721 search results for “sustainable energy” in the Staff website
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The Executive Board of the Institute of Psychology has a new Director of Operational Management. It’s the perfect role for Paula van den Bergh
The Executive Board of the Institute of Psychology has a new Director of Operational Management. It’s the perfect role for Paula van den Bergh. ‘For me, “connection” is a nice word. If you see the connections between things, you immediately see the logic behind the processes.’ Her career has taken her…
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In Memoriam - Bas Edixhoven
On January 16, 2022, our respected and beloved colleague Prof. dr. Bas Edixhoven passed away after a short period of serious illness.
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Feeling overwhelmed by your PhD? This new infographic offers guidance
Providing and receiving feedback, meeting deadlines, and simultaneously considering your future: how to juggle all these tasks during a PhD project? The new 'PhD Golden Rules' offer advice on how PhD candidates and their supervisors can collaborate productively
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‘You can’t just go to the field and leave again with data’: meet LUCIR scholar Corinna Jentzsch
Corinna Jentzsch, Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Institute of Political Science and co-convener of the Leiden University Center for International Relations (LUCIR) has conducted extensive fieldwork in Mozambique. Her resulting book, Violent Resistance: Militia Formation and Civil…
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‘Jasper is the dean Leiden Science needs’
Two deans: one leaving and one just arriving. Paul Wouters was deputising at the Faculty from March up to December. As of January he returns to his 'ordinary' role as dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences. Jasper Knoester is taking over from him, as he will be leaving Groningen for Leiden. How did…
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In memoriam Jan Zaanen 1957-2024: The universe in a speck of rusting copper
This Thursday, January 18th 2024, our esteemed colleague Jan Zaanen passed away. Jan was one of our star scientists, larger than life, with an unabashed, boisterous drive for the best of physics at the Institute Lorentz, at the Leiden Institute of Physics and in the full international scientific community.…
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Academia in Motion Festival: ‘We’re in a changing world of academia’
How can we continue to work on an open university culture where everyone’s contribution is recognised and rewarded? Over 120 university staff spoke about breaking academic barriers at the first Academia in Motion Festival in PLNT.
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Stretching in the courtyard, yoga in the restaurant: how colleagues keep fit together
It’s not healthy but we often do it anyway: sit hunched at our computer for hours on end. But exercising and relaxing at work doesn’t have to be complicated. These staff members have come up with fun and easy ways to help their colleagues stay fit and healthy. ‘You don’t need sportswear and won’t end…
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Cleveringa professors target of hate campaigns: ‘Intimidation frustrates Holocaust research’
Holocaust scholars Barbara Engelking and Jan Grabowski will jointly hold the Cleveringa lecture on November 26. They were accused of defamation in Poland for a book they co-edited. How has this affected them? ‘This is an attempt to wear us down.’
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A call about: Scholars Programme Europaeum
On 28 October 2021 there is an online information session about the two-year Scholars Programme of Europaeum. This network brings young researchers and leaders together to discuss developments in Europe and to promote pan-European thinking. Does that sound interesting to you? Would you like to know…
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Symposium report: get out of your silo and become a better scientist
How do you set up a successful collaboration between science and practice? That was the main theme of the final meeting of a triptych of symposia on how Leiden University can improve inter- and transdisciplinary collaboration.
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PhD candidate Sinéad is a Europaeum Scholar: ‘There’s no other programme quite like this’
Sinéad Mulcahy recently started the Europaeum Scholars Programme, a two-year policy and leadership course for a group of thirty talented and committed PhD candidates from universities across Europe. She is already enthusiastic – both about the programme and her fellow scholars. ‘I would like to bring…
- Liveable communities – Liveable Planet
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International Symposium 150 years New Waterway
Conference, Symposium
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Well-being moment for staff: Spring lunch walk
Lunch walk
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Online Coach Café for young alumni
Alumni event
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Meet the Europe Hub
Conference, Launch event
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BOOK TALK: Offshore Attachments Oil and Intimacy in the Caribbean
Lecture, LIMS seminar | Book Talk
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Fundamental Research on the Voltammetry of Polycrystalline Gold
PhD defence
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Leiden Anthropological Conference: The Campus with a Future
Conference
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Stability in unstable times: how the European Central Bank handles inflation
Lecture, European Union Seminar
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European Citizens’ Initiative and participatory democracy in the EU
Lecture, Seminar
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Thiosugars: Reactivity, methodology and applications
PhD defence
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Dutch Network Science Society Symposium 2022
Conference
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Well-being moment for staff: Summer lunch walk
Walk
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Applications of AdS/CFT to strongly correlated matter: from numerics to experiments
PhD defence
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Administrative burden in universities: Key dimensions, potential drivers, and implications for university-based research
CWTS Seminar
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Summer School 'The European Union, the United Nations and Global Governance'
Course, Summer School
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Lancering The Hague Global Futures Hub
Conference
- CADS Research Seminars
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The EU and Africa – joint visions for the future or falling back on the past?
Lecture, Seminar
- Urban Health Programme
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This was 2023! An overview of Humanities in the news
So much has happened this year! 2023 was an eventful year in which several wars raged about which our experts could offer interpretation. It was also the year in which the government made apologies for the slavery past. Leiden humanities scholars were at the forefront of this with their research on…
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How to make green hydrogen
Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights
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Spectral imaging and tomographic reconstruction methods for industrial applications
PhD defence
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(CANCELLED) The UK, the Netherlands, and Ukraine. How strong bilateral relations are crucial for multilateral diplomacy
Lecture, Seminar
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Exhibitions Examined: the value and challenges of visitor research in science museums
Conference
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How work-life balance can bring less stress and more joy in our life
Personal development, Working effectively
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Kleptocracy and Foreign Policy Change
PhD defence
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European defence cooperation in a time of renewed military activity
Lecture, Seminar
- Leiden Lecture Series in Japanese Studies
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University interpretation on war Ukraine
Lecture
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LUCIR Talk: Protecting Nuclear Power Plants During War: Implications from Ukraine
Lecture
- Materialising Prehistoric Societies in Western Asia
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FWN Let's Move: 3 June - 28 June 2024
Festival, Sport
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Introducing: Yusra Abdullahi, Maha Ali & Felipe Colla de Amorim
Yusra Abdullahi, Maha Ali and Felipe Colla de Amorim recently joined the Institute for History as PhD candidates. Together they work an an integrated, collective project. Learn more about them below!
- Healthy University Week 2023
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Summer School 'The European Union, the United Nations and Global Governance'
Course, Summer School
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Crafting Resilience Kick-Off Conference
Conference
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Medical Delta Professor Eline Slagboom: ‘The delta region is where everything comes together’
Professor Eline Slagboom has been studying multiple generations of families for over 20 years. She collects data on why some people age healthily and others decline early.