This thesis deals with the use of sound in interactions in the context of participatory systems and data sonification. We investigate an interactive environment where participants perceive information of the data through sound elements.

How are new drugs developed? This question is central to the Minor Modern Drug Discovery (MDD), which covers the entire trajectory from disease to drug molecule and vice versa. The various research groups involved offer a complementary and interdisciplinary perspective by connecting the diverse subjects…

Moritz Jesse en Elena Kukovica van het Europa Instituut leverde een bijdrage tijdens de 2024 IMISCOE Annual Conference in Lissabon die gehouden werd van 2 tot 5 juli 2024.

Dr. Letizia Lo Giacco ontvangt de Rosalyn Higgins Prijs 2024 voor haar artikel getiteld 'When a Dispute Exists: The Emerging Evidentiary Practice of the ICJ in Common Interests Proceedings'.

Op 20 juni 2024 organiseerde het Europa Instituut de jaarlijkse PhD-dag in het Gravensteengebouw. Promovendi in Europees recht kwamen bijeen om hun onderzoeksprojecten te presenteren, input van voorlopige bevindingen te delen en te discussiëren met collega's en begeleiders. De dag was gevuld met interessante…

Veel van de grote uitdagingen van de 21ste eeuw (klimaatverandering, internationale migratie, financiële instabiliteit, sociaal-economische ongelijkheid) vinden hun oorsprong in de organisatie van de wereldeconomie. Elke oplossing voor de grote uitdagingen van de wereld vereist daarom krachtige beleidsinterventies…

Een nieuw kabinet, brandhaarden in de wereld en natuurlijk veel wetenschap: dit zijn de vijf verhalen van de Universiteit Leiden die jullie graag lazen in 2024.

Hoogleraar Algemene Geschiedenis Wim van den Doel heeft de Boerhaave Biografieprijs 2024 gewonnen. Van den Doel krijgt de prijs voor zijn boek 'Snouck. Het volkomen geleerdenleven van Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje'.

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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…

Food security is challenged by a growing global population and by climate change. Drought and soil salinity are considered the most important ones that inhibit crop yield and distribution. Worryingly, climate change is predicted to increase not only their frequency and severity, but also their co-occurrence,…

In this PhD study, I aim to deepen our understanding of the influence of major mycorrhizal types, namely arbuscular mycorrhizae (AM) and ectomycorrhizae (EM), on the global soil carbon cycle and their potential distribution changes under future environmental shifts.

This thesis focuses on the synthesis, characterization and performance towards CO2 electroreduction of mono and bi-metallic particles based on p-block metals

Patients share valuable advice and experiences with their peers in online patient discussion groups.

The application of nanomaterials in industrial processes and consumer products provides many societal benefits, but can also lead to the release of nanomaterials into the environment. The work in this dissertation aims to provide insights into the potential environmental impacts that may follow from…

This thesis explored the molecular pharmacological mechanisms of targeting CB2R via investigation of novel drug discovery concepts such as target binding kinetics, allosteric modulation and biased signaling.

The University of Trento hosts the biennial conference of the International Reynard Society, taking place on September 25-28 2024. Deadline for paper/session submissions: December 31.

Religious Studies at the University of Amsterdam organises a postgraduate seminar on current issues in religious studies and western esotericism. You can find the programme for the year 2023-2024 below.

On 4 and 5 April 2024, the conference "Waterways and Literary Channels of the Premodern World" will take place at Ghent University. The conference is organized within the framework of the Scientific Research Network "Literatures without Borders". Proposals for 20-minute papers, round-table contributions…

The Diplo21 network organizes scientific meetings to provide young researchers working on diplomacy and written practices in medieval Europe with a forum for scientific dialogue and debate, independent of national historiographic traditions. The first theme chosen is 'the charter's spaces'. The particular…

Uit de Duurzaamheidsmonitor 2024 blijkt dat de Universiteit Leiden opnieuw belangrijke stappen heeft gezet richting een duurzamere en toekomstbestendige universiteit. Sinds 1990 is de CO₂-uitstoot met 50 procent verminderd en ten opzichte van 2019 daalde het aardgasverbruik met 32 procent. Ook het totale…

Het vertrekpunt van dit onderzoek is de bevinding dat het menselijk brein vatbaar is voor allerlei denkfouten en vooringenomenheden (biases), die onze percepties kleuren en onze redenaties beïnvloeden, zonder dat we dit bewust doorhebben. Integendeel, mensen hebben veelal het gevoel dat zij slechts…

Heeft de mens een vrije wil? Zien wij de wereld anders dan zij werkelijk is? Kunnen morele oordelen juist of onjuist zijn? Met Filosofie in Leiden stel jij vragen die dwars door de verschillende vakgebieden heenlopen en bestudeer je de theorieën van grote denkers, van vroeger én nu.

Students Practicing Citizen Journalism

Het begrijpen van het veranderende landschap van extremisme in de 21e eeuw.

How and to what extent the historic house (re-)constructs identity through image-making in China.

The Economics and Governance specialisation of the Master in Public Administration teaches you to formulate problem-solving approaches to concrete policy issues found at the intersection between economics and public administration. This specialisation is a unique joint offering of the Department of…

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.

This dissertation explores how Large Language Models (LLMs) can effectively and responsibly contribute to complex decision-making processes. By combining AI and human intelligence, Hybrid Intelligence (HI) emerges, allowing the strengths of both humans and machines to be utilized.

Voltammetry plays a crucial role in modern scientific research by offering valuable insights into the electrochemical properties of materials, with wide-ranging applications in fields such as materials science, energy storage, corrosion studies, and sensor development.

Promotor: R.D. Gill, F. Taroni

Promotor: Prof. dr. Arnold Tukker & Prof. dr. René Kemp (Maastricht University)

Promotor: J.N. Kok, Co-promotor: M.S. Lew

Promotor: S.M. Verduyn Lunel

This article 'Shaping the European External Action Service and its post-Lisbon crisis management structures: an assessment of the EU High Representatives’ political leadership' assesses the role, influence and core aspects of the EU High Representatives’ (HR/VPs) “political leadership” in the context…

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.

Taxonomy as a science has accumulated data and knowledge for more than 250 years.

Promotor: J.M. van den Broek Co-promotor: M.C. de Vries

The study of orchid flowers, fruits, and inflorescences is crucial due to the remarkable diversity of orchid species and their unique adaptations to pollinators and seed dispersers. However, our understanding of the evolution and development of these organs within the orchid family remains limited.

Dark matter is one of the biggest mysteries of the Universe. Its properties cannot be explained with the known laws of physics and elementary particles.

Promotor: R. Verpoorte, Co-promotores: Y.H.Choi, N.R. Mustafa

Promotores: Prof.dr. G. Miley & Prof.dr. J.M. van den Broek

The mycorrhizal symbiosis is among the most widespread species interactions on Earth⁠. This thesis focuses on orchid mycorrhiza, a unique mycorrhizal type that has caught scientists’ attention for centuries⁠.

A management strategy has been developed for field margins to reduce pesticide drift to non-target areas and to promote biodiversity on arable land. To this end, 3 and 6 m wide strips along the edges of winter wheat, sugar beet and potato crops have been left unsprayed with herbicides and insecticides…

The aim of the research presented in this thesis was to develop new methods forchallenging systems in liquid-state NMR using paramagnetic effects generated by thetwo-armed probe CLaNP-5.

This thesis focuses on using liposomes in two different treatment strategies; vaccination (or immunotherapy) and delivery of a small molecule, and in two different disease models; cancer and atherosclerosis.