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Interdisciplinary research: labour market on the move
Migration, globalisation, technological developments, climate change: the greatest challenges of our time all affect our labour market. But how exactly? And can we influence this? Professor of Economics Olaf van Vliet regards it as his job to reveal how things really are. ‘That way, we can work on solutions…
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Faculty of Science says goodbye to Dean Geert de Snoo
During the farewell reception on 29 August, the Faculty of Science will say goodbye to Dean Geert de Snoo. On 1 November 2019, he will continue his career as Director of the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW). Colleagues talk about his significance for ecology, about his contribution as a…
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Central Crisis Team: ‘It sometimes comes down to the last second’
It’s the middle of the academic year, but most of the University buildings are closed – something that hasn’t happened since the Second World War. Fortunately, after a week of intensive preparations, the teaching has moved online. How is the Central Crisis Team steering the University through the corona…
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Om te beginnen met gezond gedrag moeten vaak eerst problemen als schimmel op de muren of financiële sores worden aangepakt
Medici kunnen veel repareren, maar ziekte voorkomen of uitstellen is beter. Daarvoor is vaak leefstijlverandering nodig en dat blijkt lastig. Gezondheidswetenschappers Sandra van Dijk (Universiteit Leiden) en Valentijn Visch (TU Delft) doen onderzoek naar de vraag hoe je mensen kunt helpen met gedragsverandering…
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A promising marriage between Siemens and Leiden spin-off Culgi
Siemens recently took over the Leiden software company Culgi, founded by professor and inventor J.G.E.M. (Hans) Fraaije. We spoke to him about the algorithm that made him successful, the role of a university in our society and his ambitions at Siemens. ‘I was looking for Siemens, and they were looking…
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Respecting the corona rules at the USC: ‘Giving people a quick reminder, then moving on is what works best'
Having to remind users of the café at the University Sports Centre (USC) about the 1.5 metre rule is something that can be quite difficult for the students who work there. Even more so since the restrictions on outdoor sports have been lifted. The students are now taking a course to show them how it's…
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‘Prehistory holds up a challenging mirror to us’
Leiden alumnus Luc Amkreutz is a curator at the National Museum of Antiquities. His exhibition about the submerged landscape of Doggerland highlights what we can learn from prehistory. ‘Just like the people of Doggerland, we are confronted with climate change, but we are responsible for the speed of…
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Deep sea research with microphone
‘Even at the deepest point in the ocean you can still hear the noise from boats,' says biologist Hans Slabbekoorn. ‘And that's while sound is the most important means of communication for underwater life.' What is the effect of all that underwater noise on fish and other animals? Slabbekoorn is on board…
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Leiden scholars on the ‘bar-room brawl’ between Trump and Biden
Few have dared declare a winner of the debate between American president Donald Trump and his Democrat challenger Joe Biden. It was more about who was least worst. What do psychologist Willem van der Does, historian Andrew Gawthorpe and policy science scholar Brandon Zicha make of the debate?
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EL CID in a time of corona: ‘This is great fun – we don’t know what it was like before anyway’
The EL CID introduction period is mostly online this year. But all first-years get to come to Leiden for a day for a taste of studying and student life. We came to have a look on Wednesday 12 August.
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Medical Delta Professor Eline Slagboom: ‘The delta region is where everything comes together’
Professor Eline Slagboom has been studying multiple generations of families for over 20 years. She collects data on why some people age healthily and others decline early.
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Exploring Leiden University College: A personal journey with alumna Georgina Kuipers
It has been just over a decade since the first students graduated with Leiden University’s unique Liberal Arts and Sciences Bachelor degree. We caught up with one of those pioneering graduates.
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We are Science Week
Festival
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Opening academic year
University ceremony
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How to ask? Politeness strategies in historical letters
Workshop
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Today’s experimental quantum research at Leiden University: from the microscopic to the macroscopic
Lecture, Studium Generale
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Methodology & Statistics Alumni meet students in Psychology
Alumni event, Career
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Liveable planet lunch meeting - Free-riding on scrappage subsidies
Lecture
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Circulation as Relational History
Lecture, Annual Leiden Terra Incognita Lecture
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Prosociality as trigger and fuel of intergroup conflict
Lecture
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Johan Van Manen’s Tibetan and Himalayan Collection: The Challenges of Multi-media Research
Lecture, LIAS Lunch Talk Series
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Rechtsbescherming bij uithuisplaatsing: voldoende equality of arms?
Lecture
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Supermassive Black Holes and Where to Find Them
Lecture, Oort lecture
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Alumni meet students in Psychology Methodology & Statistics
Alumni event
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Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian
PhD defence
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Historical Blendings: An Entangled History of Social Democracy and Liberalism in Europe
Conference
- Sociolinguistics & Discourse Studies Series
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LUGO Sustainability Day
Conference, Symposium
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LUCIP FORUM
Lecture
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More-than-Planet
Exhibition
- The WPS Agenda and the Middle East: Progress or Procrastination?
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War in Europe
Conference
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Online Minor Market 2022
Study information
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Indian Problems, Yemeni Solutions? Legal Exchanges in the Sixteenth Century
Lecture, Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
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Liveable Planet congres: Lokaal beleid voor een leefbare planeet
Conference
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Visualizing Science Using VOSviewer
Research
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Greedy Supermassive Black Holes
Lecture, Oort lecture
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Lessen uit de Toeslagenaffaire voor duurzame rechtspraak
Lecture
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Beschadigd vertrouwen: Vertrouwenwekkend schadebeleid na door de overheid gefaciliteerde schade
Lecture
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Conference Power and Counterpower in Democracy
Conference
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The Polish challenge: Can and should courts decide on the supremacy of EU law?
Lecture
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The WPS Agenda and the Middle East: Progress or Procrastination?
Debate
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Fieldwork NL conference 2022
Conference
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Career Talk with Maurien Olsthoorn
Debate, Career Talk
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Do we have a standard model of cosmology?
Lecture, Oort lecture
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Master's Open Day
Study information
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Middle East Culture Market 2023
Arts and culture, LUCIS Middle East Culture Market
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YAL members
Read all about YAL membership and the members of the Young Academy Leiden.
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Inclusivity with Law: What does it mean to look at diversity and inclusion from a legal perspective?
Conference, D&I Symposium
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On-campus Master’s Experience Day
Study information