392 search results for “placebo effect” in the Staff website
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Aleksandrina SkvortsovaFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Michiel van ElkFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Fabian WoltersFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Hebben reumapatiënten met hulp van placebotechnieken minder medicatie nodig?
From painful joints to intense fatigue: a third of rheumatism patients suffer serious effects from this chronic condition and rely long-term on medication. Leiden psychologists are to receive a subsidy from the Netherlands Arthritis Foundation to investigate whether placebo techniques can help patients…
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Antoinette van LaarhovenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Liesbeth van VlietFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Henriët van MiddendorpFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Kick MoorsAdministration and Central Services
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Effective Communication: Standing Up for Yourself Without Damaging Relationships
Communication, Working effectively, Transferable skills
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Kaya PeerdemanFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Organising STEM effectively, both within and beyond the faculty
Tuesday 27 January - A crisp winter morning and a busy Tuesday. Board matters, research safety, leadership and faculty profiling alternate throughout the day, with a focus on collaboration both inside and outside the faculty. A full day that ends with a game of darts.
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Four Leiden researchers receive ERC Advanced Grant
From social inequalities in prehistory to placebo effects in medical treatments. Four researchers from Leiden University have been awarded a prestigious ERC Advanced Grant worth EUR 2.5 million to develop their research.
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Ine AlbertsAdministration and Central Services
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Sofie RasmussenFaculty of Science
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Heidi RooijakkersAdministration and Central Services
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3 October University: ‘Artificial intelligence is like young people and sex’
‘Everyone’s talking about it, everyone thinks everyone else is doing it, but the reality is disappointing,’ says biochemist Gerard van Westen in his 3 October University lecture in the Van der Werfpark. In the full marquee, he gets a laugh with this suggestion that artificial intelligence is comparable…
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The effect of nanoparticles on our planet
‘Solar panels, toothpaste and sport socks. What do these things have in common?’ Martina Vijver, professor of ecotoxicology begins her TEDx-talk. Watch her online lecture if you want to learn more about the effects of nano-particles on our environment and health.
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Gert-Jan LelieveldFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Hester RuigendijkFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Judy VeldhuijzenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Stefanie Meeuwis
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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What a year: our most-read articles of 2025
The Russian threat to Europe, pro-Palestine protests, the passing of psychologist Andrea Evers and speculations on extraterrestrial life. These were among our most popular articles of the year.
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AI Lab launched for effective and responsible supervision
How can you increase the effectiveness of inspectors using responsible artificial intelligence (AI)? This is the question the Innovation Center for Artificial Intelligence (ICAI) Lab AI4Oversight is tackling. By developing algorithms and methods, they try to provide optimal support for, for example,…
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column: interdisciplinary collaboration, from suspicion to snowball effect
How is interdisciplinary collaboration faring at Leiden University? And has disciplinarity been completely abandoned? I’d like to reflect on some concerns among colleagues and on our plans for the future.
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Erik van GeestFaculty of Science
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Memorial Year makes visible the continuing effects of historical slavery
Research into our history of colonialism and slavery, heart-to-heart conversations at a Keti Koti table, exhibitions, lectures and podcasts that establish the link between present and past. Staff and students participated in the national Slavery Memorial Year in many different ways. What have we learned…
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Animal-friendly and effective: Leiden students develop nanobodies using yeast
Yeast, alpacas, and antibodies. They may seem unrelated, but within the project of the Leiden iGEM students, they come together perfectly. For the international synthetic biology competition iGEM, the team is working on an innovative method to produce nanobodies—a special form of antibodies—using brewer’s…
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Kim de JongFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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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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Medical Delta professor Andrea Evers: ‘I find it important to look for new ways’
Prof. Andrea Evers is a health psychologist who studies the role of behavioural factors in health and disease. As a Medical Delta Professor, she is now affiliated with Leiden University, TU Delft and Erasmus University. In that position, she conducts research at the intersection of various disciplines.…
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Sustainability prize for research into the effects of a plant-based diet
Paul Behrens and his team have won the Frontiers Planet Prize of half a million euros for their research into the effects of switching to a plant-based diet.
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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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Nitrogen crisis: Rapid, effective intervention in three specific regions could create breathing space
The new Dutch government must act quickly to take rapid, far-reaching measures in three specific regions to tackle nitrogen emissions. This will create the space for a long-term strategy to deal with other urgent problems and the knot of obligations that the state will need to untangle. These are the…
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Sylvia van Beugen
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Jan-Jaap OerlemansFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Tom BarkhuysenFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Fachrizal AfandiFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Rowie StolkFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Timo PeetersFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Anna MosnaFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Merijne GroenewegFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Vladimir CalviFaculty of Science
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Skylar Joseph
Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Benthe van DelftFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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André van der LaanFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Lianne Otten
Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Eva SchmidtFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Sjoerd LindenburgICLON
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Wouter StaalFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Heleen van AmerongenFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid