Op 26 september 2023 gaf Carlotta Rigotti een ​​lezing over de impact van de regelgeving op AI-toepassingen voor werving en selectie, tijdens de AI Lund Fika-to-Fika Workshop on Regulating High Risk AI in the EU.

Na een zeer succesvolle eerste editie kondigen we met genoegen de tweede Leiden eLaw Summer School aan over ‘Regulating AI in the EU Digital Market’. Deze vindt plaats van 23 tot en met 27 juni 2025, zowel fysiek in Leiden als online.

In het kader van de zomerschool "Medieval Religon" geeft prof. Christopher M. Bellitto (Kean University) op 26 juni een keynote lezing getiteld "Politics and Religion in the Middle Ages and Today: Thoughts of an American Medievalist". Deze lezing is ook toegankelijk voor geïnteresseerden die niet deelnemen…

Een taalkundige prehistorie van het Tarimbekken in Noordwest-China

As part of the lecture series 'Religion Matters', Sven Gins (RUG) will speak about moving statues and other ingenuous devices in late medieval France. The lecture will take place on Wednesday, March 13, 17:00-18:00.

Leiden University College The Hague (LUC) biedt een 3-jarige bacheloropleiding aan waarin je je focust op Global Challenges; grote uitdagingen waar de mensheid mee te maken heeft: Vrede & Rechtvaardigheid, Diversiteit, Duurzaamheid en Welvaart. Je hebt ruimte om de opleiding zo in te richten als je…

Leiden University College The Hague (LUC) biedt een 3-jarige bacheloropleiding aan waarin je je focust op Global Challenges; grote uitdagingen waar de mensheid mee te maken heeft: Vrede & Rechtvaardigheid, Diversiteit, Duurzaamheid en Welvaart. Je hebt ruimte om de opleiding zo in te richten als je…

Brandon Valeriano (Cato Institute) and Aleydis Nissen (Leiden University) publish an article on the soft power of K-pop in The Diplomat.

Sinds de 16e eeuw hebben religieuze overwegingen de studie van het Oudengels en zijn sprekers gemotiveerd. In de 19e eeuw wendden geleerden zich vooral tot de studie van de Oudengelse literatuur om sporen te vinden van voorchristelijke, 'Germaanse' religie, zoals besproken in Eric G. Stanley's baanbrekende…

In this research I assess the impact of the recently discovered gas reserves south off Cyprus on the escalation of the Cyprus conflict.

In this thesis, we present new laboratory data of interstellar dust analogues.

A complex community of microbes develops in the infant gut shortly after birth. We call this community the infant gut microbiota. The microbiota influences the health of the infant, which makes the composition and function of the infant gut microbiota an important topic to study.

Promotor: Prof.dr. H.P. Spaink, Co-promotor: Dr. M. van der Zee

What is the current relevance of the ethics of counterterrorism and what is the added value of ethics support within the practice of counterterrorism?

Promotor: A. Achúcarro, Co-Promotor: G.A. Palma

Promotor: Prof.dr. M. Ubbink

Nowadays, it is well known that hydrogen and helium (and small traces of lithium and beryllium) were created shortly after the Big Bang, while the heavier elements are created in the cores of stars at different evolutionary stages. When these stars explode as supernovae, they expel metals synthesised…

Promotores: Prof.dr. S.J. Edixhoven, Prof.dr. E. Ullmo (University Paris-Sud)

Plants, are sessile organisms, have developed strategies to adapt to changes in their environment, in part by altering their growth and development.

This thesis investigates a pharmacological challenge model induced by Toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7) activation, focusing on skin inflammation and its implications for early drug development.

Promotor: Prof.dr. B.R. Katzy

This thesis describes the functional analysis of the Arabidopsis AHL15 gene.

Promotor: Prof.dr. M. Ubbink

Ruim 1200 leerlingen uit groep 7 van basisscholen in Leiden en Den Haag kregen op de verjaardag van de universiteit les van een echte professor.

