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‘Put payment transactions for private clients under one new state-owned bank’ 21 May 2024
From receiving our salary to doing our shopping: we are completely dependent on commercial banks for all our payment transactions. But what happens i...
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AI Policy Leaders Academia Award for Gianclaudio Malgieri 16 May 2024
Dr Gianclaudio Malgieri, Associate Professor of Law at eLaw, will receive the AI Policy Leaders Academia Award from CAIDP Europe (Center for AI and Di...
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Carlotta Rigotti at IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2024 16 May 2024
On 13 May 2024, Carlotta Rigotti took to the stage at WOROBET 2024, a workshop dedicated to robot ethics as part of the IEEE International Conference ...
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eLaw publishes self-assessment tool on age assurance for the European Commission 16 May 2024
Simone van der Hof, Professor of Law and Digital Technologies at eLaw, and Mohammed Raiz Shaffique, researcher and PhD candidate at eLaw, have publish...
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Vanessa Mak and Herman Paul new KNAW members 16 May 2024
The KNAW has appointed 17 new members, including Leiden University's Vanessa Mak, Professor of Private Law, and Herman Paul, Professor of History. The...
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Gianclaudio Malgieri to give keynote speech on fundamental rights and vulnerability at Maastricht University 16 May 2024
Dr Gianclaudio Malgieri, Associate Professor of Law & Technology at eLaw and Co-Director of the Brussels Privacy Hub, will deliver a keynote speech at...
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Ecocide in the Dutch criminal code: a good idea or justified concerns? 15 May 2024
Former Member of Parliament Lammert van Raan (PvdD) and alumna Eva Floris gave a guest lecture on the 13th of May on the Ecocide penalisation initiati...
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Alumnus Dave Wesselink: lawyer and professional bobsledder 15 May 2024
Leiden Law School alumnus Dave Wesselink began his career as a lawyer in 2022. He’s also a professional bobsledder. ‘When you’re tearing round a bend ...
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CML REV Editorial Board meeting at Lake Como 13 May 2024
In early May, the Editorial Board of the Common Market Law Review spent three days at Lake Como discussing issues of editorial policy and ongoing and ...
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Interdisciplinary symposium on restitution policies seeks more diverse perspectives 08 May 2024
Taking responsibility concerning colonial heritage and restitution is a pressing issue for countries and museums worldwide. On 23 and 24 May, a Leiden...
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Leiden University team European runner-up in Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court competition 07 May 2024
The Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court competition was held in Vienna between 8 and 12 April 2024. This event was organised by the European Centre for...
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Gatekeepers of the internet: Why there’s no such thing as ‘free’ internet 07 May 2024
Whether you’re apping someone or scrolling through Instagram… all your online behaviour is being monitored. In fact, others decide what you actually s...
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Leiden conference to look for emerging trends in global governance 07 May 2024
Global challenges require global governance answers. For that reason, between 5 and 7 June, the interdisciplinary research programme Global Transforma...
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Knowledge event on the gender pension gap 01 May 2024
On Friday 19 April, Netspar (Network for Studies on Pensions, Aging and Retirement) and Network Vrouwen FNV held a knowledge event at Madurodam in The...
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The dark side of protecting cultural heritage 30 April 2024
World Heritage status comes at a cost to the local population’s human rights. PhD Candidate Sophie Starrenburg explains the drawbacks of poetic terms ...