In dit artikel leveren Bert Fraussen en Valérie Pattyn een theoretische bijdrage aan de bestaande literatuur over beleidsadvies door zich te laten inspireren door de nichetheorie.

Op 10 oktober 2019 verdedigde Laure d'Hondt haar proefschrift 'Addressing Industrial Pollution in Indonesia. The Nexus between Regulation and Redress seeking'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotor prof.dr. A.W. Bedner.

Women Writing Mexico (WWM) is a network of women and men concerned with the human rights crisis in Mexico and more specifically, with the impact of structural forms of poverty, everyday violence, and discrimination based on gender, race, social class, and ethnicity, that particularly have an impact…

This thesis mainly focuses on multimodal understanding and Visual Question Answering (VQA) via deep learning methods. For technical contributions, this thesis first focuses on improving multimodal fusion schemes via multi-stage vision-language interactions.

The research presented in this thesis explores the chemotherapeutic potential of metal-based compounds as chemotherapy agents, with an initial focus on the synthesis and DNA interaction studies of platinum and palladium compounds utilizing the [Pt(bapbpy)]2+ scaffold. The study identifies intercalation…

The primary goal of this research is to deepen our understanding of substrate-enzyme interactions in Glycoside hydrolases. For this purpose, Bacillus circulans xylanase (BcX) has been selected as a well-established model to examine the Michaelis complex and glycosyl-enzyme adduct.

Promotor: Prof.dr. L.J. Slikkerveer

This study attempts to understand how indigenous community institutions pose an important role in sustainable community-based development, including the integration between local culture and development.

This thesis is a collection of theoretical works aiming at adjusting quantum algorithms to the hardware of quantum computers.

Promotor: E.F. Smets, Co-promotor: T.R. van Andel

This thesis is comprised of three chapters covering the theme of studying semistable varieties by looking at their dual combinatorial objects.

This thesis seeks to combine two different research topics; Multi-Objective Optimization and Complex Network Analysis.

This research delves into the unique cultural approach of the Tenggerese people, an Indigenous community in East Java, Indonesia, regarding elderly care. It focuses on their traditional practices of bakti (‘filial piety’) and sayan (‘mutual aid’), deeply ingrained in the community's lifestyle and va…

Promotor: F.J. van Lunteren, E. Jorin

CONSENT (Consumer sentiment regarding privacy on user generated content services in the digital economy) is a research project funded by the European Union under the 7th Framework Programme. The question central to this research is whether recent changes to consumer and commercial practices developed…

De gratis online academische cursussen van de universiteit zijn voor iedereen over de hele wereld te volgen.

In this thesis, Quantum computing, norms, and polynomials, we investigate the interplay between quantum mechanics, complexity theory, and functional analysis, three central areas of physics, computer science, and mathematics, respectively.

Almost three years after receiving her honorary doctorate, Dr Graça Machel returned to Leiden University. Over the course of two days she spoke with students, researchers, and other interested persons, about human rights – particularly those of women and children – in a world in which these are continually…

Hoe kunnen we op een interdisciplinaire wijze de classificatie van migranten en mensen met een beperking bestuderen en onderzoekers van deze velden samenbrengen om raakvlakken met elkaar te vinden?

Levende Talen en het Expertisecentrum mvt hebben in 2009 de Gerard Westhoff-Taaldidactiekprijs ingesteld voor de beste scriptie op het gebied van vreemdetalendidactiek (in brede zin, inclusief de didactiek van literatuur en cultuur), geschreven door studenten aan Nederlandse lerarenopleidingen. Voor…

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How and to what extent the historic house (re-)constructs identity through image-making in China.

Charles University (Prague) is seeking highly qualified international post-doc researchers in the following domains: medieval literature, medieval Latin, and medieval philosophy. Deadline: 15 July 2021.

The Department of Art & Culture, History, and Antiquity of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is seeking to appoint an Assistant Professor (tenure track) in Medieval History. Deadline: 3 November 2021.

This postponed international workshop will now be held on a digital platform. It seeks to bring together an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars to work on the interrelated aspects of ancient and early medieval walls in the Mediterranean and northwestern Europe throughout the first…

The Department of History at Amherst College invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position at the rank of assistant professor in medieval and early modern European history, beginning July 1, 2024. The area of specialization is open, but we particularly seek candidates who will offer a…

The "Cognitive Turn" and the Middle Ages - There is an increasing interest in the cognitive sciences and how knowledge from this area influences literary studies, history, art history, and studies in material culture. This meeting seeks to discuss the possibilities, but also the limitations of incorporating…

The Háskóli Íslands Student Conference on the Medieval North is an interdisciplinary forum for postgraduate students (masters and doctoral level) and early career researchers working in the broad field of medieval northern studies, held every April in Reykjavík, Iceland. Students who have not given…

12 juli vond aan de Universiteit van Reading in het VK een workshop in hybride vorm (ter plaatse en online) plaats over het onderwerp 'EU law teaching in the UK post-Brexit: Learning from EU law colleagues based in other non-EU states and seeking UK solutions'.

