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- Event | The Hague Space Diplomacy Symposium
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“Heritage and the Question of Conversion”: Internships in Work Package 3B of Pressing Matter
Pressing Matter: Ownership, Value and the Question of Colonial Heritage in Museums is a large-scale research project funded through the Dutch National Research Agenda, and led by Wayne Modest and Susan Legêne (Vrije Universiteit). Work Package 3 on “Value” phrases its main research question as follows:…
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What Works in Preventing Emerging Social Anxiety: Exposure, Cognitive Restructuring, or a Combination?
Programs that aim to reduce symptoms of social anxiety in children generally include multiple components, such as exposure and cognitive restructuring. It is unknown if separate components yield positive intervention effects in children or whether a combination of components is required.
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and patronage in late antique Egypt: Bishops of the Theban region at work
The proposed research project examines the social role of two monk-bishops in seventh-century Egypt, Abraham of Hermonthis and Pesynthios of Koptos, by reconstructing their social networks on the basis of their archival documents.
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Migrant Workers or Working Women? Comparing Labour Supply Policies in Post-War Europe
This paper written by Alexandre Afonso, Assistant Professor and Researcher at Leiden University, argues that gender norms and the political strength of the left were important structuring factors regarding why European countries choose migrant labour to expand their labour force in the decades that…
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LDE NL Space Campus Summer School
Course, Summer School
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Widening the horizons of outer space law
PhD defence
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The analytical- reconstructive process of the reduced orchestral works in France from the post-Lully generation (1687-1744)
How to reconstruct the middle parts (videlicet haute-contres, tailles and quintes) from French orchestral pieces, which survived only in their reduced forms (featuring primarely dessus and continuo), according to historical examples?
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Student cleans up archival data and uncovers two stellar cocoons
While investigating 16 years of images of young stars from a retired astronomical camera, Leiden master's student Sam de Regt discovered that two of those stars were still enveloped in birth clouds. Never before has anyone captured these two stars in so much detail. He publishes his data-cleaning method…
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Exo-planets, star and planet formation
At Leiden Observatory, researchers investigate the origin of stars and their planetary systems. They detect and characterize planets around other stars, which are called exo-planets. They study how stars and planets form. And they follow molecules from interstellar clouds to nascent planet systems.…
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Reactivity on interstellar ice analogues
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Tatiana Afanassjewa public lectures about physics
The Tatiana Afanassjewa-lecture series is a series of public talks in Dutch by Leiden physicists on wednesday evenings, intended for everyone with an interest in physics.
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Research in Physics, Cosmology (MSc)
The master’s specialisation Cosmology at Leiden University is positioned at the interface between Theoretical Physics and Observational Astronomy. The main elements are theory, data analysis and numerical simulations, with research on the origin of dark matter as one of the highlights.
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About the programme
Within the two-year Astronomy master’s programme, you can choose from seven specialisations, ranging from fundamental or applied astronomy research in cosmology, instrumentation or data science, to combinations of astronomy research with education, management or science communication.
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Sustainable City Lab - scientists and residents in The Hague work together to find solutions for sustainable living
A place where scientists and students from Leiden University and residents of The Hague come together to create innovative solutions for sustainable living in the city: that's what the Sustainable City Lab aims to be. When we talk about "sustainable living" we think of many different things. For example:…
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Hall of Fame 2021
In 2021 many of our students and staff won fantastic prizes and were awarded important research grants. This is our traditional review of these successes as the end of one year marks the beginning of another.
- Week 4: 29 January–4 February
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“Solidarity” and “Truth” in the work of the Jewish Author and Poet Jacob Israël de Haan (1881-1924)
How De Haan is using language in general and his specific style of language in particular to provide truth, solidarity and justice for both the individual and the collective?
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Additional support for students with a disability
How do I get into this hard-to-reach classroom with my wheelchair? How do I learn to divide my time better over the courses I’m taking? Can I take an exam on my laptop? These are all questions with which students have approached Jaap de Witte. For several years now, he has been a study adviser for students…
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Awards and Grants 2021
An overview of awards and prizes granted to our staff and students in 2021, as well as special appointments at Leiden University and other institutions.
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transition? Multiple Interests in Contexts of Education, Leisure and Work
The overall aim of the project is to investigate interests and their development over time in a daily life context, with particular attention for the transition from late secondary to post secondary education, and from late post secondary education to early career.
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Planet formation: food for thought
Planet formation is a surprisingly homogeneous process that does not take place gradually from inside out, but that occurs everywhere at the same time in a proto-planetary disc, as Dave Lommen has discovered. He will obtain his doctorate this week based on his research into the dust around young stars…
- Graduation ceremony Air and Space Law
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Hybrid working seems to be working
‘It is OK for employees to work flexibly, as long as they spend 40 hours in the office’, said Elon Musk in June 2022. Are we back where we started now that the pandemic is over? What is needed to make flexibility prosper? Helen Pluut is researcher in Organizational Behaviour at Leiden University and…
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Astronomer Jos de Boer receives Chesneau Prize for best dissertation
Astronomer Jos de Boer has received the Chesneau Prize in Nice for his research into so-called protoplanetary disks. The prize is awarded to the best astronomical dissertation in the field of high angular resolution. 'I consider it a good opportunity to talk about my research.'
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Effectiveness of programs at lower VET aiming at continuing education or work
The overall aim of the project is to investigate effective ways to strengthen vocational identity of at-risk adolescents in order to contribute to a successful transition from late secondary to post secondary lower vocational education or to work.
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Towards a working model of industry and higher education collaboration in enhancing engineers’ soft skills for better employability
The discussion on employability of higher education graduates has been around for several years, with more emphasis in the 21st century. Yet, universities are still challenged in the pursuit of providing work-ready graduates who can meet industry expectations.
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Ranking the towns: Medieval demography examined in spatial dimensions
This project incorporates spatiality into the discussion of medieval demography, allowing for a more nuanced view on medieval town populations. It establishes a maximum population count for towns for periods prior to 1400 and provides a means to compare the ranking of towns using size and density instead…
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Ethical standards for data science
Computers are becoming so smart that in the future they will perhaps take over the role of judges. In the meantime, experts at Leiden University are examining the question of which standards responsible data science should meet.
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After graduation
Once you have obtained your bachelor’s degree, you will be ready for a next step: continuing your studies or entering the labour market. Completing this Philosophy programme will place you in an excellent position to pursue either option.
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About the programme
The specialisation in European Union Studies offers students an opportunity to study the processes of European integration from a multi-disciplinary perspective and combines academic excellence with practical insights into the processes of policymaking in Europe.
- LWSK presents: The laserinterferometer Space Antenna
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'Can computers judge court cases?'
Prof. Jaap van den Herik was a guest in the latest episode of the Nationale Data Podcast.
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in the context of Dutch primary school teachers that collaborate and work together
Reflective dialogue is an effective instrument for professional learning of teachers. This research considers the characteristics, development, stimulating and limiting conditions for reflective dialogues in the context of Dutch primary school teachers who collaborate and learn together. The goal is…
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The Hague aims to attract legal tech start-ups
In an interview with Jaap van den Herik, Professor emeritus Law and IT, legal magazine Mr. writes that The Hague municipality wants to attract more legal tech start-ups. The municipality has therefore commissioned the Leiden Centre of Data Science (LCDS) of Leiden University to conduct a study into…
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Single-molecule fluorescence in sequence space
PhD defence
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The Photographic Surface: Between Substances and Spaces
PhD defence
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The multidimensional space of interpretation instructions
Lecture, Interactionality seminars
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Lymphovascular space invasion in endometrial carcinoma
PhD defence
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Black hole one year later: proof of a persistent shadow
The brightness peak of the ring around M87's supermassive black hole has shifted 30 degrees counterclockwise in a year. This is shown by new images released by the Event Horizon Telescope consortium.
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Leiden Observatory launches online summer programme for kids
This summer, the Universe is closer than ever. With the online astronomy summer programme Space in Your Living Room!, the Leiden Observatory brings astronauts and Leiden astronomers to the homes of children all across Europe.
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Voltage at nanoscale: Leiden researchers win NeVac prize
Jaap Kautz and Johannes Jobst have won the NeVac prize for developing a completely new method for studying electrical conductivity. The article they and their team leader Sense Jan van der Molen wrote about this subject was praised by the jury for its clarity. The prize will be presented to them on…
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ECSL Summer Course on Space Law and Policy
Course, Summer School
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Fishing for neutrinos in the Mediterranean Sea
Physicists, including Dorothea Samtleben from Leiden University, are building a giant underwater telescope to unravel the origin of neutrinos and to solve the mystery surrounding dark matter. The first detector has now been installed. Once it is finished, the telescope will be three cubic kilometres…
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Legal and policy aspects of space big data: Legal implications of the use of large amounts of space data
PhD defence
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The protection of competition interests in administrative law
On Wednesday 13 December at 13.45 hrs Jaap Wieland will defend his doctoral thesis entitled ‘De bescherming van concurrentiebelangen in het bestuursrecht’ (the Protection of Competition Interests in Administrative Law) at the Academy Building of Leiden University. His supervisors are Professor Willemien…
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The Hague aims to attract legal tech start-ups
In an interview with Jaap van den Herik, Professor emeritus Law and IT, legal magazine Mr. writes that The Hague municipality wants to attract more legal tech start-ups. The municipality has therefore commissioned the Leiden Centre of Data Science (LCDS) of Leiden University to conduct a study into…
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eLaw in Ars Aequi
Privacy continues to keep the attention: from MeToo! to Facebook. The legal magazine 'Ars Aequi' has published a special issue 2019 dedicated to the concept of Privacy. Three contributions originate from eLaw, the center for Law and Digital Technologies at the Faculty of Law.
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Tanja Masson-Zwaan in Scientific American
This week an article was published in the American popular science magazine Scientific American on the uncertainty surrounding the extent to which territory can be claimed on the moon.