2,439 search results for “biological south master physics” in the Public website
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An Ontology for Physical Necessity
The central inquiry of this thesis revolves around how ontology can adequately accommodate the existence of necessary physical relations. Initially, the thesis demonstrates the imperative acknowledgment of necessary physical relations by showcasing the failure of Neo-Humean theories.
- Leiden Institute of Physics
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Research in Physics, Cosmology (MSc)
The master’s specialisation Cosmology at Leiden University is positioned at the interface between Theoretical Physics and Observational Astronomy. The main elements are theory, data analysis and numerical simulations, with research on the origin of dark matter as one of the highlights.
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The Borders of Race in Colonial South Africa. The Kat River Settlement, 1829–1856
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.
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Supporting Primary Justice in Insecure Contexts, South Sudan and Afghanistan
How can the emergence of primary justice systems be facilitated and furthered?
- Teaching Physics (MSc)
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Using biologically inspired algorithms in the physical world
Using biologically inspired algorithms on 'edge devices', such as cameras and mobile phones, is what Svetlana Minakova's PhD research was all about. She conducted research on Convolutional Neural Networks(CNN). Making these algorithms work in different situations is a complicated task. 'Most design…
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August Martin
Faculty of Humanities
a.w.martin@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2031
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Semonti Bhattacharyya
Science
bhattacharyya@physics.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5913
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Koenraad Schalm
Science
kschalm@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5516
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Government of Disasters: State Formation and Disaster Management In South Africa
In this book, Lydie Cabane examines the history of disaster management in South Africa.
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The physics of nanowire superconducting single-photon detectors
Promotores: Prof.dr. D. Bouwmeester, Prof.dr. A. Fiore (TU Eindhoven)
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towards a socio-historical analysis of the visual economy in and beyond South Africa
The aim of the project is to contribute to the process of archive formation ongoing in Post-Apartheid South Africa through the inclusion of photographs that have been either unacknowledged or excised from the national canon.
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Transforming Research Excellence: New Ideas from the Global South
This recently released book takes a critical view of conceptual issues and practical problems that inevitably emerge when ‘excellence’ takes center stage in science systems in the Global South. What is ‘excellent science’? And how to recognize and assess it? After decades of inquiry and debate there…
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Student for a day South and Southeast Asian Studies
Study information
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Numerical exploration of statistical physics
In this thesis, we examine various systems through the lens of several numerical methods.
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Assembling anisotropic colloidal building blocks
This PhD-thesis presents a study on micron-sized particles, so-called colloids. By controlling the chemical and physical properties of these particles, such as the interparticle interaction and the particles’ shape, colloids can act as building blocks that self-assembly into larger structures.
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A grammar of Hamar, a South Omotic language of Ethiopia
On the 10th of November, Sara Petrollino succesfully defended her PhD-thesis and graduated. LUCL congratulates Sara on this great result.
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Physics and Science Communication and Society (MSc)
The master’s specialisation Physics and Science Communication and Society at Leiden University bridges the gap between experts and the public by combining high quality research in biology with extensive training in science communication.
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Delta-Institute for Theoretical Physics
Zaanen
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Slavery and Forced Migration in the Antebellum South
This book sheds new light on domestic forced migration by examining the experiences of American-born slave migrants from a comparative perspective.
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Research in Physics, Classical/Quantum Information (MSc)
This master’s programme combines Physics with Data Science. You will learn how physics has its own tricks to deal with big data and how techniques from machine learning and deep learning can be applied to classical and quantum data. The first focus of attention is on classical data, including data mining,…
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South Africa, Race and the Making of International Relations
This book offers readers an alternative history of the origins of the discipline of International Relations.
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Metabolomics- and methylomics-based predictors for estimating health and biological aging
PhD defence
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Custom as Capital in Upland South and Southeast Asia
Research how ‘custom’, ‘traditions’ and ‘heritages’ take on new meanings in the uplands of South and (mainland) Southeast Asia.
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Alexey Boiarskyi Group - Particle and Astroparticle Physics
My work is motivated by the necessity to extend Standard Model of Particle Physics in order to explain three observed phenomena that this great theory fails to accommodate
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Ennis & Blarel, The South Asia to Gulf Migration Governance Complex
The Gulf is a major global destination for migrant workers, with a majority of these workers coming from South Asia. In this book, a team of international contributors examine the often-overlooked complex governance of this migration corridor. Going beyond state-centric analysis, the contributors present…
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Practical Information
Practical information about the physics summer school of Leiden University: the frontiers of modern physics. This page contains information about the cost and price of the summer school, the available scholarships, location, housing and the programme. This summer school is a part of the Leiden Insitute…
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thoughts on self-organized structure formation in active liquids and biological systems
It has been a long-standing mystery how complex biological structures emerge from such seemingly uncoordinated building blocks as cells and tissues, in the presence of only minimal environmental guidance.