In June, the international conference "Practices of Copying and Imitation in Early Modern Architecture (1400-1700)" will take place at Ghent University. This conference seeks to direct attention to verifiable practices and material documentation of copying and imitation in the workshop and on the building…

This volume, edited by Kay Boers, Becca Grose (University of St Andrews), Rebecca Usherwood (Trinity College Dublin) and Guy Walker (Trinity College Dublin), brings together eight essays by eminent scholars and early career researchers, reflecting on the phenomenon of erasure in Late Antiquity (c. 150…

This international workshop seeks to bring together an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars to work on the interrelated aspects of ancient and early medieval walls in the Mediterranean and northwestern Europe throughout the first millennium CE. The keynote address will be given by Hendrik…

De onderzoeksgroep Terrorism and Political Violence van de Universiteit Leiden bestudeert de oorzaken van radicalisering, de tactieken van extremistische groeperingen, en de effectiviteit van anti-terrorismebeleid. We onderzoeken ook de rol van media en de invloed van postkoloniale erfenissen in de…

What holds people together and what makes them willing to fit within larger political structures? Our project examines this question in the practices of dynastic rulership in Eurasia ca. 1300-1800.

The Medieval Academy of America (MAA) is excited to announce the launch of a new Summer Research Program for early PhD or early PhD-track students. The 2022 Summer Research Program will convene over Zoom, over the course of six weeks in July and August. The Summer Research Program will culminate with…

De Verenigde Staten en andere ontwikkelde landen zijn voor de invoer van kritieke materialen afhankelijk van China. Het recente handelverschil tussen de VS en China heeft het besef hiervan opnieuw doen toenemen. Onlangs heeft dit geleid tot een initiatief van de Amerikaanse regering om samen te werken…

On November 27-28 2025, the congress 'Disability and inclusion in the medieval city: a comparative view between Europe and the Islamic World' will be held at the university of Cantabaria, Spain. The deadline for submissions is 13 October, 2025

In het Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law is zojuist een artikel van Christa Tobler met de titel ‚One of Many Challenges After ‚Brexit’. The Institutional Framework of an Alternative Agreement – Lessons from Switzerland and Elsewhere?’ verschenen (Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative…

From 3 to 5 September 2025, the project Governing and Building the City will organize the conference 'Good Governance and the Built Environment of Late Medieval Cities (ca. 1200–1600)' at KBR in Brussels. The deadline for the call for papers is 7 April.

Women In International Security (WIIS) is a global organisation dedicated to advancing the leadership and professional development of women in the field of international peace and security. As part of her research on women, peace and security, Dr. Vanessa Newby at the Institute for Security and Global…

Dit jaar mocht Jill Stein, alumna van de Master Jeugdrecht van de Universiteit Leiden, de Jaap Doek Kinderrechtenscriptieprijs in ontvangst nemen!

Prof. dr. J.I. van der Rest heeft twee nieuwe publicaties en zijn tweede editie van het tekstboek “Hospitality Experience” is uit.

Het Instituut voor Geschiedenis feliciteert Mirjam de Bruijn met het verkrijgen van een VICI-subsidie voor het onderzoek 'Connecting in Times of Duress: Understanding Communication and Conflict in Middle Africa’s Mobile Margins.'

Geredigeerd door Michael Kowalski

De genomineerden voor de Prof. Dr. J.Th.J. van den Berg-prijs 2022 en de IRO Thesis Prize 2022. Wie schreven de beste politicologische bachelorscripties?

Professor Ken Meier is een van de meest vooraanstaande bestuurskundigen van de wereld. Meier is professor Public Management bij Cardiff School of Business (Wales), professor Bureaucracy and Democracy bij Leiden Universiteit, onderzoeker bij Danish Centre for Social Sciences Research (Kopenhagen, Denemarken)…

The 2023 Conference: Institutions for Conflict Resolution (COI) aims to identify just institutional approaches that seek (real) conflict prevention and conflict resolution in the legal context. It will be held in Utrecht on 28 and 29 September 2023. We welcome abstracts from all researchers around the…

Investigating the intercultural connections that shaped practices of knowledge production in colonial Dutch Brazil.

How should jurisdictions, both on the national and on the supra-national level, handle the interaction between public and private law where it regards the regulation of financial markets?

Voor de meeste bachelorstudenten Politicologie is hun eindscriptie het laatste loodje. Sommigen vertillen zich er bijna aan; anderen weten hun onderzoeksproject glansrijk te verzilveren. Aan het eind van studiejaar 2021-2022 werden vijftien scripties genomineerd voor de jaarlijkse scriptieprijs; tijdens…