452 search results for “soil organisation” in the Staff website
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Plastic in cigarette filters: why smoking is bad for the environment too
We all know smoking is bad for our health. But we might not have known that the cigarette filters that litter our streets also impact the environment. Esther Kentin is a lecturer at Leiden Law School. She is raising awareness of the University’s cigarette butt problem.
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Archaeologists of the future dig for traces of the past
Forty archaeology students are holding a shovel somewhat awkwardly in the fields at Oss. This is their first day of fieldwork and they are going to use muscles they didn’t even know they had.
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New eDNA method opens doors for environmental research
With a single sample of water or soil, researches can analyse the DNA of everything that is living in that environment. During her research, PhD candidate Beilun Zhao discovered a way to analyse not only the kind of species, but also the age of the species in a water sample. The method showed its first…
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DNA from a cup of pond water can reveal a lot: Kat Stewart will find out with a Vidi grant from NWO
She has had the idea for seven years, but now environmental scientist and conservation biologist Kat Stewart finally gets to work on it. She has been awarded a Vidi grant by NWO to find out how DNA from water can be used to shed light on invasive species and their impact on native populations.
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Citizen scientists discover more than 1,000 new burial mounds
Over the past few years, citizen scientists from the Heritage Quest project have scoured the entire Veluwe and Utrechtse Heuvelrug areas for unknown archaeological heritage. One of the results of this research is that the number of known burial mounds in this area has doubled.
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Smart data for sustainable agriculture: less hassle, more green
In supermarkets, consumers are drowning in a sea of sustainability labels. Confusing for them, but also farmers can't see the forest for the trees. Obtaining these labels demands an enormous amount of time and effort. Berent Baris is investigating ways to simplify this process, benefiting both farmers…
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Operations Saskia Goedhard: 'Nice that the faculty is such a complex organisation'
Saskia Goedhard was previously director of operations at the Hogeschool van Amsterdam and the UvA. Since April, she has brought her expertise to the Faculty of Humanities as director of business operations. 'Good business management is like water from a tap. You only notice it when it’s no longer th…
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Call for Papers symposium on experimentation and innovation in human-environmental links across the Americas
Research
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Digging and tilling at the Hortus botanicus: SEA Community Garden officially opened
Eight university vegetable patches will soon join the display at the Hortus botanicus. The sun shone down on almost 40 enthusiastic students and staff as they started work on the new Community Garden there earlier this month.
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Throwback to the start of the Faculty academic year: murals, puzzles, and sweets
On Tuesday the 5th of September the Faculty of Archaeology officially opened its academic year. All staff and students were invited to this festive occasion.
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Leiden biologists get awarded 730k NWO grant
Salma Balazadeh, Víctor Carrión, and Jos Raaijmakers, biologists at the Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL), have successfully applied for an NWO grant and got awarded 730.000 euros. The board of NWO Domain Applied and Engineering Sciences awarded funding for their project within the Open Technology Programme…
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How engaged documentary filmmakers use new technologies in their work
CADS lecturer Sander Hölsgens is one of the initiators of the NWO Smart Culture Project Documenting Complexity (project number CISC.KC.212). This project investigates how and why engaged documentary filmmakers use new technologies in their work. One of the outputs of this project is the series ‘In Whose…
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Nitrogen experts suggest switching from deposition to emission policy
In an essay Professors Jan Willem Erisman (Leiden University), Chris Backes (Utrecht University) and Wim de Vries (Wageningen University) suggest amending nitrogen policy in the Netherlands. They call for a shift from a deposition to an emissions policy, with sectors responsible for reducing their own…
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Hilde Woker en Renate Reitsma benoemd tot leden National Ocean Decade Committee
Het National Ocean Decade Committee heeft twee nieuwe leden benoemd van de Universiteit Leiden. Hilde Woker en Renate Reitsma zullen zich als leden van dit comité inzetten om het het belang van oceaanwetenschappen te promoten.
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Student Members discuss Faculty Council: You get to know the organisation from a different perspective
What does a student member of the Faculty Council do? What is it like to be a member of this representative body and how useful is it to be a member? Students Rassoul Coelen (FC 2020-2021 and presently member of the University Council) and Max Garcia Hoogland (FR 2021-2022) talk to us about their experiences.…
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Frank DoolaardFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
f.t.doolaard@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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CCLS Seminar Vincent Merckx
Lecture, webinar
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Executive Board visits Leiden University College The Hague
Leiden University’s Executive Board (CvB) visited Leiden University College in The Hague on Friday 11 November during a working visit tour past the Institutes of the Faculty Governance and Global Affairs. Hester Bijl and Martijn Ridderbos were provided with an overview of the programme, the research,…
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Michela PiccinFaculty of Humanities
m.piccin@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Akos KovácsScience
a.t.kovacs@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4384
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Catherine ReyesScience
c.m.reyes@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Sandra Brautigam
ICT Shared Service Centre
s.brautigam@issc.leidenuniv.nl |
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Débora Almeida Pirani
Science
d.almeida.pirani@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Bernardo Antunes
Science
b.antunes@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Elka Smith
LURIS
e.s.smith@luris.nl | +31 6 4286 9371
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Erik DeulScience
deul@strw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5827
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Josep-Maria Armengol Collado
Science
collado@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275509
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Laura Sofia Marchetti Cardenas
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
l.s.marchetti.cardenas@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Sterre van der Heyden
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
s.c.w.van.der.heyden@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Tom Breedveld
Science
t.j.f.breedveld@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Jens Frietema
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
j.j.c.frietema@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Alex RushforthFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
a.d.rushforth@cwts.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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David Navarro Gironés
Science
navarro.girones@strw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Christopher GallacherFaculty of Humanities
c.j.gallacher@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Johan KuiperScience
j.kuiper@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274378
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Scott Visser
Science
visserscott@strw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Yakubu Alli
Science
y.a.alli@lic.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Marije Meijer
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
m.meijer@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Ruben Hartman
Faculteit Archeologie
r.hartman@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Rick van GelderBestuursbureau
h.p.van.gelder@bb.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Samir Scandar
Science
s.scandar@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275185
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Yujie Li
Science
y.li@liacs.leidenuniv.nl |
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Lucie DelfosScience
l.delfos@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Josh ButterworthScience
j.j.butterworth@umail.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Majlen DilwegScience
m.a.dilweg@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Mahin SaberiScience
m.saberi@lic.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Michiel van der VeldeFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
m.n.a.j.van.der.velde@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Selda AbyarScience
s.abyar@lic.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Gita NadindaFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
p.g.nadinda@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Ischa BremerScience
i.l.bremer@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727