844 search results for “economics” in the Staff website
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Six reasons why it’s hard to lead a healthier life
We know we should do it, and we often want to, but… Why is it so hard to live a healthier life? Professor of Behavioural Interventions in Population Health Marieke Adriaanse explains.
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NWO and ERC grant for research on Chinese infrastructure
In the coming years, Hilde De Weerdt gets to spend over three million euros. She received grants from both the European Research Council (ERC) and the Dutch Research Council (NWO) for research on Chinese infrastructure. ‘It is great that it is also possible to develop large projects in the social sciences…
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Psychology Connected on why we fight, and how to find peace again
After discussing the climate, our psychologists once again broach a big topic: war and peace. Or, perhaps: cooperation and conflict. For no matter how benevolent our intentions towards each other, friction never seems far away. Researchers Angelo Romano and Tom Roth offer explanations and practical…
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Research Opportunities for Masters Students
Costanza Franceschini discusses the Sea-ing Africa project, offering unique anthropological research opportunities in Ghana and Morocco for Masters students.
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Call for Papers: 'Matrilineal Kerala: Investigations across Borders'
In collaboration with: Leiden University Institute for Area Studies, the Netherlands & Mar Chrysostom Chair, Mahatma Gandhi University, India
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Sigrid van Roode: ‘Zār jewellery reveals the world of unseen Egyptians’
Zār jewellery from Egypt can be found in many museums and private collections in the West, but for a long time very little was known about it, except that it was used in rituals to protect against spirit possession. PhD candidate Sigrid van Roode has explored its history and discovered that the jewellery…
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‘Put payment transations for private clients under one new state-owned bank’
From receiving our salary to doing our shopping: we are completely dependent on commercial banks for all our payment transactions. But what happens if they collapse? In his inaugural lecture, Professor Bart Joosen calls for a rigorous change: ‘Put payment transactions for private clients under one…
- Exposition ''Wooden Diamonds''
- Leiden University Nationalism Network events
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Summer school 'Socioeconomic diplomacy and global empire building, 16th-19th centuries'
Conference, Summer School
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Who Became a Politician: A Portrait of Modern Japan
Lecture
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Turkey’s Centennial: Democracy, Diplomacy, Security
Lecture, Panel Discussion
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Prosociality as trigger and fuel of intergroup conflict
Lecture
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Historical Blendings: An Entangled History of Social Democracy and Liberalism in Europe
Conference
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The Arctic Crossroads: Climate, Culture & Diplomacy in the High North
Lecture
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Histories of Intellectual Property
Lecture, Global Questions Seminar
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Workshop: Risk and Entrepreneurship – Old Discussions, Innovative Questions, New Insights
Conference, Workshop
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China Fashion Power - Fashioning Power through South-South Interaction: Rethinking Creativity, Authenticity, Cultural Mediation and Consumer
Lecture, China Seminar
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The Concept of Living Customary Law Revisited
VVI Research Meetings 2022-2023
- Toogdag 2024
- Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
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CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
Lecture, CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
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Intelligence & the Direction of War
Lecture
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Information session PhD programme at the European University Institute in Florence
Lecture
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CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
Lecture, CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
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New archaeological perspectives on an Arabian oasis in Islamic periods
Lecture
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Enabling the most impact from Social Sciences & Humanities (SSH) research
Working Group
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Asia-Europe Cooperation on Inclusive Digital Societies
Webinar
- Presentation Book Panta Rhei: Recht en Duurzaamheid
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Food Citizens?
Lecture, Research Seminar
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Rewarding healthy behavior: policy and science perspectives
Conference
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Learning by doing – a practical approach to integrate ethical and societal tools in quantum-innovation
Lecture
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CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
Lecture, CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
- Environmental Humanities: Architecture is Climate
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Herstory and the female gaze: event on International Women's Day
Debate
- Futures from the frontiers of climate science
- Meijers Lecture and New Year's Reception 2024
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The X Factor: Open Access, New Journals, and Incumbent Competitors
Seminar
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Cultural continuities and discontinuities: the Neolithic ornament assemblages from Franchthi (Greece)
Lecture
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#HumanRightsWeek: Mr. Michael O'Flaherty - What future for human rights?
Lecture
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Legal Intimidation against Environmental Defenders in the Southeast Asia Anthropocene
VVI Research Meetings 2022-2023
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Young Medical Delta Symposium: Accessibility to and through MedTech
Conference
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POSTPONED: Civic and ethnic nations in Southeast Asia
Lecture, Leiden University Nationalism Network
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Birds of God - The journey of the birds of paradise
Environmental Humanities LU Talk
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Dutch Bio Science Week
Event
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CompaRe: Smart and lean integration: finding regional solutions to global challenges
Conference
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Unravelling the complexity of HIV/AIDS
Dr. Josien de Klerk, Associate professor in Global Public Health at Leiden University College The Hague recently published some of her work on HIV/AIDS. In collaboration with a team of interdisciplinary researchers from the Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development she came to the conclusion…
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Report: what does our urban mine have to offer?
On 21 January, the Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML) has released two reports on circular economy and urban mining in the Netherlands. In them, together with Statistics Netherlands, they take stock of part of the Dutch ‘urban mine’: how much raw material can we reuse from the electricity grid,…
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How the eating habits of a limited group of Americans determine sustainability
Masses of hamburgers, steaks, cheese and a lot of eggs: Americans love their animal products. But researcher Oliver Taherzadeh discovered that only a relatively small group of high-volume consumers need to modify their diet to achieve an enormous environmental gain.
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Race against time: Helping the Netherlands secure almost 20 million Pfizer vaccines
The whole world is waiting anxiously for sufficient supplies of coronavirus vaccines. As Launch Navigator at Pfizer, alumnus Dennis de Mik must help ensure that the Netherlands receives 19.8 million doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. How is he going about this and how has his Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences…