928 search results for “discoverer of the year” in the Staff website
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Dialogue and experimentation to embed Recognition and Rewards within the whole University
A culture change is needed within the University in the area of Recognition and Rewards, and a start can now be made on bringing about that change. The Recognition and Rewards steering group has published a change vision and recommendations people can start to work with. Their advice has been welcomed…
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No exams or lectures, but building a radio telescope with empty paint cans
No more lectures and exams for the Radio Astronomy course taught by Michiel Brentjens. The corona crisis is a moment of reflection that has changed his whole way of teaching. Instead of being in front of the class, he lets his students build a radio telescope with paint cans.
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Institute managers Marjolein and Wiesje: Ambitious on the work floor, in the restaurant and on the football field
Marjolein van Reisen has been Institute Manager Finance for a year, and Wiesje Zikkenheiner has been Institute Manager HR for two months. This duo job is by no means a luxury in an ever-growing organisation. Marjolein: 'We’re both new to this world, so we have our hands full.'
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How the Netherlands systematically used extreme violence in Indonesia and concealed this afterwards
Dutch troops, judges and politicians collectively condoned and concealed the systematic use of extreme violence during the Indonesian War of Independence. Historians have now shown how this could happen. ‘It was scandal management rather than prevention,’ says Leiden historian and research leader Gert…
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Growing super legs for the Tour de France with the aid of Leiden data science
Only the fittest cyclists stand a chance of taking yellow in the brutal Tour de France. Team Jumbo-Visma is working with data scientists from Leiden. They have analysed the stages and performance of Jumbo-Visma’s riders in previous Grand Tours. And they are researching how to determine the fitness level…
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Taskforce promotes the interests of contract and external PhD candidates: ‘We must level out the playing field’
The University wants to improve its support for contract and external PhD candidates. A taskforce headed by Dean of FGGA Erwin Muller has made over fifty recommendations, varying from an improved PhD portal and flexible work places on the campus to the right to vote in employee participation bodies.…
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Lecture series Treasures from the Middle Eastern Manuscript Collections and their Wealth of Knowledge
Persian stories with beautiful miniatures, letters on papyrus from Egyptian traders and medicinal manuscripts translated from Greek and edited in Arabic. Studium Generale organizes a lecture series on the world-famous manuscripts from the Middle East collection of Leiden University Libraries (UBL).…
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After the launch of the next big space mission: ‘This is a big step towards understanding dark matter and dark energy.’
Henk Hoekstra and Alessandra Silvestri work on the astronomy and theoretical physics in the Euclid mission. These Dutch researchers are part of the mission.
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Iverson: ‘Jus Post Bellum: The Rediscovery, Foundations, and Future of the Law of Transforming War into Peace’
Jus post bellum, the body of laws and norms governing the transition from armed conflict to peace, has emerged as a crucial issue for international law scholars, governments, and all concerned with building a just and sustainable peace. The Jus Post Bellum Project, funded by the NWO and hosted by the…
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Exploring Our Roots
Terra Symposium
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Liveable planet lunch meeting - Free-riding on scrappage subsidies
Lecture
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Colonial and Global History Seminar
Lecture, COGLOSS
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Queer Subjects in Modern Japanese Literature: A Reminiscence
Lecture
- Symposium on Old English, Middle English and Historical Linguistics in the Low Countries (SOEMEHL)
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Online Open Day for Professionals
Study information
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Do we have a standard model of cosmology?
Lecture, Oort lecture
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LUCDH Lunchtime Speaker Series: One Among Zeroes: AI, Islam and what computational analysis can teach us about religious futures
Lecture
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Blended Education Festival
Festival
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Alumni Career Event Methodology and Statistics Psychology
Alumni event
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Max van der Horst: “Ethical Vulnerability Mass-Exploitation 101: Theory and Practice”
Lecture, Tech Trends Workshop
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Sibel Bahtiri is one of the new Faces of Science: ‘I want to show how we’re finding alternatives to animal testing’
PhD candidate Sibel Bahtiri is one of the new Faces of Science. In videos and blogs, she will show what life is like as a young researcher.
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Networks of the future
Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights
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Activities
On this page you will find an overview of the activities organised by the Leiden Research Support Network.
- What's New?! Fall Lecture Series 2021
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Results of the university elections
Bekendmaking verkiezingen
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Results of the university elections
Elections
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Week of the International Student
Arts and culture
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Visual Construction of the Dutch: From the Perspective of the “Tōjin”
Lecture
- Faculty Board FGGA statement on the results of the D&I survey 2022
- What's New?! Spring Lecture Series 2021
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Finding Your Way (In and Out of the Art World): A Phenomenology of the Art Novel
Lecture
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Ecology of the White Lion
PhD defence
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Towards a Historical Contextualisation of the Ancient Egyptian Perspectives of the Inner Body, Sickness, and Healing
PhD defence
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Archaeology alumna Elizabeth Hicks awarded first runner-up in thesis competition
Elizabeth Hicks won first runner-up in the Netherlands Institute of the Near East (NINO) MA thesis 2021 competition at the end of January.
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Celebration of the Georgian Language Day
Conference
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Article 5 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
PhD defence
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Exploration of the endocannabinoid system using metabolomics
PhD defence
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Snow, a mini-cortège and a new rector: a special Dies Natalis
No procession of professors, just a handful of people in the church and snowdrifts outside Leiden’s Pieterskerk: 8 February 2021 was no ordinary Dies Natalis. Carel Stolker transferred the rectorate to Hester Bijl, and Annetje Ottow became the new President of the Executive Board. With an honorary doctorate…
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CEO of Tata Steel: ‘We have a debt of honour as a company’
Hans van den Berg, CEO of Tata Steel NL, is in the eye of the storm. He continues to believe in connection, debate and knowledge that will make green steel possible.
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Three different perspectives on how the online world has fundamentally changed the way we live our lives
In the ESOF2022 mini-symposium organized by the Social Resilience & Security programme, international experts with a background in psychology, philosophy, and law discussed how the online world is related to adolescent mental health issues, moral and emotional awareness and children’s rights. In three…
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Turkey’s Centennial: Democracy, Diplomacy, Security
Lecture, Panel Discussion
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Our Digital Future 2023
Conference
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Photo exhibition 'People of Leiden'
Arts and culture, Fototentoonstelling
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind?
PhD defence
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Ingredients of the planet-formation puzzle
PhD defence
- The Psychic Life of the Welfare State
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Migration policy of the European Union: what lies ahead?
Lecture, Seminar
- Visit of the TEC laboratories at ESA ESTEC
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Uncovering the Secrets of the Universe with Observational Cosmology
Lecture
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LGBTIQ rights in Europe: the role of the European Parliament
Lecture, Seminar