1,780 search results for “social sciences” in the Student website
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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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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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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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'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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Matthew LongoFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Carina van de Wetering
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Ellen van ReulerFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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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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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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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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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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Can patterns save ecosystems from collapse?
Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights
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Cancelled: Breaking the Cycle of Heart Attacks
Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights
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Miniaturizing mechanical metamaterials: towards material-based microrobotics
Lecture, Tuesday Talk
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Joanne MouthaanFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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LUF - Lutfia Rabbani Scholarship Fund
Master
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LUF - Lutfia Rabbani Scholarship Fund: Extra Gaza Scholarship
Master
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Rosanneke EmmenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Julia van den BergFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Hannah SpencerFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Jiayin ZhaoFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Amit KurienFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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David de BuisonjéFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Antoinette van LaarhovenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Weiyan LowFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Willem van WijkFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Duygu Uysal DincolFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Ahmad Nuril HudaSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Jackie AshkinFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Marit Guda
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Jessy Terpstra
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Kerwin OlfersFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Elseline Hoekzema
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Amber Lauwers
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Mischa de RoverFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Igor BoogFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Jon Collins
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences