1,513 search results for “child studies” in the Staff website
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Child rights expert sounds the alarm: ‘Global crises are hitting children hardest’
Wars, climate change and the effects of covid have caused a global decline in children’s well-being. In her inaugural lecture Ann Skelton, Professor of Children’s Rights in a Sustainable World, points to the disastrous effects of multiple interacting crises.
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Child rights activist Graça Machel speaks in Leiden on justice between generations
Mozambican politician and child rights activist Graça Machel speaks October 27 at Leiden University about her work.
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A good start for every child, and how data science can help
Some children start life with a disadvantage. Sometimes even before they are born. A new research project involving Professor Wessel Kraaij of Leiden University investigates how data science can help give these children a good start in life.
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Simone van der HofFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Caroline Fernandes CaromanoFaculty of Humanities
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Anouk Goemans receives National Youth Care Award 2025
Professor by Special Appointment Anouk Goemans has received the National Youth Care Award 2025 from the ‘Stichting Steunfonds Pro Juventute’. The cash prize of €30,000 will go towards her research on youth care and youth protection.
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Educational Support
SOLO helps lecturers to use ICT in education. We offer practical support and advice.
- Daisy Smeets: “Rotate the type of assignment and challenge your students”
- Karlijn Pieterse: “Be part of the group and learn together”
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expert workshop on EU's proposed regulation on preventing and combatting child sexual abuse
Workshop brings multidisciplinary experts together to produce interdisciplinary outcomes on the EU’s Proposal for a Regulation to prevent and combat child sexual abuse.
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Leiden Law Cast #1: Child benefits scandal & compassion with Professor A.G. Castermans
Leiden Law Cast is a podcast made by Leiden Law School, Leiden University, for everyone who wants to learn more about current legal issues.
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Marat MarkertFaculty of Humanities
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Ralph Rippe
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Mitch van GeelFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Mariëlle Bruning in the media on fact sheet about placement in care
It is not possible for juvenile courts to properly assess whether it is necessary to place a child in care. This is evident from a fact sheet that has been prepared by legal scholars from Leiden University, commissioned by the Dutch House of Representatives and others.
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report for 2nd Expert Workshop on the EU Proposed Regulation on Online Child Sexual Abuse published
Workshop brings multidisciplinary experts together to debate proposed detection technologies and their impact on fundamental rights.
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Mirjam Sombroek-van DoormFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Judith FrishmanFaculty of Humanities
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Mariëlle Bruning in Trouw: 'Placement in care is always harmful'
In Europe, the Netherlands is in middle position when it comes to the placement of children in care. The consequences of such a placement in care are often disastrous, says Mariëlle Bruning.
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Arie van der KooijFaculty of Humanities
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Ethical Considerations from Child-Robot Interactions in Under-Resourced Communities
Dr. Eduard Fosch-Villaronga from eLaw collaborates with researchers from the Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi (IIIT-Delhi) and University of Delhi (DU) in an effort to explore and reflect upon the potential legal, ethical and pedagogical challenges of deploying a social robot in…
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Neeltje BlankensteinFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Berthe JansenFaculty of Humanities
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Paula Esteves dos Santos Jordao -
Kiyan ForoutanFaculty of Humanities
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Hélène NutFaculty of Humanities
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Sarah HolmaFaculty of Humanities
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'When a deaf child suddenly hears and learns to talk, this also has a huge impact.'
Professor Johan Frijns treats people with hearing loss, conducts research on hearing implants, and gladly shares his knowledge about electrical stimulation of the nervous system.
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Shuqi JiaFaculty of Humanities
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Irene HadiprayitnoFaculty of Humanities
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Li-Ru HsuFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Christian HendersonFaculty of Humanities
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Projects 2025-2026
For the academic year 2025-2026, nine (teams of) teachers will receive a Grassroots or Grass shoots grant. Here you can read about their projects.
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As a parent, you have a big influence on your child’s anxiety (though there’s no need to worry about it)
How do parents communicate anxiety to their child via body language and words? Psychologist Cosima Nimphy studied this question for her PhD research. Experiments show that children of anxious parents are not more sensitive to their parents’ signs of anxiety.
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Mariëlle Bruning: No full figures on waiting lists for youth care
The waiting lists in youth care are alarmingly long. This has been confirmed again by a study carried out by a Dutch foundation The Forgotten Child.
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Jelle BruningFaculty of Humanities
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Maria Riep
Faculty of Archaeology
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Yujing TanFaculty of Humanities
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From child to artist: something for everyone during Days of Arts and Science
From 11 to 17 September, Leiden will be all about art and science. What can the combination of these two domains do for us? And how can cooperation between them be strengthened? Several public events and a brand new symposium for specialists should answer these questions.
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Loes JanssenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Myrthe VeenmanFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Nathal DessingFaculty of Humanities
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Jochanan VeerbeekFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
- Moji Aghajani: "Make your course multidimensional"
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Daný van DamFaculty of Humanities
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Mubarika Nugraheni
Faculty of Humanities
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Shahab Daneshvar
Faculty of Humanities
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Guita WinkelFaculty of Humanities
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Erik-jan ZurcherFaculty of Humanities
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David HenleyFaculty of Humanities