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Hanneke Hulst on realistic expectations for researchers: ‘Let’s stop expecting people to be experts at everything.’
‘Am I setting a good example myself?’ Hanneke Hulst wonders. As Recognition and Rewards project leader, she maintains that we should stop expecting researchers to be experts at everything, even though she herself keeps a lot of balls in the air.
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You should eat herring on the coast and not in Maastricht
For thirty years, the Dutch Newspaper AD conducted an annual search for the best herring. This came to an end when economist Ben Vollaard, based on a statistical analysis, claimed it was rigged. But that claim doesn't smell right, says Leiden statistician Richard Gill. ‘The way you code and process…
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Sports Centre celebrates 50 years
Online competitions, online sports, dietary advice for staff and students and 'What do they eat for lunch?' The first 'volunteer' is Vice-Rector Hester Bijl. What does her lunch usually consist of? The University Sports Centre is celebrating its fifty-year anniversary with a whole - corona-proof - programme…
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EL CID 2021: exuberance online and in town
This summer, from 12 to 21 August, it’s time once again for EL CID: the introduction week for Dutch-speaking first-years at Leiden University and the University of Applied Sciences Leiden. A memorable start to many a student life! This time, because of Covid, the city and students will get to know one…
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‘We add a bit of escape room to our lessons’
Tommy Hopstaken and Jochem Haverhoek run an escape room in Kruithuisje, a medieval tower on what was once the perimeter canal in Leiden. They are also secondary-school teachers and make good use of their escape room experience in their lessons. How do their degrees in Dutch and Astronomy come in use…
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Anoma van der Veere: ‘In Japan, the awkward little masks symbolise the government’s failure’
Leiden Asia Centre researcher Anoma van der Veere argues that the Japanese government has failed to respond properly to Covid-19. There were difficulties with implementing government measures aimed at limiting the spread of the virus – in some cases those measures were not even taken seriously. How…
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Content key factor in choosing a master’s programme
Last Friday was Master’s Open Day time once again. Students from home and abroad descended on Leiden and The Hague to find out more about our master’s programmes. Alongside the presentations, the information fairs gave them a good opportunity to ask any questions.
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Doing science in the mud at Lowlands
Conducting experiments next to the huge speakers of the Alpha Stage at Lowlands. This was reality for researchers Max van Duijn and Tessa Verhoef, and they were loving it. 'Yesterday evening we were completely covered in mud.'
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National Museum of Antiquities: 200-year partnership with Leiden University
From Caspar Reuvens to the royal grave in Oss, and from ancient images in the Hortus to a table from Naturalis. The National Museum of Antiquities is 200 years old, and throughout this whole period there have been close contacts between museum and university. Curator Annemarieke Willemsen explains this…
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Race against time: Helping the Netherlands secure almost 20 million Pfizer vaccines
The whole world is waiting anxiously for sufficient supplies of coronavirus vaccines. As Launch Navigator at Pfizer, alumnus Dennis de Mik must help ensure that the Netherlands receives 19.8 million doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. How is he going about this and how has his Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences…
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Leiden builds stronger bonds with China and South Korea
‘China has become an academic powerhouse, which is good reason for Leiden University to expand our partnerships with universities there.' A delegation headed by Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker visited China and South Korea, to renew and extend existing partnerships.
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Symposium report: get out of your silo and become a better scientist
How do you set up a successful collaboration between science and practice? That was the main theme of the final meeting of a triptych of symposia on how Leiden University can improve inter- and transdisciplinary collaboration.
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Hall of Fame 2020
In 2020, many of our staff and students have again won prestigious prizes and been awarded important research subsidies.
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Older Publications
Overview of the publications of the department of Industrial Ecology (1982-2015)
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Modern Moroccan Photography
Lecture
- Museum Night
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On the Pathology of Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis
PhD defence
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Migraine as a cardiovasculair risk factor for women
PhD defence
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A closer look at stimulation thresholds and spread of excitation in cochlear implants, recording aspects and clinical implications
PhD defence
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Met zachte drang
PhD defence
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Dutch Alumni Bay Area Event
Alumni event
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Alumni Event Russian and Eurasian Studies
Alumni event
- Women Reporting from the Frontlines: A Discussion with Female War Correspondents
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Asian(s) in the Netherlands
Panel conversation
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Evidence-based treatment of central serous chorioretinopathy
PhD defence
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Synthetic peptides as tools in chemical immunology
PhD defence
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45th Symposium on Old English, Middle English and Historical Linguistics in the Low Countries (#SOEMEHL45)
Conference
- Open Day
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Capillary Electrophoresis-Mass Spectrometry based Metabolomics Approaches for Volume-restricted Applications
PhD defence
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Alumni event South and Southeast Asian Studies
Alumni event
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Science & Cocktails: Why do People Fight?
Lecture
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Museumnacht Leiden 2022
Festival
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SAILS Lunch Time Seminar: Alex Ingrams
Lecture
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Republiek op drift?
PhD defence
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Het wonen (als bouwen) ontstond pas zeer laat in de menselijke geschiedenis
Lecture
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Regulating Relations: Controlling Sex and Marriage in the Early Modern Dutch Empire
PhD defence
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Live Q&A with OpenAI: AI and the Future of Humanity
Debate, Live Q&A
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Debate: Human Rights and the World Cup Qatar
Debate
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MRI for planning and characterization of uveal melanoma patients treated with proton beam therapy
PhD defence
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Publications
Recent publications
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Faculty Symposium 2022: Humanities in Crises
Conference, Symposium
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Science and education policy
YAL raises its voice on policy matters.
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The Duty to Investigate in Situations of Armed Conflict
PhD defence
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Size Effects in Microstructured Superconductors and Quantum Materials
PhD defence
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Spectral imaging and tomographic reconstruction methods for industrial applications
PhD defence
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Maternal mortality and morbidity in the Netherlands and their association with obstetric interventions
PhD defence
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Pain and it's consequences in dementia
PhD defence
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Small regulatory RNAs in Vascular Remodeling and Atherosclerosis
PhD defence
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Understanding uncertainty
PhD defence
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Methoden van contractsuitleg
PhD defence