1,110 search results for “shaping” in the Staff website
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Worlds shaped by words: A cross-linguistic investigation into the neural mechanisms of lexico-syntactic feature production
PhD defence
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Jenny DoetjesFaculty of Humanities
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Stylianos Paraschiakos -
Jiang Wu -
Daniel SchadeFaculty of Humanities
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Leticia Pablos RoblesFaculty of Humanities
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Sophia NautaFaculty of Humanities
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Michael McCabe III -
Mitra Baratchi -
Sara PolakFaculty of Humanities
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Active Learning Classrooms
If you want your students to be actively involved in your lecture or tutorial, book an Active Learning Classroom!
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Call for Papers: Political Orality in Premodern and Modern Europe (and Beyond)
How did political actors speak when confronted with perceived threats to the existing order? And how did such speech, in turn, shape political outcomes over time?
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Getting Started: Grip on the PhD Process
Transferable skills
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Ancient DNA reveals lost genetic diversity in fallow deer
An international team of researchers, including emeritus professor Wil Roebroeks of Leiden University's Faculty of Archaeology, has uncovered evidence that modern fallow deer have lost much of the genetic diversity once present in their Ice Age ancestors. The findings have been published in iScience…
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Onboarding for formal leaders and managers
Leadership, Management
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Educational support units
In all matters regarding education, Leiden University faculties are supported by the Expertise Centre for Student and Educational Affairs and the Faculty Educational Office.
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Frans Willem KorstenFaculty of Humanities
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Mayke KaagAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Changing your online profile page
The information on your profile page is generated by different underlying systems. You can (request to) change or delete it. Please note that it may take some time before the adjustments are shown.
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James Webb spots the birth of a giant galaxy and a supermassive black hole
Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to catch an extraordinary glimpse of a massive galaxy taking shape in the early universe. They identified a compact group of at least six galaxies that are likely to merge into a single enormous system. At the heart of this cosmic construction site…
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Reorganisation
During a reorganisation, the University does its utmost to avoid redundancies, regardless of whether these relate to the University as a whole, to an institute or to a department of a faculty or service.
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Reserving rooms
Within the university you can reserve rooms for educational and non-regular educational purposes, but also for events, meetings and gatherings.
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Educational vision and strategy
Here, you can find an overview of the vision and strategy documents that constitute the framework for the development of education at FGGA.
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Painting and Drawing
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Lunch Workshop: Alternative Assessment Methods & AI
Course, Workshop
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LHSC Knowledge Café: From Expectations to Change – Building on the Groundbreaking Work of Andrea Evers
Knowledge Café
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Support and community
If you need any help with your research or if you encounter problems during your PhD track, Leiden University provides several different types of support for PhD candidates. There are also groups, networks and communities in which you can meet other PhD candidates.
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Alumni services
Leiden University alumni can make use of a number of University services: ULCN, career support, mentoring network and the Young Alumni Network.
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Time Management for PhD Candidates
Personal development, Transferable skills
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Argumentation training for lecturers and supervisors
Diversity
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Drawing with diverse techniques and materials
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Making Waves on the Nile: Change and Continuity In Hellenistic Egypt
Conference
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Collaborate on educational innovation and join a Special Interest Group
Education, Research
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Vacancy for second PhD Representative
Research
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Symposium: Through the Hands of Signers: History of sign language emergence, transmission, and change
Conference
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Peace Movements: A Global History
Conference
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The PhD Presentation Skills Lab
Communication, Research, Transferable skills
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Mentor-tutor system
This page provides more information about the mentor-tutor system at Leiden University. What is it? What are its objectives? Where can mentors, tutors, and coordinators find more information and teaching materials?
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Vision on education
With the Learning@LeidenUniversity vision, Leiden University leads the way in education, training students to become academic professionals and engaged citizens. Here you will find information on the eight ambitions that form the basis of the curriculum, as well as answers to questions such as: How…
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Strengthening Mental Health Research during Food for Thought Event – Health & Wellbeing
On 26 May, the Food for Thought lunch meeting about Mental Health Disorders brought together researchers from across Leiden University to explore how interdisciplinary collaboration can strengthen research and societal impact. Moderated by Judy Veldhuijzen, the session positioned mental health within…
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FSW Booster Grant 'Social Transitions' awarded to two interdisciplinary projects
Following a successful matchmaking event on 31 March, the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FSW) has awarded two FSW Booster Grants that contribute to collaboration within the profiling theme of Social Transitions. The grants support interdisciplinary initiatives between institutes as well…
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Alive or not? Tiny 3D printed robots that swim and navigate just like animals
They are only a few tens of micrometres long — far smaller than the width of a human hair – yet these robots can swim, sense, navigate and adapt in ways that look surprisingly life-like. And all this without having a brain.
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Rubicon grants for research on fire and the first light
Two talented academics from Leiden who recently obtained their PhD have been awarded a Rubicon grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The grant enables them to gain experience at a knowledge institute abroad.
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Understanding public support for budget cuts and tax increases
In her dissertation, political scientist Alessia Aspide explores how public attitudes toward fiscal policy are formed. Her key finding: fiscal preferences are not shaped in a vacuum, but are deeply embedded in institutional, political, and societal contexts.
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Dutch Research Council pilot programme funding for seven researchers
Seven researchers from Leiden University have made a successful application to the Open Competition SSH (Social Sciences and Humanities) XS, a Dutch Research Council pilot programme.
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Alex Tutwiler receives Archol grant to reveal hidden stories of child labor
PhD candidate Alex Tutwiler, from the Faculty of Archaeology, has received a grant from Archol, via the P.J.R. Modderman Foundation, to investigate how child labor shaped the bones of Dutch children between the 17th and 19th centuries. Using CT scans, she aims to build a more comprehensive picture of…
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CfP: Human Development and Its Outliers
We are pleased to announce a call for papers for a workshop within the project 'Human Development and Its Outliers' on 26 and 27 March 2026 at Leiden University.
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A quirky block of rubber as a calculator
PhD candidate Jiangnan Ding explores how you can design a thick slab of rubber in a way that it might act as a mechanical computer bit. This so-called mechanical metamaterial is pushed in a specific way to change its shape. ‘With a very simple material, we might be able to do simple calculations in…