183 search results for “horizon 2020” in the Staff website
- Broaden your horizon during the International Experience Week
- COGLOSS seminars 2020-2021
- What's New?! Fall 2020 Lecture Series
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Nienke van der Marel receives New Horizons Prize
Nienke van der Marel has been awarded the New Horizons Prize in physics for her pioneering research on planet formation. This prize is given to young, promising researchers in physics or mathematics. The astronomer and her colleagues found the first observational evidence for 'dust traps' in disks around…
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Horizon Europe funding for eLaw on project BIAS to mitigate diversity biases in the Labor Market
Dr Eduard Fosch-Villaronga, Assistant Professor at eLaw - Center for Law and Digital Technologies, and 8 partners have been awarded the project 'BIAS: Mitigating Diversity Biases in the Labour Market', a large €4.7M Horizon Europe grant.
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eLaw joins Horizon Europe BIAS webinar on citizen science and AI technologies
On 9 October 2023, Carlotta Rigotti and Eduard Fosch-Villaronga participated in the BIAS webinar on citizen science and AI technologies, namely the first awareness-raising activity of the Horizon Europe BIAS project. They discussed online citizens’ engagement on tackling gender and intersectional biases…
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Horizon Europe BIAS & AEQUITAS sister projects join forces to understand the impact of AI on workers
Leiden University's eLaw Center's BIAS Project and the Universidad de la Laguna's AEQUITAS project will collaborate to develop a deeper understanding of AI technologies' impact on workers and inform policies accordingly.
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eLaw presented the Horizon Europe BIAS project during the 'Algorithms for Her?' conference
Carlotta Rigotti and Dr Eduard Fosch-Villaronga from Leiden University presented the Horizon Europe BIAS project and its preliminary findings on fairness and diversity biases of AI applications in the labour market during the 'Algorithms for Her?' conference.
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Information briefing Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships 21 July
Research
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New generation galaxy formation simulations on the horizon – Evgenii Chaikin received his doctorate with honours
Simulations of galaxy formation provide much more information about galaxies than a telescope. Simulations have been improving significantly in recent years. Astronomer Evgenii Chaikin made such a significant contribution to this field that he graduated with honours on February 27th.
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Video: het jaar 2020 in vogelvlucht
Ook voor de Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid was 2020 een bijzonder jaar. Het was een jaar waarin alles anders werd.
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Information briefing Marie Curie Doctoral Training Networks 5 July
Research
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European Commission selects IIASL to study Space Traffic Management
The European Commission has selected a consortium of major European launcher and satellite manufacturers, operators and service providers, as well as policy and legal research centres and institutes to study and provide guidelines and recommendations on Space Traffic Management (STM). The IIASL of Leiden…
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Business Liability Research Network (BLRN) online jaarverslag 2019, 2020
We are pleased to present the Business Liability Research Network (BLRN) online annual report 2019, 2020. In this double annual report, the BLRN reports on the main results for the years 2019 and 2020. The annual report includes a complete overview of the publications and events in the aforementioned…
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Covid influences sustainability at Leiden University too in 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has had us working and studying at home, and this has had a positive effect on Leiden University’s sustainability results. This is apparent from the university’s new Sustainability Report 2020. The report also shows that nearly all the targets from the Environmental Policy Plan…
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26 Research and Education Grants in 2020 for the Institute of Security and Global Affairs
Whilst 2020 has been an unusual and taxing year for colleagues at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA), the Institute nevertheless can look back on an impressive range of successful grant applications during the previous year. This impressive result was achieved on top of excellent results…
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Cooking workshop with PhD’s of cohort 2020
Just before the new measures, we have had the cooking workshop with the PhD’s of cohort 2020. Luckily, it was planned just in time, because we haven't had that much opportunities to meet each other live. It was an amazing evening with nice recipes and awesome food.
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Annual report 2020: a year of unity and resilience
In the new Annual Report 2020 we report on not only the research and teaching, but also the knowledge transfer, operational management and general policy at Leiden University in 2020. The report is divided into a general section and a section with the figures, i.e. the university’s financial stateme…
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Carlijn Lems wins the Suzanne Hovinga Award 2020-2021
During the LACDR Fall Symposium the Suzanne Hovinga Award for ‘best master thesis’ was awarded to Carlijn Lems for her master thesis entitled ‘Elucidating the crosstalk between epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and Programmed Death-Ligand 1: validation and extension of a computational model’. Carlijn…
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Carlijn Lems Young Star Award 2020, Runner-up
The Young Star Award is awarded annually to a student who completed his or her bachelor’s thesis at the Faculty of Science of Leiden University. The prize was installed by Prof. Ewine van Dishoeck in 2019 and consists of a prize of 2,500 euros. Each of the bachelor’s programmes at our Faculty may nominate…
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Ecologist Michiel Veldhuis is the Discoverer of the Year 2020
Michiel Veldhuis received the most public votes for the C.J. Kok Public Award and may therefore call himself Discoverer of the Year. Veldhuis researches how climate change affects savannah ecosystems in Africa and how we can protect them.
