Leiden Asia Centre

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The LeidenAsiaCentre is the Netherlands’ expertise centre for socially relevant and applicable knowledge on modern East Asia.

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The LeidenAsiaCentre is the Netherlands’ expertise centre for socially relevant and applicable knowledge on modern East Asia, including Singapore. It actively aims to expand its expertise and to use this in collaboration with a growing number of diverse societal partners, in particular the business sector, the social midfield, the media, governments and academic and non-academic knowledge centres.
The LeidenAsiaCentre achieves this by:
• Consulting with the societal field in identifying research questions
• Conducting original academic research, taking into account the needs of partners in society
• Building and expanding a broad network within the Dutch government, the media, educational institutions, the business sector and the social midfield
• Disseminating knowledge by means of lectures, conferences, intensive training courses and publications, including web publications

The LeidenAsiacentres organises its research projects within wider core theme's. This allows projects to deal with specific questions in context with related projects. Our three core theme's are:
- Europe and Asia
- People, rights and human rights’
- Lifestyle and culture

If you are interested in our research or in a possible partnership, we invite you to contact us via [email protected], or visit our website: www.leidenasiacente.nl