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• Living labs and citizen science Liveable Planet

  Living labs make it possible for citizens to participate in research for sustainable development of their environment. This way citizens, together with scientists and stakeholders, create local conditions for food production, healthy environment, and biodiversity.

• Moving towards Coexistence and Cooperation: The Spratly Islands and International Law Research output

  On 19 May 2020, Xuechan Ma defended her thesis 'Moving towards Coexistence and Cooperation: The Spratly Islands and International Law'. The doctoral research was supervised by Prof. N.J. Schrijver.

• Registering with a doctor Insurance and healthcare

  We highly advise you to register with a GP in Leiden or The Hague before arrival or soon after you get here.

• Patchwork of police checks across Schengen area News - 4 April 2025

  The Schengen countries officially abolished border controls, but checks actually still exist. Maartje van der Woude has written a book about these veiled border controls: ‘The danger is that Schengen will have lots of borders, just not visible ones.’

• Social, Economic and Organisational Psychology

  Social, Economic and Organisational Psychology focuses on the application of scientific psychological knowledge of social processes within and between groups of people and individuals, in organisations, but also during economic and consumer decisions.

• Looking Back: Alumni on the Rise News - 28 January 2020

  Graduates of Leiden University College The Hague, Juliette Nicolai and Elena Venturoni on their recent win in the Global Health Case Challenge 2019, Copenhagen.

• Trick, trap, treason: conspiracy theories on Turkey's internal and external enemies (2002-2022) Research output

  On Thursday 29 January 2026 Uğur Derin successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.

• Young professionals back in the class room News - 24 October 2019

  Campus The Hague welcomed a group of young professionals in honor of the celebration of 444 years of Leiden University.

• ‘Holland, invest in the national AI-ecosystem’ News - 27 February 2020

  The European Commission published new plans on artificial intelligence on 19 February. According to Holger Hoos, professor in Machine Learning at the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS), Bart Verheij (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen) and Jeroen van den Hoven (Technische Universiteit Delft)…

• Events Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology

  The Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology (co)organises various events during the year.

• Evolucio Leiden University College The Hague

  Evolucio is the international alumni network of Leiden University College and aims to connect graduates with each other and the college.

• International development finance: challenges and opportunities Research output

  Don Scott De Amicis will give the sixth Hazelhoff Guest Lecture on international development finance: challenges and opportunities.

• Can traditional forest management protect and conserve ironwood (ulin) stands? An option and approach in East Kalimantan Research output

  Promotores: G.A. Persoon, H.H. de Iongh

• Christa Tobler speaks in the Dutch Parliament on Brexit News - 2 February 2017

  On 1 February 2017 there was a hearing in the committee on European affairs of the second chamber of the Dutch Parliament on the issue of

• Hong Kong's Place in South East Asia Research output

  On Thursday 7 November 2024 Vaudine England successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.

• Poetry and power: the appreciation of the verse in Seljuq and Ilkhanid chronicles : the case of Rāḥat al-Ṣudūr and Jāmiʿ al-Tavārīkh Research output

  On Wednesday 20 November 2024 Sara Mirahmadi successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.

• The unseen saints of Islam: Sufi ritual and religious worldmaking in Java Research output

  On Thursday 10 April 2025 Wahyu Widodo successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.

• Educated Muslim women in a non-Muslim world: navigating identities in Sendai, Japan Research output

  On Wednesday 3 September 2025 Yu Ai successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.

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  Erik Bähre Associate Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

• Europe's first bachelor's programme in security issues News - 23 February 2017

  September 2017 will see the start of the new English-language bachelor's programme in Security Studies in The Hague, developed by the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) at Leiden University. The programme meets the growing need for academics with a broad training in the field of securit…

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  Ben Arps Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Petra de Bruijn University Lecturer Turkish Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Hans Theunissen University Lecturer Turkish Studies/Islamic Art and Material Culture

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Rieneke Sonnevelt PhD candidate/external

  Faculty of Humanities

• The road to drain or gain: Dutch private investment and economic development in late colonial and early independent Indonesia Research output

  On 20 September 2023 Mark van de Water successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.

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  Esther van Ginneken Associate professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Marianne Maeckelbergh Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Esther van Leeuwen Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  David Ehrhardt Associate Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

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  Anthony Brown Associate professor

  Faculty of Science

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  Martine Jager Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Medicine

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  Sjoerd van der Burg Full professor

  Faculty of Medicine

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  Joni Reef Associate professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  André Leliveld Senior Lecturer

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

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  Serge Rombouts Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Rijk van Dijk Professor

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

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  Martin Taphoorn Pofessor

  Faculty of Medicine

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  Judith Bovée Professor

  Faculty of Medicine

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  Sigrid van Wingerden Associate professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Sarah Giest Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

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  Marcel Tijsterman Professor

  Faculty of Medicine

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  Paul Hudson Associate Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

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  Christi van Asperen Professor

  Faculty of Medicine

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  Anja van der Voort Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Jeroen ten Voorde Scientific Director/Professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Jan Abbink Professor emeritus

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

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  Carien Creutzberg Professor

  Faculty of Medicine

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  Jelle Goeman Professor

  Faculty of Medicine

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  Lioe-Fee de Geus-Oei Professor

  Faculty of Medicine

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  Bernhard Brandl Professor

  Faculty of Science