In this course, you will explore the organs involved in our food digestion and discover the common causes of abdominal and pelvic pain. The latest graphics and animations will give you new insights and understandings of this part of the body.

Every organisms in the tree of life faces the same challenge: the length of its DNA exceeds the volume of the cell it needs to fit in. Several strategies have evolved to solve this problem, one of them being the expression of proteins that bind and organize the DNA.

Seagrass is a marine flowering plant with special adaptations to coastal and marine environments, playing a crucial role in providing a wide range of ecosystem services.

The expanding population and economic activity are driving up global energy consumption. Simultaneously, there is an urgent need to transition from fossil fuels to renewable sources to mitigate the climate crisis, primarily caused by fossil fuel combustion.

In this thesis we study the landscape of gravitational models which modify GR by introducing an additional scalar degree of freedom (d.o.f.) to source Cosmic Acceleration.

Promotores: C.A.J. Knibbe; J.N. van den Anker, Co-promotores: H.P.A. van Dongen; B. van Ramshorst

Promotores: G. Persoon, R. Schefold

The four possible segments A, T, C and G that link together to form DNA molecules, and with their ordering encode genetic information, are not only different in name, but also in their physical and chemical properties.

Explore how cultural heritage can proactively respond to global crises, from geopolitical conflicts to climate change, through innovative cross-cultural collaboration between Latin American stakeholders and Una Europa.

Promotor: Prof.dr. J. Schaye, Co-promotor: Marcello Cacciato

Volwassenen en kinderen kijken op totaal verschillende manieren naar kunst, ontdekte cognitief psycholoog Francesco Walker in het Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. 'In recent onderzoek in het Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam heb ik eye-tracking technologie gebruikt.' Walker vertelt over zijn onderzoek op mediaplatform…

Promotor: Carel J. ten Cate, Co-Promotor: Hans W. Slabbekoorn

Humanity stands at a pivotal juncture, facing the dual challenge of environmental sustainability and rapid population growth, projected to exceed 11 billion by century’s end.

Promotor: Prof.dr. T. Hankemeier, Prof.dr. J.C.T. Eijkel (Twente University)

LUGO breidt de Green Teams uit over de hele universiteit, te beginnen met de Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid, en nu met teams voor de Archeologie Faculteit en de campus in Den Haag.

Promotor: Prof.dr. V. Icke, Co-Promotor: T.I. Madura

The Sun and all the stars in the night sky reside in the Milky Way galaxy. In the at-rest reference frame of the Galaxy, typical stars travel with velocities of about 100-200 kilometres per second.

This thesis discusses the physical and chemical processes than influence the composition of forming planets.

Carbon dioxide capture and utilization technologies are necessary to create a truly circular economy. The electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide to formate is an appealing carbon utilization method as it can be performed at room temperature and pressure, it only requires two electrons, and it has…

A New Technology-Based Firm (NTBF) is a significant enabler of job creation and a driver of the economy through stimulating innovation.

Op 17 november 2021 verdedigde Cyril-Igor Grigorieff het proefschrift 'The Regime for International Air Carrier Liability'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door prof.dr. P. Mendes de Leon en prof.dr. V. Correia (University Paris Saclay).

Organic molecules in interstellar space are important as they influence the structure of galaxies and star formations. Studying catalytic processes in space allows us to understand how molecular species are formed and chemically evolved in the interstellar medium and solar system objects.

Op 10 november 2016 organiseerde het Hazelhoff Centre for Financial Law een symposium over 'Ethics and Moral Hazard in the Banking Union' in het historische Academiegebouw van de Universiteit Leiden.

Hoe kunnen de problemen worden verklaard bij het opzetten van een duurzaam gemeenschappelijk veiligheids- en defensiemechanisme voor de EU?

Why do sexual violence policies still fail to systematically address men and masculinities, when the need for cultural change among men has been central in public debates since #MeToo?