Promotores: P. Stevenhagen, L. van Geemen (Università degli studi di Milano), Co-Supervisor: Ronald M. van Luijk

Dirk Ormel en Sarah Herms ontvingen tijdens de diesviering voor alumni op 11 februari ieder een Leidse Universitaire Scriptieprijs 2010-2011. Ormel won in de categorie humaniora, Herms schreef de beste scriptie op het gebied van de bètawetenschappen.

Van 26 t/m 30 juni 2017 organiseert de afdeling Staats- en Bestuursrecht van de Universiteit Leiden een zomercursus over de Europeanisering van het nationaal bestuursrecht in de lidstaten van de Europese Unie.

Announcement of a new publication by Janneke Verheijen, lecturer at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology.

The project seeks to develop an eco-design framework for single-use medical devices and packaging

As per January 1st, Niek Strohmaier is part of Kifid’s arbitration committee.

The ongoing increase in antimicrobial resistance combined with the low discovery of novel antibiotics is a serious threat to our health care.

Marine sponges are important members of reef ecosystems, as they play ecological roles that are essential for the health of the reef.

De DASPO-groep voor data-analyse en overleving in kanker aan het Mathematisch Instituut heeft een app ontwikkeld die persoonlijke prognoses verschaft voor patiënten met zachtweefselsarcoom. Door de agressieve aard van dergelijke tumoren is de prognose voor deze patiënten slecht, zelfs na een operatie…

Acute cardiovascular clinical events such as myocardial infarction and cerebral stroke represent the major cause of death in Western societies. These pathologies are primarily resulting from atherosclerosis, a progressive condition characterized by the accumulation of lipids, immune cells, and fibrous…

In dit artikel onderzoeken Bart Schuurman & Sarah Louise Carthy de verschillen tussen geradicaliseerde individuen en de algemene bevolking.

Op 10 november 2021 verdedigde Carmel van Niekerk-Jacobs het proefschrift 'Realising the right to reproduce with assistance in South Africa'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door prof.dr. J.J. Sloth-Nielsen en prof.dr. T. Liefaard.

Subproject of the ERC project 'Challenging the Liberal World Order from Within: The Invisible History of the United Nations and the Global South'.

Supervisor: S.F. Portegies Zwart Co-Supervisor: A.G.A. Brown

In times of hardships or crisis, local people know how to deal with it using their resourcefulness. Although efforts are sometimes made by the government to help them, they are fully aware that community support is at least equally important.

The Sundanese people, the largest ethnic group in West Java, have been using traditional medicine for a long time. Known as ubar kampung, Sundanese indigenous knowledge, beliefs and practices of traditional medicine are based on local people’s knowledge and use of Medicinal, Aromatic, and Cosmetic (MAC)…

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.

This thesis presents pioneering work on the panchromatic emission of some of the most luminous galaxies in the early Universe: star forming galaxies and active galactic nuclei.

Prof.dr. Sarah de Rijcke wordt de nieuwe rector magnificus in het College van Bestuur van de Universiteit Leiden. De Rijcke volgt per 15 januari 2026 prof.dr.ir. Hester Bijl op, die rector magnificus wordt aan de TU Delft.

Subproject of the ERC project 'Challenging the Liberal World Order from Within: The Invisible History of the United Nations and the Global South'.

Plant architecture has distinct forms in different plant species, but also within a species the finalarchitecture of a plant is determined by its gradual development and changes therein induced by environmental conditions during the plant’s life cycle.

Dit artikel onderzoekt de auteurs de inspanningen om minimale arbeidsnormen in wereldwijde toeleveringsketens te implementeren vanuit het perspectief van maatschappelijk verantwoord ondernemen.

Waarom radicaliseert de ene persoon tot betrokkenheid bij terroristisch geweld binnen een groepscontext, terwijl de ander zich alleen aan deze vorm van geweld waagt? In dit artikel vergelijken Bart Schuurman en Sarah Carthy op basis van een nieuw ontwikkelde dataset terroristen in groepsverband en terroristen…

Dit boek onderzoekt de impact van het VN-Verdrag inzake de Rechten van het Kind (IVRK) op nationale en internationale rechtspraak, sinds de aanname van dit verdrag in 1989. Het boek verschaft inzicht in de functies, uitdagingen en beperkingen van het IVRK in nationale, regionale en internationale juridische…

The different kinds of cultural perspectives on health and disease of the participants are related to their knowledge, beliefs, values and practices manifested in various forms of lifestyle in Indonesia. The cultural diversity of the population is also related to differences in health behaviour.

Promotor: J.W.M. Frenken

The European Council and the European Commission have a similar role in agenda setting. Both place issues on the EU agenda. However, these institutions have distinct designs. They have different political attributes (the European Council has considerably more political authority) and information-processing…

The soil ecosystem consists of the largest reservoir of biodiversity on Earth.

The high velocity tail of the total velocity distribution of stars provides essential insight into fundamental properties of the Galaxy.

The thesis is about the study of shell evolution of the Hydrocenidae of the genus Georissa. This thesis started with a general overview on the evolutionary process of animals due to ecological changes.

Promotor: W. Jaffe, Co-promotor: K. Meisenheimer

This dissertation is part of a broader research project that revolves around unraveling the evolution of balanced lethal systems.

The expedition commanded by Nicolas Baudin to Tenerife, Mauritius, Australia, Timor and South Africa in 1800-1804 is fully researched in regard to ornithology.

Promotor: P. T. de Zeeuw, Co-promotor: N. Neumayer; G. van de Ven

Promotor: E.F. Smets, Co-promotor: J. Geml

Promotor: J. Zaanen, Co-Promotor: V. Juricic

Cardiovascular diseases are among the most frequent causes of death in the world. The main underlying pathology of cardiovascular diseases is the development of atherosclerosis in the medium and large-sized arteries.

The research described in this thesis shows that hypercholesterolemia, a well-established risk factor for atherosclerosis, can impact skin lipid pool and barrier function already at young age. In the field of atherosclerosis, we showed that the small peptide Lyp-1 can be used as a targeting molecule…

Promotores: Prof.dr. J. Schaye, Prof.dr. S.D.M. White (MPA Garching)

This research focuses on the distribution of chemical elements in protoplanetary disks, the birthplaces of planets. These disks form around young stars and contain gas and dust, from which planets grow. Ice plays a crucial role in planet formation, aiding the clumping of dust particles and influencing…

The work in this thesis describes the fundamental role of Lkb1 as a conductor of metabolism-related processes in zebrafish larvae.

The haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) comprise about 4000 species distributed over a wide range of habitats, with great gametophytic and sporophytic morphological variation. Their monophyly is well supported by the results of several molecular phylogenetic studies, which shed light on their relationships…

De Leidse Universitaire Scriptieprijs kent dit jaar twee winnaars. Dankzij het Comité Minerva 1957 en 1961 won zowel een scriptie in de categorie bètawetenschappen als in de categorie alpha- en gammawetenschappen. In de categorie bètawetenschappen won Sarah Herms met een interdisciplinair onderzoek…

Subproject of the ERC project 'Challenging the Liberal World Order from Within: The Invisible History of the United Nations and the Global South'.

This thesis is about augmented reality (AR). AR is commonly considered a technology that integrates virtual images into a user’s view of the real world.

How can we bridge the gap between experts and the general public?

This thesis develops a method for direction dependent calibration of the ionosphere in radio interferometric data.

Where does the urge to collect come from? What are the explicit or underlying reasons for gathering large amount of objects?

At the largest scales, two ingredients dictate the distribution of matter in the Universe. The first is dark matter, acting as an invisible scaffolding held together by gravitational forces.