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NL Scholarship - Incoming students
Bachelor
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PhD places
PhD candidates come in all shapes and sizes, from those with an appointment at the University to dual PhDs who have a job outside the University. Here we explain which PhD places we have at Leiden University, so you can quickly see which type suits you.
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Embedded System Software Engineer (Research and Education support) (0.8-1.0fte)
Science, Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS)
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Astronomy for development project-scientist
Science, Leiden Observatory
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Head of Tutorial-Lecturer Team International Studies (0,8 fte)
Humanities, International Studies
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Many national and international research funders can provide financing for your research project.
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Performative Photography (mix of photography & art performance)
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Turfmarkt 99, The Hague
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From tax law talent to expert beer brewer: Benjamin Wegman's unique career path
People often say you should ‘do something that makes you happy’. Alumnus Benjamin Wegman certainly took that advice to heart. After graduating with a degree in tax law, he switched to brewing beer at a local brewery in Leiden.
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AI and the green transition: a ‘match made in heaven’?
Artificial intelligence (AI) is often portrayed as a technological saviour for addressing climate change. But there are risks associated with its use, observes Barrie Sander.
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Nadine Akkerman: ‘It’s an incredible feeling, rewriting such an iconic event from a country’s history.’
Ever since Nadine Akkerman, Professor of Early Modern Literature & Culture, came across a woman spy in her research, secret agents have kept cropping up in her work. Now there’s Spycraft, a popular history book exploring the espionage techniques used by early modern spies, which she has co-written with…
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Archaeologist Martin Berger works on online FIFA exposition about origins of football
Martin Berger was asked by the FIFA Museum in Zürich to help develop an exposition on the origins of football. In line with his expertise, he worked on the part of the online exposition that was about the Mesoamerican ballgame.
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Take part in group decision-making research at the social interaction lab
To easily take part in group decision-making research, Jörg Gross, Assistent Professor Social and Organisational Psychology, launched a platform that allows students at the social interaction lab. Sign up to receive invitations if you are interested in taking part in on-going scientific studies in the…
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Gilles van Wezel reappointed for four years
Gilles van Wezel has been reappointed as Scientific Director at the Leiden Institute of Biology (IBL). Van Wezel has been director of this institute since September 2018 and will remain so until 1 September 2026.
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Call for new members: Young Academy Leiden 2023
Organisation
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Two ICM+ grants awarded to Leiden Law School
Education, Organisation
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Combating antibiotic resistance together, now finally in-person
Last month, the European TIPAT ITN network on personalized antibiotic treatments coordinated by Coen van Hasselt had its first in-person meeting. Two years since the project started, all TIPAT PhD candidates and their supervisors from six European universities came together in Leiden.
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Inter-Section launch Special Issue: How Materials Shaped the Human World
Research
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Freya Baetens writes fact sheet on free trade agreements for Dutch Lower House
Free trade negotiations and agreements are important instruments of EU trade policy. An increasing number of EU climate, environmental and sustainable development objectives play a role in free trade agreements.
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New e-learning module 'GenAI and LLMs in the Academic Community'
Education
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Do you use refence-management software?
Library
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Francien Dechesne presents at NWO ICT.Open 2024
On April 10 -11, the annual national event NWO ICT.Open 2024 takes place in the Beatrix Theater in the Jaarbeurs in Utrecht. The event brings scientists from all ICT research disciplines and industries together to learn, share ideas, and network.
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LDE courses added to existing range of courses for lecturers
Human resources
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Call: help a student and become a host
Social
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Interview with Tanja Masson-Zwaan on the ESA website
The European Space Agency (ESA) introduces the members of the European Center for Space Law (ECSL) on its website through interviews with its members. One of those members is Tanja Masson-Zwaan.
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Ignas Snellen new Scientific Director of Leiden Observatory
As of 16 August Ignas Snellen is the new Scientific Director of the astronomical institute of the Faculty of Science. He will succeed Huub Rottgering, who led the institute since 2012. Snellen has been appointed for a period of four years.
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Interview Klara Beslmüller
Klara Beslmüller
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Wanted: Dutch speaking PhD candidates without stage fright for the Hoe?Zo! Show
Research
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Want to work digitally during lectures? Reserve the laptop cart!
Education, ICT
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Update phase 2A - Gorlaeus Building open for prospective students during Bachelor Open Day
Organisation
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Valerie Frissen on NPO Radio 1 about Microsoft's new VALL-E software
Microsoft’s new software VALL-E only has to hear a voice for three seconds to be able to imitate it almost perfectly. You can choose which emotion the voice should use and what it should say. Valerie Frissen, Professor by special appointment of Digital Technology and Social Change at eLaw, and Director…
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Jan van de Streek in podcast on tax consultants and ethics
In the podcast Het Geldspoor, Professor of Tax Law Jan van de Streek speaks about the profession of tax advisers. 'Tax consultants should take a firmer stance more often’, says Van de Streek.
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Opening faculty year 2022-2023 with talkshow Leiden Law Op1
On Tuesday 6 September the faculty academic year 2022-2023 will be opened with a talkshow to be broadcast live from the Kamerlingh Onnes Building: Leiden Law Op1.
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Leiden Psychology Podcast: Get to know the new hosts!
Season 2 of the Leiden Psychology podcast has started, and we're kicking it off with a special Q&A featuring our new hosts Aziza and Priya. In this episode you are offered a chance to get to know them better.
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Stand as a candidate for the Faculty Council or the Department Council
Organisation
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Spotlight Prize
Are you a PhD candidate and are you interested in winning €500 by pitching about your research? Jong KNCV grants you this opportunity! During the ‘Avond van de Chemie’, 3 pitches of 3 minutes each will be presented. The audience of the ‘Avond van de Chemie’ will choose the winner, who will take home…
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Getting started with Brightspace or Wooclap? Follow a workshop!
Education
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Wanted: your opinion on Leiden University's staff newsletter
Organisation
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Marieke Liem talks about the term 'troubled person' in Dutch magazine Elsevier
In Dutch magazine Elsevier, Marieke Liem explains the issues with using the term ‘troubled person‘ in reports on homocide.
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LACDR Fall Symposium 2021
On Thursday the 9th of December the LACDR Fall Symposium 2021 took place. Although the plan was to organize this symposium physically, unfortunately this was not possible due to the corona measures and it became an online event.
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Extra dates in November for Active bystander workshop
Human resources
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Professor Bleda Düring interviewed for podcast Tides of History
The Tides of History is a history podcast that takes listeners into the past while trying to identify how it echoes today. The current season centers around the Iron Age and the new episode features an interview with our own Bleda Düring.
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Towards the Hinduisation of India?
The recent consecration of India’s Ayodhya temple by Prime Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party figurehead Narendra Modi raises important questions. Is secularism giving way to religious rule in the world’s largest democracy? How does this resonate with India’s culturally diverse population? France 24…
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Bart Barendregt on Unesco Chair in Anthropology of Digital Diversity
Bart Barendregt explains his new Unesco Chair in Anthropology of Digital Diversity in an interview on the Unesco website.
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Peter van der Putten on Robo Rabbi and a robot that performs funeral rituals
Can a robot rekindle the waning interest in Buddhism in Japan? University lecturer Peter van der Putten researches the philosophical and social questions related to artificial intelligence. He also investigates whether computers and robots can take over creativity, emotions and other human characteristics.…