Motivatie, moed en handvatten om een baan te zoeken waarmee je de klimaatcrisis aan kunt pakken: het staat centraal in het vak Designing Your Career as a Climate Changemaker. Met hun eindpresentaties sluiten de studenten deze klimaatspecifieke vaardigheidsmodule binnen het Designing Your Life-project…

In navolging op zijn keuze om terug te keren naar het onderwijs en onderzoek zal Prof.dr. Sjoerd Verduyn Lunel in de zomer van 2013 zijn werkzaamheden als hoogleraar voortzetten bij de faculteit Bètawetenschappen in Utrecht. Hij volgt daar prof.dr. Odo Diekmann op in de leerstoel voor Toegepaste Ana…

Marco van Eijk is per 1 september aangesteld als opleidingsdirecteur van de bachelor Life Science & Technology. Hij volgt Marcellus Ubbink op die sinds juli wetenschappelijk directeur is van het Leids Instituut voor Chemisch Onderzoek (LIC). Van Eijk is aangesteld voor een periode van vier jaar.

How does the medieval body of texts known as 'canon law' reflect social and moral ideas? With a combination of AI and an advanced dataset, can we reveal patterns in the transmission and alteration of these ideas over time? Join the SOLEMNE project as a research assistant to explore these questions and…

The transition to electric vehicles (EVs) reduces vehicle emissions to combat climate change. EVs raise concerns regarding the production of lithium-ion batteries and related emissions; while batteries can also provide energy storage services for the electricity system.

Material circularity and energy efficiency are highly relevant and intertwined issues for the transition towards a carbon-neutral and circular built environment. In the Netherlands, the building sector has been rendered a priority towards a circular and low-carbon society.

Freshwater biodiversity has been threatened by eutrophication due to excessive nutrients in the environment. Releasing the freshwater species from such pressures requires efforts from industry and manufacturers to avoid emissions to vulnerable and high-risk regions.

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Promotor: G.A. Persoon, Co-promotor: H.H. de Iongh

What is the effect of light at night on plant phenology and physiology, and how does this affect plant interactions with other species?

Lorenza Colzato wil onderzoeken of het gebruik van probiotica en tryptofaan de sociaal-cognitieve achteruitgang die optreedt bij het ouder worden, kan vertragen. Daarvoor ontvangt Colzato samen met haar collega's in Duitsland en Spanje een JPI 'A Healthy Diet for A Healthy Life' Joint Transnational…

The investigations described in this thesis lay out strategies aimed at advancing antibiotic research and development. The examples presented revolve around two main approaches: understanding drug-target interactions and target identification.

This thesis focuses on the social dimensions of crane and wetland conservation in rural landscapes in Kenya, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

The energy system is at the heart of two of the greatest challenges of the 21st century: decreasing CO2 emissions to meet the ambitions of the Paris agreement while fulfilling the growing energy demand associated with the economic aspirations of a growing world population.

Didactiek

Promotor: Prof.dr. G.R. de Snoo, Co-promotor: R. Heijungs

Promotor: Prof.dr. H.P. Spaink, Co-promotor: Prof.dr. A.H. Meijer

Project LAWKI (Life As We Know It) van ACPA promovenda Roosje Klap (ARK) heeft een Gouden Kalf Award 2022 gewonnen in de categorie Beste Digitale Cultuurproductie.

During their second year, the students of the bachelor Security Studies get a feeling of what their professional career might look like.

A framework for prospective/ex-ante life cycle assessment (LCA) and ecological risk assessment (ERA) of emerging technologies is developed and applied to a case study of III-V/silicon photovoltaic panels.

To conclude, this thesis provides valuable methodological insights to address data gaps and improve environmental impact assessments within the circular economy, with a particular focus on product reuse and sharing practices. Through empirical analysis and innovative approaches, it aims to support informed…

This study has been carried out in the community of Sukamiskin, a kelurahan (‘village’) in Bandung, the Capital of West Java Province, located in the Sunda Region of Indonesia.

This thesis aims to address offshore wind energy (OWE)-related environmental impacts.

Afgelopen jaar zijn ongeveer 2000 internationale studenten gestart met een master aan de Universiteit Leiden. Om dit mogelijk te maken bestaan er verschillende beurzen waar internationale studenten aanspraak op kunnen doen. Een van die opties is de LExS-beurs: het Leiden University Excellence Scholarship…

Endocannabinoids are lipid messengers that modulate various physiological functions by activating the cannabinoid CB1 and CB2 receptors. While the metabolism of endocannabinoids and their action at the CB receptors is fairly well studied, the molecular mechanisms governing their release and transport…

Promotor: Erik F. Smets, Co-promotores: Barbara Gravendeel, Niels Raes

Promotor: H.S. Overkleeft, Co-promotor: M. van der Stelt

Tijdens de ontwikkeling van de Humanities Campus komen veel aspecten van duurzaamheid samen. Denk bijvoorbeeld aan:

The main theme of this thesis is the theoretical study of Gaussian processes as a tool in Bayesian nonparametric statistics.

On the occasion of the appearance of the monograph "Varieties of the Self.Peter Abelard and the Mental Architecture of the Paraclete" written by Babette Hellemans and published at Brill in 2023, a workshop will be organized concerning rules of observance as ‘texts of life’ in ascetic communities. The…

IoT technology poses serval opportunities to supply chains. This thesis employs grey correlation and forecasting models, system dynamics, agent-based modeling, and ex-ante LCA to investigate and quantify the opportunities and risks of IoT-enabled sustainable supply chain operations from both industrial…