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Audiovisual research provides new insights into how migrants navigate major life events 14 October 2024NWO-funded audiovisual research into the experiences of migrants during major life events has culminated in new insights that can further our understa...
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Workshop on the emotional aspects of border control and migration 30 September 2024On 7 and 8 October, a two-day workshop will be hosted by the Van Vollenhoven Institute in collaboration with the University of Oxford’s Border Crimino...
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From judge to police officer: a lack of understanding for deaf people in legal proceedings 10 September 2024The cultural linguistic minority group of deaf people who communicate using sign language systematically experiences limited access to fundamental rig...
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‘Searching for Justice’ at 2024 EPFR Research Day 24 April 2024On Friday 22 March, the Effective Protection of Fundamental Rights research programme held a successful Annual Research Day (Toogdag) in Gravensteen b...
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It doesn’t really exist, but I am one: a tropical lawyer! 18 March 2024Alumna Janine Ubink is a Professor of Law, Governance and Development at Leiden University. She researches legal pluralism in various areas of Africa ...
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Blog written by Danielle Chevalier: A just city through procedural justice 04 March 2024Danielle Chevalier recently published a blog in UGoveRN entitled 'A just city through procedural justice'.
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Minor in Law, Literature and Society shows inextricable link between law and art 23 January 2024The film Blade Runner as part of the law curriculum? It’s not that weird to Maartje van der Woude, Professor of Law and Society, and Frans-Willem Kors...
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Maartje van der Woude member of new Police Academic Advisory Board 22 September 2023Police, administrators and other parties will from now on have access to the advice of the new Academic Advisory Board for the Police. Maartje van der...
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Veni grant for Nikki Ikani and Bernardo Ribeiro de Almeida 03 August 2023Nikki Ikani, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) and Bernardo Ribeiro de Almeida, Assistant Professor at the Le...
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New website for law in Libya: ‘A bridge between different scholars and audiences’ 10 July 2023Making justice accessible to all residents in Libya. This week, a new website is launched which should contribute to this. Leiden University and the U...
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Interview Roxane de Massol Rebetz – ‘Vulnerability doesn’t come out of a vacuum.’ 30 May 2023The legal distinction between victims of human trafficking and victims of migrant smuggling is unjust, argues De Massol Rebetz in her PhD thesis. In c...
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Matthew Canfield and Danielle Chevalier receive NWO Grants 25 May 2023Matthew Canfield (Assistant Professor, Van Vollenhoven Institute) and Danielle Chevalier (Assistant Professor Law & Society, Van Vollenhoven Institute...
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Maartje van der Woude receives NWO grant for research on ethno-racial profiling 22 May 2023Maartje van der Woude, (Professor of Law & Society, Van Vollenhoven Institute, Leiden University) has received an NWO research grant. This year, 60 of...
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Photo report Bachelor’s Open Day KOG 02 March 2023On 25 February, the KOG opened its doors once more to welcome a large crowd of people looking to find their perfect study programme during the Bachelo...
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Join the Crafting Resilience Kick Off on 30 March 2023 27 February 2023The Crafting Resilience Kick Off on 30 March seeks to inspire conversations around new state-citizen relations in the social domain. At this conferenc...