457 search results for “adaptive” in the Staff website
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Adapt or perish – traits identified that help plants survive
PhD candidate Jianhong Zhou aimed to better understand whether and how plant species adapt to environmental changes. She developed two databases that she used to analyze how easily or difficultly plants adapt to changing conditions. Zhou defended her PhD thesis on 4 September.
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Charlotte BoinFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Coffee with Gert & Niels: 'Growth and adaptability in challenging times'
Twice a year, Gert Renkema, Head of Financial and Economic Affairs at FGGA, provides us with an update on the faculty’s finances. This time, he sits down with Niels Laurens, Director of Operations, over a cup of coffee and tea to share the results of the past year and the financial outlook.
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How can we adapt our laws to new technology?
There were no bitcoins or artificial intelligence when our civil code was compiled. This could cause problems.
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Blog - Stress, anxiety and adapting to uncertainty in everyday life
Our world may seem unpredictable and uncertain, especially when others are involved. When interacting with others, we cannot know for sure what they may be thinking or planning to do, but we do a good job guessing. This may not be so easy for everyone…
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Dineke TigelaarICLON
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Manel van KesselICLON
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Shelly BieselFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Adapting to climate change: mutation enables flour beetles to speed up their development
Leiden biologists have found a mutation in flour beetles that allows them to speed up their development. The study has been published in Nature Ecology and Evolution.
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Adapting to salinity: Dutch mosquitos do take it with a grain of salt
Dutch mosquitos are more resilient to saltwater than previously thought. Environmental scientist Sam Boerlijst discovered this during his PhD research at the Hortus botanicus. This knowledge is crucial for understanding how mosquito-borne disease transmission might change in the future.
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Archaeologist Amanda Henry traces ancient diets and human adaptability with a Vici grant
Dr Amanda Henry has secured a prestigious Vici grant for her groundbreaking research project, Hominin FoodWays: Changing Diet and Food Processing Across Climate Frontiers. This five-year study, set to begin in September, aims to unravel the dietary adaptations of Eurasian hominins between 1.8 and 0.9…
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Heritage expert Gül Aktürk Hauser investigates climate change adaptation of cultural heritage
Recently, Dr Gül Aktürk Hauser took up the position as Assistant Professor at the department of Heritage and Society. Originally an architect, she got caught up in the study of historical vernacular buildings in northeastern Turkey. Now her focus lies on the impact of climate change on cultural heri…
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Education Programmes evaluated very highly by students, despite COVID-19 Adaptations
Evaluations of a most challenging year to both staff and students in terms of teaching and education support have turned out remarkably well. Although we had to switch to online education almost overnight, we pulled it off!
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Tessa MearnsICLON
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Dirk van der HoevenFaculty of Science
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Haye GeukesFaculty of Science
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Mitchell van VurenFaculty of Humanities
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Bernhard BrandlFaculty of Science
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From INsight to inSIGHT: Understanding prosodic adaptation in speech perception
Lecture, SMILE Talks
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Frans JacobsFaculty of Science
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Navigating a New Culture as a PhD candidate
Personal development, Study support
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Maintaining Self While Adapting: Chinese Foreign Language Teachers’ Identity Development in an Intercultural Context
PhD defence
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Anouk RoelingFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Bob van de WaterFaculty of Science
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Mind tools, language and the origins of AI
Lecture, LUCL Colloquium
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Nadira SaabICLON
- Active learning spaces
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Roeland van der RijstICLON
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Xu Liu
ICLON
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Bernardo Reis dos SantosFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Helena Landwehr
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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What language-specific ‘first aid kits’ can tell us about bilingualism
Lecture, SMILE - Experimental Linguistics series
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Staging the Heroine
Conference
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Formative & summative assessments
Depending on its purpose, assessment can support ongoing learning, provide final evaluations, or help students reflect on their own progress.
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Werkplek
Leiden University ensures a pleasant and safe working environment, whether you are on campus or working from home. Here you will find practical information about accommodation and facilities, as well as answers to questions such as: How do I arrange an ergonomically responsible workplace at home? Where…
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Dutch Symposium of the ancient Near East (DUSANE)
Arts and culture
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DUSANE
Conference
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Esther de VrindICLON
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Career planning for PhD Candidates and Postdocs
Career development, Transferable skills
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Vision on education
With the Learning@LeidenUniversity vision, Leiden University leads the way in education, training students to become academic professionals and engaged citizens. Here you will find information on the eight ambitions that form the basis of the curriculum, as well as answers to questions such as: How…
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Planning an event
If you’re planning to organise an event within the university, the information on this page will help you get started.
- Internal faculty events: what do our staff think about them?
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The PhD Presentation Skills Lab
Communication, Research, Transferable skills
- Anchoring Objects: Material culture and the dynamics of innovation in the ancient world
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Planning an event
If you’re planning to organise an event within the university, the information on this page will help you get started.
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Leiden Leadership Lunch: COVID-crisis or COVID-opportunity?
Building on the idea to “never waste a good crisis” the Leiden Leadership Centre reflected on what we can learn from the COVID-crisis and what kind of leadership opportunities we can identify during the Leiden Leadership Lunch of Friday 12 March. The luncht was the first of a three-part series of events…
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Towards a crisis resilient society
Pandemics, terrorist attacks, environmental disasters... These are real threats, which we cannot ignore. In fact: we need to prepare better for the large-scale crises of the future. Preferably in a way that suits our lifestyle and respects our social values. Over the next ten years, an interdisciplinary…
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Andrew SorensenFaculty of Archaeology
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Bernard SteunenbergFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs