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Human Rights and Climate Change: Call for Abstracts
On 27-28 January 2022, Leiden University’s interdisciplinary seed grant programme ‘Beyond Anthropocentric Interests and Values? Human Rights and Climate Change’ will host a conference on human rights and climate change. Researchers are welcome to join and contribute their view. The deadline for the…
- 'Sound Matters': An exploratory Workshop into Sound and Digital Humanities
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NWO and ERC grant for research on Chinese infrastructure
In the coming years, Hilde De Weerdt gets to spend over three million euros. She received grants from both the European Research Council (ERC) and the Dutch Research Council (NWO) for research on Chinese infrastructure. ‘It is great that it is also possible to develop large projects in the social sciences…
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ERC StG Safe&Sound and UNCTAD Explore Synergies on Robotics, AI, and Consumer Protection in Developing Countries
Eduard Fosch-Villaronga, PI of the ERC StG Safe and Sound hosted at Leiden University's eLaw Center for Law and Digital Technologies, recently met with Arnau Izaguerri of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) to explore avenues for collaboration. The focus of the discussion…
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Bart Custers in De Jurist on UBO register and privacy legislation
Ultimate beneficial owners (UBOs) of companies should have registered their information in the Dutch UBO register before 27 March 2022. The Dutch Minister of Finance saw no reason to postpone the deadline for registration, according to answers to parliamentary questions. In an article on the legal platform…
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Digital Thesauri as Semantic Treasure Troves
PhD defence
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Guiding safe and sustainable technological innovation under uncertainty
PhD defence
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LUCDH Pilot Project Symposium and Digital Winter School
Symposium and Workshops
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Explore the Digital Lab with LUCDH: Open Lab and Demos
Lecture
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CANCELLED - Museum Talk: Negotiating museums and their digital interfaces
Lecture
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Internal communication tools
An organisation the size of Leiden University requires careful internal communication.
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CWTS Scientometrics Summer School (CS3)
Research
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Simone van der Hof joins Special Group on Code of Conduct for age-appropriate design
Simone van der Hof, professor of Law and Digital Technology at eLaw, has joined the EU Special Group on Code of Conduct for age-appropriate design as an expert.
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Brief summary of our approach to our ties with Israeli institutions
During the last couple of months, Leiden University has conducted many constructive discussions with the University Council and many other experts and groups from the academic community. Based on their input, the Executive board has decided to create a preliminary policy regarding our ties to Israeli…
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Robotics and AI in archaeological theory and practice
What can Robotics and AI bring to archaeological theory and practice? In return, how can archaeology contribute to the developments in robotics and AI research? Colleagues tackled these questions at an event organised by the Faculty of Archaeology and sponsored by SAILS.
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Academic outreach: an introduction to sharing your research via social and conventional media
Communication, Outreach
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Other prizes and grants
In this section you will find a listing of national teaching awards, fellowships and grants.
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Kamerlingh Onnes Building
Steenschuur 25, Leiden
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Scientific Conduct for PhDs (Science)
Research
- Develop your teaching skills @ FSW
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Tuesday Talks: Science Insights | 3 September 2024
Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights
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Memory ‘construction’ and the digital perpetuation of conflict in Mali
Lecture
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Using technology for the translation of literature: a user-centred approach
Lecture, Leiden Translation Talks
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SAILS Mini-Symposium on Legal Search Technologies
Lecture
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Connect & Learn: The decentralized web and safeguarding digital sovereignty
Network meeting
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EA & SSEA Night Talk 2 – Technology in East Asia from Manufacturing to Research & Development?
Lecture
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SAILS Lunch Time Seminar
Lecture
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Feeling the Nudge: Political Communication and Governance in Digital China
Inaugural lecture
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The Leiden 'Humanities in a Digital World' Symposium
Symposium
- More information about cooperating with China
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Introduction to qualitative interviewing for PhD
Research
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Organising online events
The Events Office is happy to help organise an online event, but you can also do it yourself. You will find resources and support for this on this page.
