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Sign up as a speaker at the ILS Lunch Seminars!
ILS organizes a new lunch seminar series where all researchers from Leiden Law School can present their research. The idea is to hear in a simple and nice way what researchers from other research programs and institutes are working on. During a seminar two or three speakers will present their research.…
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Research lunch with Peter Lindseth
On Monday 20 November, a combined ILS/LRL (Leiden Research Lunch) took place.
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First ILS-seminar of the academic year
On Thursday 21 September the first monthly ILS lunch of the academic year took place. Prof. Jannemieke Ouwerkerk, from the Department for Criminal Law and Criminology, presented her research on “The Exercise of EU Criminalisation Powers after Lisbon”, showing an insight in the motives behind the harmonization…
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4th Leiden Socio-Legal Lecture – Constitutions and Ethnography by Prof. Scheppele
On Friday January 13 between 13.00 - 15.00 (room C 1.04 of the Old Observatory) there will be another Leiden Socio-Legal Lecture, entitled 'Constitutional Ethnography, Counter-Constitutions, and the Study of Form, Sediment and Trajectory'.
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Upcoming ILS Lunch Seminar: core rights, data and peace agreements
During this lunch seminar series all researchers from Leiden Law School can present their research. The idea is to hear in a simple and nice way what researchers from other research programs and institutes are working on. During a seminar two or three speakers will present their research.
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Last ILS Lunch Seminar before summer!
During this lunch seminar series all researchers from Leiden Law School can present their research. The idea is to hear in a simple and nice way what researchers from other research programs and institutes are working on. During a seminar two or three speakers will present their research.
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Two Ways of Coding: Sentence Grammar vs. Interactive Grammar
Lecture, LUCL Colloquium 2023-2024
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Exploring host-immune-microbial interactions during intestinal schistosomiasis
PhD defence
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‘Decolonise the botanical treasure house’
The treasure houses of Leiden's University Library and Naturalis house wonderful historical collections with dried plants and botanical drawings. Professor by Special Appointment Tinde van Andel will be studying these collections. Inaugural lecture 6 January.
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IBL-research interview: Kirsten Leiss
Kirsten Leiss, at the IBL since 2001, is developing new ways of crop protection in order to decrease the use of pesticides: As a model she uses the thrip, a tiny insect which causes economic losses worldwide by silver- and growth damage and virus transmission to vegetables, fruits and flowers.
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Video: Ethnobotanical immersion in Cameroon
Plants are vital resources throughout human history, but we know little about how they were used and valued prior to agriculture. Sandrine Gallois, an ethnoecologist working in the ERC-funded HARVEST project, has developed an interdisciplinary approach, combining anthropology and botany to explore how…
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Novel immunomodulatory drugs for tuberculosis treatment
Can drugs that target host signaling pathways be used to eradicate antibiotic-resistant bacteria?
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Tuning in to star-planet interactions at radio wavelengths
PhD defence
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Is it possible to avoid dehydration? Gene promotes wood formation
‘It was a discovery we did not expect,’ says Remko Offringa, professor of Plant developmental genetics. Today he publishes a new trait of a versatile gene in Current Biology: it makes the difference in plants between herbaceous and woody stem growth. A useful feature to prevent dehydration.
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The Hortus Botanicus: from herb garden to crown jewel
The Hortus Botanicus is celebrating its 425-year anniversary this year. It’s the oldest botanical garden in the Netherlands, but how did it come into existence and what kind of research takes place there?
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Veni Research Geeske Langejans
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research has awarded dr. Geeske Langejans a Veni grant for the research project What's in a plant? Tracking early human behaviour through plant processing and exploitation.
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These were Leiden University’s interdisciplinary milestones of 2023
Connecting worlds, enhancing research and teaching, and providing innovative solutions to complex social issues: that is the idea behind interdisciplinary research. In that respect, a huge amount happened at Leiden University in 2023.
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ILS PhD workshop data visualisation
On Friday 24th March, Prof. Amanda Perry-Kessaris (Kent Law School) ); who was here for the lecture ‘Exploring the economic life of law with sociological imagination, visual methods and experimental attitude’, Leiden Socio-Legal Lecture Series, as a part of ILS 2.0, gave a short workshop on data visualisation…
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The last ILS Lunch Seminar of this academic year in hindsight
Last Thursday, the last ILS Lunch Seminar of this academic year took place. In this successful and well-visited edition, Prof. Pablo Mendes de Leon and Albert van Marwijk Kooy gave two very interesting and engaging presentations.
