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Interactive Learning in an ALC: 'These rooms invite students to collaborate' 26 February 2024If you have a class where you want students to collaborate, you can consider booking an Active Learning Classroom. These flexible educational spaces i...
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Call for Papers: Humanities and International Relations Graduate Conference 22 February 2024In our rapidly evolving and interconnected world, the study of International Relations has expanded beyond conventional disciplinary boundaries. Leide...
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Carrot or stick: which is better motivation to exercise more? 22 February 2024Free cinema tickets or a step tracker paid for by your health insurance. Some insurers offer rewards to promote healthy behaviour. But does the threat...
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Introducing: Catherine Wood and Martijn van Ette 21 February 2024Catherine Wood and Martijn van Ette recently joined the Institute for History as PhD candidates in the NWO Vidi-funded project "American foreign polic...
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How the rise of AI is creating new opportunities for computational linguists 20 February 2024With the rise of AI, interest in computational linguistics and language models has taken flight. But machines are far from being able to go it alone. ...
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Headache e-diary aimed at more personalised help for patients and physicians 20 February 2024Funded by a ZonMw grant, the LUMC and the Health Campus The Hague will be working with headache patients on research into the use of an electronic hea...
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‘Bless the mess’ and other tips for improving interdisciplinary collaboration 19 February 2024Have faith in others, embrace conflict and differences, take your time: these are just a few of the tips that emerged during a Leiden symposium on int...
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‘The Netherlands should also consider the possibility of direct confrontation with Russia’ 19 February 2024There is a real chance of war closer to home, political and military leaders in Europe have warned. Some in the Netherlands are calling for a war econ...
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Why do vulnerable groups miss out on benefits? Research nominated for thesis prize 19 February 2024Why do vulnerable groups fail to make use of benefits that they are entitled to? This is what Max ten Velde researched in his Master’s in Management o...
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Not only full professors: the entire examining committee can now wear academic dress 15 February 2024The varied mix of dress styles and many shades of black will no longer be seen at PhD ceremonies: permission was recently given for all members of the...
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Call for Papers: Indonesia 2014-2024 15 February 2024
Editors: Irene Hadiprayitno, Elena Burgos Martinez, and Rizal Shidiq (Leiden Institute for Area Studies, Leiden University, the Netherlands)
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Acquisition of early African photographs by explorer and photography pioneer Alexine Tinne 15 February 2024Over 160 years ago, the Hague-based photography pioneer and traveler Alexine Tinne (1835-1869) captured current South Sudan and its inhabitants on fil...
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App on Gender Equality Launched at FGW: 'We have to do it together' 14 February 2024Male scientists owe their position to their brilliance, women to their hard work. Or do they? The Equalista app helps staff and students at the Facult...
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Alumnus Charlotte Poot developed a hospital app for children 14 February 2024Charlotte Poot (31) is co-founder and chair of Hospital Hero, an app that prepares children for a hospital visit. She studied and obtained her PhD at ...
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Leiden University to limit fossil fuel ties 13 February 2024Leiden University no longer wishes to collaborate with fossil fuel partners that are not demonstrably committed to achieving the Paris Agreement targe...