Promotores: Prof.dr. W.J.G.M. Peijnenburg & Dr. M.G. Vijver

Van maandag 10 tot woensdag 12 juni 2019 vertegenwoordigden Jeroen Wolbers, Wout Broekema en Sanneke Kuipers het Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) op de vierde editie van de Noord-Europese Conferentie over Nood- en Rampenonderzoek (NEEDS).

Het Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) biedt onderwijsprogramma’s aan op bachelor- en masterniveau. Tevens zijn er minoren, wordt er online onderwijs aangeboden en is er onderwijs voor professionals.

Een lijst met wetenschappelijke publicaties samengesteld door het team van het TRIXY Expertisecentrum.

Promotie

There is accumulating evidence for an increase in severe global drought events. In particular, Europe experienced several severe droughts in 2003, 2015, and 2018 (unprecedented in the past 2,110 years). Such droughts have caused serious and far-reaching impacts on terrestrial ecosystems.

Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death worldwide. The most important risk factor for developing this disease is high cholesterol levels in the blood.

De programmagroep Leer- en Gedragsproblemen in het Onderwijs doet onderzoek naar stagnaties die kunnen optreden in de cognitieve ontwikkeling.

Promotor: M. Danhof Co-promotor: O.E. Della Pasqua

LCA has become an important method to study environmental impacts of human activities. Still, there are several methodological issues in LCA that can adversely affect the results reliability.

There is concern about the threat that nanoplastics (NPs) may pose to both wildlife and humans. This thesis explores the mechanisms of toxicity of polystyrene nanoparticles (PS-NPs) in chicken embryo.

Promotor: Prof.dr. J. Kuiper

'Let's make this a twice-yearly tradition!'– a feeling shared by many after the vibrant Research Day. Engagement started early, with participants connecting informally over good coffee before the formal start of the event on 19 November.

Like many moot court competitions around the world, the Leiden-Sarin International Air Law Moot Court Competition was conducted fully online this year. The International Air Law Moot Court is an unparalleled forum for bringing together students and aviation professionals who share a passion for air…

De shortlist voor de Prof. Dr. J.Th.J. van den Berg-prijs 2019. Wie schreven de beste politicologische bachelorscripties?

Van het filteren van uv-licht in zonnebrandcrème tot het voorkomen van zweetgeur in sokken en het steriliseren van koelkasten en wasmachines. Steeds vaker gebruiken producenten nanodeeltjes in producten. Maar wat is het effect van deze miniscule deeltjes op het milieu?

We zijn nog onvoldoende in staat om de reikwijdte en impact van cybersecurity vraagstukken te zien, meent professor Bibi van den Berg in een artikel op de website van iBestuur online. Zij pleit voor een bredere focus, bijvoorbeeld door niet alleen systemen maar ook mensen als risicodragers te zien.

The findings in this thesis improve the understanding of 1) the relationship between exposure characteristics and toxicity of ENPs, 2) the joint toxic action of ENP mixtures and the comparison to metal salt mixtures, 3) how NOM affects the individual and joint toxicity of ENPs, 4) the extent of trophic…

Projecten in de afdeling Industrial Ecology

Promotie

The majority (80%) of e-waste generated globally are recycled informally in developing countries.

With tomography it is possible to reconstruct the interior of an object without destroying.

Promotor: A.W. van der Vaart

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Promotor: Prof.dr. J.N. Kok

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Promotores: C.A.J. Knibbe, D. Tibboel, Co-Promotor: P. Bruins

The thesis describes terrestrial field trials aimed to detect side-effects of pesticides within the framework of pesticide registration procedures. Field trials were developed using vascular plants Brassica napus and Poa annua, caterpillars Pieris brassicae and effects on decomposition were studied…

Researchers from the Department of Economics - Kees Goudswaard, Koen Caminada, Marike Knoef, Pierre Koning and Olaf van Vliet - have been awarded a grant of one million euros by Instituut Gak to investigate self-sufficiency and social protection.

We strive to address the challenge of constructing a modeling language to write software which can take advantage of recent hardware developments (multicore, cloud) without compromising in its abstraction levels.

Modeling and analysis of cyber-physical systems are still challenging. One reason is that cyber-physical systems involve many different parts (cyber or physical), of different nature (discrete or continuous), and in constant interaction via sensing and actuating.

If X is a locally compact Hausdorff space, then a representation of the complex C* algebra C_0(X) on a Hilbert space $H$ is given by a spectral measure that takes its values in the orthogonal projections on $H$.

Make use of this time to improve your language skills by signing up for custom-made online language classes.

Promotor: Prof.dr. S. Portegies Zwart

Computer Science LIACS Over het instituut

The LUGO Press is a student publication forum, rooted in academia and journalistic practices and published by the Leiden University Green Office.

Het project is gefinancierd door SoFoKleS en mede mogelijk gemaakt door steun vanuit en samenwerking met de Universiteit Utrecht en verschillende partijen binnen de Universiteit Leiden.

De volgende Fellows zijn inmiddels afgezwaaid aan de Leiden Teachers' Academy.

In this course, we will focus on the fascinating history of the Arabic Medieval World. We will take you on a journey through the Middle Ages. All along, we will present you with historiographical debates and dilemmas and travel back and forth in time explaining to you how events of the past affected…

Cool Little Kids is een onderzoeksproject ter preventie van angstproblemen bij verlegen en teruggetrokken kinderen van 3-6 jaar die extreem verlegen of angstig zijn.

In dit interdisciplinaire onderzoeksprogramma werken onderzoekers uit vijf verschillende disciplines met elkaar samen. Zij stellen zich hieronder (in het Engels) aan u voor.

The complexity of an intelligence problem determines to a great extent the certainty that can be provided by intelligence and security services.

Afgestudeerden van de bachelor Security Studies aan de Universiteit Leiden hebben toegang tot diverse masterprogramma's en uitstekende carrièrekansen. Ontwikkel je als beveiligingsstrateeg en vergroot je kansen op een succesvolle carrière in zowel de publieke als private sector.

Cardiovascular disease is a major global burden and atherosclerosis is the main underlying pathological process.

Fungal infections pose a significant threat to individuals with compromised immune systems and despite advancements in diagnosis and treatment, they continue to jeopardize patient’s health.

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.