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Melanie Fink and Merinda Stewart present in Riga in the framework of ILS 2.0
On 7 September 2016, Melanie Fink and Merinda Stewart presented at a Research Forum organised by the European Society of International Law (ESIL) Interest Group on the Law of the Sea. The Research Forum took place in the framework of the Annual ESIL Conference held in Riga from 8-10 September 2016 to…
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How Witte, the garden manager, made the Hortus flourish
For more than forty years Heinrich Witte was responsible for the flora in the Hortus botanicus in Leiden. The 19th-century garden manager made the Netherlands famous with plants from Japan. The Old University Library is showing an exhibition of his work (19 August to 4 November).
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Leiden Classics: On the origins of the Hortus Botanicus
The Leiden Hortus Botanicus is the oldest botanical garden in the Netherlands. Although perfect for a ramble, it is much more than an open air museum. PhD students carry out their research here and the Hortus makes a serious contribution to biodiversity through the exchange of rare seeds with other…
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National and international media attention for longevity gene
A publication in Nature Plants by a team of Leiden biologists has received national and international media attention. The researchers can have annuals flower multiple times thanks to a particular gene they discovered.
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The Hortus Botanicus: from herb garden to crown jewel
The Hortus Botanicus is celebrating its 425-year anniversary this year. It’s the oldest botanical garden in the Netherlands, but how did it come into existence and what kind of research takes place there?
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The Hortus botanicus reopens on 1 June
Great news! From Whit Monday at noon, the oldest botanical garden in the Netherlands will be open for visitors again. After twelve weeks of closure, visitors will be able to come and enjoy everything that grows and blossoms in the heart of Leiden's city center. In order to offer all visitors and staff…
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Omid Karami wins Krijn Rietveld Memorial Innovation Award
Plant scientist Omid Karami is the first winner of the Krijn Rietveld Memorial Innovation Award. The jury praises the outstanding quality of his scientific research as well as the positive societal impact and commercial potential of his work.
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Marie Schwed Shenker attends Utrecht Summer School on Social Robots
Marie Schwed Shenker, PhD candidate at eLaw, has successfully completed an intensive summer school on Social Robotics at Utrecht University. The program offered a comprehensive mix of theoretical instruction and hands-on experience, providing her with the skills to design and experiment with social…
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Green islands around the University buildings to entice threatened insects
The number of insect species is plummeting, which is why the University is creating a more biodiverse environment around its buildings. Annetje Ottow, President of the Executive Board, planted the first bee-friendly plants in the front garden of Oude UB on 20 September.
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Beetle can limit hay fever
Leiden biologist Suzanne Lommen and an international team of scientists have investigated how a beetle can reduce hay fever in Europe. Locally, the beetle is even able to stop pollen production in a plant that causes allergic reactions. Publication in Nature Communications on April 21.
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Leiden University launches MULTIPLY platform to integrate information by newest ESA-satellites for earth observation
The Institute of Environmental Sciences of the Leiden University has, together with its European partners, presented the new MULTIPLY platform, during a workshop at the European Space Agency (ESA). This platform makes it for the first time possible to combine different data stream’s of ESA’s newest…
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Video: Leiden archaeologists digging in Oss
Leiden archaeologists have been digging into the municipality of Oss’s past for 50 years now and students have gained their first experience of fieldwork there. What is the result of half a century of research and teaching? Archaeologist Richard Jansen and his students take us to the largest excavation…
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Renewable Energy
The transition to new and renewable energy sources should be completed by 2050. Researchers in various disciplines at Leiden University are conducting unique research that will help us make this transition and reduce CO2 emissions.
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Admission requirements
To be eligible for Biology and Education at Leiden University, you must meet the following admission requirements.
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Admission requirements
To be eligible for Biology at Leiden University, you must meet the following admission requirements.
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First ILS Lunch Seminar of this academic year with Clare Fenwick and Ilya Kokorin
After the summer break, the ILS Lunch Seminar series is back for its fourth and final year. These monthly seminars present the perfect opportunity to unite the different institutes situated within Leiden Law School and have steadily developed into somewhat of a tradition. On Thursday 19 September 2019,…
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Very special ILS Lunch Seminar with Leandro Mancano from the University of Edinburgh
The ILS Lunch Seminar of April will take in a slightly different format, as we have the honour of receiving Dr Leandro Mancano from the University of Edinburgh. He will present his most recent monograph on the European Union and the deprivation of liberty.
