1,228 search results for “global transformations and governance challenges” in the Staff website
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'Climate issues and sustainability should be part of every study programme'
Having lectures on sustainability when you're a first-year student of Law, or a course on climate change when you're studying Public Administration may sound odd, but that is just what Associate Professor in Environmental Sciences Thijs Bosker wants to see happening. Together with his colleague Paul…
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Vertrouwen ten tijde van polarisatie
Voor het universitaire thema ‘Vertrouwen ten tijde van polarisatie’ slaan Leidse en Haagse onderzoekers de handen ineen. Op vrijdagmiddag 5 juni wordt het thema afgetrapt in Den Haag en komen collega’s samen om te verkennen en te ontmoeten.
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The Next Dutch Government & China
Lecture
- Why still learn?
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Restart LDE Global Heritage & Development
Kick-off Meeting
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Collecting Global Heritage
Conference
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LUC Student Wins Nobel Peace Prize Essay Competition
Natalia Sobrino-Saeb, third-year student at Leiden University College The Hague, won the challenge by the Ignitor Fellowship Program held by the Nobel Peace Center for her essay on the threats to journalism in Mexico. On December 10th Natalia met the Committee of the Ignitor Fellowship in Oslo and attended…
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Vincent ChangFaculty of Humanities
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Wat gaat goed en wat kan beter bij de uitvoering van de Wet open overheid?
Wim Voermans en Annemarie Drahmann namen op 13 februari deel aan het Rondetafelgesprek van de commissie Binnenlandse Zaken over de uitvoering van de Wet open overheid. De kernvraag van de bijeenkomst was de vraag 'Wat gaat goed en wat kan beter bij de uitvoering van de Wet open overheid?'
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José María Castro IbarraFaculty of Humanities
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Six prospective members of the new cabinet studied in Leiden
The Rutte IV cabinet will be sworn in soon. A fifth of the prospective ministers and secretaries of state studied in Leiden. Who are they and what did they study?
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Hoko HoriiFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Christoph Niessen
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Tanja AhlinFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
- Global Histories of Knowledge 2024 - 2025
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Clay in Common
Conference, Workshop
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Nira WickramasingheFaculty of Humanities
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Adriaan BednerFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Yet another minister resigns: 'Moral democratic compass is lacking'
Cora van Nieuwenhuizen (VVD) has resigned as Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management with immediate effect. She has decided to take up a position outside politics and will become chair of the lobby organisation for the energy sector, Energie Nederland.
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'It’s the complexity of this group of patients that makes the challenge of improving their quality of life so interesting’
Dialysis patients experience a range of physical and mental symptoms that interact and influence each otherIn her doctoral research, psychologist Judith Tommel wanted to find the optimum approach to help these dialysis patients improve their quality of life. ‘We need to make sure we avoid excluding…
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Pressure on River Management Leads to more Frequent Flooding
In his new book 'Flooding and Management of Large Fluvial Lowlands', Paul Hudson Associate Professor of Physical Geography at Leiden University College in The Hague, examines human impacts on lowlands rivers. The past twenty years the pressure on large fluvial lowlands has increased tremendously because…
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Why thinking outside the box can improve healthcare
To truly help citizens, professionals sometimes need to dare to deviate from the rules. That was the main message during the meeting on ‘rebellious professionals’ in healthcare and well-being, held on 15 October in The Hague.
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Liesbeth MinnaardFaculty of Humanities
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Stephen HarrisFaculty of Humanities
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Lecture: The Intellectuals and Apparatchiks: A Look at the Government-Aligned Intellectual Scene in Turkey
Lecture
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LUC Alumna makes it to Trouw Sustainable 100
The Sustainable 100 is an initiative by Dutch newspaper Trouw, consisting of a list of the top 100 sustainable civil initiatives. In October of 2020, the Jonge Klimaatbeweging (Youth Climate Movement NL) became the first youth organization to win first prize. An interview with LUC Alumna and Board Member…
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Graig Klein awarded an ERC Starting Grant
Graig Klein, assistant professor at the Institute of Security of Global Affairs (ISGA), has been awarded a Starting Grant by the European Research Council (ERC) for his project TERGAP. With this 1.500.000 euro grant Klein and his research team will investigate terrorist groups’ decision-making and strategic…
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The future of Europe is not about Europe
More autocracies, less gender equality and growing anti-liberal sentiment. These are just some of the developments Professor Sarah Wolff will highlight in her inaugural lecture on the future of Europe. ‘The liberal world order as we know it in the West is at stake.’
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Valérie PattynFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Arco TimmermansFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Lars van DoornFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Stefano BellucciFaculty of Humanities
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Egbert JongenFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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The Western Part of the East Indies: Colonial Worldmaking and Global Knowledges at the Early Modern Cape Colony
Lecture, Global Histories of Knowledge Seminar
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Francesco Ragazzi
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Alette JansenFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Ladinglijst van MSC Zoe bekendgemaakt op aandringen van Leidse jurist Esther Kentin
Toen in 2019 honderden afvalcontainers in de Waddenzee vielen, wilde de overheid geen informatie vrijgeven over wat er in de containers zat. Vijf jaar later weten we eindelijk meer, nadat hoogleraar Esther Kentin beroep deed op de Wet Open Overheid.
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Video labs and narratives of future conflicts: two lecturers receive a Comenius Grant
Lecturers Marjo de Graauw and Malte Riemann have both received a Comenius Teaching Fellowship.
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Dutch election results expose new political divide – can D66 bridge the gap?
What do the election results say about the Netherlands today? Students and experts discussed this at an Election Breakfast organised by study association Diqit. Analysts, including Hans-Martien ten Napel, Associate Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law, notice a new dividing line in Dutch…
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Solving Mathematical Challenges with Symbolic AI
Lecture
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Rutte IV: a fifth of the cabinet studied in Leiden
The new cabinet has finally taken office. Six of its members studied in Leiden, once again making the University a key supplier to the cabinet. Who are these alumni?
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More parties should have a say in listed companies
To get important topics such as climate and human rights higher on the agenda of listed companies, stakeholders other than shareholders and employees should officially be given more say. This is what Professor of Business Law Harold Koster said in his inaugural lecture on 18 March. He proposes introducing…
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Van de keukentafel tot de hoogste Haagse kringen: iedereen lobbyt
Je onderdompelen in de wereld van de lobby. Dat kan op donderdag 10 november tijdens de Nacht van de Lobbyist, een publiek event dat de Universiteit Leiden en de Public Affairs Academie voor de 2de keer organiseren. Vijf vragen aan initiatiefnemer Bert Fraussen, universitair docent bij het Instituut…
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Three new Leiden bloggers for Faces of Science
What is life like as an academic? Twelve PhD candidates will report on their daily work in videos and blogs on the Faces of Science website (in Dutch). They include three researchers from Leiden who are researching topics such as North Korean support for African liberation movements, how differently…
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Perspectives on Traditional Chinese Medicine. From Taiwan’s Experiences to Global Practice
Full-day International Workshop
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Broeders wants to establish a centre of excellence for Emerging Technology and Security
He announced this news in a tweet earlier this month: 'Delighted to announce that I've been appointed Full Professor of Global Security and Technology'. So let's get more closely acquainted with Dennis Broeders (46), who explains why the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) is ideal for him,…
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International Law and the Challenge of Disinformation
PhD defence
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Contemporary challenges to parental child abduction
PhD defence
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Waning Crescent: The Rise and Fall of Global Islam
Lecture
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Susanna de BeerFaculty of Humanities