1,185 search results for “museum collecties and society” in the Staff website
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Afshin EllianFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Legacies: Why Museum Histories Matter
Conference
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Matthijs WesteraFaculty of Humanities
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Mustafa ColakFaculty of Humanities
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A peek inside art objects: new algorithm makes CT scan more accessible
An X-ray scanner, some small metal balls, and a newly developed algorithm. That is all you need to make a 3D model that enables you to look inside art objects without dismantling them. Thanks to the research of Francien Bossema (Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica and Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer…
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Gabriel Spautz VieiraFaculty of Archaeology
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Johanneke PortieljeFaculty of Medicine
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Alien van der VlietFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Mat ImmerzeelFaculty of Humanities
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Rosa van der MastFaculty of Medicine
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Ria Reis
Faculty of Medicine
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Thea Vliet VlielandFaculty of Medicine
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Michiel HooykaasFaculty of Science
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Gül Aktürk HauserFaculty of Archaeology
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Jacobijn GusseklooFaculty of Medicine
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Ang LiFaculty of Archaeology
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Sjoerd GoslingaFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Jeanin van HooftFaculty of Medicine
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Arnout van ReeFaculty of Humanities
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Michael VliekFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Margaret GoldLURIS
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Anna HeerdinkFaculty of Science
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Femke Tomas -
Sam de RuiterFaculty of Archaeology
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How can academics be supported in the face of threats on social media?
'Academics who share their knowledge with the outside world on social media are often insulted or even threatened. Especially female academics and academics of colour seem to regularly be the victim of sexist and racist comments.' This is what Ineke Sluiter, Professor of Greek Language and Literature…
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Getting to grips with invisible interests
With the childcare benefits scandal in the Netherlands, certain interests in society were hidden for long to politics and governance. With the farmers’ protests, on the other hand, the major economic and political interests at stake were hidden for long to society. In her inaugural lecture on 16 September,…
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‘Value to society has our full attention’
Rector Magnificus Hester Bijl can see dilemmas but above all opportunities in the search to increase the societal value of research in Leiden.
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Online hate speech undermines society
International Day of Education 2024 is dedicated to the role of education in countering hate speech. Assistant Professor Michael Klos says, 'When people are constantly derided online and that goes unpunished, they may start to withdraw from public discourse.'
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Book Launch Research Handbook on End of Life Care and Society
Book launch
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Call Healthy Society Programme (Grant Scheme)
Research
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Shelley van der Veek
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Anke Klein appointed as faculty lead of the Leiden Healthy Society Center
Dr. Anke Klein, head of the Knowledge Center for Anxiety and Stress in Youth (KAS) and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, has been appointed as faculty lead of the Leiden Healthy Society Center (LHSC) on behalf of Leiden University.
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Food for Thought lunch meeting: Politics and society in the aftermath of the 2025 elections
Lecture, Food for Thought
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Former scientific director physics remains active. ‘Through this role, I continue being part of the future.’
For many years, he was active in various management positions at the LION and even after his retirement he is still very involved. Professor Jan Aarts leads the Leiden hub of the Quantum Delta NL growth fund and is now temporarily responsible for national educational activities. In this way, he is helping…
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LeidenGlobal Dialogues - Egyptian Mummified Remains in Museums
Lecture
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Museum Meets University at Rijksmuseum Boerhaave
Arts and culture
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'Society would flourish with new farming styles’
‘The climate crisis is the greatest threat we face,’ says Leiden University environmental scientist Paul Behrens. ‘And yet, there is hope. In the near future, I think we will wonder why we didn’t make these changes earlier.’
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'Curators are ordinary people who sometimes find themselves in extraordinary circumstances'
Ruurd Halbertsma combines his work as a curator and professor by special appointment with writing thrillers. 'I'd rather respond to the discussion on looted art this way than by joining talk shows.'
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Research Night: Re-wriggling the Museum
Arts and culture
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Allard de GraafFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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‘Scandals mean society is actually doing well’
Whereas the Netherlands Court of Audit used to conduct an investigation once a year, the average civil service organisation now has a few per year to contend with. Is so much going wrong nowadays? Not at all, says Professor by Special Appointment Sjoerd Keulen. ‘It’s one of the methods that makes democracy…
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Restricting student numbers will cost society billions
A cap on the number of international students at the five broad-based Randstad universities will have a drastic effect on the Dutch economy. The gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to decline by approximately 4 to 5 billion euros. Regions, businesses and society as a whole will feel the consequ…
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Zane Kripe
Faculty of Science
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Judi MesmanFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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These were Leiden University’s interdisciplinary milestones of 2023
Connecting worlds, enhancing research and teaching, and providing innovative solutions to complex social issues: that is the idea behind interdisciplinary research. In that respect, a huge amount happened at Leiden University in 2023.
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Jacqueline Meulman receives honorary membership at statistics society VVSOR
Emeritus Professor of Applied Statistics Jacqueline Meulman received an honorary membership during the annual meeting of the Netherlands Society for Statistics and Operations Research (VVSOR). This makes her the eleventh honorary member of the society.
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Thijs Porck elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
Thijs Porck, university lecturer of medieval English at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (RHS).
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Separating AI fact from fiction at the AI & Society Conference
Researchers and policymakers are welcome to attend the AI & Society Conference in The Hague on Friday 23 June. The SAILS interdisciplinary research programme will be taking a nuanced look at the state of the art of AI technology. And offering fresh perspectives.
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Francesca Arici wants to raise maths awareness in society
Mathematician Francesca Arici has joined the Raising Public Awareness Committee of the European Mathematical Society. She aims to coordinate and unite the European efforts of communicating and promoting mathematics. ‘We also hope to achieve more recognition for people who do science communication.’
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‘Migration society asks for an interdisciplinary approach’
Peter Scholten is one of the four professors that were officially appointed as Leiden-Delft-Erasmus professor last week. Apart from his appointment at the Erasmus University, he has now also been appointed at FGGA. We asked Scholten five questions about his double appointment and the collaboration between…