257 search results for “motivation en cognitive” in the Student website
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Bart LabuschagneFaculty of Law
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Sarah de Lange
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Jenny AudringFaculty of Humanities
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Ton van HaaftenFaculty of Humanities
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Bibi van den BergFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Roosje PeetersFaculty of Humanities
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Joris van de RietFaculty of Law
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Diederik SmitFaculty of Humanities
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Lauren LauretFaculty of Humanities
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Nadia GarnefskiSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Poetry Translation Competition: Fun and Games with Language
In November, Leiden organized a book presentation to celebrate the first Dutch translation of the collected works of the twentieth-century poet W.H. Auden. A poetry translation contest added lustre to the occasion. There were no fewer than three winners.
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Seven Comenius grants for Leiden lecturers
Eleven lecturers from Leiden University have been awarded Comenius grants that will allow them to work with their teams on an innovation project within their own teaching. They have been awarded three grants of 100,000 euros within the Senior Fellows programme and four grants of 50,000 euros within…
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From Azerbaijani to Swedish: ‘Multilingualism improves your understanding of others’
September 26 is the European Day of Languages. There are 24 official languages in Europe but some 200 languages in total are spoken on our continent. What good are all these different languages? And should we all learn Azerbaijani or Swedish? We asked Lisa Cheng, Professor of General Linguistics.
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Hans MolFaculty of Humanities
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Michiel van ElkSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Henriët van MiddendorpSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Jonathan BenichovFaculty of Science
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Thijs Vos
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Maria Gabriela Palacio LudeñaFaculty of Humanities
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Amadou Adamou
Faculty of Humanities
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Kees MustersFaculty of Science
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Join the Una Europa Epilepsy Data Challenge Deadline 20th of January
Education
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Iliana SamaraSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Maarten MousFaculty of Humanities
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Leiden University celebrates curiosity at 449th Dies Natalis
How has evolution shaped our curiosity? And how does that curiosity ensure that we now have the technological ability to discover whether we are alone in the universe? This was all covered during the celebration of Leiden University’s 449th Dies Natalis.
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Anne HeyerFaculty of Humanities
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Afshin EllianFaculty of Law
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Sylvestre BonnetFaculty of Science
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Maarten JansenFaculty of Archaeology
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Remko OffringaFaculty of Science
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Nadia BourasFaculty of Humanities
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Paul van TrigtFaculty of Humanities
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Daan WeggemansFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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‘Language is part of your identity’
Language is omnipresent: when you talk, app or meet in Teams. Understanding how we communicate with one another and what communication does to us is essential. In her inaugural lecture, Nivja de Jong will call to redress the balance between the sciences and the humanities.
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How do people best learn a language? 'It's incredible what you do when you talk'
According to Nivja de Jong, second language acquisition is 'the most fascinating subject in linguistics'. As a recently appointed professor of Second Language Acquisition and Pedagogy, she studies the question of how best to teach people a new language.
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Online curiosity explored: 'We are more likely to accept information uncritically if it answers a question'
What do people wonder about on social media? University lecturer Matthijs Westera is the recipient of an NWO grant to investigate what people are curious about online.
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Felix Ameka: ‘Multilingualism is the answer to many problems’
A new challenge for Felix Ameka. The senior lecturer at the Centre for Linguistics has been appointed professor by special appointment of Ethnolinguistic Vitality and Diversity in the World. ‘I am looking forward to promoting ethnolinguistic diversity and vitality.’
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Trust me, I’m a university
Technology and privacy, trust and mistrust. A discussion about this broke out when the University installed scanners and students protested. On Wednesday 2 February experts from Leiden University will explore this topic at the eponymous symposium. We called Roy de Kleijn, as a computer scientist and…
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Three different perspectives on how the online world has fundamentally changed the way we live our lives
In the ESOF2022 mini-symposium organized by the Social Resilience & Security programme, international experts with a background in psychology, philosophy, and law discussed how the online world is related to adolescent mental health issues, moral and emotional awareness and children’s rights. In three…
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Marga Sikkema-de JongSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Roeland van der RijstICLON
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Renewed LLP has started: 'Reflection is the beginning of progress'
'Working on your leadership starts tonight,' says lecturer Sandra Groeneveld at the introductory meeting of the Leiden Leadership Programme. The programme has been renewed this year, and students are ready to dive into it: 'I hope to get to know myself.'
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In memoriam: Andrea Evers (1967 - 2025)
It is with deep sorrow that we share the news that our dear colleague Andrea Evers passed away on Monday, 4 August 2025. Since 2013, Andrea had been affiliated with the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences at Leiden University as Professor of Health Psychology. She was an undeniable driving force…
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Leiden University publishes the titles of seven tainted scientific articles
In a supplementary decision on 17 May 2022, the Executive Board of Leiden University has concluded that it will publish the titles of seven articles in which there is evidence of malpractice. This concerns a former staff member of the Institute of Psychology. The Executive Board considers it to be in…
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ESOF2022 Online mini-symposium: The effect of the online world on adolescents
How do digital technologies affect adolescent mental health and resilience? How do we foster a secure online environment? How should we deal with increasing rates of online crimes among adolescents? During the mini-symposium ‘The effect of the online world on adolescents’, presented by the interdisciplinary…
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Thijs PorckFaculty of Humanities
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Roos van OostenFaculty of Archaeology
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Alisa van de HaarFaculty of Humanities
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Bente de LeedeFaculty of Humanities
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Henk te VeldeFaculty of Humanities