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Using VR to experience how it feels when a patient throws a shoe at you
Psychology students usually only get to meet patients very late in their studies. Therefore, neuroscientists Ineke van der Ham and Judith Schomaker want to research whether students learn more effectively from a virtual experience with a patient with dementia than from a text. Schomaker: 'We have plans…
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Professor Pieter ter Keurs: 'People collect to function'
Professor Pieter ter Keurs has spent his entire career studying collecting. Now, he is retiring. ‘I hope the focus on collections will carry on.’
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HABA HABA: Sustainability, Corporate Responsibility and Entrepreneurial Enthusiasm
At the faculty of Governance and Global Affairs we are proud to celebrate social entrepreneurship, which is why we decided to introduce you to an amazing project by two of our students: Kimberly Schoenmaker and Caroline Flohr. Ambitious, driven and incredibly conscious of the corporate responsibility…
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‘The disaster in Japan may turn out to be a turning point’
‘There is no such thing as a timeless Japanese soul,’ says newly appointed Professor in Modern Japan Studies Katarzyna Cwiertka. The first month of her professorship turned out to be a crucial test: Japan was hit by a destructive earthquake and tsunami, and Cwiertka had to keep her head in the midst…
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‘Science is always the foundation for finding the best treatment, but we should broaden our scope'
As of 1 August, Anika Bexkens has been appointed Professor of Evidence-Based Clinical Practice for Child and Adolescent Mental Health. Her research focuses on the optimal application of scientific knowledge in practice. ‘Scientists and practitioners often speak past each other.’
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North Korea uses ingenious constructions to supply forced labour to the EU
Companies in Poland employ North Korean forced labourers on a large scale. Some of these companies are supported by the European Union. These are the findings of a research team headed by Leiden Professor of Korean Studies Remco Breuker and employment lawyer Imke van Gardingen. The study is still ongoing…
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NATO Chief Rutte in conversation with The Hague students: ‘I’m glad about Trump’
Wearing All Stars and ‘just’ a pair of jeans, with a backpack slung over his shoulder. It was an informal Friday afternoon with Mark Rutte, NATO Secretary General, at Wijnhaven. Perched on a desk, he took questions from students in the audience.
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Students from Colombia win Children’s Rights Moot Court 2021
The team from Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia) came out on top at the international online Moot Court organised by Leiden University and law firm Baker McKenzie.
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Rob Goedemans: 'I'm sure we'll get through this together'
Rob Goedemans (52) is an information manager at the department Information Management and Facilities (IFZ) and member of the crisis team. He is involved in facilitating and providing information about distance learning. We asked Rob how he is helping our faculty through this hectic period.
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Honours Class students succeed and impress at Model EU Simulation event
In Spring 2023, Leiden University’s Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs (FGGA) launched a new Honours Class ‘Model European Union Simulation: Policies, Negotiations and Transatlantic Experiential Learning’.
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Dutch astronomers photograph possible toddler planet by chance
A group of astronomers was actually examining the dust disc around the young double star CS Cha, when they saw a small dot on the edge of their images. It turned out to be a small planet of only a few million years young, which moves along with the double star. Whether it is a super-Jupiter in the making…
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Plastic Soup Surfer calls for sustainable academic year
One person can already make a difference, and if all students and academics were eco-friendly, the world would be a much more sustainable place. Plastic Soup Surfer Merijn Tinga opened the academic year in Leiden with this message.
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You make your best friends in your late adolescence
What happens in young people's brains when they win money for someone else? Psychologist Elisabeth Schreuders has shown that the brain responds differently according to the type of friendship and that the response is strongest with stable relationships later in adolescence. PhD defence on 6 March.
