1,228 search results for “global transformation and governance challenges” in the Staff website
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The future of artificial intelligence
From self-driving cars to innovative drug development, artificial intelligence (AI) is going to fundamentally change our lives in a variety of ways.
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IPBES: Positive outcomes for people and nature are feasible, but we must act now
Changes to halt further biodiversity loss are more urgent than ever and feasible, says IPBES, the United Nations biodiversity panel. In two reports released this week, the panel calls on governments worldwide to develop coherent policies that address biodiversity, climate change, water, food and health.…
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From Hygienic Cities to Fossil Urbanism: Global Forces, Local Contexts, and Urban Environmental History
Lecture, Global Questions Seminar
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Turkic Patronage in Central Asia: Patterns and Challenges
Lecture
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Leiden scientist addresses UN: 'People should not work for the economic system, the economic system should work for the people'
Environmental scientist Rutger Hoekstra addressed the General Assembly of the United Nations on 12 April. And that’s quite a big thing to do. How do you get there as a scientist? And, more importantly, what was his message? In eight questions, Rutger explains what he does and why.
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Assembly of States Parties to the International Criminal Court - A Good Governance Approach
PhD defence
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[CANCELLED] Forum Shopping from Below: The Global Political Economy of Transnational Migrant Advocacy Networks
Lecture, Lunch Research Seminar
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Between Power and Public Opinion: State Reform in Nepal
On 24 April 2025, political scientist Pawan Kumar Sen will defend his PhD dissertation, "Transforming Nepal’s Political System: Party Positions and Public Opinion (2004-2012)," at Leiden University. His research examines how Nepal’s major political parties navigated key state restructuring reforms—republicanism,…
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Liveable Planet looks at German university as inspiration for a ‘Liveable Planet Academy’
The Leiden University interdisciplinary program Liveable Planet is working on a ‘Liveable Planet Academy’ as a follow-up to its activities. The coordinating team visited the transdisciplinary Leuphana University (Germany) to get inspiration for the setup of the academy.
- LTA Education Conference: Free your mind!
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Woman Question in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Between Islamic Tradition and Global Modernity
PhD defence
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Visit the virtual Gold Matters exhibition
The virtual Exhibition Gold Matters is now live and can be explored online. This exhibition is the result of collaborations between artists, members of mining communities, and researchers of the Gold Matters’ project. Curating the exhibition is a collaborative effort of the Gold Matters Team with Sabine…
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Chinese Development Finance in a Shifting Global Order: Research Approaches and Policy Implications
Lecture
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Promoting Accountability of International Courts through Financial Governance
PhD defence
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The City on a Lake: Particular Environments and Global Paradigms in the Making of Mexico City
Lecture
- NIPV lecture series: A closer look at the Dutch crisis governance system
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Sustainability Day: unique 450 tote bags now available!
Organisation
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presentation: Shifting sovereignties — Manifestations of sovereignty from a global historical perspective
Lecture, Book presentation
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Experience Day Leiden University College The Hague
Study information, On Campus Experience
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Working together for ‘broad prosperity’ in the Leiden region
How can universities and research institutions, businesses and government bodies in the Leiden region drive ‘broad prosperity’?
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The Politics of Citizenship: Governing Religion through Refugee Control in Lebanon
PhD defence
- Webinar: Policy Challenges in Immigration, Non‑Standard Employment and Remote Work
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Webinar: Is LUC for me?
Study information, Webinar
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Webinar: Is LUC for me?
Study information, Webinar
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Webinar: Is LUC for me?
Study information, Webinar
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Webinar: Is LUC for me?
Study information, Webinar
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Webinar: Is LUC for me?
Study information, Webinar
- The battle for the global narrative about the occupation of Palestine: Lawfare, advocacy and repression
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Looking back on the Research Day 2025: It Takes a Village – Shaping Interdisciplinary Futures
'Let's make this a twice-yearly tradition!'– a feeling shared by many after the vibrant Research Day. Engagement started early, with participants connecting informally over good coffee before the formal start of the event on 19 November.
