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Mental health at work: young social scientists meet up during YAL Faculty lunch
The Young Academy Leiden strives to connect young academics with each other and strengthen their position within the University. It goes without saying that mental health is a topic that cannot be ignored here. That is why that was the theme of an again successful Young Faculty Lunch, this time at the…
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Leadership Blogpost: Does the leadership style of male and female country leaders explain their success during Covid-19?
The Covid-19 pandemic has challenged political leaders worldwide, bringing discussion about leadership in times of crisis. In various media outlets, a recurring topic has been the relationship between the gender of a country’s leader and the success of his or her Covid-19 approach. Especially female…
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Leiden Leadership Lunch – Uncertainty and innovation in the social domain: The role of leadership
What opportunities does uncertainty offer with regard to innovative behaviour of professionals and what role does leadership play in this?
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PhD candidates and early-career researchers: join a data science and AI challenge in Madrid
Research
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TNO, HUM and the ISSC are jointly developing an ethical chatbot: ‘It is important that communication is tailored to the user’
The ISSC's ICT helpdesk receives dozens of questions from staff and students every day. A collaboration between TNO, LUCL and the ISSC aims to determine whether a specially designed chatbot could provide support in this area.
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LUCL to start working with Macroscope: ‘One place filled with datasets and tools’
Over the coming years, LUCL will be collaborating on the development of Macroscope, a new scientific infrastructure that maps social change at the population level. Professors Gijsbert Rutten, Stephan Raaijmakers and Carole Tiberius tell us more about the project.
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Looking critically at autism research: ‘We have to get away from us-and-them thinking’
Autism research is at times saturated with implicit values, norms and possible prejudices. Researchers should be more aware of this, says development psychologist Carolien Rieffe. She advocates Critical Design: a self-critical view as a scientific method.
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From walking sticks to guide dogs: Krista Milne charts the lives of medieval people with disabilities
What was life like for people with disabilities in the Middle Ages? University lecturer Krista Milne delved into medieval manuscripts and found more than thirty images of assistance dogs of all shapes and sizes. Now, a Vidi grant is enabling her to expand her research to include the question of what…
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Contribute to the Leiden Law Blog in 2026!
Research
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Footballer and journalist Nikki IJzerman: 'I want to dive into the background of the news'
Give Nikki IJzerman a football and she’s happy. The midfielder was named Player of the Year by ADO Den Haag last season, as well as obtaining her master’s degree in Journalism and New Media.
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Preparations for the FSW relocation have begun
Facility, Organisation
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'There's nothing more we can do for you' - New publication on harmful communication in oncology
PhD student Janine Westendorp and her colleagues conducted literature research on what patients with cancer and their loved ones perceive as harmful communication from healthcare providers. The results were published in the journal Psycho-Oncology and are released as a poster to distribute to healthcare…
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Assignments for LDE trainees wanted: deadline 27 March
Human resources
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This platform is making machine learning more transparent and accessible
What began as a PhD project has grown into a website with 120,000 unique visitors each year. With the platform OpenML, researcher Jan van Rijn is contributing to open science, aiming to make machine learning more transparent, accessible, and fair.
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Introducing: Matthias Lukkes
Matthias Lukkes recently joined the Institute for History as a PhD candidate within the NWO-funded project ‘Revisiting the Invention of Africa, 1590-1720’ led by Michiel van Groesen. Below he introduces himself.
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Call for applications: COIn Grant 2026
Research
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Construction on the streets around Arsenaal and Huizinga
Organisation
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Why Academia in Motion symposium is not to be missed
The future of publishing and PhD research, engaging society in research and leadership that suits your role and personality will be the focus of the Academia in Motion symposium at PLNT.
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Introducing: Sophie Rose
Sandra Manickam recently joined the Institute for History as a researcher in the ERC Starting Grant project ' COMET. Human Subject Research and Medical Ethics in Colonial Southeast Asia', under the supervision of Fenneke Sysling. Below, she introduces herself.
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Peter Buwalda appointed as writer‑in‑residence at Leiden University
Peter Buwalda will join Leiden University as the new writer-in-residence from autumn 2026. Buwalda will contribute to the new Writing minor offered by the bachelor’s programme in Dutch Language and Culture.
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Leiden University continues work on vibrant neighbourhood at Leiden Bio Science Park
Construction has now begun on MORE8: 141 rental homes for a broader group, with a supermarket and cafés.
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Louie Buana receives Philippus Corts Fund grant
Louie Buana, a PhD candidate at the Institute for History, has been awarded the 5th Philippus Corts Fund grant, together with Wengki Ariando and Adrian Perkasa, for their joint book project 'Whose Nusantara? New narratives on decolonizing Indonesian knowledge and archipelagic futures'. The goal of the…
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Daan Roovers to deliver the 54th Huizinga Lecture
On Thursday 11 December 2025, Daan Roovers, the philosopher and former Denker des Vaderlands (Philosopher Laureate), will give the 54th Huizinga Lecture at the Stadsgehoorzaal in Leiden. Under the title What’s at stake: The boundaries of politics and fair play, she will reinterpret Johan Huizinga’s…
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Online Experience Leiden University College The Hague
Study information, Online Experience
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Statistical Learning and Prediction
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International Criminal Justice: Utopia or Reality?
Lecture, 5th Owada Chair Symposium
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Symposium Humanities: What does AI mean for our education?
Conference
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Teachers’ Professionalisation Course: Dialogue in Education
Didactics
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LUC Global Challenge Fair: Game Night
Game night
- Leiden University College presents: Global Challenges Game Night
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Blended Learning: Using digital tools for teaching
Didactics
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Kaiser Spring Lectures: How photonics and sub-wavelength optics are shaping next-generation telescopes
Lecture
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Managing group work
Didactics
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Celebrating 40 Years of the Dutch Studies programme
Alumni event, Lustrum
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Botanical drawing
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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CRM 2025
Moot Court
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Leiden Teachers' Academy Education Conference
Conference
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Children's rights under pressure in a changing world: Need for a new research agenda?
Conference
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Teaching for Sustainable Tomorrows: A Climate Change Education Workshop
Study information, Workshop
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Online Experience Leiden University College The Hague
Study information, Online Experience
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Symposium: ‘Moving forward together with AI at our faculty'
Conference
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FeedbackFruits Training
ICT, Research
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On-campus iftar
Arts and culture
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Cancelled: National strike against the higher education cuts
Demonstratie
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MicroLab: how to design impact driven education
Didactics
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Coaching & Intervision (early career) lecturers
Didactics
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Uyghur genocide
Conference
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Working conference Roman Gems
Working conference
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Dutch International Cultural Policy
Site visit
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FSW Education Festival 2025
Conference