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Master's application and admission
Find out how to apply for Research in Physics, Biological and Soft Matter Physics at Leiden University by following our step-by-step guide.
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Realising the right to reproduce with assistance in South Africa
On 10 november 2021, Carmel van Niekerk-Jacobs defended the thesis 'Realising the right to reproduce with assistance in South Africa'. The doctoral research was supervised by Prof. J.J. Sloth-Nielsen and Prof. T. Liefaard.
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Peacekeeping in South Lebanon: Credibility and Local Cooperation
In this book, Vanessa Newby provides the first detailed examination of credibility’s essential place in peacekeeping.
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Sense Jan van der Molen Lab - Physics of Quantum Materials
In our lab, we investigate the physics and material properties of low-dimensional systems.
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SciSTIP – The (South) African research funding landscapes (Phase 2)
Who is funding African science? How are different African and international funders interacting and contributing to develop scientific research in the continent? Are there potential inadvertent synergies among research funders that can be identified? These and similar questions are at the heart of this…
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Tatiana Afanassjewa public lectures about physics
The Tatiana Afanassjewa-lecture series is a series of public talks in Dutch by Leiden physicists on wednesday evenings, intended for everyone with an interest in physics.
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Multiple star formation: chemistry, physics and coevality
Multiple stars, that is two or more stars composing a gravitationally bound system, are common in the universe.
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Hunting for new physics in the primordial Universe
This thesis contributes to studying primordial cosmology theories and their detectability in future observations.
- Pre-master's
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Biological indicators for sustainable forest management, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. The impossible made possible?
What is vegetation structure and composition in SFM primary forest, secondary logged over forest (logging FSC certified and logging non certified) in comparison to primary forest? What is avian guild diversity in SFM primary forest, secondary logged over forest (logging FSC certified and logging non…
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Synthesis and biological evaluation of spirocyclic antagonists of CCR2 (chemokine CC receptor subtype 2)
Source: Bioorg Med Chem, Volume 23, Issue 14, pp. 4034-49 (2015)
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Alexey Boiarskyi
Science
boyarsky@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5514
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The Regional Network on the Synergy between the Convention on Biological Diversity and the UN Convention to Combat Desertification
Description of The Regional Network on the Synergy between the Convention on Biological Diversity and the UN Convention to Combat Desertification.
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Poiesis and the Performance Practice of Physically Polyphonic Notations
This research revolves around the philosophical and linguistic elements that naturally belong to the process of learning music scores, including complex contemporary repertoire distinguished by physically decoupled notations or physical polyphonic notations.
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Joke Meijer on the Nobel Prize for the biological clock
This year's Nobel Prize for Medicine goes to the three American researchers who have unravelled the mechanism behind the biological clock. Joke Meijer, Professor of Neurophysiology and an expert in the field of the sleep-wake rhythm, explained in Dutch newspapers Trouw and NRC why this discovery is…
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Building Northern Public Support to Finance Climate Policies in the Global South
As part of the Paris Agreement, countries across the world agreed to support developing countries to invest in climate mitigation and adaptation through a Green Climate Fund. However, developed countries have failed to meet funding commitments for the Green Climate Fund–the flagship program financing…
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Research in Physics, Quantum Matter and Optics (MSc)
The master’s specialisation Research in Physics, Quantum Matter and Optics at Leiden University offers a thorough experience on the front line of physics research with a practical training of communicative and computer skills. The programme focuses on Condensed Matter problems, such as Molecular Electronics,…
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Probing new physics in the laboratory and in space
The Standard Model (SM) of particle physics fails to explain several observed phenomena and is incomplete. In order to resolve this problem, one may extend the SM by adding new particles.
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Statistical physics and information theory for systems with local constraints
Systems with local constraints is a new finding in recent researches on complex systems. The heterogeneous spatial interactions and the temporal dependencies among those numerous units make it difficult to describe by traditional statistical physics.
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The Invisible History of the United Nations and the Global South - INVISIHIST
The main aim of this project is to reveal and unravel the invisible histories of the UN, transcending the dominant Western perspective to recover the historical agency of Global South actors. The research will investigate how the UN has both facilitated and limited their role in shaping global order…
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South American population history revisited: multidisciplinary perspectives on the Upper Amazon
This project, South American population history revisited: multidisciplinary perspectives on the Upper Amazon (SAPPHIRE), investigates population dynamics in western South America on the basis of traces in the geographical, genetic, archaeological, ethnological, and linguistic record.