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Special Tribunal for The Gambia13 March 2025At the 66th Ordinary Session of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government held in Abuja, Nigeria, on 15 December 2024, a landmark decision...
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What is happening on the shop floor? Executive Board visits the Institute of Tax Law and Economics13 March 2025Each scientific institute has its own dynamics. The Executive Board is visiting the different institutes to find out what is going on there. On 11 Mar...
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Farewell event for Mark Rutgers on a unique day in the university’s history13 March 2025With the red flag flying proudly on the Academy Building (Leiden University was on strike for the first time in its history!), the farewell event for ...
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What if you lose a parent at a young age? ‘Grief lasts a lifetime’Grief 13 March 2025Adults who lost a parent during childhood tend to experience greater attachment anxiety in romantic relationships, according to Carline van Heijningen...
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Departing vice-dean Mirjam de Baar: ‘Straight away I found Leiden's Faculty of Humanities a fantastic environment to work in'13 March 2025After nine years, Mirjam de Baar is leaving as vice-dean of the Faculty of Humanities. ‘It will take some getting used to letting go of this vice-dean...
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Farewell Niels Blokker: ‘Though the law faculty is changing, much remains the same.’13 March 2025One of our most engaged and expert scholars is bidding farewell. After forty years at Leiden Law School, first as a student and later as a professor, ...
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Archaeologist Amanda Henry traces ancient diets and human adaptability with a Vici grant12 March 2025Dr Amanda Henry has secured a prestigious Vici grant for her groundbreaking research project, Hominin FoodWays: Changing Diet and Food Processing Acro...
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Yuliia's big wish fulfilled: dissecting a calf's brain12 March 2025Thanks to Make-A-Wish, Yuliia was given the opportunity to fulfil her dearest wish and learn more about her great interest: the brain. Together with h...
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Barbara Gravendeel appointed new scientific director of Hortus Botanicus Leiden12 March 2025Barbara Gravendeel has been appointed as the new scientific director of Hortus botanicus Leiden. Additionally, she has been named Professor of Plants ...
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White dwarf with partner flashes every two hours12 March 2025An international team of astronomers has shown that a white dwarf and a red dwarf orbiting each other every two hours are emitting radio pulses. Throu...
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‘As a researcher, you learn a lot from projects outside your own area of expertise’12 March 2025As a new professor of Development Psychology, Anna van Duijvenvoorde advocates for more collaboration in science. She encourages young researchers to ...
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New article: 'Assessing the (severity of) impacts on fundamental rights'11 March 2025Gianclaudio Malgieri, Associate Professor at eLaw, has published a new article together with Cristiana Santos, Assistant Professor at Utrecht Universi...
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The Hague major Jan van Zanen: ‘If you want to strengthen democracy, start close to home’symposium 11 March 2025What is the current state of democracy and how do we understand the effects of public support on democracy? The two-day symposium 'Support for Democra...
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AI internship for students on reducing administrative burden in healthcare11 March 2025Health and well-being staff spend at least 25 per cent of their working hours on admin.* Time that could be used for care. Much of this work could be ...
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In Memoriam: Sabine Luning(30 augustus 1959 - 6 maart 2025) 11 March 2025Last Thursday, March 6, Sabine Luning passed away after an illness of more than six months. Sabine was an inspiring teacher who enthused generations o...