334 search results for “climate change” in the Student website
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Gemeente Leiden: Water and Climate Change. Climate Proofing the Neighbourhood
Climate Proofing the Neighbourhood: Evaluating Citizen’s Participation in the City of Leiden. For the city of Leiden, climate change results in more heat waves and extended periods of drought, as well as more frequent heavy downpours. This creates risks regarding overheating as well as flooding.
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Gemeente Leiden: Water and Climate Change. Climate Proofing Industrial Estates.
For the city of Leiden, climate change results in more heat waves and extended periods of drought, as well as more frequent heavy downpours. This creates risks regarding overheating as well as flooding. In anticipation of these changes, the municipality is making efforts to make industrial estates 'climate…
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The impact of climate change on groups of people
The socio-economic effects of climate change often do not receive enough attention. At the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) a group of researchers will provide more insight. How does climate change affect whether people work together or conversely end up as opponents? And what can we learn from societies…
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Martha Dellar
Science
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Honours Class tackles climate change head-on
An international and interdisciplinary collaborative effort, the Honours Class ‘Sustainability Beyond Frustration: Saving the Planet as an Academic Skill’ aims to present students’ ideas to sustainability experts that know how to bring them to fruition.
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Nature: Tobias Müller on people of faith being allies to stall climate change
Tobias Müller, post-doctoral researcher in the field of Terrorism and Political Violence at ISGA, writes how together, religious groups and scientists can be a powerful force for a liveable planet.
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Oscar Rueda
Science
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Jolein Holtz
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Shijie Wei
Science
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Sarah Giest
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Climate activist Aniek Moonen: 'At 24, I can already make a huge impact'
No full-time job, but full-time voluntary work instead. That’s what Aniek Moonen decided on graduating from Leiden University College The Hague, when she started work as a committee member of the Young Climate Movement (Jonge Klimaatbeweging). As its Chair, she joins CEOs and government ministers in…
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Conference on Human Rights and Climate Change
Conference
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Seed Grant for De Maaker and Gupta for research on heritage and climate governance
Erik de Maaker and Radhika Gupta received a Seed Grant to initiate research on how heritage has been and can be mobilised to address climate change governance in Himalayan Asia. This project will address a significant knowledge gap on the potentials and pitfalls of climate governance, with an initial…
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Monitoring Change in Ideas on Water Management
Policy in Practice Research Internship at Hoogheemraadschap Rijnland (Water Board) and drinkwaterbedrijf Dunea for Cultural Anthropology, Leiden University.
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Jianhong Zhou
Science
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Esther van der Ent
Science
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Peter Akkermans
Faculteit Archeologie
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Corinne Hofman
Faculteit Archeologie
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Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Pingtao Ding
Science
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Leon Chang
ICT Shared Service Centre
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Vincent Chang
Faculty of Humanities
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Sonja Wijfjes-Chang
Science
- Digitalisation & Social Change
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Leiden biology student finalist UN youth delegate
Roel Wouters (24), a biology student at Leiden University, is a finalist in the election for UN youth delegate for Biodiversity and Food. The digital polls open for a week on Friday 22 October. Under-30s can vote for Roel at www.stemroel.nl.
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Training Change Your Mind (RET)
Study support
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necessary and the possible': a project on social movements as drivers of change
Postdoctoral researcher Joost de Moor, who joined the interdisciplinary Global Transformations and Governance Challenges (GTGC) initiative at Leiden University since April 2021, will spend 50% of his time doing research for the project "The necessary and the possible: How social movements articulate,…
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Communicating changes in personal information
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From climate to safety: “Students present perspectives I was unfamiliar with”
Cooperation is the solution to international problems, demonstrated the final seminar of the Master Honours Class ‘Smart Regional Integration’ – even when it is sometimes easier said than done. “You can see the students struggle with that.”
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From climate to security: 'Students present perspectives I was unfamiliar with'
Cooperation is the solution to international problems, demonstrated the final seminar of the Master Honours Class ‘Smart Regional Integration’ – even when it is sometimes easier said than done. “You can see the students struggle with that.”
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Sustainability & Development MSc Policy in Practice | Leiden University
Research Internships in the field of Sustainability and Development focus on the challenges presented by the need to find ways in which consumption, usage, production, recycling and reusage can be brought in line with current societal needs. The Research Internships included in this category are being…
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Hanneke Palmen
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Kai Li
Science
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Science & Cocktails: Why do People Fight?
Lecture
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Anniek Kortleve
Science
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Tamar de Corte
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Day 1 - 8 March 2022
Each round includes presentations and workshops. The presentations last 45 minutes, the workshops 1 hour and 45 minutes. Steven Dossou of Transformation Zone opens the FLO days with his keynote presentation.
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LUC Alumna makes it to Trouw Sustainable 100
The Sustainable 100 is an initiative by Dutch newspaper Trouw, consisting of a list of the top 100 sustainable civil initiatives. In October of 2020, the Jonge Klimaatbeweging (Youth Climate Movement NL) became the first youth organization to win first prize. An interview with LUC Alumna and Board Member…
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Archaeologists receive funding for science communication: ‘We want to change the public image of archaeology’
A diverse team of Leiden archaeologists applied for, and was awarded, the KNAW ‘Appreciated!’ grant, meant to further their science communication endeavours. We speak with Dr Maikel Kuijpers, who is the main contact person of the application.
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ESOF Conference: EuroScience Open Forum Leiden
Conference
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Stephanie Cap
Science
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Haye Geukes
Science
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Shivant Jhagroe
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Global Climate/Ecological Risk and International Security
Debate
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Hauke Ward
Science
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Salma Balazadeh
Science
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Paul Behrens
Science
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Casablanca: Speculative Fictions and Contested Planning Responses to the Climate Crisis
Lecture, Research Seminar
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Global Transformations and Governance Challenges (GTGC) Conference 2022
Conference
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Evolutionary change in protective plant odours
Plants can’t run away from enemies. Still, it would like to keep life-threatening herbivores at a distance. This can be done with odours. Klaas Vrieling of the Institute of Biology Leiden found out with his team how plants change odour production to keep the munchers at a distance.