349 search results for “history of empires” in the Staff website
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Second World War victims commemorated in Hour of Remembrance
On 4 May, Leiden University remembered the victims of the Second World War from our university community. Alumni, students and present and former staff of the University came together for this Hour of Remembrance.
- Forgotten heroes
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What is there to do at Leiden University in 2023? Six events to look forward to
From sponsored runs to festivals and from open days to concerts: Leiden University hosts lots of events each year. We are highlighting six of them for 2023.
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Friend or foe? The role of AI in mitigating biases in HR
AI is already widely being used in HR processes, but it’s unclear whether these applications contribute to fair and inclusive decision making. Leiden researcher Carlotta Rigotti is involved in BIAS, a big consortium research project that aims to provide answers and develop a new, trustworthy AI app…
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Leiden University and University of Edinburgh to deepen collaboration
A delegation from the University of Edinburgh recently visited Leiden University to deepen their collaboration. What makes Edinburgh such an attractive partner?
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ERC Advanced Grant for six Leiden researchers
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded an Advanced Grant to six Leiden researchers. It awards these significant grants to established principal investigators for ground-breaking, high-risk research.
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Legal Methodology
Research
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Courage and Disregard
Cleveringa Lecture
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Veni grants for 21 researchers from Leiden University
An impressive 21 research projects by Leiden researchers have been awarded Veni funding from the Dutch Research Council (NWO).
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Why you (won’t) vote – A reading list
In November, the Dutch will elect a new parliament. Not all eligible citizens will go out and vote, however. How can this be explained, and how big of a problem is it? International research into voter turnout can shed new light on this issue – and offer possible solutions.
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Seminar: POPNET Connects with Tamas David-Barrett
Lecture
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Statistical Learning and Prediction
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Material and carbon intensity reduction behind circular consumption practices
PhD defence
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Vidi grants for eight researchers from Leiden University
Eight scientists from Leiden University have been awarded a grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). With this Vidi funding, the researchers can set up an innovative line of research and further expand their own research group over the next five years.
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Bacteria stunt with established plant-soil feedback theory
‘What I find most alluring about soil life is that you can steer it,’ researcher Martijn Bezemer of the Institute Biology Leiden (IBL) reveals. ‘You can ask: What do you want? And then I can transform the soil into something you need. At least, that is what we thought.’
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Vici grants for seven researchers from Leiden University
From research on stellar winds to sign language: an impressive seven researchers from Leiden University will receive a prestigious Vici grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO).
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‘Immigration doesn’t threaten welfare states’
It is often thought that immigration threatens the solidarity on which redistribution relies. But looking at the post-war period, PhD candidate Emily Anne Wolff finds that this is not the case.
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Bankrupt Co-Med prompts call for legislation on bankruptcies that have major social impact
The trustees handling the bankruptcy of Dutch GP chain Co-Med are facing difficult dilemmas. Who is first in line: patients, employees or creditors? Assistant Professor Jessie Pool, an expert in insolvency law, calls for insolvency procedures that are better geared to this type of bankruptcy.
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OSCoffee: Making data reusable in the social sciences
Lecture
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Seminar: POPNET Connects with Rense Corten
Lecture
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Seminar: POPNET Connects with Willem Boterman
Lecture
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SAILS Lunch Time Seminar
Lecture, Seminar
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A Brief Introduction to Reinforcement Learning
Lecture
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Open Science Coffee: Assessing robustness through multiverse analysis – Applications in research and education
Lecture
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Lorentz Center Lecture: 'Do People Get Radicalized on the Internet?'
Lecture
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Curator Ruurd Halbertsma: ‘Surely we can’t just sweep away antiquity?’
Like many others, Ruurd Halbertsma has had a rollercoaster of a year. His museum, the National Museum of Antiquities (RMO), was closed for a long while because of the lockdown. Visitor numbers picked up again from September, but it the next few weeks will be tense now the hospitals are full again. Halbertsma:…
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Wrap-ups and recordings of the Leiden University Libraries & Elsevier seminars on Reproducible Research
Leiden University Libraries (UBL) in partnership with Elsevier hosted a series of online seminars on the challenges involved in achieving reproducibility in research. The seminars aimed to identify best practices that can help to overcome central challenges around reproducibility, and to convey several…
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Seminar: POPNET Connects with David Schoch
Lecture
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Seminar: POPNET Connects with with Naja Hulvej Rod
Lecture
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SAILS Lunch Time Seminar
Lecture
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POPNET connects with Padraig Maccarron and Shane Mannion
Lecture
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Ethnicity and endogeneity in the welfare state
Seminar
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The neuroscience of the psychedelic experience
Lecture
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Dutch Network Science Society Symposium 2022
Conference
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Causal Discovery: Challenges and Opportunities
Lecture
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Joint Lectures on Evolutionary Algorithms (JoLEA)
Lecture
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Seminar: POPNET Connects with Vincent Traag
Lecture
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Seminar: POPNET Connects with Floris Vermeulen
Lecture
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CANCELLED: LCN2 Seminar: Algorithms for Network Visualization and beyond
Lecture
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Joint Lectures on Evolutionary Algorithms (JoLEA)
Lecture
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Tuesday Talks: Science Insights | 3 September 2024
Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights
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PhD training Case Study and Comparative Methods
Course
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Joint Lectures on Evolutionary Algorithms (JoLEA)
Lecture
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Liveable planet lunch meeting - Free-riding on scrappage subsidies
Lecture
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PhD training Case Study and Comparative Methods
Research
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Joint Lectures on Evolutionary Algorithms (JoLEA)
Lecture
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Multilevel and Longitudinal Data Analysis
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Veni grants for 16 Leiden researchers
Sixteen researchers at Leiden University are to receive a Veni grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). These awards offer promising young researchers the opportunity to further develop their own ideas over a period of three years.
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Multilevel and Longitudinal Data Analysis (Advanced)