635 search results for “fundamental wetenschap” in the Public website
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Government Roundtable Discussion on the issue of Radicalization
On the 25th of February, CTC researcher Daan Weggemans participated in a hearing of the permanent commission for social affairs and employment. During the hearing the issue of radicalization was discussed in two sessions. The first session gave members of parliament the opportunity to discuss the manifestations…
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Creating and celebrating excellent Extended Essays: launching Leiden University’s Academic Challenge
The ‘Wetenschapscongres for vwo’ gets an Anglophone edition: 'Leiden University’s Academic Challenge’.
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Foreign Fighters on Social Media: An analysis of 11 Facebook accounts
What insights do eleven social Facebook-accounts of Dutch and Belgic foreign fighters offer with respect to the phenomenon of so-called returnees?
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Sarah de Rijcke new member of Science in Transition
Science in Transition joins an international chorus that points out flaws in the science system and aim for change in the governance of science.
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Daan Weggemans in NRC: Locked-up terrorists should be able to earn an income
The Dutch Department of Justice will give imprisoned terrorists the opportunity to earn money. This should have an positive effect on the resocialisation of detainees.
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Media attention inaugural lecture ecotoxicologist Martina Vijver
Time and again synthesised substances have been shown to pollute the environment more than lab tests predicted. In her inaugural lecture on 16 November, professor of Ecotoxicology Martina Vijver gives a warning for the risks of new, man-made chemical substances and nanomaterials. Various media payed…
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Exploring the Universe
Astronomers want to understand the Universe, from the Big Bang to the present day, and what the future will hold. In Leiden they focus on two key questions: ‘How did stars and planets originate’ and ‘How were galaxies and black holes formed in the young Universe?’ A new generation of telescopes – just…
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Hall of Fame 2023
In 2023, many of our students and staff won great prizes and secured important research grants.
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Research
Research in the arts at the Academy of Creative and Performing Arts (ACPA)
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Sebastian GeibelFaculty of Science
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Anne WentinkFaculty of Science
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Thierry ShemaFaculty of Science
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Ritu Ghanghas
Faculty of Science
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Dane Marijan
Faculty of Science
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Mirjam Huizenga
Faculty of Science
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Annemarieke PostmusFaculty of Science
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Arina Belov
Faculty of Science
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Floor StevensFaculty of Science
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Rob BosmanFaculty of Science
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Ben NieuwenhuysFaculty of Science
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Monika TimmerFaculty of Science
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Helen Koendjbiharie
Faculty of Science
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Xinyu DiFaculty of Science
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Teun Sweere
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Jana Volaric
Faculty of Science
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Panos Petris
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Nick Gerrits
Faculty of Science
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Neven Golenic
Faculty of Science
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Carson Mize
Faculty of Science
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Jonathon Cottom
Faculty of Science
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Zoë Vogelaar
Faculty of Science
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Open University and Leiden University start Joint Legal Technologies Program
The Open University and Leiden University will join forces to offer a (Dutch-taught) Joint Legal Technologies Program for professionals. In doing so, they can provide the advanced legal informatics training that is necessary in our rapidly digitising society. The joint program is a further development…
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Ministry of Security and Justice publishes results ISGA conference
In its magazine National Security and Crisis Management, the Ministry of Security and Justice paid extensive attention to the ISGA Conference ‘Who determines the security (research) agenda?’. Leiden researchers presented their research on important themes like the national security agenda, crisis management,…
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Daan WeggemansFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Anne Meuwese on EU's impending AI regulation
This regulation – also known as the AI Act – aims to ensure that AI systems sold and used in the EU are safe and consistent with existing fundamental rights legislation and Union values. AI harvests its factual material on the Internet, but in some cases it can be misleading. This is sufficient reason…
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Wim Voermans in Buitenhof on postal votes
In a lawsuit concerning the upcoming Dutch elections, the Partij voor de Dieren (Party for the Animals) is claiming that everyone should be able to cast a postal vote. Is it a form of discrimination that everyone above the age of 70 is allowed to cast their vote by post, but people who are younger and…
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Surface Plasmons Measured for Faster Internet
Leiden physicists use a new method to measure so-called surface plasmons. Researching these particles could lead to new light-based technology, including faster internet.
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Ying ChenFaculty of Science
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Anne George
Faculty of Science
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Alfred LarssonFaculty of Science
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Xiaoyao Chen
Faculty of Science
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Enebie Ramos CáceresFaculty of Science
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Marius Spallek
Faculty of Science
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Donja van den Beld
Faculty of Science
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Melina Vavali
Faculty of Science
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Hao Yang
Faculty of Science
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Carolina Mishell Ibarra BarrenoFaculty of Science
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Rishabh Basrur
Faculty of Science
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Lucía López GandulFaculty of Science