1,476 search results for “social sciences” in the Student website
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Nike van HeldenFaculty of Humanities
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Marleen DekkerAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Nathal DessingFaculty of Humanities
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Hundreds join Leiden Reclaim the Night march
‘Let’s get everyone home safely!’ This was the message of an estimated 750 demonstrators as they marched through the centre of Leiden on 18 November.
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Leiden research that matters: how science is shaping European pesticide policy
Leiden ecotoxicologist Martina Vijver helped shake a European policy proposal in a single weekend. Not with a new experiment, but with years of research on pesticides – and an urgent letter that reached Brussels.
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Interdisciplinary minor ’Violence Studies’: ‘It felt like we were going to fight a group of people’
The interdisciplinary, English-taught minor ‘Violence Studies’ looks at violence from very diverse scientific perspectives. What are the benefits from this approach? Students and lecturers evaluate: ‘This minor’s a goldmine’.
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Willem OtterspeerFaculty of Humanities
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How science informs policy: ‘As a researcher, my work only becomes truly relevant once it is used in society’
Green cities and a well-protected food system: Roy Remme and Oliver Taherzadeh study ways to achieve these. But how can their scientific findings lead to societal change? They share their experiences with science-policy initiatives.
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Marieke BosFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Lee AldarFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Anat Ruhrman
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Aukje NautaFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Zafira ShabrinaFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Ionica Smeets receives honorary doctorate from Open University
Professor of Science Communication Ionica Smeets will be awarded an honorary doctorate by the Open University. She receives the award because she exemplifies how science communication can bridge the gap between experts and the general public.
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Extraterrestrial life, AI and more: these are the most-read Leiden Science articles of 2025
Speculation about alien life, a new nitrogen map, AI as a thesis supervisor, groundbreaking telescopes and multi-million-euro investments to combat antimicrobial resistance – the diversity of these topics shows that our readers are just as broadly interested as our researchers. Discover the most-read…
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Science Skills team helps students develop essential skills for the job market: ‘This is what energises us’
As a student, you’re expected to write papers and collaborate. But how do you do that if you’ve never been taught? Thanks to the Grassfields grant, the Science Skills team can scale up its Skill’Ed project and finally provide students with structured support in essential skills.
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Sibel Bahtiri is one of the new Faces of Science: ‘I want to show how we’re finding alternatives to animal testing’
PhD candidate Sibel Bahtiri is one of the new Faces of Science. In videos and blogs, she will show what life is like as a young researcher.
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When criminal law works unfairly against people in vulnerable positions
Criminal law can reinforce social inequality. ‘People at the lower end of society are hit harder by criminal law in a range of different ways’, says Professor Marloes van Noorloos. ‘That has to change.’
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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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Miriam WaltzFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Kaya PeerdemanFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Catia AntunesFaculty of Humanities
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VSBfonds Beurs
Bachelor, Master
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Helen PluutFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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These were Leiden University’s interdisciplinary milestones of 2023
Connecting worlds, enhancing research and teaching, and providing innovative solutions to complex social issues: that is the idea behind interdisciplinary research. In that respect, a huge amount happened at Leiden University in 2023.
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More pubs on campus? Here's why students and staff care
There should be more social meeting places on our campus. That's one of the outcomes of to the second brainstorming session on the strategic plan. On Tuesday, education and the campus took centre stage during the meeting in Corpus. Professor and programme director Miranda van Eck and student assessor…
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Leiden Assessors Council (LAssO)
Leiden Assessors Council (LAssO)
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Dutch people are understanding the term ‘violence’ to mean more and more
When do we say violence was used in an incident? The answer may seem obvious at first. But interim results from a study by Jolien van Breen show that Dutch people are labelling events in increasingly broad contexts as violent.
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Dianne VennekerAdministration and Central Services
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Eline Joor
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Henrike Wagner
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Erik de VriesFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Sandra MeddelerFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Harm DerksFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Zino BrystowskiFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Babo Amin
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Priscilla van WeesFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Anne-Fleur BlomFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Jelle van Bezooijen
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences