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No exams or lectures, but building a radio telescope with empty paint cans
No more lectures and exams for the Radio Astronomy course taught by Michiel Brentjens. The corona crisis is a moment of reflection that has changed his whole way of teaching. Instead of being in front of the class, he lets his students build a radio telescope with paint cans.
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The Importance of International Women’s Day: ‘Gender equality worldwide is nowhere to be found’
On 8 March, International Women’s Day, equal opportunities for women worldwide, empowerment, and gender equality take centre stage. This day has been celebrated in the Netherlands since 1912, usually centring around a specific theme. This year’s theme: solidarity, the power for change.
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What does research support involve?
The first hybrid Leiden Research Support Conference – organised for and by research support staff – took place on 27, 28 and 29 September and focused entirely on organising effective research support.
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'The show must go on, but making politics less tedious is an almost effortless job these days!'
After almost a year of working from home during this Covid pandemic, Scientific Director Paul Nieuwenburg conveys how the Institute of Political Science is sailing through waves and lockdowns: from transformation to bi location to 'non location', from teaching on the beach to teaching to 'black cubes'…
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Opening of the Academic Year: ‘Take care of each other’
After a turbulent Covid year, the well-being of our students and staff has the highest priority. How can we prevent physical and mental health problems? This was the key question at the Opening of the Academic Year in Pieterskerk in Leiden on 6 September.
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Beyond plastic: why humanities scholars study waste
In a new series of articles, we explore how the humanities study topics related to sustainability. First up: waste. How and why study waste as a humanities scholar? We asked Elena Burgos Martinez, University Lecturer South and Southeast Asian Studies, and Katarzyna Cwiertka, Professor of Modern Japan…
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The archaeology of face masks: ‘Face masks layers will be a huge help for future archaeologists’
From one year to the next, face masks have started to appear in the environment. As the masks are discarded, they end up in the top soil, in sediment layers, and in refuse heaps. In a couple of generations archaeologists will study the layer that has already been labeled the Face Mask Horizon. Current…
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New professor Elise Dusseldorp: ‘The longer you’re in research, the more humble you become’
Elise Dusseldorp has been appointed Professor in the Methodology and Statistics of Psychological Research. In the same way that she spends her spare time rambling through the forest, as a professor she sifts through colleagues’ research data. ‘I often come across information that doesn’t appear in the…
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Growing super legs for the Tour de France with the aid of Leiden data science
Only the fittest cyclists stand a chance of taking yellow in the brutal Tour de France. Team Jumbo-Visma is working with data scientists from Leiden. They have analysed the stages and performance of Jumbo-Visma’s riders in previous Grand Tours. And they are researching how to determine the fitness level…
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Taskforce promotes the interests of contract and external PhD candidates: ‘We must level out the playing field’
The University wants to improve its support for contract and external PhD candidates. A taskforce headed by Dean of FGGA Erwin Muller has made over fifty recommendations, varying from an improved PhD portal and flexible work places on the campus to the right to vote in employee participation bodies.…
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Report: Tracking down green spaces in The Hague in places you don't always want to be
Although there is considerable evidence that nature in the city is beneficial to both people and animals, we still do not have an overall picture of those benefits. To rectify that, a Leiden PhD candidate and a student – armed with a cargo bike – are using The Hague as a life-size laboratory.
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We are Science Week
Festival
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Interview with Professor Dr. Carsten Stahn
Professor Dr. Carsten Stahn LLM., Professor of International Criminal Law and Global Justice at the University of Leiden, completed his habilitation in July 2020 at the Humboldt-University zu Berlin and acquired the Venia for Constitutional Law, International Law and International Criminal Law. The…
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SAILS/ LIBC - Hackathon Computational Psychometrics
Lecture
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In the Making #4: Marcel Cobussen, MinJi Kim, Kevin Fairbairn and Nele Möller, Ecology and (Sounding) Art
Lecture, Conversation
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Some Contexts and Practices of S&T Foresight and Impact Assessment in Japan
Seminar
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Prosociality as trigger and fuel of intergroup conflict
Lecture
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A new social contract in western welfare states in an era of climate change, digitalization and ageing
Seminar
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Psychology Winter Party
Festival
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Beschadigd vertrouwen: Vertrouwenwekkend schadebeleid na door de overheid gefaciliteerde schade
Lecture
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The Polish challenge: Can and should courts decide on the supremacy of EU law?
Lecture
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Dutch Excavations in the Eastern Nile Delta
Lecture, LIAS Lunch Talk Series
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The Hague Space Diplomacy Symposium
Conference
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Qualitative Empirical Research Methods in Law / Introductory Course PhD-candidates
Research
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Entrepreneurship as a career prospect for postdocs
Career development
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Protecting the Peace Process in Post-Brexit Northern Ireland
Lecture
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"I Now Declare You…”: Marital Status as Legal Technology in South Africa, Past and Present
Commission on Legal Pluralism - Keynote Lecture
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Rechtsbescherming bij uithuisplaatsing: voldoende equality of arms?
Lecture
- The global cosmopolis. Past, present and future of the city of Alexandria
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Seminar: POPNET Connects with Ozan Candogan
Lecture
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Beyond the labels: how to contribute to an inclusive culture
Working effectively, Communication, Diversity
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Participate and create in the ELS Atelier
Course
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The Securitisation of Leiden University
Panel discussion
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LUCAS “Modern and Contemporary Studies” Research Cluster 3rd annual conference 'Environment as Lens: Rethinking Humanities Research through the
Conference
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Greedy Supermassive Black Holes
Lecture, Oort lecture
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Climate justice through the courts: Will courts prevent (and redress) human rights harm from climate change?
Lecture
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PrAIa Hackathon Easing Teaching
Course, Hackathon
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Do we have a standard model of cosmology?
Lecture, Oort lecture
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Psychology End of Year Celebration
Festival, Celebration
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Alumni Career Event Methodology and Statistics Psychology
Alumni event
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Fieldwork NL conference 2022
Conference
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Luchtkwaliteit in Beeld
Experiment
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Improving Nature’s Antibiotics to Overcome Resistant Bacteria
Lecture, NGL-lezing
- Worlds to Discover: Manuscripts from the Muslim World
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Lessen uit de Toeslagenaffaire voor duurzame rechtspraak
Lecture
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Slavery in the Indian Ocean World and the Work of Forgetting: Some Preliminary Thoughts
Lecture, LIAS Lunch Talk Series
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Book presentation ‘Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Protection in EU Law’
Lecture
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“The most fun programme there is”: An immersive learning approach to sustainable education
Lecture
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Roundtable: 2024 Elections Pakistan, Indonesia and India
Roundtable | SSEALS
- Roundtable: The making of disability / the making of migration