938 search results for “social cognitive” in the Staff website
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Arnout KoornneefFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Veronica Janssen
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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multifaceted approach to understand cognitive impairment in MS: Exploring the nonlinearity of cognition
PhD defence
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The interaction between Arousal and Cognitive Control
PhD defence
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Kees Goudswaard won’t be whiling away his days
After 45 years at Leiden University, it is time for Kees Goudswaard to retire. In his farewell lecture, he reflects on developments in his field: social security.
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What works in social work? Large-scale research into social resilience policy interventions
The need for knowledge among practitioners and the lack of an academic knowledge base for specifically collective arrangements of social work in the Netherlands were the reason for Anouk de Koning, Femke Kaulingfreks and Maartje van der Woude to start working on a Dutch Research Agenda (NWA) application…
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Siddharth DivakaruniFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Elise KortinkFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Katharina RiebelFaculty of Science
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Michael McCabe IIIFaculty of Archaeology
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Marina TerkourafiFaculty of Humanities
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Arie VerhagenFaculty of Humanities
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Hall of Fame Social and Behavioural Sciences 2025
The past year was once again a year of outstanding achievements and strong engagement for the Faculty of Social Sciences. In this hall of fame, we proudly highlight a selection of awards, grants and appointments as part of the many valuable contributions — visible and behind the scenes — that together…
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Iliana SamaraFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Anne MiersFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Alexa SchrickelSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Isabelle HoxhaFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Sebo UitholFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Eline DekeysterFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Jop Groeneweg
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Pascal HaazebroekFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Michiel Westenberg advocates prevention for social anxiety: ‘Why wait until the damage has been done?’
Shyness is perfectly normal, Michiel Westenberg stated in his farewell lecture. But that doesn’t mean that social anxiety shouldn’t be identified and addressed in good time. ‘Serious shyness has strong genetic roots; you don’t just get over it.’
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Jiemiao ChenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Update and reminder: Call for proposals Social Resilience & Security programme
On behalf of the interdisciplinary programme Social Resilience & Security, we would like to remind you of the call for proposals for seed funding (up to €4.000) to boost interdisciplinary research.
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Success with NWO for social and behavioural scientists
Ten Leiden social and behavioural scientists have successfully applied for the NWO Open Competition. With this Open Competition, NWO gives researchers the chance to start small, high-risk, innovative or promising research projects.
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Leiden University joins Global Coalition for Social Justice
Leiden University has become a partner of the Global Coalition for Social Justice.
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Special training and testing reveal children's potential for learning
Traditional school tests, like the Dutch CITO, largely reflect students' existing knowledge and abilities. However, dynamic testing sheds light on students' learning potential, discovered Mirjam de Vreeze in her PhD research. This approach is especially promising for children with learning challenges,…
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How Indonesian communities organise their own social security
Many poor people in Indonesia mainly rely on their family members, neighbours and the local community as a social safety net. One of the forms of aid from the community is called ‘jimpitan’ in Central Java. PhD candidate Ayu Swaningrum researched how this social security system works.
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LEF grant for Semiha Aydin to pilot social anxiety treatment
Semiha Aydin is one of the three first-generation researchers who received a grant from the Leiden Empowerment Fund to stimulate their scientific career.
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Philip SpinhovenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Welmer MolenmakerFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Jeroen TouwenFaculty of Humanities
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Christa ToblerFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Andrea SpruijtFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Kees GoudswaardFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Nina KomrijFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Jochanan VeerbeekFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Social Science Matters: scientist about voting behaviour
How do people vote? How rational are voting choices? How much do external factor weigh in? In this article social scientis provide some background.
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Angelo RomanoFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Guus Heerma van VossFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Niels van DoesumFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Exhibition on scripts at Oude UB: Pseudo or Don’t
What is writing? And what looks like writing, but isn’t? The Pseudo or Don’t pop-up exhibition explores the boundaries of scripts. The exhibition will run at Oude UB from 9 to 26 October.
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Maria del Carmen Parafita CoutoFaculty of Humanities
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Illusions as the key: how spatial technology can help patients
Spatial technology such as virtual reality can help patients who have difficulty with spatial cognition, for instance if they keep on losing their way. In her inaugural lecture, neuropsychologist Ineke van der Ham will talk about the importance of avatars, the patient experience and room for innovat…
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Do you have a hard time with uncertainty? This may influence how you perceive the world
Always taking the same route to work, going for that one dish in restaurants and going on the same holiday each summer: this may ring a bell for those who don’t like uncertainty. Researchers are now discovering that this aversion affects how we understand the world.
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Helen SteeleFaculty of Humanities
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Chen WangFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Joyce OutshoornFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Zijian LiSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Shannon YuenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences