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1,279 search results for “social sciences” in the Student website

• Inspiration Session Social Safety Event - 27 January 2026

  Conference

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  Sterre ter Haar PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

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  Aleksandra Khokhlova PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Thijs Vos Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

• Organisational structure Organisation

  Leiden University has seven faculties: Archaeology, Governance & Global Affairs, Humanities, Leiden University Medical Centre, Law, Social & Behavioural Sciences and Science. It also has an interfaculty Graduate School of Teaching, diverse centralised bodies and of course a management board.

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  Mateo Cohen Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Femke Bakker Senior assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Jan van Rijn Associate professor

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  Hilde van Meegdenburg Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Simon Otjes Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Jan-Bart Gewald Professor

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

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  Damian Pargas Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Patricio Silva Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Rafal Matuszewski Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

• Join us at 3 October University and the Weekend of Science News - 22 September 2025

  Are you curious about how the human skeleton works? Discover this and more on 3 October in Leiden and on 4 October in The Hague.

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  Ab de Jong Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Luuk de Ligt Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Nira Wickramasinghe Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Hannah De Mulder Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Jinhui Zhou
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  Yee Man Ng PhD candidate

• Fundraising Bake Initiative for Gaza Course

  Study support

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  Paul van den Broek Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

• Talk and debate: how do we prevent science from harming the environment? News - 14 December 2021

  Sustainability researchers can play an important role in the energy transition. But what if their partners are not (yet) sustainable and science itself has adverse effects? This is the subject of an online talk by researcher Thomas Franssen on 16 December with a discussion afterwards. ‘Clean energy…

• Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences publishes advice on dignity and respect in academia News - 20 July 2022

  If universities and research institutions want to tackle unacceptable behaviour in academia, they must shift their focus from dealing with complaints to preventing such behaviour in the first place. This is what the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) has concluded. It has therefore…

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  Francesco Ragazzi Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Sarah de Rijcke Rector Magnificus

  Executive Board

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  Niels van Willigen Professor by Special Appointment in Strategic Studies

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

• Hundreds of visitors learn about Leiden University science during 3 October University News - 7 October 2024

  Glorious sunshine, dozens of enthusiastic academics and huge numbers of Leiden residents ensured that this year’s special jubilee version of 3 October University was a great success.

• Psychologists at Lowlands Science: can virtual reality trigger a psychedelic experience? News - 15 June 2023

  Fantastic plants, dizzying patterns and pulsating sounds: researchers from Leiden are going to study the effects of a simulated psychedelic trip on the mind and body at Lowlands Festival. Why might this be interesting for therapies?

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  Han van Konijnenburg Professor emeritus

• Blog - Stress, anxiety and adapting to uncertainty in everyday life News - 11 May 2022

  Our world may seem unpredictable and uncertain, especially when others are involved. When interacting with others, we cannot know for sure what they may be thinking or planning to do, but we do a good job guessing. This may not be so easy for everyone…

• Hutspot, herring and... science: Community engagement with Leiden’s research at 3 October University News - 6 October 2025

  Amid the many traditions of Leiden’s 3 October Festival, a relative newcomer is beginning to take hold: the Science Market. At market stalls, the people of Leiden could explore or even participate in Leiden’s research – performing an ‘operation’ in the street, for example.

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  Manon van der Heijden Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Carlos Felipe Blanco Rocha Assistant professor

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  Christoph Niessen Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

• Jenneke van der Wal wins Ammodo Science Award: ‘Especially unstudied languages contribute to theory building’ News - 15 April 2025

  For associate professor Jenneke van der Wal, things have been good recently. After being awarded a Vici and Una Europa grant, she has now also received an Ammodo Science Award. ‘It is a nice confirmation that I am doing valuable work.’

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  Chengyi Liu PhD candidate external

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  Ana Cristina Arcos Marin PhD candidate

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  Oscar Rueda
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  Raafat Shamieh Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Tom Louwerse Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

• Leideners and researchers learn from each other at the Science Market News - 4 October 2023

  3 October University has become something of a tradition: a bit of science among the Leidens Ontzet celebrations. During the new and improved edition, the WetenschapsWarenMarkt (Science Market), visitors spoke to researchers about the nitrogen problem, making organs and the city’s connections with A…

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  Veerle Zijleman Teaching and research assistent 4

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Megan Rodrigues Student Assistant

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Yara Toenders Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Herman Steensma Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Annabel Losecaat Vermeer Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Anouk van der Weiden Associate Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Ambra Brizi Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences