349 search results for “mr k j cathprijs” in the Staff website
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Beyond the Dichotomy between Migrant Smuggling and Human Trafficking
PhD defence
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Application, Adaptation and Rejection
PhD defence
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Reward Systems in Prison
PhD defence
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Legal and policy aspects of space big data: Legal implications of the use of large amounts of space data
PhD defence
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Plant occurrence in space and time: the importance of land use, habitat structure, and pollination mode
PhD defence
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Sic transit gloria mundi: a journey to the end of the Roman empire
Lecture, Ancient History study trip Trier 2022 information session
- European Union Seminar Series
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Protecting the Peace Process in Post-Brexit Northern Ireland
Lecture
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Caribbean Literature - A Reading List
Caribbean literature holds a unique position in the world. Literature produced in the Caribbean region is extremely diverse, not only because of the wide variety of languages spoken, but also due to distinct colonial legacies that exist in the archipelago. Despite cultural specificities, the region…
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LIBC MRI Methods Meeting
Lecture
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Country Meeting Nigeria: Elections panel discussion
Debate
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Child Sexual Abuse Material Networks on the Darkweb
PhD defence
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Evidence Gathering Strategies in the Investigation of Crimes against Indigenous Peoples
Conference
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Indigenous Peoples and Regional Human Rights Systems
Conference
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Chemical Weapons Use and Legal Pathways to Accountability
Conference, Seminar
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Guest lecture Wojciech Wiewiórowski, European Data Protection Supervisor
Lecture
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How can I help my students to recognise their unique skills?
On Friday 10 June a workshop on students’ unique skills was organised in the context of the joint Erasmus+ project ASSET-H. In this workshop, teaching staff learned how to showcase the skills that students can learn in their classes. Trainer Catho Jacobs has five tips on helping students to recognise…
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Malformations in heart, eyes and nervous system: Nano-plastics disrupt growth
Nano-plastics cause malformations. Meiru Wang, researcher at the Institute of Biology Leiden, looked at the extreme effects polystyrene nano-particles could have, using chicken embryos as a model. Her results were quite alarming. Especially as nano-particles are everywhere. In the air, floating through…
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Call for statements of interest: MARS staff exchange programme "Non-Western Migration Regimes in a Global Perspective"
Are you working at Leiden University and researching migration regimes outside of the Global North? Are you interested in doing fieldwork or a research visit at one of our partner universities? Then you might want to join the Leiden team of the EU funded Marie Curie Staff Exchange Network on non western…
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Webb reveals new details in Pandora’s Cluster
Astronomers have captured a new deep field of Pandora's Cluster (Abell 2744) with the James Webb Space Telescope. The images show never-before-seen details. The results are described in four scientific papers. Leiden astronomers Marijn Franx and Mariska Kriek collaborated on the study. 'This opens a…
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Dust cloud from two colliding ice planets dims light of parent star
For the first time, an international group of astronomers have seen the heat glow of two ice giant planets colliding. They could also observe the resultant dust cloud move in front of the parent star several years later. Led by Leiden astronomer Matthew Kenworthy, they monitored the star's brightness…
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What's the status on the Programme Standards?
In the autumn, the programme boards submitted Development Plans. The plans were then analysed by the Educational Advice and Quality Assurance (O&K) team. This analysis shows that the programme boards have taken a serious look at their curriculums. The study programme Religious Studies offers a glimpse…
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Scientific breakthrough: evidence that Neanderthals hunted giant elephants
Neanderthals were able to outwit straight-tusked elephants, the largest land mammals of the past few million years. Leiden professor Wil Roebroeks has published an article about this together with his German colleague Sabine Gaudzinski-Windheuser in the Science Advances journal.
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Leiden biologists find nanoplastics in developing heart
Nanoplastics can accumulate in developing hearts, according to a study by biologist Meiru Wang from Leiden University. Her research on chicken embryos sheds new light on how these tiny plastic particles pose a threat to our health.
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Arteriosclerosis and drug discovery: two young researchers win Krijn Rietveld Award for innovative research
One discovered that arteriosclerosis resembles an autoimmune disease, while the other developed a system to aid in the search for new medications. For these achievements, Marie Depuydt and Jurren de Groot were awarded the Krijn Rietveld Memorial Innovation Award on the evening of Tuesday 4 June.
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Surprise: No methane on the night side of exoplanet WASP-43b
The night side of exoplanet WASP-43b, to the surprise of astronomers, does not appear to contain methane. It is likely that extreme winds do not allow enough time for methane to form in detectable amounts. This is the conclusion of an international team of scientists, with Leiden and Amsterdam contributions,…
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Call for Papers: Who rules over migrants? Autocratic elements in migration policies
We are pleased to invite paper proposals for the 1.5-day interdisciplinary workshop: “Who rules over migrants? Autocratic elements in migration policies”, that will take place at the University of Leiden on 14 and 15 November 2024.
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Award of 33 Kiem grants for new interdisciplinary initiatives
No fewer than 55 applications were submitted for a Kiem seed grant, an initiative for developing new interdisciplinary, interfaculty research partnerships and encounters. The draw took place on Monday for the allocation of 22 seed grants. The Executive Board was so impressed with the number of applications…
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Call for Papers: 'Matrilineal Kerala: Investigations across Borders'
In collaboration with: Leiden University Institute for Area Studies, the Netherlands & Mar Chrysostom Chair, Mahatma Gandhi University, India
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Jeu d'argile: céramique, identité culturelle, créolisation; Une étude archéo-anthropologique de la céramique des sociétés caribéennes multiculturelles
PhD defence
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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Far: Observing Radio Bright AGN into the Cosmic Dawn
PhD defence
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The characteristics of galaxies with powerful radio jets
PhD defence
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Galactic substructures as tracers of dark matter and stellar evolution
PhD defence
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Data Driven Donation Strategies
PhD defence
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Numerical exploration of statistical physics
PhD defence
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Translational Symmetry Breaking in Holographic Strange Metals
PhD defence
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Beyond Friends and Foes: Immigration Policymaking in Contemporary China
PhD defence
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Sparsity-Based Algorithms for Inverse Problems
PhD defence
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Neutral Outflows in High-Redshift Dusty Galaxies
PhD defence
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Philo of Alexandria on Divine Forgiveness
PhD defence
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Staging Power: A Study of Narrative Patterns in Herodian’s History of the Roman Empire
PhD defence
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Democratie, deugden docentschap
PhD defence
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Spice War: Ternate, Makassar, the Dutch East India Company and the struggle for the Ambon Islands (c. 1600-1656)
PhD defence
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Neurodevelopmental Impact of Sex Chromosome Trisomy in Young Children
PhD defence
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Relations of Duty in an Age of Rights
PhD defence
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Effects of the early social environment on song and preference learning in zebra finches
PhD defence
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Treasuring teen friendships
PhD defence
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Familiar Scars
PhD defence
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Dosing considerations for preterm neonates
PhD defence
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Quantum machine learning
PhD defence