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Can placebo techniques help rheumatism patients reduce their medication? 30 June 2023
From painful joints to intense fatigue: a third of rheumatism patients suffer serious effects from this chronic condition and rely long-term on medica...
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Vidi grant for research into childhood trauma, friendship and mental health 29 June 2023
Anne-Laura van Harmelen – Professor of Professor Brain, Safety and Resilience and one of the coordinators of the Social Resilience and Security interd...
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Vidi grants for eight researchers from Leiden University 29 June 2023
Eight scientists from Leiden University have been awarded a grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). With this Vidi funding, the researchers can set...
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'The bachelor Public Administration made it easier for me to understand complicated topics' 27 June 2023
Nienke Weijermars studied Public Administration at the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs. While doing her bachelor’s, she enrolled in the minor...
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Four Comenius teaching awards for Leiden lecturers 27 June 2023
Two lecturers from Leiden University have received a Comenius teaching award of 100,000 euros as part of the Senior Fellows programme. And a further t...
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Conference on opportunities and dangers of AI: ‘Europe needs a daring vision’ 27 June 2023
The SAILS conference The Future of AI is Here (and Guess What … it’s Human) brought together researchers and policy makers to discuss the important is...
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Executive Board column: A look back at the strategic conference 27 June 2023
Our annual strategic conference was held this year on 15 and 16 June in Soesterberg, and has now become a tradition at our university. Around a hundre...
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FGGA Faculty Board awards €4.8 million in starter grants 27 June 2023
The Faculty Board awarded 16 starter grants to young assistant professors for their research proposals. The Board has adopted the advice of the starte...
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Wagner mutiny: social media a source of information for intelligence services 27 June 2023
Many people were using social media to follow last weekend’s march on Moscow by the Wagner mercenaries. And they weren’t the only ones: intelligence s...
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MIRD Annual Visit to Geneva and Visits with International Organisations 23 June 2023
From 29 – 31 May, second-year students of the Advanced MSc in International Relations and Diplomacy (MIRD) took part in the programme's annual visit t...
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Student research projects on societal issues in Leiden 23 June 2023
How safe do people feel in the parks in Leiden? Why are kids playing less outdoors? And why are people not insolating their homes? Students looked int...
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Briitta van Staalduinen receives Best Dissertation Award from the American Political Science Association 22 June 2023
Assistant Professor Briitta van Staalduinen has received the Best Dissertation Award from the American Political Science Association, Section on Class...
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Lecturer receives doctoral grant for research into witness protection 21 June 2023
Gregory Townsend has been awarded a Doctoral Grant for Teachers by the Dutch Research Council to research witness protection at the international cour...
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Changing the world (a little bit) 20 June 2023
Geopolitics, climate, pandemics, migration, AI, gender politics: today’s global world changes in multiple dimensions. How to govern these changes? Tha...
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The Design-Thinking method for stimulating knowledge transfer in organisations 20 June 2023
Sharing knowledge based on research within organisations presents a challenging task. How can this be done effectively? What steps should be taken to ...