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LUC The Hague: Celebrating Class of 2020 ½ and 2021
Last Friday, Leiden University College The Hague (LUC) celebrated the graduation of the Class of 2020 ½ and 2021. The 186 students received their Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree’s in LUC’s interdisciplinary honours programme Liberal Arts & Sciences: Global Challenges. Under the silver-…
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Big reduction in CO2 footprint in 2020 due to coronacrisis
The university's CO2 footprint - a visual representation of Leiden University's environmental impact - is calculated every year. The CO2 footprint for 2020 shows a striking break in the trend in terms of energy use, mobility and waste.
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Widening the horizons of outer space law
PhD defence
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Find funding
External funding is essential in order to be able to carry out scientific research. The number of grants is virtually endless, so it is important to aim for the ones that match your research aspirations. This webpage aims at giving you an overview of different funding providers, their mode of operating…
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Natalia Ortiz – Winner of the 2019 - 2020 KNCV Medicinal Chemistry & Chemical Biology thesis prize
Natalia Ortiz (Division of Drug Discovery and Safety) has been awarded the 2019-2020 PhD-thesis prize by the Division of Medicinal Chemistry & Chemical Biology, from the Royal Netherlands Chemical Society (KNCV-MCCB). The KNCV-MCCB thesis prize is a biannual award which is granted to the best PhD thesis…
- Leiden Research Support Network Webinar | Horizon Europe framework programme: what are your experiences?
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Attending a conference (Graduate School FSW)
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Online exhibition – Yemen through the Dutch lens
Northern Yemen; a highland region often in the news as the center of the Houthi regime, has a political, social, and intellectual history spanning more than a millennium. This exhibition showcases some of the findings of the Early Modern State Development in Yemen project, based at Leiden University,…
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Introducing: Omar Achfay
Omar Achfay recently joined the Institute for History as PhD candidate. Below, he introduces himself.
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New publication ERC StG Safe & Sound: Safety and Exoskeletons
We are pleased to announce a groundbreaking research study delving into crucial aspects of safety and responsibility in the domain of personal care robots, explicitly focusing on robotic lower-limb exoskeletons.
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CFA: Summer school Global History in the 2020s, Leiden 27-29 June 2023
On 27-29 June, 2023, Leiden University's Institute for History will host a summer school on Global History in the 2020s, in collaboration with the Huizinga Institute-Research School for Cultural History, the Research School Political History, and the Flying University of Transnational Humanities (FUTH).…
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Kick-off Conference Horizon Europe research project TransEuroWorkS: Transforming European Work and Social Protection
Conference
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funding-career
Your funding needs might change as you advance through your career. Below we detail the opportunities available for every career stage.
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International Experience Week for staff
Conference
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find-funding
To find funding, you first need to define your goal. Do you need to fund your own salary? Go abroad? Start up a collaboration? Buy equipment or do field work? Next, find a match between your goal and the many funding opportunities.
- Announcements
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PhD meetings
PhD candidates at Leiden University or Leiden University Medical Center are invited to join a centrally organized PhD introductory program: Inform & Connect.
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Was Brexit een valse belofte? Wat de rellen van extreemrechts te maken hebben met migratiebeleid
Waarom laaien er rellen op in het Verenigd Koninkrijk, aangespoord door de extreemrechtse British Defence League? Jorieke Manenschijn sprak met EenVandaag over hoe de beloftes van Brexit aan de woede hebben bijgedragen.
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The Role of Humans in Surgery Automation
Eduard Fosch-Villaronga, Hadassah Drukarch and Bart Custers from eLaw - Center for Law and Digital Technologies, explore together with Pranav Khanna, eLaw alumnus, the influence of automation on human–robot interaction and responsibility in surgery innovation.
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‘Migration society asks for an interdisciplinary approach’
Peter Scholten is one of the four professors that were officially appointed as Leiden-Delft-Erasmus professor last week. Apart from his appointment at the Erasmus University, he has now also been appointed at FGGA. We asked Scholten five questions about his double appointment and the collaboration between…
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How polluting are the clothes in your closet?
Cotton is the most widely used natural fibre for clothes. But how polluting are our jeans and shirts actually? Environmental scientist Laura Scherer coordinated an international research project on the impacts of cotton. ‘The purchases of consumers in Europe can contribute to water scarcity in China…
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funders
Many national and international research funders can provide financing for your research project.
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Prepare and write
Our Research Funding Community continuously gathers intelligence that helps with preparing proposals efficiently and to give them the necessary competitive edge. All grant advisors are happy to share this information, and to guide you throughout the process. For quick reference, this page summarises…
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Prepare and write
Our Research Funding Community continuously gathers intelligence that helps with preparing proposals efficiently and to give them the necessary competitive edge. All grant advisors are happy to share this information, and to guide you throughout the process. For quick reference, this page summarises…
- Information briefing: Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships – Preparing a proposal
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Graduation ceremonies Advanced Master's Leiden Law School 2020
Graduation ceremony
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International Summer School Global History in the 2020s
Conference, Summer School
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Transdiasporas: Armenians, Kurds, and Palestinians, 1990-2020
Lecture, Histories Connected: Work-in-Progress
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DRIVE: A radical shift in understanding how extremism works
‘We want to say something very different from the norm. We are the radicals now.’ Tahir Abbas is lyric about the DRIVE project he will be leading from Leiden University in The Hague. This is a short introduction to the research that will be carried out in the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway and the United…