3,197 search results for “leiden” in the Staff website
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Opening Academic Year
Academic ceremony
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Liveable Planet Interdisciplinary Collaborations: Jessica Kiefte-De Jong (LUMC) and Paul Behrens (FWN) on Food & Sustainability - Discussion
Lecture
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Luchtkwaliteit in Beeld
Experiment
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“The most fun programme there is”: An immersive learning approach to sustainable education
Lecture
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Money Matters: Financial Distress and Sustainable Change
Panel Discussion
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Workshop: How to write a Data Management Plan (DMP)
Workshop
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Liveable planet lunch meeting - Understanding public opposition to infrastructure and energy projects
Lecture
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Workshop: How to write a Data Management Plan (DMP)
Workshop
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Introductie webinar cyber security
Study information
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Liveable planet lunch meeting - The value of conflict in sustainability transitions
Lecture
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Online webinar cyber security
Study information
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Introductie webinar cyber security
Study information
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Liveable Planet Lunch Lecture: ‘If you want to travel far, go together’: transdisciplinary collaboration for a Liveable Planet - Laurens Hessels
Lecture
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Liveable planet lunch meeting - Porosity in Port City Territories
Lecture
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Workshop: How to write a Data Management Plan (DMP)
Workshop
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Liveable planet lunch meeting - Sustainable Insurance
Lecture
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Travelers defense course for female staff members
Personal development
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Liveable planet lecture & drinks - Mobilizing the Dutch climate research community to accelerate system transitions
Lecture
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Networks of the future
Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights
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Courage and Disregard
Cleveringa Lecture
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Summer Solstice
Festival
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Exhibition 'Rooted in water'
Exhibition
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Ties to the fossil fuel industry
Debate
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Asian(s) in the Netherlands
Panel conversation
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Well-being moment for staff: Spring lunch walk
Lunch walk
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Film screening & panel: The Great Book Robbery
Debate
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Video screening and dialogue Neurodiversity Pride Day
Video screening
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The making of a lost generation: child labor among Syrian refugees in Turkey
Lecture
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Well-being moment for staff: Summer lunch walk
Walk
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From Colonial Morocco to the Promised Land: The Jewish Exodus and Its Complex Realities
Lecture
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Environmental Colonialism in Palestine
Panel
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Innovating and connecting
447th Dies Natalis
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Academia in Motion Festival
Festival
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Lancering The Hague Global Futures Hub
Conference
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8-11 April - Career Days 2024
Course, Career Week
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Executive Board column: Open communication isn’t rocket science, but we do forget it at times
We want to be an engaged community where we feel heard and enjoy working together. But how do we have an open conversation about difficult topics?
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Jasper's day
On January 1st Jasper Knoester started as our new dean. How is he finding it? What kinds of things is he doing and what does his day look like? In each newsletter Jasper gives a peek into his life as dean.
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Planet found too big for its parent star
The discovery of a planet far too large for its sun defies models about the formation of solar systems and planets. In a paper in Science, researchers, including Yamila Miguel of Leiden Observatory, report the discovery of a planet more than 13 times heavier than Earth orbiting the ultracool dwarf star…
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‘Sleep should play a greater role in lifestyle research’
Sleep disorders have a significant influence on our physical and emotional health. Sleep should therefore receive more attention within lifestyle medicine, says Professor Gert Jan Lammers. He will give his inaugural lecture on Friday 20 May entitled: ‘Getting to sleep’.
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‘Butts off our campus’ days: Make our campus butt-free!
Facility
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This is roughly what the new University Sports and Exam Centre will look like (and where it will be)
The new University Sports and Exam Centre is another step closer. Bigger sports and exam halls, plenty of room for meeting people, an open feel that integrates with the Campus Square and the sports fields, optimal acoustics and an uncompromisingly sustainable building with a green facade and solar panels.…
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Werken aan een effectiever malariavaccin
In het Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum wordt gewerkt aan de ontwikkeling van een nieuw malariavaccin dat effectiever is dan de huidige vaccins.
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Escape room challenges staff to work safely online
An escape room gave staff the chance to test their knowledge about cybersecurity at work. Would they manage to defuse the bomb in time without falling for the phishing emails or causing a data breach?
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Two thesis awards for research on electrochemical reactions
Understanding the proces of electrochemical reactions is essential to improve the technology for the energy transition. Fuel cell cars, for example use hydrogen produced from the electrolysis of water. Mariana Monteiro did fundamental research on the process and won two prizes with her thesis.
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Michelle Spierings aims for Klokhuis Wetenschapsprijs with musicality animals
Tapping to a rhythm, recognizing sound patterns and enjoying music: For people, it is common sense. But is this also the case for animals? It is the research topic of Michelle Spierings, a researcher at the Institute of Biology Leiden, and it is nominated for the Klokhuis Wetenschapsprijs.
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Neurodiversity Platform: creating an inclusive workplace
The new Neurodiversity Platform supports staff who need better working conditions because they have ADHD or autism, for instance. Stefan de Jong, who is organising the Platform’s first online meeting on 15 November, tells us about the initiative. Register now if you’re interested.
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News but nothing new: many pesticides in Dutch swimming and natural waters
There has been a lot of media attention for the report recently completed by the Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML) from Leiden University. However, it has long been known that Dutch surface water contains too many toxic pesticides. ‘We will have to improve our ways of life together with many…
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Why stress could be good for you
Acute stress seems to have a surprisingly positive effect on our health. Researcher Erin Faught received an NWO veni grant to find out why that is and how we can use that knowledge to our advantage. For her lab research, she uses a remarkable small animal to learn more about our own stress levels.
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Improving the treatment of pathogenic fungi. ‘The process is working, but not that well…’
Fungi germinating in the lungs of patients. Doesn’t sound too nice, does it? Luckily, humans can deal with this normally, and we are able to clear the infection before anything comes to harm. However, in people with health issues, Aspergillosis can cause a lot of damage, especially if the fungus becomes…
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Conference unravels the mystery of collecting, preserving and displaying
Why and how do people collect things? Why does a museum display one object and not another? These questions are at the heart of the interdisciplinary research programme Museums, Collections and Society. The programme is holding a conference for scholars and the general public on 5 and 6 July.