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The April edition of the ILS Lunch Seminars with Adriano Martufi and Marco Stam
The monthly ILS Lunch Seminars bring together colleagues and students from Leiden Law School, by providing an informal setting to hear what researchers from other research programs and institutes are working on. On Thursday 19 April the next edition of the ILS Lunch Seminars takes place, featuring presentations…
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Meet and greet Jane Goodall in Leiden’s Hortus
Primate and test specialist Jane Goodall paid a visit to the Hortus botanicus in Leiden on 21 May for a ‘meet & greet’. Goodall, a world-famous researcher and nature protectionist, was presented with an orchid named after her and used the occasion to draw attention to the issue of plant protection.…
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Carlotta Rigotti at IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2024
On 13 May 2024, Carlotta Rigotti took to the stage at WOROBET 2024, a workshop dedicated to robot ethics as part of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2024 in Yokohama (Japan). Her presentation was entitled 'Ensuring sexual safety in human-machine interactions', based on a…
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New research at the Hortus: the delimitation of the genus Uvaria L.
In the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia the soursop family (Annonaceae) can be found. The genus Uvaria is a part of this family, but it has not yet been described entirely correctly. That is what Annas Rabbani will be studying during the next four years as a PhD student at the Hortus botanicus…
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Ecosia now available at Leiden University computers
LUGO has some news: If you are using a public computer from Leiden University, you can now set your default search engine to Ecosia.
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ILS Lunch Seminar with Nienke van Heek and Esther van Ginneken
The monthly ILS Lunch Seminars present the perfect opportunity to unite the different Institutes situated within Leiden Law School. On Thursday 14 March 2019, the next edition of the ILS Lunch Seminars will take place. This time, Nienke van Heek and Esther van Ginneken will present their research.
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Happy ILS Lunching 2017! 30 January with Professor Joanne van der Leun
The first ILS Lunch Seminar of 2017 will take place on Monday 30 January. During this lunch seminar series all researchers from Leiden Law School can present their research. The idea is to hear in a simple and nice way what researchers from other research programs and institutes are working on. During…
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ILS Lunch Seminars
The monthly research lunches have become a regular point on the Law School’s agenda and are steadily developing into somewhat of a tradition. We look back at two successful lunches in October and November, doing justice to the diversity in research taking place in our Faculty.
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The festive ILS Lunch Seminar series 2018-2019 kick-off with Geerten Waling and Michael Klos
The monthly ILS Lunch Seminars have become a regular point on the Law School’s agenda and are steadily developing into somewhat of a tradition. During this seminar series, all researchers from Leiden Law School can present their research. The idea is to apprehend in a comfortable setting what researchers…
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Looking back at the well-visited October edition of the ILS Lunch Seminars
Last Thursday, the second ILS Lunch Seminar of this academic year took place. In this successful and well-visited edition, Hans-Martien ten Napel and Mark Leiser both gave very interesting presentations.
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Last ILS Lunch Seminar before the summer break with Prof. Rank and Prof. Barentsen
The monthly ILS Lunch Seminars present the perfect opportunity to unite the different institutes situated within Leiden Law School and are steadily developing into somewhat of a tradition. On Thursday 14 June, the last edition of the ILS Lunch Seminars of this academic year takes place. This seminar…
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Looking back on the ILS Lunch Seminar of November
The monthly ILS Lunch Seminars present the perfect opportunity to unite the different Institutes situated within Leiden Law School. On Thursday 28 November, the ILS Lunch Seminar of November took place. Melanie Fink and Tycho de Graaf both presented their current and future research.
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The successful ILS Lunch Seminar of November in hindsight
On Thursday 8 November, the ILS Lunch Seminar of November took place. Philippe van Gruisen and Almut Breuer, Assistant Professors at the Institutes of Economics and Tax Law at Leiden Law School, presented their current research.
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ILS Lunch Seminar with Laura van Bochove and Santy Kouwagam: canceled!
Once a month, during the ILS Lunch Seminars, two researchers from Leiden Law School present their ongoing or recently concluded research. The idea is that colleagues from different departments get to learn more about each other’s research, creating more opportunities for developing cooperation. On Thursday,…