- More information about cooperating with China
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Research Support Network
The Leiden Research Support Network is the essential network for research support professionals within Leiden University, where colleagues from the various faculty (virtual) Research Support Offices and central service units work together and share their knowledge to provide optimum support for researchers…
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Exploring creative approaches: sharing scientific results beyond academic writing
Nurturing Student Creativity: Innovative Approaches to Sharing Scientific Results. Bridging Generations and Empowering Ethical Exploration in Anthropology Education
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Cleveringa professor Gert Oostindie: ‘We stood up for our own freedom but ignored that of others’
Now that war is once again raging in Europe, the question of when you need to stand up against injustice has become more relevant than ever. In his Cleveringa lecture on 24 November historian Gert Oostindie will discuss why colonial domination was not regarded as an issue in Leiden for a long time.
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7 June 2022: Conference 'Practicing Informed Consent; Dilemmas and experiences in social science research'
Research
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NWA grant for health law as part of NWA Cure4life
Mirjam Sombroek, Aart Hendriks and Martine de Vries (LUMC) will work on mapping the ethical and legal aspects of gene therapy. The aim is to establish a best practice of how society can best deal with these therapies. For example with guidelines on how to regulate, reimburse and make these therapies…
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How smart cities gain legitimacy and trust
A smart city is of no use if its residents don’t trust it. Tanaquil Arduin, Chief Data Officer at the Municipality of The Hague, and Bram Klievink, Professor of Digitalisation and Public Policy at Leiden University, explain how this can be avoided – to some extent. ‘Make sure civil servants and residents…
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Citizen scientists discover more than 1,000 new burial mounds
Over the past few years, citizen scientists from the Heritage Quest project have scoured the entire Veluwe and Utrechtse Heuvelrug areas for unknown archaeological heritage. One of the results of this research is that the number of known burial mounds in this area has doubled.
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AI for humanities: ‘Especially as a humanities student, you have the tools to work with this’
While humanities once mainly involved books and archives, nowadays we can’t imagine life without AI. Next semester a new faculty-wide course will be introduced, taking you along with this development. University lecturer and course coordinator Yann Ryan tells us more about it.
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Humanities and AI: A fruitful combination
What do a linguist, an artist, a Professor of Conservation and Restoration, and a lecturer at the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science have in common? They all use Artificial Intelligence. On 7 April they discussed the use of AI at Leiden’s Kijkhuis cinema.
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Memory Activism and Digital Practices after Conflict: Unwanted Memories
Lecture
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Another successful collaboration between Leiden Law School and LUMC
Researchers from Leiden Law School and the LUMC have received a grant for a joint research project. They will be looking into ways in which caregivers and patients can work together to come to a better decision.
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How “giving voice” may lead to silence
Do we break the silences in our research participants’ stories? When is it ethical to write and not write about what remains unspoken in the social worlds we study? And when we encounter silences, how do we document them? These were just some of the many questions discussed during the vivid and inspiring…
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Simone van der Hof and Ton Liefaard collaborate on UNICEF Safer Internet Day symposium
On Safer Internet Day (Tuesday 6 February), UNICEF Netherlands organised a symposium on the theme of 'Children's rights in the digital world' in collaboration with Leiden University and Kennisnet. Simone van der Hof and Ton Liefaard contributed to the symposium.
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Eduard Fosch-Villaronga & Louk van Doorn win the DT4REGIONS Ideathon on AI Potential for Preventive Healthcare
eLaw - Center of Law and Digital technologies from Leiden Law School, and the Vascular Surgery Department at Leiden University Medical Centre in the Netherlands, join forces to explore the use of AI for diabetes and secondary prevention of diabetic foot problems and won a prize for it.
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Mirjam Sombroek appointed member of Health Council
By Royal Decree, Mirjam Sombroek van Doorm was appointed as a member of the Health Council of the Netherlands as of 1 January 2024. She has joined the standing committee for Ethics and Law as well as the temporary Brain Injury through Sports Committee. The Health Council of the Netherlands is an independent…
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Our ties with Israeli universities
Leiden University has recently received various petitions from students and staff concerning our ties with Israeli universities. We have also held extensive discussions with the University Council in response to questions raised on the subject. We think it important that our partners and research projects…
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Citizen science project Heritage Quest wins European Heritage Award / Europa Nostra Award 2022
Gelderland Heritage and Leiden University’s Faculty of Archaeology have won the European Heritage Award / Europa Nostra Award 2022 in the ‘research’ category with the Heritage Quest citizen science project. ‘Heritage Quest has shown that citizens can play an active role in protecting cultural heritage…