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ESOF session on vaccines: ‘Infectious diseases know no borders’
How can Europe lead the way in vaccine development that is fast and for all? To answer this pressing question, Professor of Vaccinology Meta Roestenberg is holding a panel session on 14 July at the EuroScience Open Forum in Leiden.
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Call for Proposals | Forum: Trump's Diplomacy
Donald Trump’s approach to diplomacy represents an explicit and intensified form of leader-centric and procedurally disruptive diplomatic practice. 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩’𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬,…
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Four years of war in Ukraine: What Europe can learn from the battlefield
Four years of war in Ukraine have transformed the nature of warfare, with drones, digital defence systems and improvised solutions shaping the battlefield. At a recent symposium, Dutch and Ukrainian experts discussed frontline conditions. What lessons do they see for Europe?
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Five Leiden contributions to NWO Perspectief projects
Five consortia within the Perspectief programme that include Leiden researchers have received funding to start their research projects. These projects focus on (further) developing technological innovations, with societal and economic impact at their core.
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Communicating about quantum: explanations improve understanding but reduce confidence
Quantum technology has the potential to transform society. But how can you effectively inform the public about such complex and enigmatic science and technology? PhD candidate Aletta Meinsma explored this.
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Student team invents Suckerspheres: sustainable alternative for microplastic
A Leiden Groningen student team has reached the European finals of the BISC-E competition. In this annual competition students have to come up with a sustainable solution to a major social problem. The team invented Suckerspheres: a natural alternative to the plastic microbeads that are still widely…
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Alumni meet in Brussels: ‘Contributing to the values of the future with Leiden building blocks’
As many as 180 Leiden University alumni met in Brussels last week. A young, diverse and international group, they listened attentively to speeches by Luc Sels, President of the Executive Board, and Geoffrey van Leeuwen, NATO Chief of Staff and Leiden alumnus.
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PhD candidate Diego Salama: ‘UN peacekeeping operations have become increasingly important in Israel-Palestine conflict’
From 1967 to 1982, the United Nations undertook several peacekeeping operations in the Middle East. In his thesis from the Institute for History, Diego Salama examines how these operations were connected and their impact on the region.
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eLaw Summer School on the EU Digital Omnibus
After its highly successful first two editions in 2024 and 2025, we are delighted to announce the third Leiden eLaw Summer School from 22 to 26 June 2026, both in person in Leiden and online. This year’s theme is ‘The EU Digital Omnibus – Streamlining Rules, Sacrificing Standards?’
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The Future of Human Rights
Roundtable
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Building Future Heritage
Conference
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The Powers of International Investment Tribunals
PhD defence
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Science, Sabotage and Subversion: How covert activity shapes the new international system
Lecture
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Asia Academy #20: 75 Years of Korean War: The Long Shadow
Lecture, LAC Asia Academy
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Developments in local politics research
Lecture
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PE_PP talk: The political cost of tax reform
Lecture
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Geopolitical Union: Europe's Attempt to Take Back Control of Technology Regulation
Book talk
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Career Event for PhD Candidates & Postdocs
Course
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OpenRefine training workshop
Training workshop
- Zen Garden Student Well-being Week
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Genocide: Lessons from 20th Century History
Lecture, Seminar
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Veni grants for 22 researchers from Leiden University
An impressive 22 research projects by Leiden researchers have been awarded Veni funding from the Dutch Research Council (NWO).
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Fourteen Leiden University researchers receive Vidi grant
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded Vidi grants to 14 Leiden researchers. This grant of a maximum of 850,000 euros will enable them to start a new research group and develop their own line of research over the next five years.
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Linguistic Anthropology in Europe: Past, Present, and Futures
Conference
- Do Communities Build Monuments or Do Monuments Build Communities?
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Opening public lectures Lorentz Center
Lecture
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ASCL Seminar: Cape Town: The Making of a Colonial City
Lecture
- Leiden University Gender Equality Plan 2021
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Team
The team of WIIS-Netherlands exists out of the board members and the advisory council.
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The House of Orange-Nassau and Colonial History
At the initiative and expense of His Majesty King Willem‑Alexander, Leiden University will conduct a study into the role of the House of Orange‑Nassau in Dutch colonial history. The project will run from 2023 to 2026.
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Programme structure
The core curriculum equips students with the conceptual approaches and qualitative empirical research methods necessary to analyze law in context. Specialized electives enable students to dive deeper and focus on particular areas of legal practice—from legal mobilization to regulation and compliance…
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Sensing Darjeeling: Experiential Ethnographies Across Time
Workshop
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Language Barriers in Healthcare Settings: A Case for Machine Translation Literacy
Course
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False consensus biases AI against vulnerable stakeholders
Lecture
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Countering Misinformation in the EU: Origins, Evolution, and Prospects
PhD defence
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SAILS Lunch Time Seminar: Adam Lukawski
Lecture
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Museum visit: A talk with Colombian Artist Nika Sorzano
Arts and culture
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Growth Models, Carbon Pathways, and the Geopolitics of the Green Transition
Lecture, Lunch Research Seminar
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Sunni constitutional theory in light of an early hadith about obedience
Lecture
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‘Little’ Stories in ‘Big’ Histories. Families, Mobility, and Identity in the Indian Ocean
Lecture
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Remembering through museums, objects, art and more: The heritage of psychiatric institutions and their patients
Faculty Lecture
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Spring Lecture Series: Harnessing Technology for Peace, Democracy, Inclusion, and Resilience
Lecture
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Pedagogies of "Con/Tact" in unsettling times
Conference, BOCA Workshop
- BA Fall Middle East Studies Programme
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The Vanishing Chinese Pharmacies: The Current Landscape and Social Identity of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Taiwan
Lecture, China Seminar
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LED3 Lecture: Drug discovery - The use of data and algorithms in discovery
Lecture
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RMO avond: Echoes of the Nile
Festival
- Sustainability Series: Climate Anxiety
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GIREP-EPEC 2025 Conference, Leiden
Conference