1,149 search results for “politics in plant” in the Staff website
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Life-course and intergenerational mobility among enslaved people in plantation hierarchies in 18th and 19th-century Suriname
Lecture, Economic and Social History Brown Bag Seminar
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Thijs VosFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Faizal RiantoFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Jan Meijer
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Amy VerdunFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Daan van den Wollenberg
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
- Switch-It-Up Wednesday: choose plant-based and sustainable in our cafés
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Karolina PomorskaFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Raafat Shamieh
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Leila DemarestFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Nicolas Blarel
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Frederic Lens appointed Professor of Biodiversity and Anatomy of Plants
The Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL) has a new professor: as of 1 March, Frederic Lens has been appointed Professor of Biodiversity and Anatomy of Plants. For Lens, the appointment feels like a wonderful recognition. ‘I am pleased with Leiden University’s appreciation of my contributions to research…
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Martijn BezemerFaculty of Science
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Jonah Schulhofer-WohlFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Morena SkalameraFaculty of Humanities
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Babak Rezaeedaryakenari
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Unique ‘penis plant’ flowers at Hortus
Amorphophallus decus-silvae, or the ‘penis plant’ as it is known, has just flowered at the Hortus botanicus. It flowered for two days, and then the pollen, which the male flowers produced was collected. As far as the plant experts at the Hortus can tell, this was just the third time that this species…
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Ellen CieraadFaculty of Science
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Adam FaircloughFaculty of Humanities
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Wei Ping YoungFaculty of Archaeology
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Cynthia van Vonno
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Indonesian 'coffee plant' named after Leiden researcher
Research on Asian plants is his life's work. Now a crown is added to that: a plant from the coffee family bearing his name. Paul Kessler is LUF professor of botanical gardens and botany of South East Asia and Scientific Director of the Hortus botanicus. 'Completely unexpectedly, you get to see the results…
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An overview of Dutch politics and Political Science in the Netherlands: the Oxford Handbook of Dutch Politics
Dutch politics has long been a paragon of stability. Think, for example, of our party system until, say, the last decade. At the same time, we also see occasional changes and significant shifts. Society has changed and this is reflected in, among other things, how we vote and how policy is made. About…
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Floris Mansvelt BeckFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
- Media | Art | Politics (MAP)
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Cécile Pick
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Buzzing decline: Dutch landscape is losing insect-pollinated plants
The Netherlands is losing plant species that rely on pollination by insects. Leiden environmental scientist Kaixuan Pan demonstrates this after analysing 87 years of measurements from over 365,000 plots. The news is alarming for our biodiversity and food security. ‘75 per cent of our crops and 90% of…
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Call for Papers - Monarchy in turmoil: princes, courts, and politics in revolution and restoration 1780-1830
For every period, it is a challenge to unearth the details of political trafficking; yet the effort needs to include all relevant persons, groups, and institutions – not only those wielding formal responsibilities. We hope to reinvigorate this effort by inviting specialists to present their research…
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Plants and planets
The Plants & Planets exhibition brings two worlds together in a dazzling mix of science, nature and art. It opens at Old Observatory Leiden and Hortus botanicus on 7 February.
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Elisabeth DietermanFaculty of Humanities
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Silke HermsFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Grant opens door to decipher the secret sensory world of plants
Plants not only sense when they are touched, but they can also adapt to it. For example, by strengthening or defending themselves. But how do plants do this? The Green TE (Green Tissue Engineering) consortium has been granted a Gravitation grant of almost 23 million euros to investigate exactly this…
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Josette DaemenFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Barbara GravendeelFaculty of Science
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Evolutionary change in protective plant odours
Plants can’t run away from enemies. Still, it would like to keep life-threatening herbivores at a distance. This can be done with odours. Klaas Vrieling of the Institute of Biology Leiden found out with his team how plants change odour production to keep the munchers at a distance.
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Petr KopeckyFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Kiki SpaninksFaculty of Science
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Michael Meyer
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Tim MicklerFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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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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Josh RobisonFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Jonathan PhillipsFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Wild plants through the lens of a biologist
What started with an old Soviet camera and a darkroom in London grew into a lifelong passion. Developmental biologist Michael Richardson has been capturing nature - from wild coastal plants to microscopic details in the lab - since his childhood.
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Marijn NagtzaamFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Maria Spirova
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Politics and Governance: Shape tomorrow’s decisions
The bachelor's programmes at the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs, based in the city of international cooperation and politics – The Hague – prepare you for a future in governance, leadership, and diplomacy. In the administrative heart of the Netherlands, you will learn to tackle the challenges…
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Hannah KuhnFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Matthew LongoFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Gul-i-Hina van der Zwan
International Institute Asian Studies
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Max Joosten
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences