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Liveable Planet present at LUGO Sustainability Day

Liveable Planet present at LUGO Sustainability Day

Liveable Planet, the Leiden interdisciplinary research programme on sustainability, has a full presence at the LUGO Sustainability Day on Tuesday 9 May. Professor Jan Willem Erisman will deliver the keynote lecture. You can also ask questions about sustainability research and interdisciplinary collaboration at a Liveable Planet stand.

Leiden University signs strategic partnership with Asian Development Bank

Leiden University signs strategic partnership with Asian Development Bank

Leiden University is going to partner with the Asian Development Bank, a bank committed to regional development. President of the Executive Board Annetje Ottow signed a memorandum of understanding on this unique partnership in Manila on 27 April.

Academics call for more powers for international organisations

Academics call for more powers for international organisations

Organisations like the UN and the EU should be given more powers to combat transboundary problems. This is the message of a report published by the Swedish SNS Democracy Council, whose authors include Prof. Jan Aart Scholte of Leiden University. The researchers also wrote the following article.

Alumni meet up in Japan. ‘Finally the chance to speak Dutch again’

Alumni meet up in Japan. ‘Finally the chance to speak Dutch again’

An impressive 60 alumni recently came to the Dutch Embassy residence in Japan to meet, network, see friends and practise their languages.

Executive Board column: How we are tackling the smarter academic year

Executive Board column: How we are tackling the smarter academic year

Research by The Young Academy on the length and intensity of the Dutch academic year has given us food for thought. Do our staff have enough time and space to conduct research? And do we ask too much of our students? The Ministry of Education, Culture and Science asked us universities to think about this.

Shaping the university of the future. Leiden University joins Una Europa alliance

Shaping the university of the future. Leiden University joins Una Europa alliance

Leiden University is a member of the Una Europa European alliance. This partnership of 11 research-intensive universities is working to shape the university of the future. ‘Our students, researchers and staff can benefit from Una Europa.’