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Grant worth millions for research on the socio-economic impact of hydrogen transition 17 July 2024A consortium including economists, psychologists and public administration scholars from Leiden University will study public acceptance of the hydroge...
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Veni grants for 21 researchers from Leiden University 17 July 2024An impressive 21 research projects by Leiden researchers have been awarded Veni funding from the Dutch Research Council (NWO).
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Alumnus Marlon Titre: ‘Film is often the start of a conversation’ 17 July 2024Marlon Titre (1982) studied at Royal Conservatoire The Hague, did his PhD and studied at Leiden University, earned several other qualifications and is...
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Leiden University receives grant to professionalise ‘Lifelong Learning’ 16 July 2024Leiden University has received a Lifelong Learning grant that will enable it to significantly expand its learning for professionals, for example for t...
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‘Swipen voor een kwarrel’: alumni write about dating jargon 15 July 2024Online dating is hard enough on its own, but these days you also need to know what terms like ‘zombieing’ and ‘prela’ mean. Alumni Milou Andree and Vi...
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Why do we always have room for pudding? 15 July 2024In De Kookshow, Universiteit Van Nederland explores the scientific world behind food. Ever wondered which senses influence how tasty you find somethin...
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How did Proto-Indo-European reach Asia? 15 July 2024Five thousand years before the common era (BCE), Proto-Indo-European, the mother of many languages that are spoken today in Europe, Central Asia and S...
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The dean Mark Rutgers speaks at penultimate session of flash campaign 15 July 2024After the new government announced its plans to cut expenditure on academic education, the Faculty of Humanities launched the flash campaign ‘Stop the...
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Kiem project on safety and dangers in the digital world results in new research network 15 July 2024No less than 33 project received a Leiden Kiem grant in 2023. How did they fare? Olga Bogolyubova shares experiences from her project ‘Interdisciplina...
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Start of construction of new University Sports Centre celebrated 12 July 2024On 11 July 2024, a gathering was held to celebrate the start of the construction of the new University Sports Centre (USC). Rugby players and a pole d...
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Annual Report 2023 published 09 July 2024In its new Annual Report 2023, Leiden University reviews its research and teaching, as well as its ICT, staffing, finances, real estate, impact and kn...
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Lilian Gonçalves-Ho Kang You is the new Cleveringa professor 09 July 2024Lawyer and human rights activist Lilian Gonçalves-Ho Kang You is the new Cleveringa professor. She will deliver the Cleveringa lecture on 26 November ...
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Recognition & Rewards: national ambitions widely supported at Leiden University 09 July 2024The ambitions of the Dutch Recognition & Rewards programme are widely supported by academics at Leiden University. This is one of the findings from th...
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Ready for the digital future: The Humanities Hub 08 July 2024The future is digital. That is why the new Humanities Hub for Digital Research Skills, and Media (in short: Humanities Hub) will soon open its doors i...
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Ferd Grapperhaus new Chair of the Board of Governors 05 July 2024The Board of Governors of Leiden University is pleased to announce that the outgoing Minister of Education, Culture and Science, Robbert Dijkgraaf, ha...