582 search results for “nigeria society” in the Staff website
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Engaging society in our research and teaching: what's the status at Leiden University?
You may know it by the umbrella term 'citizen science'. You may also use terms such as volunteer mapping, patient co-researcher, or even community engaged learning to describe participatory practices in your research or teaching. No matter what you call it, there’s plenty going on when it comes to this…
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Finding our way out of the hyper-nervous society? ‘Time to pause and reflect on our basic human needs’
Hit the brakes! That’s the advice of the Council for Public Health and Society in a recent report. Eight psychologists share their insights on how to slow down and reconnect.
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know very little about how multilingualism works outside Western societies’
Professor Felix Ameka and university lecturer Maria del Carmen Parafita Couta have received an NWO Open Competition grant together with Enoch Aboh (University of Amsterdam) to do research on ‘code-switching’: switching languages by multilinguals.
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Christoph Niessen
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Jan-Bart GewaldAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Roxane de Massol de RebetzFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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of expertise makes placebo research accessible for healthcare and society
Positive expectations about treatment increase the likelihood of success. The new Center for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies Leiden is therefore promoting research on the placebo effect and offering expertise and training for care providers. At the opening, the founders demonstrated their VR communications…
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researcher, my work only becomes truly relevant once it is used in society’
Green cities and a well-protected food system: Roy Remme and Oliver Taherzadeh study ways to achieve these. But how can their scientific findings lead to societal change? They share their experiences with science-policy initiatives.
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Thorsten CarstensenFaculty of Humanities
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Nico Arts
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Alec Aldrich
Faculty of Humanities
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Juliet HuangFaculty of Humanities
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Hubert MooimanFaculty of Humanities
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Thirza Vis
Faculty of Humanities
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Maxim Osipov
Faculty of Humanities
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Kim SommerFaculty of Humanities
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Ad MaasFaculty of Humanities
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Vamba SherifFaculty of Humanities
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Maaike HommesFaculty of Humanities
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Talitha SchepersFaculty of Humanities
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Marc Argeloo
Faculty of Humanities
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Jennifer Dijkman
Faculty of Humanities
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Nina SchatFaculty of Humanities
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Wouter Dijkman
Faculty of Humanities
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Megan O'Neil -
Lola DigardFaculty of Humanities
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Wessel Kornegoor
Faculty of Humanities
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Daniela TascaFaculty of Humanities
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Maaike Siemes
LURIS
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Wonu VeysFaculty of Humanities
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Seraina RenzFaculty of Humanities
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Saskia Cohen-WillnerFaculty of Humanities
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Hanna Swaab
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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with linguistic skills have always played a very important role in society’
Who was professionally involved in language between 1550 and 1650? And what were the financial returns of this language sector? Assistant Professor Alisa van de Haar has received an ERC Starting Grant to map out the situation in Northwest Europe between 1550 and 1650.
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Mensenrechten overal anders geïnterpreteerd. Hoe kan dat?
Hoe kan het dat universele mensenrechten wereldwijd niet hetzelfde in de praktijk worden gebracht?
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Benito investigated benefits scandal: ‘rules can profoundly impact society’
The child benefits scandal caused significant harm to families. The independent Hamer Commission specifically investigated the link between the scandal and the removal of children from their homes. Public Administration student Benito Walker was a member of this commission and shares his experiences…
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Theoretical Physics: ‘The problems I study can come from anywhere in society’
The financial sector, supply chains and ecology. Not necessarily topics you might associate with physics, yet it’s exactly what new professor Diego Garlaschelli is dealing with. The common thread? Complex networks.
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screen. Leiden partnership wins award from the Royal Astronomical Society
Simulation project EAGLE has won the 2022 Group Achievement Award of the Royal Astronomical Society. EAGLE is a large collection of simulations about the formation of galaxies. The largest simulation contains as many as 6.8 billion particles and took months to calculate on the world's fastest superc…
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In conversation with our researchers during the Dutch Bio Science Week
The past few days we interviewed several of our researchers about their various studies during Dutch Bio Science Week. They answered questions such as what impact their research has on our future and with whom they have established valuable collaborations.
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Health@FSW: From loving-kindness meditation to selective mutism
Can kindness training increase political tolerance? And how can we better support children with selective mutism? During the Health@FSW knowledge market and exchange event on 26 May 2025, researchers from all five institutes showcased how their work aligns with the faculty’s research strategy and contributes…
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Crystal EnnisFaculty of Humanities
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Focussing on lifelong mental health
A healthy and happy society. This is what researchers from the Faculty of Social Sciences are working towards, together with a selection of partners from different disciplines and regions. To further structure research about Health and Well-being, the faculty has identified three focus area’s. Researchers…
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Teaching Prize winner Ayo Adedokun: teaching is a calling
‘Teaching is not merely a profession; it’s a calling.’ These were the words of Ayo Adedokun on winning the LUS Teaching Prize at the opening of the academic year on 6 September. The prize is for the best lecturer of the year.
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ISGA Contributes to Training African Officers in Military Diplomacy
The Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) of Leiden University contributed to the design and teaching of modules of this year’s edition of the Ministry of Defence’s ‘International Military Cooperation Course Africa’.
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Political Science Master’s thesis prize 2021: the nominees
Tradition has it that at the end of each academic year, the best master’s thesis in Political Science is awarded a prize. For 2021-2022, the jury is considering six nominations. All of great quality, but on different topics. These range from political party bans to questions regarding commitment within…
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Carmen van MulierFaculty of Humanities
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Amaranth FeuthFaculty of Humanities
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Marieke Drost -
Stijn De CauwerFaculty of Humanities
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Fatima al Moufridji