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The annual interview is changing: from scores and numbers to more human dimensions 25 June 2024Speaking with your manager more often, focusing explicitly on well-being and giving more recognition and rewards for teamwork and team performance: th...
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‘The complex puzzle of housing and urban development makes this work so fascinating’ 25 June 2024Chris Suijker, since 1 July the new director of Real Estate, likes healthy and sustainable university buildings where you ‘get the feeling you’re righ...
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Professor Bart Schermer on digital threats to the university 25 June 2024Professor of Privacy and Cybercrime Bart Schermer researches the relationship between new digital technologies, enforcement and human rights. What cyb...
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Circular fuel: researchers and technicians work hand in hand on tomorrow’s solutions 24 June 2024From a meaningless block of plastic to an advanced component that contributes to the energy transition. The technicians and scientists of our faculty ...
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Dozens of security measures for academics 24 June 2024Between November 2022 and December 2023, 45 one-off and 14 structural security measures were taken for academics or university staff. This is what it ...
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Leiden University extends collaboration with Asian Development Bank 21 June 2024Leiden University will expand its activities with the Asian Development Bank (ADB). President of the Executive Board Annetje Ottow and Zweta Manggaran...
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‘Scandals mean society is actually doing well’ 21 June 2024Whereas the Netherlands Court of Audit used to conduct an investigation once a year, the average civil service organisation now has a few per year to ...
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‘Moon landers’ measure greenhouse gases in unique agricultural living lab 21 June 2024A huge shiny aluminium object stands in the middle of the Polderlab in Oud Ade. Are the researchers trying to make contact with extraterrestrial life?...
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No experiments but equations: how Daoyi Wang uses math to understand the world 21 June 2024How do you study the growth of microorganisms, the spread of epidemic diseases or the healing of wounds, without actually performing experiments? Daoy...
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Spinoza Prize for Professor Bernet Elzinga 21 June 2024How can parents avoid passing on stress and mental health problems to their children? Professor of Stress-Related Psychopathology Bernet Elzinga devel...
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Hydropower, but without devastating consequences for fish and fishermen 20 June 2024Hydropower plants need not be disastrous for fishermen and nature. For that, we need to place new dams more strategically, but also modify or even rem...
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‘Transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary collaborations lead to better scholarship and solutions’ 20 June 2024How can you persuade researchers who are used to conducting research within clearly defined disciplines to adopt an interdisciplinary approach? Newly ...
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From droplets in the freezer to the inception of a potent new antibiotic 19 June 2024What started as an idea during a social gathering led to an unexpected breakthrough in research on resistant bacteria. Biologists and chemists from Le...
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Ambassadors visit Leiden: ‘Knowledge knows no borders’ 19 June 2024Over 30 ambassadors strengthened their ties with researchers and university leaders in a recent visit to Leiden University. Cross-border collaboration...
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Alumnus Anne Speckens opened a mindfulness centre in Nijmegen 19 June 2024Professor of Psychiatry Anne Speckens studied medicine in Leiden and did her psychiatry training there too. She discovered mindfulness in England and ...