1,771 search results for “sociale sciences” in the Student website
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Calling on universities and funders: make research information open
Crucial information about research, funding or how university rankings are created is often not freely accessible. The Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information calls for such information to be made open. Professor Ludo Waltman is one of its initiators. What needs to change?
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Update Executive Board: Implications of caretaker government for the university
The Schoof cabinet has presented its budget. As expected, higher education is facing severe cuts. In the coming period, the Executive Board will regularly look at the consequences of what it deems an irresponsible policy.
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Student section of University Council more fragmented
In the University elections in April, the eight student seats on the University Council have gone to six parties, and newcomers the Liberal Student Party and the Party for Biomedical Students have each won one seat.
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Royal honour for emeritus professor Ad IJzerman
Ad IJzerman, Emeritus Professor of Pharmacochemistry, was made a Knight of the Order of the Lion of the Netherlands on 26 April. He was presented with the royal honour by Mayor Elbert Roest in the town hall in Bloemendaal.
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Minerva Scholarship Fund
Bachelor, Master
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LDE Governance of Migration and Diversity Seed Fund
Master, PhD
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AgoraWassenaarseweg 52, Leiden
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Renate ReitsmaFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Ton LiefaardFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Mariëlle BruningFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Peter BosFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Lenny van Rosmalen
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Kim Stroet
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Yvette Dijkxhoorn
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Katrien van de Vijfeijken
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Femmie JufferFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Anne HelderFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Merel van VlietFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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René van der Veer
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Frederiek Halbertsma
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Marja Oudega
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Whitney de HaanFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Denise GroeneveldFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Juan Bascur CifuentesFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Esther van Leeuwen
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Elise Seip
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Algorithms descend into our sewers to improve inspections
They never cross our minds until, that is, they become damaged and then they’re a huge problem: our sewers. Their maintenance could be much faster and more accurate, PhD candidate Dirk Meijer has discovered. Algorithms are also proving to be a godsend deep underground.
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Yolinde van ParidonFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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‘Teaching is like a professional sport: you always have to be switched on’
For a long time, Thijs Bosker was an average student, until he discovered how exciting learning becomes when there are no ready-made answers. To his students, he passes on one key message: hope is the driving force that keeps us moving forward. They nominated him as Lecturer of the Year.
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Ellen van ReulerFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Matthew LongoFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Claire VergerioFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Human language inspired AI – and now we can use that AI to learn about language
Yuchen Lian defended her thesis on AI and language evolution at Leiden University.
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'I always consider: What would have worked best for me?'
Starting with the ‘why’, putting herself in her students’ shoes and providing structure. These are three ways in which environmental scientist Ranran Wang tries to make her course as interesting and manageable as possible. With success: she has been nominated for Science Teacher of the Year 2022.
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Sustainability Day: Sustainability embedded in our education
In our teaching, Leiden University gives all students the opportunity to learn about sustainability themes and issues. Social issues, including sustainable development, are addressed in the teaching and research at all of our faculties. On this Day of Sustainability, we highlight a number of subject…
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Max van Duijn and Vasiliki Kosta join The Young Academy
Leiden researchers Max van Duijn (Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science) and Vasilika Kosta (Leiden Law School, Europa Institute) will join The Young Academy (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences) KNAW)).
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Universiteit Leiden introduceert eerste bacheloropleiding Cybersecurity & Cybercrime
Vanaf september 2025 biedt de Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs de bacheloropleiding Cybersecurity & Cybercrime aan. Deze unieke Nederlandstalige opleiding leidt studenten op tot veelzijdige cyberexperts. ‘Er is veel vraag naar specialisten op het gebied van cybersecurity en cybercrime’.
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De dag van Jasper
Jasper Knoester is de decaan van de Faculteit Wiskunde & Natuurwetenschappen. Hoe gaat het met hem, wat doet hij precies en hoe ziet zijn dag eruit? In elke nieuwsbrief geeft Jasper een inkijkje in zijn leven.
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Over a third of Leiden’s professors are women, just above national level
The proportion of female professors at Dutch universities is increasing, but at a modest rate. At 34.2%, Leiden University is in the top three. These are the results of the Women Professors Monitor for 2025.
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Jasper's Day
Jasper Knoester is the dean of the Faculty of Science. How is he doing, what exactly does he do and what does his day look like? In each newsletter, Jasper gives an insight into his life.
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Between Fact and Fiction, looking to the future: HSVL symposium supports child welfare through LUF
'Between Fact and Fiction' was the intriguing theme of this year's annual HSVL symposium, which took place on 7 May. This theme was the thread running through an evening of lectures and reflections on the boundaries between historical truth and imagination, fake news, and the role of interpretation…
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Exploring the Quantum Multiverse
Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights
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Looking Inside — 3D Imaging Reimagined
Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights
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Networks of the future
Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights
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How to make green hydrogen
Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights
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Teaching Machines to Learn
Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights
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Designing the next generation of precision medicine
Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights
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Animation: Why Leiden is the birthplace of the Janssen vaccine
If you'll soon be getting a COVID-19 vaccine, you might just get the Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) one. This vaccine was developed for the most part in Leiden – and this is no coincidence. Watch the animation below about the development of one of the vaccines in the fight against COVID-19.
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Sampling the course and the campus on the Bachelor’s Open Day
It’s Saturday and electric minibuses ride back and forth bringing prospective students to Leiden University’s various faculties. They want to see for themselves whether that interesting-looking programme will suit them.
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Surprising vacuum forces in a superconductor
Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights