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Europa Institute
The Europa Institute of Leiden University is one of the oldest academic institutes specialised in the law of the European Union and the European Convention on Human Rights; it was established in 1957, the same year as the European Economic Community itself.
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Giant barrel sponges in diverse habitats: a story about the metabolome
Marine sponges are important members of reef ecosystems, as they play ecological roles that are essential for the health of the reef.
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Scalable organic solvent free supercritical fluid spray drying process for producing dry protein formulations
In this study, we evaluated the influence of supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2) spray drying conditions, in the absence of organic solvent, on the ability to produce dry protein/trehalose formulations at 1:10 and 1:4 (w/w) ratios.
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Criminal Justice Ethics
Criminal justice raises intricate moral questions concerning the justification of the penal institution, the mode and extent of criminal sanctions enforcement, the content of criminal sanctions (imprisonment, fines, alternative punishments), the nature of the agent holding penal authority, the normative…
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Organisation
The programme group Clinical Neurodevelopmental Sciences is one of the six groups within the Institute of Child and Education Studies at Leiden University. The group participates in all stages of the education programme: the bachelor's, master's and research master's programme. The group is particularly…
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Bioactivity based quality control for Chinese herbal medicine
Can we establish a new quality control system for herbal medicines that is based on bioactivity rather than a few abundant chemicals?
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Quality assurance at the Academic Language Centre
The high standards set by the Academic Language Centre are attested by the following quality labels and memberships.
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Modelling the interactions of advanced micro- and nanoparticles with novel entities
Novel entities may pose risks to humans and the environment. The small particle size and relatively large surface area of micro- and nanoparticles (MNPs) make them capable of adsorbing other novel entities, leading to the formation of aggregated contamination.
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UTQ training programmes for lecturers (BKO)
Didactics
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Aid Imperium: United States Foreign Policy and Human Rights in Post-Cold War Southeast Asia
Does foreign aid promote human rights?
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Philosophy in sound: The aesthetic theories of Moses Mendelssohn and Johann Georg Sulzer in the Berlin salon music of the 1750–80’s
My research focuses on theories of the sublime by the Berlin Enlightenment philosophers Moses Mendelssohn (1729–86) and Johann Georg Sulzer (1720–79).
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Translation
Empirical and experimental research focusing on literary, legal, medical and audiovisual translation.
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Language contact: bridging the gap between individual interactions and areal patterns
A new publication that brings together perspectives on language contact phenomena across temporal and spatial dimensions.
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Sensing Transport
Solute carrier (SLC) transporters are a large and diverse class of relatively understudied transmembrane proteins.
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Physics
PhD candidates carry out a programme of independent research and additional (limited) course work, culminating in production of a PhD thesis in typically 4 years.
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Immunity in atherosclerosis: novel assays, biomarkers and therapeutic approaches
Atherosclerosis is a progressive disease resulting in the formation of an arterial plaque. Despite lipid lowering, recurrent cardiovascular events remain a risk. While atherosclerosis is primarily lipid-driven, the immune system plays a critical role in the pathophysiology.
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Inferno Worlds
A remarkable population of short period transiting rocky exoplanets with equilibrium temperatures on the order of 2,000 K has recently been discovered.
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3 October parade
Leiden University will be taking part in the 3 October parade. Are you coming to watch?
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The morpho-syntax of aspect in Xiāng Chinese
Lu, Man defended his thesis on 28 September 2017.
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Conflict resolution by internet platforms
The Covid-19 'infodemic' and conflict resolution by internet platforms.
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Economic Effects of Social Protection
On 1 October 2019, Emile Cammeraat defended his thesis 'Economic Effects of Social Protection'. The doctoral research was supervised by Prof. K.P. Goudswaard and Prof. P.W.C. Koning.
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How Jihadist Networks Operate
The recent terrorist attacks in Europe are presumably not just acts committed by individuals, but acts facilitated by larger jihadist networks. But how do such networks operate? Understanding their modus operandi can be useful knowledge to counter terrorist threats.
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St. Vincent
The Caribbean Research Group has recently been involved in fieldwork on two sites on St Vincent. Firstly Brighton Beach, and secondly Argyle.
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The Rule is for None but Allah
From the rise and fall of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, to Islamic State’s attempts to create its own currency, to the dramatic return of the Taliban in Afghanistan, this edited volume from two leading scholars of contemporary terrorism assembles an enviable array of international experts to explore these…
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Typological tendencies in verse and their cognitive grounding
On May 3rd, Varun de Castro Arrazola succesfully defended his doctoral thesis and graduated. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Varun on this great result.
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Taking control of charge transfer: strategic design for solar cells
Promotor: Huub J.M. de Groot, Co-promotor: Francesco Buda
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Social Feedback and Emotion Regulation in Borderline Personality Disorder: An fMRI study
What is the role of emotion regulation in coping with interpersonal feedback?
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Leiden Jewish Studies Association
Since its beginnings, Leiden University has been home to scholars with a broad and diverse expertise in the histories, languages, literatures and material cultures relevant to the study of Jews and Judaism from antiquity to modern times.
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Plant occurrence in space and time: the importance of land use, habitat structure, and pollination mode
Plant diversity is essential for us and our planet as it sustains the stability of our ecosystems, provides vital materials and food to us and supports many ecosystem services.
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Netherlands Institute in Turkey
The Netherlands Institute in Turkey (NIT) conducts scholarly research and supports the academic study of Turkey through the ages. The institute is closely affiliated with University’s Faculty of Humanities. Its facilities are available to students and staff of all universities in the Netherlands.
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Global Interactions
Fostering multi-polar perspectives that engage more connected, nuanced and pluralistic understandings of the world. Global Interactions encourages and supports research that provides significant new insights on these global processes across time and space.
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LUCSoR : Centre for the Study of Religion
Leiden University Centre for the Study of Religion (LUCSoR) studies religion as human activity, in all its diversity.
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The Education and Training of Public Servants
In this book, the authors provide an overview of the history of civil service education and training by analysing cases in Europe, the US and Australia.
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Human epidermal lipid biosynthesis in health and disease
How are the epidermal lipid pathways involved in health and disease.
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Astronomy
PhD candidates carry out a programme of independent research and additional (limited) course work, culminating in production of a PhD thesis in typically 4 years.
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The Roots of Intentionality in Aristotle´s Theory of Psychology
The relevance of intentionality to the interpretation of Aristotle was first suggested by Brentano in his Psychology from an Empirical Standpoint. Here we take our starting point from Brentano and investigate how Brentano’s concept of intentionality is rooted in Aristotle.
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Chronobiology of depression
What are the circadian disturbances underlying depression vulnerability? How are they related to mood, cognition and sleep ?
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Secular-religious self-improvement
Jasmijn Rana demonstrates in the article 'Secular-religious self-improvement: Muslim women’s kickboxing in the Netherlands' that young Muslim women who kickbox develop agentive selves by challenging gender norms and living out their religious subjectivities.
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Too Close for Comfort: Cyber Terrorism and Information Security across National Policies and International Diplomacy
In this article for Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, the authors analyse the evolution and interplay of national policies and international diplomacy on cyber terrorism within and across the UNSC’s permanent five members and the UN process on cyber norms (GGE and OEWG).
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Chemical genetic approaches for target validation
Drug development is a time- and resource-consuming process that starts with the discovery and validation of a (protein) target that contributes to pathogenesis or disease progression.
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Application of technology
Our courses embrace developments in technology. Our teachers adapt technological innovations to their discipline, and we keep our teaching up to date on rapid developments in the digital world.
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Nature, nurture and neural mechanisms of social emotion regulation in childhood
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Platinum electrochemistry through a magnifying glass
In most applications, electrocatalysts exhibit a large surface area to volume ratio, for example using nanoparticles.
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The electrode-electrolyte interface in CO2 reduction and H2 evolution: a multiscale approach
Electrocatalysis allows for storing electricity or converting it into chemical bonds, producing chemical building blocks and fuels using renewable resources.
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The role of zebrafish (Danio rerio) larvae in developing new drug candidates for treating anxiety, from natural sources
Can zebrafish larvae be used as a behavioural model for screening natural products as potential neurotropic drugs?
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Living labs and citizen science
Living labs make it possible for citizens to participate in research for sustainable development of their environment. This way citizens, together with scientists and stakeholders, create local conditions for food production, healthy environment, and biodiversity.
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Archaeological Heritage Management
Archaeological heritage management is concerned with the identification, protection, management and preservation of the material remains of human activity in the past (of whatever period and in whichever region of the world) and with the interaction that this involves with all kinds of stakeholders.
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Language policy and planning
From the smallest level of interaction among families and close friends, over the meso-level of schools, shops, churches, religious communities and companies, to the highest level of nation-states and international organisations: Language Policy and Planning (LPP) is everywhere!
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Mathematical analysis of systems pharmacology models
Systems pharmacology aims to apply techniques from systems biology to pharmacological models.