EU should mediate in inter-Korean conflict The tension between North and South Korea is mounting. In an opinion piece, Leiden Professor of Korean Studies Remco Breuker calls for a less aggressive approach to North Korea and a mediating role for the European Union. ‘North Korea might end up with its back to the wall, at which point their bluff will turn into reality.’  Read more

			Marrying and cohabiting in Europe Which types of partnership and family life are enshrined in law in which European countries? And which rights and duties are involved? This is what Kees Waaldijk, Professor in Comparative Sexual Orientation Law at Leiden University is going to study. The research is part of a major 6.5 million euro project.  Read more

			Leiden rises in THE Reputation Rankings Together with four other Dutch Universities Leiden University is included in the Top 100 of the Reputation Rankings of Times Higher Education Magazine. Leiden is the only one of the five universities to have performed better than last year.  Read more

			VICI winner Cwiertka: ‘I am contrary by nature’ Katarzyna Cwiertka, Leiden Professor of Modern Japan Studies, was already the recipient of a VENI and a VIDI grant. Now she has also been granted a VICI, worth 1.5 million euro, for her research project Garbage Matters: A Comparative History of Waste in East Asia . ‘I want to do something that hasn’t been done before.’  Read more

			Growing a fragment of human heart tissue with a major EU grant Professor Christine Mummery has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant of 2.5 million euro. She will use the grant to finance research into how human heart cells are made and will also be trying to grow a fragment of human heart.  Read more

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