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What drives humans? How Mariska Kret manages to touch science with her emotion research 20 February 2024In zoos, at festivals and in a mobile lab at the market: everywhere, Mariska Kret tries to understand human and animal emotions with her distinctive b...
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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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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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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...
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International news platform seeks Leiden academics with a good story 13 February 2024Would you like to share your academic research with a diverse international audience? On the not-for-profit news platform The Conversation, academics ...
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Open and free peer review? Here's how 13 February 2024Are you looking for a free and transparent way to submit your scientific articles for peer review? Then look no further than Peer Community In (PCI). ...
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How do we deal with rising tensions? ‘The choice is talk or fight’ 12 February 2024‘A Muslim and a Jew in the house of God.’ This is how historian Nadia Bouras introduced her recent conversation with colleague Sara Polak in Leiden’s ...
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Leiden University celebrates curiosity at 449th Dies Natalis 08 February 2024How has evolution shaped our curiosity? And how does that curiosity ensure that we now have the technological ability to discover whether we are alone...
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Meet the professor: ‘Can my sister be prosecuted for stealing my eraser?’ 08 February 2024On the university’s birthday, professors traditionally teach a class of 10 and 11-year-olds during Meet the Professor, and this year was no different....
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Dehumanising: how students reject candidate housemates 08 February 2024Being rejected always hurts, but so does having to reject someone. Social psychologists have discovered that at interviews to select suitable housemat...