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The BIAS project at the Applied Machine Learning Days in Lausanne, Switzerland
The Applied Machine Learning Days AMLD is a global platform that brings together experts and participants from over 40 countries across industry, academia, and government in the field of Machine Learning. In this year’s edition, members of the BIAS project organized a track around the topic Fairness…
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Five pilot interdisciplinary modules for professionals to start in 2024
Leiden University is known for its pioneering research and teaching. By offering education to professionals (lifelong learning), we want to bring this research and teaching expertise to the field and thus further increase our impact on society. With the aid of a grant from Leiden University Academy,…
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A promising summer start: extra funding for research
Two research projects focused on democracy and citizen collectives have been awarded grants through the 2024 round of the National Science Agenda’s (NWA) ‘Onderzoek op Routes door Consortia (ORC)’. Each project will receive around €6.8 million to get started immediately.
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From Atoms to Asteroids: How Chemistry Governs the Birth of Planets
Lecture, Harold Linnartz Astrochemistry Prize lecture
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Monarchies of Extraction: The Gulf states in the global food system
Middle East Studies Lecture
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The US on the World: The Socio-Ecological Impacts of America’s Global Ascendancy
Inaugural lecture
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Japan's Iron Lady? Sanae Takaichi and the New Japanese Government
Debate
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Lipsius bike parking to become green meeting place
The bicycle parking area in front of the Lipsius building will definitely no longer be used for bicycle parking. Instead, this space will be transformed into an inviting meeting place in a green setting.
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Mehmet Kentel wins the OTSA Yavuz Sezer Prize
Mehmet Kentel has been named co-winner of the prize, which is given out yearly by the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association, for his article “Ruin and Knowledge in Pera: Discovering Istanbul’s Genoese Heritage at the Moment of Its Destruction,” which was published in the fortieth-anniversary volume…
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Aleydis Nissen in The Diplomat on BTS and mandatory military service
K-pop band BTS joining the Korean military is a compulsory obligation, one with increased meaning as tension builds on the Korean Peninsula and around the world, postdoc Aleydis Nissen writes in an article in The Diplomat.
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Jochanan VeerbeekFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Frank ChouraquiFaculty of Humanities
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Christine Espin
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Min ChoFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Corey WilliamsFaculty of Humanities
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Over experimenteren en reguleren: perspectieven op governance van data en algoritmen
Inaugural lecture
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Tom Louwerse appointed Professor of Political Behaviour and Research Methods
The Executive Board of Leiden University has appointed Dr Tom Louwerse as Professor of Political Behaviour and Research Methods at the Institute of Political Science.
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Joe Powderly co-edits volume, Heritage Destruction, Human Rights and International Law
The volume, Heritage Destruction, Human Rights and International Law, co-edited by Grotius Centre, Associate Professor Joe Powderly, and Dr Amy Strecker (Associate Professor, UCD), has been published by Brill/Nijhoff.
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Marietje Schaake confirmed as keynote speaker for eLaw’s 40th Anniversary Conference!
We are thrilled to announce that Marietje Schaake will deliver the keynote address at the eLaw 40th Anniversary Conference on 2 April 2025, as part of the prestigious Hans Franken Lecture, the yearly lecture dedicated to one of the founders of eLaw, Hans Franken.
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AI Policy Leaders Academia Award for Gianclaudio Malgieri
Dr Gianclaudio Malgieri, Associate Professor of Law at eLaw, will receive the AI Policy Leaders Academia Award from CAIDP Europe (Center for AI and Digital Policy Europe) alongside Professor Alessandro Mantelero from the Politecnico di Torino. The award is 'for their collective call on EU policymakers…
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Santino Regilme in EUobserver: 'The EU needs to research its own oligarchic capture'
In a recent EUobserver opinion article, Salvador Santino Regilme, warns that Europe faces a crisis of legitimacy if it continues to ignore the structural influence of billionaires and oligarchic interests within its institutions.