’ 19 April 2023
Connecting generations, reducing loneliness and slowing mental decline: these are goals of the Oud Geleerd Jong Gedaan foundation’s lectures, which ar...
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Daniel Carter, PhD – ‘There's “money law” and there's “people law” and I've always been more interested in the latter.’ 19 April 2023
Not everyone benefits from the increased flexibility in the labour market. EU migrant workers engaged at the lower end of the employment spectrum are ...
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Buurtlab 070 launched – sustainability research in, by and for the community 18 April 2023
Buurtlab 070 is a brand-new Leiden University project in which residents, researchers and students from The Hague work together to find climate, susta...
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To what extent is ChatGPT capable of drafting legislation? 18 April 2023
All sorts of predictions have already been made about the AI system ChatGPT: the programme is going to turn education on its head, make search engines...