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Adolescents don't just think of themselves
Parents often see that when their sweet, socially-minded children become adolescents they change into selfish 'hotel guests' who think only of themselves. But adolescents become increasingly better at weighing up one another's interests. This discovery has been made by development psychologist Rosa…
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Expert Exchange on accountability for crimes against children in Ukraine
Leiden University co-hosts Council of Europe expert exchange on accountability for crimes against children in Ukraine
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Aris Politopoulos’ Leiden Experience: “video games can provide new avenues for research”
Seven years ago, Aris Politopoulos left Athens for a master’s programme at the Leiden Faculty of Archaeology. Now he has nearly finished his PhD dissertation. Furthermore, he has become a lecturer at the research group for the Archaeology of the Near East, and co-founded a foundation that deals with…
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Why is it now that the Left has momentum in Latin America (and how long it will last)
The left is gaining more and more ground on the political map of Latin America, with the elections in Colombia as the most recent example. But what’s behind this pull to the left? Professor of Modern Latin American History Patricio Silva talks about the current political situation in the region.
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The link between The Hague bonfires and different types of citizenship
For the third year in a row, the bonfires in the Duindorp and Scheveningen neighbourhoods in The Hague during New Year's Eve have been cancelled. According to Professor Henk te Velde, the fight for the bonfires represents something bigger: angry citizens.
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Professor Judi Mesman's portrait festively unveiled in Senate Chamber
A truly special moment in the Senate Chamber of the Academy Building: the portrait of Professor Judi Mesman has been unveiled. 'Leiden University only reserves places in this chamber for its foremost scholars, and you are certainly one of them,' said Rector Magnificus Hester Bijl.
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Leiden University in The Hague – Researchers of the City
Exhibition
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Approaching equilibrium in a dynamic network
PhD defence
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Spectral Signatures of Breaking of Ensemble Equivalence
PhD defence
- Medieval Middle East Meeting (1ECTS)
- Forum Antiquum Lectures Series Spring 2023
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Human dignity, autonomy and accountability
Lecture
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Book presentation: 'Radicalized Conservatism in Israel' by Mateo Cohen
Book presentation
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The Metamorphosis of Change: A Study of Plato’s Theory of change
PhD defence
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The Advent of Abrī: The First Wave of Paper Marbling in the Long 16th Century (ca. 1496–1616)
PhD defence
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Connect & Exchange: A national training and community platform for research data professionals
Webinar, discussion
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Digits & Deviations of Dynamical Systems
PhD defence
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CellEKT: a chemical proteomics platform to study the kinome
PhD defence
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Digital Humanities Pilot Project Symposium 2025
Symposium
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Launch of Marco Bronckers’ Liber Amicorum
Conference, Book launch
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LUCIR US Elections Roundtable 1: Comparative perspectives on campaigning, polarisation, and political violence
Debate
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Fireside Peace Chat with Arnold Stepanyan
Debate, Fireside Peace Chats
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Use of Chemical Weapons – from Attribution to Accountability
Conference, Seminar
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Illuminating Spreading Depolarization: Mechanisms, Consequences & Therapeutic Targets
PhD defence
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A multidisciplinary conversation on 'The Story of Constitutions' – Wim Voermans’ latest book
Book presentation
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Treatment with anti-CGRP (receptor) antibodies for migraine: Can we predict effectiveness?
PhD defence
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Flow and Vasculature in Organ-on-a-Chip systems
PhD defence
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Radicalisering bij minderjarigen en overheidsingrijpen
PhD defence
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Saxophone Without Mouthpiece
PhD defence
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Randomized controlled trials in Ear, Nose and Throat surgery and Neurosurgery
PhD defence
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Dormancy in stochastic interacting systems
PhD defence
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Data Driven Donation Strategies
PhD defence
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The glycocalyx; a diagnostic and therapeutic target in cardiometabolic diseases
PhD defence
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Thromboinflammation in high-risk human populations
PhD defence
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Transcribing: Between Listening, Memory, and Invention
PhD defence
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Omgang met regels
PhD defence
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The parabolic Anderson model on Galton-Watson trees
PhD defence