The narrow but long stretched stript of Frisian land along the North Sea was already occupied before Roman times. However, man repeatedly suffered setbacks when he tried to extend his living space, both in the tidal marshes and the peat area south of them.

PhD candidates carry out a programme of independent research, leading to a PhD thesis in typically 4 years.

On November 22nd, Morana Lukač succesfully defended her doctoral thesis and graduated. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Morana on this great result.

e-SIDES (ethical and societal impact of data sciences) is a Coordination & Support Action (CSA) part of the Horizon 2020 programme.

This article describes the creation of an app that can help raise climate awareness and the action globally.

LUCAS members are experts in the fields of literary history and theory, film and media studies, and art, architectural, and book history. Members of LUCAS teach in a wide variety of Bachelor's, Master’s, and Research Master’s Programmes.

The Citizen Science Lab brings together scientists, citizens and community stakeholders to arrive at new insights for both science and society through citizen science.

Published on 26 February 2021.

In times of hardships or crisis, local people know how to deal with it using their resourcefulness. Although efforts are sometimes made by the government to help them, they are fully aware that community support is at least equally important.

On 20 January 2022, Marco Stam defended the thesis 'Essays on Welfare Benefits, Employment, and Crime'. The doctoral research was supervised by Prof. M.G. Knoef.

Feedback from fellow students on academic writing is as informative as that of teachers.

Both Europe and Latin America face challenges globally and at home. Conflicts over land and resources have been resurgent in recent years.

What role should the university play in the climate crisis?

PhD candidates carry out a programme of independent research and additional (limited) course work, culminating in production of a PhD thesis in typically 4 years.

This monograph by Robert Ross provides a detailed narrative of the Kat River Settlement in the Eastern Cape of South Africa during the nineteenth century.

Together with two other authors, Jaroslaw Kantorowicz from ISGA investigates the susceptibility to believing in misinformation.

This book argues that the combined literary, epigraphic and archaeological evidence supports the theory that early-imperial Italy had about six million inhabitants.

In this study we aimed to examine teacher learning within a context of collaboration in interdisciplinary teams.

In 2020 the Utrechtse Heuvelrug project started and in a record time the entire ice pushed ridged was investigated. Thousands of potential new burial mounds, Celtic fields and cart tracks have been discovered.

Programs that aim to reduce symptoms of social anxiety in children generally include multiple components, such as exposure and cognitive restructuring. It is unknown if separate components yield positive intervention effects in children or whether a combination of components is required.

In this Yearbook you will find some fascinating examples of what was done in 2021, not only by ourselves, but also by our international colleagues.

Does suffering suffice? Andrei Poama, Assistant Professor at Leiden University, and Paul C. Bauer, research fellow at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research, did an experimental assessment of desert retributivism. Their resulsts were published on April 20 on PLOS ONE.

This is a yearly event where we move in one week from the physics of light through the composition of the microscope, fluorescence microscopy and end up with some image analysis All the lectures are backed by practicals to really put your obtained knowledge into practice

PhD candidates carry out a programme of independent research and additional (limited) course work, culminating in production of a PhD thesis in typically 4 years.

To be able to identify, slow down and reverse functional deterioration in the elderly to give them more years of good health.

As part of a cooperation agreement between the Stichting Nederlands Institute in Turkije (NIT Foundation) with Koç University in Istanbul, the institute is located within the premises of the Koç University ANAMED Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations, in the central Beyoğlu district of Istanbu…

How are social structures of gender, religion and race/ethnicity learned and embodied in practices of movement?

Here you can find products and research tools developed by the Navigation Lab Leiden

Material culture and the role of rural communities in exchange systems of the eighth and ninth centuries

The Next444 project focuses on the future of interdisciplinary research at Leiden University.

In the Special Issue of Matatu: “Power to the People?” Patronage, Intervention and Transformation in African Performative Artspaper, Annachiara Raia seeks to investigate the manifold relationships between traditional and contemporary, oral and written Swahili poetry, in the utendi and mashairi forms…

Read here what we find important in our education.

News, inspiration, background information and more about the Learning@LeidenUniversity vision on teaching and learning.

On 18 september 2018, Jonathan Price defended his doctoral thesis 'The Egalitarian Constitution'. The doctoral research was supervised by Prof. dr. A.A.M. Kinneging.

The motivation of student teachers for the teacher's profession depends on various factors. Teacher training can influence the commitment of students.

This dissertation focuses on teacher professional learning and collaboration in secondary schools.

In this research project characteristics of effective instructional development were identified that are appealing to medical teachers and relevant for medical education.

LUCIR aims to bundle together, strengthen and disseminate existing research in the field of international relations.

Enduring influence of Roman law

This dissertation, Layered Loyalties: The Natuurkundige Commissie in the Netherlands Indies (1820-1850), studies the Natuurkundige Commissie.

Research on this theme concerns Europe’s position in global markets, its response to the emergence of new international trade and financial actors that challenge institutions where Europe has long had considerable influence.

On the 16th of June Patrtick Harrison successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.

The book addresses the question “How and why do people become involved in European homegrown jihadism?

The Institute of Environmental Sciences has carried out and participates in several projects that deal with the analysis of energy systems.

The programme International Civil and Commercial Law is multi-layered, with different levels of practice. Read more about the programme structure