Children are generally not drawn to abstract art, research shows. But how exactly does abstract art affect our emotions? Through empirical research, psychologists from Leiden University are investigating at the Josef Albers Museum in Germany how this form of art can be made more relatable to the world…

Biology PhD student at Leiden University Kevin Groen and his identical twin brother Marvin Groen (a biology student as well) will be on Dutch Television from Tuesday 5 September in the programme called Vroege Vogels every week (NPO 2, 19:20).

Wil je onderzoeksideeën en nieuwe publicaties in informele setting met vakgenoten bespreken? Meld je dan aan voor deze nieuwe seminar-reeks! Elke laatste woensdag van de maand komen we samen, afwisselend op locatie en online. De eerste bijeenkomst zal plaatsvinden op woensdag 26 oktober van 16:00 tot…

Corrie Bakels would have given this year's Kroon lecture on Friday March 20, but the event was canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak. Her colleagues had planned to present to her the 50th edition of the Analecta journal on this festive occassion, so these plans had to be changed as well.

This week Dutch newspapers NRC and de Volkskrant consulted scientists from the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS) about the impact of the Cambridge Analytica storm. This company gained insight into the data of 50 million Facebook users.

Geheime diensten en criminelen kunnen inbreken in slimme apparaten, door slechte beveiliging. De markt lost het niet op: bedrijven willen gadgets verkopen, burgers doen ook weinig. NRC sprak hierover met Bibi van den Berg.

Tirza Cramwinckel, Assistant Professor in tax law, has won one of the 2023 Research Prizes awarded by the Praemium Erasmianum Foundation.

Researchers on terrorism Bart Schuurman and Liesbeth van der Heide (Institute of Security and Global Affairs) studied the files of 159 persons convicted of terrorism in the Netherlands during 2012-2017. Their main question: how effective is the special reintegration project for this type of delinquents…

In his Inaugural lecture of February 10th Prof. dr. Henk Borgdorff advocated positive understanding of artistic research, of reasoning in and through art, within academia.

On Thursday the 3rd of March 2016, Professor Bruning welcomed a delegation from the government of the Republic of Kosovo, within the framework of the Matra-project ‘Protecting Children in Kosovo: from Policy to Practice’.

Professor Joke Bouwstra has been elected as member of the Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen (KNAW, The Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences). This is a very prestigious recognition and a great honor for Joke. You can find the announcement by the KNAW below (short version) and as an attachment.

Time and again synthesised substances have been shown to pollute the environment more than lab tests predicted. In her inaugural lecture on 16 November, professor of Ecotoxicology Martina Vijver gives a warning for the risks of new, man-made chemical substances and nanomaterials. Various media payed…

Title research: Persian Echoes: Irish Nationalism, Politics, and Orientalism in the Works of Vallancey, Moore, Mangan, and McCarthy

Title research: Crime Victim’s Rights to Restitution in Indonesia: The Role of Public Prosecutor

S.J. (Sil) Douma MA LLB (2001) studied Classics at Leiden University and obtained his degree cum laude in 2024.

Title research: Iran’s Transcendental Legitimacy of Law

Dr. Nina Baranowska, LL.M. is a researcher at eLaw, and a member of the RESOCIAL Project.

Title research: The Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict: A Comparison under the International and Islamic Laws of War

Michael Liu is an external PhD candidate at the Van Vollenhoven Institute for Law, Governance and Society.

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Title research: Violent political attacks by state-hired organised crime actors: towards legal resilience in the Netherlands

Sara Perlstein is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs under the research group 'Crisis Governance'. Her research focuses on the interpersonal discussion of risk among laypeople.

Daniel Daineko is affiliated to the department of Jurisprudence as researcher/teacher.

Title research: The status of the human intellect, according to Blaise Pascal. By articulating the above, I should better understand why Pascal appears sometimes to be a relativist concerning (human) nature, truth, and law.

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Title research: The hermeneutics of radicalization. A philosophical-theological perspective

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Titel research: The sustainability of an existing formal compromise in the face of fundamentalism.

Title research: Nullius Addictus Iurare in Verba Magistri (or) An Extremely Complex Nexus: The Voegelin- Kelsen Divergence on the Crisis (or Diagnosis) of Modernity and the Foundations of Modern Legal and Political Philosophy.

Title research: Peace Accords and their relation with Criminal Liability and Prosecution.

Gerard Breeman teaches policy making, media-logics, and governance of sustainability. His main areas of expertise are comparative public policies, trust, policy agenda setting, trust, sustainability and European Union policies.

Anton Cahyadi is an external PhD candidate at the Van Vollenhoven Institute.

Title research: The theory of virtue among the ancient biographers and early Christian hagiography.

Carel Smith is connected to the Legal history department as associate professor.

Wouter Hins is since July 2007 connected to eLaw - Center for Law and Digital Technologies.

Title research: The Place of the Artes Liberales in Legal Education.

Vera works as an academic lecturer at the Faculty of Law of Universitas Tarumanagara. Prior to her academic profession, she worked as a lawyer in Jakarta, Indonesia. She mostly handled cases dealing with Government Administrative Procedures, properties, and private sectors. Vera completed her Bachelor…

Widya Naseva Tuslian is a Ph.D. candidate at Leiden Law School, jointly appointed by the VVI (Van Vollenhoven Institute) of Leiden Law School and the KITLV (Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies). Her research focuses on water governance and citizenship in Jakarta's urban…

Manon Carrere is a Research Assistant at eLaw – Center for Law and Digital Technologies, where she works on RESOCIAL, an interdisciplinary project that investigates how digital technologies and social media shape human vulnerability and evaluates the adequacy of existing legal protections.

Jorieke Manenschijn studied both law and philosophy in Nijmegen and Leiden. Jorieke joined the Department of Jurisprudence as a lecturer and researcher in October 2020.