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Eight professors receive double appointment simultaneously
Delft, Nov. 15th, 2022 – Today, eight professors were simultaneously inaugurated as ‘Medical Delta professors’ at Leiden University, LUMC, TU Delft, Erasmus University and/or Erasmus MC. With an appointment of two or more of these five academic institutions, they combine technology and healthcare in…
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On barriers and bridges: autoimmune rheumatic diseases and the road to a cure
Hans Ulrich Scherer is Professor of Rheumatology, in particular Translational Rheumatology. He wants to build bridges between research and clinical practice and between departments and organisations at home and abroad. Scherer will give his inaugural lecture next Friday. ‘To make progress, we have to…
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National conference for and by starting empirical legal scholars
On Friday 5 February 2021 the online conference of the Dutch Platform of Empirical Legal Studies (ELS) took place. This conference served as a platform to bring young, enthusiastic and driven ELS scholars together in a research community and enable them to learn more and discuss about empirical research…
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LIBC Publieksdag 2025: hoopvolle inzichten in hersenonderzoek
From historical understandings to new treatments: during the Public Day of the Leiden Institute for Brain & Cognition, curious visitors learned how rapidly research into brain disorders is evolving. ‘I found the neurosurgery and the research on organoids on chips particularly fascinating.’
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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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Caught in the middle? Beer and policy in a Leiden neighbourhood
For my Policy in Practice research project, Elise van Dansik engaged with a problem that Leiden ‘Social Domain’ policy officers saw themselves confronted with, which was why migrant organizations of Slaaghwijk (a socio-economically disadvantaged neighborhood in Leiden’s north) do not cooperate with…
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Nienke van der Marel receives New Horizons Prize
Nienke van der Marel has been awarded the New Horizons Prize in physics for her pioneering research on planet formation. This prize is given to young, promising researchers in physics or mathematics. The astronomer and her colleagues found the first observational evidence for 'dust traps' in disks around…
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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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A quick call with Caroline de Ruijter about the Kiem grants for interdisciplinary collaboration
Be it in climate change, public health or artificial intelligence, when different disciplines join forces, science often flourishes. The new small-scale Kiem grants will enable Leiden researchers to explore or start collaborative projects with colleagues from other faculties. ‘So seek each other out…
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Political elites and regime change in the Middle East and North Africa: accommodation or exclusion?
Political scientist Kevin Köhler (Leiden University) has been awarded a Consolidator Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). This prestigious grant enables him to set up a research group in the coming five years. Köhler and his team will examine how elite conflict affects processes of regime change…
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Archaeology in eighth position worldwide in QS World University Rankings 2021
It is the fifth year in a row that the Faculty of Archaeology is placed in the top ten of archaeological institutes worldwide. The QS World University Rankings by Subject looks at criteria like academic reputation and citation ratios. Dean Jan Kolen is pleased with this news: 'In recent years, the Faculty…
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Creative Call: Help us name and design the logo for our Humanities Labs!
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Kick-off Meeting: The Hague Southwest Thesis Project
After a first successful pilot of the The Hague Southwest Thesis Project a second cohort of students will start this year. The kick-off meeting for this takes place on Thursday 24 March from 15:00-17:00, STEK Shalom Kerk, Vrederustlaan 96, Den Haag.
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Replication study on sentence comprehension: what role does the frontal lobe play?
What role does the frontal lobe play in understanding sentences? Assistant professor Jurriaan Witteman has received a grant to replicate a leading study on this question. ‘As there is some doubt about the reliability of existing neuroimaging results, it’s important to replicate influential studies.’
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Grant enables archaeologists to study origins of museum artefacts
Two researchers from the Faculty of Archaeology have received a grant from the Museums, Collections and Society (MSC) interdisciplinary programme. This grant is for collection-based research. Jason Laffoon is using his grant for research into the origins of Central American turquoise, while Dr Marike…
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Study of a Russian doctor and innovator in troubled times
Ambroise Paré, Thomas Sydenham and Herman Boerhaave: all were great medical innovators in their time. We know far less about the 19th-century Russian physician and scientist Nikolay Ivanovich Pirogov. PhD candidate Inge Hendriks researched him in Dutch and Russian archives and collections. She discovered…
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Scouring the brain for causes of psychiatric illnesses
What happens in the brains of people with psychiatric illnesses? With a €23.23 million gravity grant, scientists from different fields will search for biological causes over the next decade. ‘By joining forces, we hope to improve diagnosis and treatment for patients with these diseases.’
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Somayah ElsayedFaculty of Science
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Azeb AmhaAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Arno KnobbeFaculty of Science
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Isaac ScarboroughFaculty of Humanities
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Peter WebbFaculty of Humanities
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Annelies Schulte NordholtFaculty of Humanities
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Vineet ThakurFaculty of Humanities
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Deborah OyuuFaculty of Humanities
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Kate BellamyFaculty of Humanities
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Julia CramerFaculty of Science
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Nils ThonemannFaculty of Science
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Mohammed Raiz ShaffiqueFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Herman SiemensFaculty of Humanities
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Matthijs WesteraFaculty of Humanities
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Jochanan VeerbeekFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Dennis BroedersFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Arthur RamFaculty of Science
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Jos SchaekenFaculty of Humanities
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Toon KerkhoffFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Rizal ShidiqFaculty of Humanities
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Susanna de BeerFaculty of Humanities
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Gelijn MolierFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Evert Jan van LeeuwenFaculty of Humanities
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Tycho de GraafFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Eveline Crone
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Christina Pasvanti GkiokaFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Victor KlinkenbergFaculty of Archaeology
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Ritanjan DasFaculty of Humanities
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Guus KroonenFaculty of Humanities
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Sarah WolffFaculty of Humanities
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Florian Schneider
Faculty of Humanities
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Yiya ChenFaculty of Humanities
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Vasiliki (Billy) Tsagkroni
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences