1,015 search results for “social inequality” in the Public website
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Oil, Labour and Revolution in Iran: A Social History of Labour in the Iranian Oil Industry, 1973-1983
Peyman Jafari defended his thesis on 11 October 2018
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Health Governance
Growing health inequalities, rising healthcare costs, an ageing population and a shortage of healthcare personnel are just a few of the many challenges healthcare faces, in the Netherlands and internationally. To tackle these challenges an interdisciplinary approach is required by combining knowledge…
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Building land tenure systems: the political, legal, and institutional struggles of Timor-Leste
On 24 September 2020, Bernardo Ribeiro de Almeida defended his thesis 'Building land tenure systems: the political, legal, and institutional struggles of Timor-Leste'. The doctoral research was supervised by Prof. A.W. Bedner. Co-supervisor was Dr. C.I.M. Jacobs.
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Legal tips for social media influencers
On 11 January 2019, Maastricht University and the University of Groningen hosted a workshop on the regulation of social media influencers.
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Social Science Matters: Open Science
On 20 September 2019, the opening drinks for the Open Science Community Leiden will be held at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences. Open science is the approach to science aimed at making scientific research accessible, reproducible, and freely available to people within and outside the academic…
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Social Resilience & Security: Yearbook 2021 - 2022
With the start of the new academic year, the Social Resilience & Security programme proudly presents their yearbook. In the yearbook, you read about the programme’s interdisciplinary research building bridges between institutes, its educational activities such as the new Minor ‘Violence Studies’ and…
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Socially anxious people are interested in others
The idea that socially anxious people avoid eye contact because they are not interested in other people needs to be changed. They take their information from other physical sources, such as people's hands. This is the finding of Leiden psychologist Mariska Kret whose research has been published in…
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Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict and Development (MSc)
Study why and how, in countries around the world, people mobilize around ethnic, racial, religious and social identities, and explore the role of political institutions in mitigating conflicts that arise from such mobilization.
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Social Science Matters: Online privacy
In our digital society, the internet seems to offer endless possibilities for expressing yourself, gathering information, and making contact with others. The anonymity of the internet seems to give us the freedom to come and go as we please. But what about our online privacy? Should it be dealt with…
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Ruling Overseas: Connected Practices of Governance of Law
Ruling Overseas: Connected Practices of Governance of Law
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Geert-Jan Will
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Book: Sonic Modernities in the Malay World, A History of Popular Music, Social Distinction and Novel Lifestyles (1930s – 2000s)
Sonic Modernities situates Southeast Asian popular music in specific socio-historical settings, hoping that a focus on popular culture and history may shed light on how some people in a particular part of the world have been witnessing the emergence of all things modern.
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Jojanneke van der Toorn in the media about workplace inclusion
Jojanneke van der Toorn appears in several media trying to bridge science and society with the aim of contributing to effective and evidence-based diversity policy. Read more in English and Dutch media.
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Expert Meeting: Solidarity and the Right to Health in the Era of Healthcare Commercialization
On 13 April, an expert meeting to discuss the doctoral thesis of Eduardo Arenas Catalán was held at Leiden Law School. The discussion, chaired by Aart Hendriks, Professor of Health Law at Leiden Law School, included the contributions from Javier Couso Salas, Professor at Universidad Diego Portales and…
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Jet Bussemaker: ‘Health care is a social matter, not just a medical one’
Why are we unable to address health-care inequality? This was the topic of the inaugural speech of Professor Jet Bussemaker on Friday 15 February 2019. She analysed why current policy does not suffice when it comes to protecting vulnerable groups and fighting inequality. She proposed an agenda that…
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Social Science Matters: How should we discuss terrorism in our schools?
As schools in the U.S., students have to enter through security gates; schools in Belgium were forced to remain closed for several days after the attacks there; and even in the Netherlands various bomb scares have led to children having to stay at home. And yet fear of terrorism remains a difficult…
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The corona crisis through the eyes of social scientists
The corona crisis relates to not only the medical field but also the field of the social sciences and humanities. SSH Beraad, a consultation body that aims to improve the position of the social sciences and humanities in the Netherlands, has launched a website bringing together experts in the social…
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Brain changes underlying social anxiety: numbers count!
In a recent mega-analysis, researchers from Leiden University aimed to clarify the contradictory findings of research into social anxiety disorder. They found that to obtain reliable research results having the largest possible sample size is important. Publication in NeuroImage:Clinical.
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Simone Dobbelaar
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Clara Bik
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Edmund Hayes
Faculty of Humanities
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Evania Lina Fasya
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Niels van Doesum
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Evelien Broekhof
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Emile Cammeraat
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Sander Hölsgens
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Michiel Westenberg
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Luc Bulten
Faculty of Humanities
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Sophie van Rijn
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Ratna Saptari Soetikno Slamet
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Anna Notsu
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Janna Marie Bas-Hoogendam
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Miranda Sentse
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Angelo Romano
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Joyce Outshoorn
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Semiha Aydin
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Ancois De Villiers
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Stefanie van Esveld
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Eduard Klapwijk
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Turaj Atabaki
Faculty of Humanities
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Guus Heerma van Voss
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Bart van der Steen
Universitaire Bibliotheken Leiden
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Lotte van der Pol
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Anke Klein
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Rachel O'Connor
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Brenda De Sousa da Silva
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Evelien Walhout
Faculty of Humanities
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Rens Tacoma
Faculty of Humanities
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James McGrail
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Inge Ligtvoet
Faculty of Humanities