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‘Klimaatmodellen focussen op economie, niet op welzijn’
Why do climate models still prioritise economic indicators over human impact? In a podcast of Land & Climate, environmental scientist Inge Schrijver highlights a critical blind spot in how climate change is assessed.
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‘Stemmen van Afrika’ wins popularisation prize: 'Language is more than grammar'
The Voices of Africa platform is ten years old and has just recently won the annual popularisation prize of the Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics (LOT). High time for a chat with Jenneke van der Wal, Maarten Mous and Nina van der Vlugt about the importance of the platform and plans for the…
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A circular economy is about much more than just recycling
It’s Circular Economy Week, from 1 to 6 February. But what is it that makes an economy circular? And just how circular is our university? René Kleijn, lecturer on the honours class Circular Economy: from challenge to opportunity, explains.
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Jeroen OosterbaanFaculty of Archaeology
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Virgil Urbina Lazardi
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Inge SchrijverFaculty of Science
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Jaroslaw KantorowiczFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Jonathan LondonFaculty of Humanities
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Jue WangFaculty of Humanities
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Diah AngendariFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Angela CareddaFaculty of Science
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Arman HasanFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Tim van de MeerendonkFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Max Joosten
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Alexandre AfonsoFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Crystal EnnisFaculty of Humanities
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‘Ask scientists how to build the circular economy’
Some governments and companies are pursuing a more circular economy, but what is the best way to get there? An international group of industrial ecology researchers wrote a report that stresses the importance of including the scientific side into policies and practices. ‘We feel an obligation to support…
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What does the Leiden economy of the future look like?
With the long lockdown, it’s been a hard year for Leiden businesses. How can the local economy bounce back and how can the University help? Two talk shows discussing this were recently recorded in the Academy Building. They will be aired on Unity TV on 28 September and 12 October.
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Irene MorettiFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Ben HaringFaculty of Humanities
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David ZetlandFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Kathleen Brown
Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Aymara WagnerFaculty of Science
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Kristin MakszinFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Emil WolffFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Sebastian DiessnerFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Stefan ThewissenFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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‘Migration is more about hope than economy’
Afghans who came to the Netherlands in a hurry, refugees who were used as leverage by Belarus and boat refugees who tried to reach Europe in an increasingly desperate manner: the newspapers were once again filled with news about migrants. Today, on International Migrants Day, we talk to professor Marlou…
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Annachiara Raia receives NWO Impact Explorer grant: ‘We want to ensure that literature is once again voiced by its own society and resonates
For decades, the trade in pocketbooks prescribing how to be a good Muslim flourished in East Africa, but in recent years the number of books in circulation has been declining. University lecturer Annachiara Raia is the recipient of an Impact Explorer grant to revive this tradition, in cooperation with…
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Nethmi Sewwandi Kankanamge DonaFaculty of Science
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Droovi De ZilvaFaculty of Science
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Glenn Aguilar HernandezFaculty of Science
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Miko FlohrFaculty of Humanities
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Loes OudenhuijsenAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Rizal ShidiqFaculty of Humanities
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From growth to well-being: EU should look beyond the economy
In a paper, researchers suggest how the next European Commission can develop an alternative policy model that centres people’s well-being.
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Marianne Maeckelbergh
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Arnold TukkerFaculty of Science
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Ruben Gonzalez VicenteFaculty of Humanities
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Nikki MulderFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Mark RoelofsenFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Lewis Wade Wins First Book Prize for 'Privilege, Economy and State in Old Regime France'
The inaugural Society for the Study of French History First Book Prize has been awarded to Lewis Wade’s monograph 'Privilege, Economy and State in Old Regime France: Marine Insurance, War and the Atlantic Empire under Louis XIV (Boydell Press, 2023)'.
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Guido Maschhaupt
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Difficult message for policymakers from two Leiden reports on circular economy
You should start working now, and the positive results will only be seen long after your term has expired. That is just about the worst thing you can say to politicians and policymakers. Yet that is exactly the message of two recent reports on sustainable resource use from the Centre for Environmental…
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Cristina GrasseniFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Nikkie BuskermolenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences