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• Book Launch | EU External Relations Law: Research Meets Practice Event - 19 May 2026

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• Lecture Thomas Hammarberg News - 16 December 2016

  The emergence of 'illiberal democracies' and the protection of human rights in Europe.

• Cleveringa lecture: ‘Values under threat from disintegrating European collaboration’ News - 17 November 2015

  Collaboration within Europe is currently at a low ebb. This is threatening to undermine our freedom and the rights that are anchored in the European legal order, says Piet Hein Donner, Vice-President of the Council of State and Cleveringa professor at Leiden University for 2015. His lecture on 26 November…

• Jan Crijns in the media about report on security and key witnesses News - 9 March 2023

  On 1 March 2023, the Dutch Safety Board (Onderzoeksraad Voor De Veiligheid, OVV) published its report on the protection provided by the Dutch security services and lessons learned from three cases. The OVV was highly critical of the use of key witnesses and the protection offered to them. Jan Crijns,…

• Waar staat het Nederlandse asielbeleid nu en straks? News - 9 December 2024

  Landen proberen steeds strengere maatregelen te nemen om minder aantrekkelijk te worden voor asielzoekers. Mark Klaassen, universitair docent vreemdelingenrecht, noemt het Europese asielbeleid in de Volkskrant ‘een race naar beneden.’

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  Valerie Frissen Professor by special appointment Digital Technologies and Social Change

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  Ilan Peled Lecturer

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  Andjelka Petreski External PhD candidate

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  Melissa Hernandez Vindas PhD candidate

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  Faiz Rahman PhD candidate / contract

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  Dona Sanduni Wickramasinghe PhD candidate / self funded

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  Inga van Doornmalen External PhD candidate

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  Jenneke Evers External PhD candidate

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  Li-Ru Hsu
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  Nikki Vosters PhD candidate / self funded

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  Francien Dechesne Associate professor

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• Pedagogische Wetenschappen en Jeugdrecht zetten succesvolle interdisciplinaire samenwerking voort News - 10 October 2022

  Onderzoekers van het Instituut Pedagogische Wetenschappen en de afdeling Jeugdrecht gaan samenwerken in 2 nieuwe onderzoeken: onderzoek naar het terugplaatsingen van kinderen na uithuisplaatsing en draagmoederschappen in Nederland.

• Royal decoration for Hans de Iongh News - 28 October 2016

  Hans de Iongh, associate professor at the Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML), was named 'Officier in de Orde van Oranje Nassau' on Thursday 27 October. His work on the prevention of lion extinction in Africa was one of the reasons for this award.

• Ancois de Villiers receives PeerJ Award for Best Student Presentation News - 20 October 2022

  Ancois de Villiers, PhD candidate at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, received the PeerJ Award for Best Student Presentation at the International Mediterranean Ecosystems Conference.

• Jan Jansen awarded ASA Service Award by the American African Studies Association News - 29 October 2019

  The ASA Board of Directors notes that, serving for almost a decade, the editors transformed History in Africa “into a peer-reviewed journal that not only engages a broad range of historical issues but commands respect throughout the field.” The award will be presented during the African Studies Association…

• NWO Veni grant for Anne-Isabelle Richard News - 7 August 2016

  Dr. Anne-Isabelle Richard has received a Veni grant for her research project ‘Eurafrica, African Perspectives, 1918-1970s’. The project will examine the relationship between Africa and Europe from an African perspective.

• Public lecture by Prof.Dr. Richard E. Leakey News - 30 November 2008

  ‘Broad Implications of Climate Change in East Africa in terms of Human and Animal Futures’

• Research Gold Matters in Volkskrant report on Burkina Faso News - 21 October 2021

  In October 2021 the Volkskrant published the article 'Rond de bloedgoudmijnen van Burkina Faso heerst de angst voor terreur' (Around the blood-gold mines of Burkina Faso, the fear of terror rules). In this report Carlijne Vos describes how Burkina Faso is rapidly destabilising. The lucrative gold mines…

• Grotius Centre to host ICTY Legacy Lecture Series News - 22 September 2017

  After 24 years of operations, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) will close its doors at the end of this year. To mark this significant moment in the history of international criminal law, the ICTY and the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies of Leiden Law…

• Everyone has the right to food security, in peacetime and during armed conflict News - 3 September 2025

  Food security touches upon human rights, international law and sustainable development. These frameworks are not separate worlds but deeply interconnected; something that becomes painfully clear in times of climate crisis, armed conflict and inequality.

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  Sahana Ramesh External PhD candidate

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  Marike Knoef Guest Researcher

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  Claire Achmad Guest lecturer

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  Vincent Bakker PhD candidate

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  Germaine Rekwest Guest lecturer

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  Martine Roelfzema-Uitermark External PhD candidate

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  Maarten Wille PhD candidate

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  Arvid Mikkers PhD candidate

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  Milena Bowman External PhD candidate

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  Tim Visser
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  Allard Lubbers Professor of Tax Law

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  Kartica van der Zon Associate professor

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  Frederike Oberheim PhD candidate / self funded

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  Arjan Blokland Professor

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  Ronja Grundeken Guest Lecturer

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  Waleed Al Awadhi PhD candidate / self funded

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  Nanou van Iersel PhD candidate / guest

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  Jochem Jansen Assistant Professor

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  Dirk van Duyn
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  Linda Geven Assistant professor

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  Annika Galle Associate professor

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  Ron Diris Assistant Professor

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  Qunfang Jiang External PhD candidate

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  Yao Yuan External PhD candidate

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  Patricia Garcia Fernandez Programme Coordinator Law and Digital Technologies & Incoming Exchange Coordinator

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