2,185 search results for “social sciences” in the Student website
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‘Listen carefully when students ask a question, to hear the question behind the question’
‘Rudy van Vliet is always willing to go that extra mile to help us,’ is what students say about him. The lecturer in the Computer Science bachelor’s programme not only teaches his regular courses but also offers additional classes to prepare students for programming competitions. His dedication to students…
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Change in opening hours 01-01- 2026
Facility
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KIEM grant for 'Networking Heritage at Leiden University’
Erik de Maaker, Sybille Lammes, Anke Klerkx, and Michiel van Groesen received a 10k€ KIEM grant for 'Networking Heritage at Leiden University' to boost heritage research.
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Today we close earlier - new opening hours
Facility
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LUCIR Talk: What Peace Science Teaches us About the Conflict(s) in Iran
Lecture
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Leideners find more than 2,000 species in urban biodiversity inventory
Around 1,300 Leideners found 2,265 species during the Expeditie Stadsnutuur urban biodiversity inventory. ‘It’s been a huge success’, says scientific coordinator Frederic Lens.
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LUF student activity grants (CASSA)
Bachelor, Master
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Programme
When deciding what to study you undoubtedly read a lot of information about your study programme. Leiden University employs various systems to provide information about programmes and courses and to facilitate communication between lecturers and students.
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Workshop: From stressed to relaxed - Science
Study support
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Prepare Yourself for the virtual Bio Science Park Excursion
Career and apply for jobs
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Prepare Yourself for the Bio Science Park Excursion
Career and apply for jobs
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metaphor? How producers, products, and publics use figurative language in science communication
Lecture, LUCL Colloquium
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The Power of Social Media Networks: Scientific research on the entanglement of online and offline networks in times of conflict in Africa
Conference, 2-day Workshop
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Gorlaeus Building construction workers spotlighted at highest point celebration
On Thursday 8 December, the project teams of Leiden University and Heijmans Utiliteit, together with the construction workers of the project, celebrated reaching the highest point of phase 2a of the Gorlaeus Building. An important milestone in the construction and traditionally the moment to put the…
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This platform is making machine learning more transparent and accessible
What began as a PhD project has grown into a website with 120,000 unique visitors each year. With the platform OpenML, researcher Jan van Rijn is contributing to open science, aiming to make machine learning more transparent, accessible, and fair.
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These were Leiden University’s interdisciplinary milestones of 2024
Connecting scientific fields, enhancing research and teaching, and providing innovative solutions to complex social issues: that is the idea behind interdisciplinary research. What did the university achieve in 2024? A small sample.
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Faculty of Science's Opening of the Academic Year
Conference
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Learning about psychology from inside the pink folds of the brain
In a new video series for the Corpus Kids Academy, researchers Marieke Bos and Janna Marie Bas-Hoogendam explain how the adolescent brain develops and how anxiety works. 'We wanted to present the information simply, while still preserving the complexity.'
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Vocational education and university join forces for quantum technology
Opening van het Quantum Delta NL (QDNL) Talent & Learning Centre (TLC) Leiden-Delft.
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Opening Academic Year centred around strategic plan: 'Our compass to make decisions'
Het strategisch plan van de faculteit wiskunde en natuurwetenschappen (FWN) werd gepresenteerd tijdens de opening van het academisch jaar 2023-2024.
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Career College: Working as a Consultant - Faculty of LUMC / Science
Career and apply for jobs
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Kind, clever and hardworking: school reports are not without bias
White girls receive significantly more positive comments from their teachers in their primary school reports than white boys and children from migrant backgrounds. PhD candidate Antoinette Kroes researched subtle biases in different contexts and saw how harmful these can be.
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Panel sessions and Meet & Greet met alumni Education Sciences!
Career and apply for jobs
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Leiden Science baking competition: celebrate Pi Day with pie
Festival
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Career College: Working in Education (at the faculty of Science)
Career and apply for jobs
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Wellbeing, Science & Society Under Stress by Paul Krugman
Interactive event
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Workshop Networking Prep for the Science Career Event (BBM)
Career and apply for jobs
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Leon HilbertFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Tycho van TartwijkFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Temporary 'viewing wall' gives a glimpse of next phase of Gorlaeus Building
You probably already noticed: work on the next phase of the Gorlaeus Building is in full progress. Are you curious to see what it will look like? Then come to the atrium of the Gorlaeus Building. A temporary 'viewing wall' makes it look as if you are looking into the new part of the building.
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Opening of Archaeo-Sexism Exhibition
Exhibition
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PhD candidate Didi van Trijp researches: When is a fish a fish?
Bird, butterfly, fish: when you look through a children’s book, you usually don’t think about the fact that humans divided these animals, depicted in bright colours, into categories. Yet, this division has been discussed for centuries. In her PhD dissertation, Didi van Trijp shows how natural scientists…
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'This is the very best course there is'
Martina Vijver has been nominated as Teacher of the Year of the Faculty of Science. She gets this nomination for the course Ecotoxicology she taught in 2022. The 52 students who took the course were hugely enthusiastic, as can be read in their positive reviews. What is so great about this course then?…
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1K Z1E J3 bench placed on Wijnhaven Rooftop Garden: ‘Don't be afraid to start a conversation'
‘Een goed gesprek begint met iemand écht zien.’ (A good conversation starts with truly seeing someone). That text is written on a plaque that was screwed onto a IK Z1E J3 (I see you) bench on the Wijnhaven Rooftop Garden on Monday morning. The bench acts as a symbol to create room for discussions about…
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‘The gatekeepers’ van het internet; waarom een ‘gratis’ internet niet bestaat
Of je nu appt, online nieuws leest, of door Instagram scrolt, jouw gedrag wordt gemonitord. Sterker nog: wát jij ziet, wordt door anderen bepaald. Promovendus Aleksandre Zardiashvili onderzocht de impact van online advertenties en de macht van de bedrijven erachter.
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Monique BoekaertsFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Matthew DiGiuseppe receives NWO XS grant for research on AI governance
Matthew DiGiuseppe, Associate Professor at the Institute of Political Science at Leiden University, has been awarded an NWO XS grant for his project ‘Political Polarization and Public Support for AI Governance’. The project examines whether growing political polarisation affects citizens’ willingness…
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Lecture on 'Visible and invisible violence against women' by Marieke Liem and Renate van der Zee
On Friday 9 December, Renate van der Zee and professor Marieke Liem held a lecture on 'Visible and invisible violence against women' at the Campus The Hague.
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Hannah DorsmanFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Fleur BouwerFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Khrystyna SemkivFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Vennila VilvanathanFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Tim KoppertFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Sita ter HaarFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Zachry KlopFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Nina AdriaanseFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Somayeh SahebalzamaniFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Camille SouamaFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Simone Keijsers