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ELS Academy Research Grant awarded to collaborative research design on comparing case law review method vs court file studies 16 October 2024Last Friday, during the ELS Academy Annual Event, Loran Kostense (VU), Sofia de Jong (Leiden University), Rieneke Stelma-Roorda (VU) and Anne Verboom ...
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Social Science Matters: Internationalization 15 October 2024International education in the Netherlands is under pressure. There is pressure on the student housing market, and there is a greater desire among rig...
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Outbreak of an infectious disease? Mathematics helps in making quick, informed decisions 15 October 2024A job thanks to COVID—something not many people can claim. But PhD candidate Vera Arntzen can. Over the past four years, she has mapped two crucial ch...
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Urban Studies students receive diploma: ‘I want to make cities better places’ 15 October 2024Lecture hall A0.06 in the Schouwburgstraat in The Hague was packed with parents, friends and other loved ones on Friday, 27 September. No fewer than 6...
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Listening, asking questions and soaking up the atmosphere at the Bachelor’s Open Day 15 October 2024So many interesting programmes, but which one suits me best? It was the Bachelor’s Open Day in Leiden and The Hague on Saturday 12 October. Among the ...
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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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From wildlife journalist to ecologist: PhD candidate researching light and noise pollution 14 October 2024Ecologist Sebastiaan Grosscurt became a successful wildlife journalist after graduating. But he decided to focus on science instead. He started his Ph...
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Car sharing and second-hand phones not as green as they seem, research shows 14 October 2024Not all sustainable business models have the impact they claim, Leiden researcher Levon Amatuni revealed. Car sharing and phone reuse, for example, ha...
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Global Governance Journal comes to Leiden 14 October 2024A team of researchers based at Leiden has taken over the editorship of the journal Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Or...
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A cocktail of chemicals in surface water is more toxic than each substance individually 14 October 2024Pesticides can form a toxic cocktail when they occur in combination in surface water. This is the finding of research that Leiden University and the D...
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Did your family also study in Leiden? 14 October 2024Did your grandfather or grandmother also study in Leiden? And your parents, uncles, aunts, brothers, sisters...?
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More housing in cities is possible without sacrificing green spaces 14 October 2024Building more in urban areas is, in most places in the Netherlands, the smartest way to tackle the housing crisis. This is evident from research condu...
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Sustainability in and around the Herta Mohr Building: Explore the interactive infographic 14 October 2024The Herta Mohr Building is leading the way in sustainable innovations, for both Leiden University buildings and beyond. It is the university’s first f...
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The language of Russian propaganda 14 October 2024In 2014 Russia entered Ukraine and occupied Crimea, and about two and a half years ago it began a large-scale invasion. For Ukraine, it’s a war. But R...
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Flash interview with alumnus Kees van der Staaij: I’m still a lawyer at heart 14 October 2024Kees van der Staaij started studying Law at Leiden University in 1986, specialising in Constitutional and Administrative Law. He graduated in 1991.